Eric Bakker: Greetings, Eric Bakker,
the Naturopath, thanks for coming back. Let's talk about something smelly, talking about sulfur.
It stinks. Sulfur dioxide especially. All the different gases that your gut can produce. I
think there are about four or five different types of gas the gut can produce but the
particularly stinky one is the sulfur smell. So if you don't like sulfur don't come to New
Zealand. Don't come here. We've got this town called Rotorua. Some people call it Rotovegas
and it stinks. It stinks of rotten eggs everywhere you go, if you wind the window of your car down.
Every guy gets blamed at least once or twice driving through there for being naughty in the
car. But I'll tell you now it's pretty on the nose. So it's a whole lot of thermal activity
in the area, so lots of sulfur getting pumped up and man does it smell. But you get used to it.
But what about in humans? Where does the sulfur rotten egg smell come from? Let me
read some of my notes. When it comes to foods, many high fiber foods can make you pass more gas.
So it's true that people who eat lots of veg can fart more.
But it shouldn't have to be the kind of gas that clears out an entire concert hall. Everybody walks
out and even with masks on people could walk out. It doesn't have to be that bad.
So some farts can be so bad they can bring tears to your eyes. I'm not joking. And it's
a particular type of protein. I think it might be a cysteine related or there are particular
amino acids in some foods that can create seriously bad smells from gas
way beyond sulfur. But we won't talk about that because I don't like that kind of talk.
I've written here, "It can clear out an entire concert hall if you get my drift. No pun
intended." Sorry about that. It takes a long time for these foods to break down though in your gut.
When you've got the right type of bacteria there, these fiber foods can break down
a lot more easily. And a lot of these bacteria that break down,
these starchy, fibery foods, especially further down the colon, are also responsible for
production of B vitamins and folate and I think even vitamin K's produced in the large bowel.
So, when you lack these bacteria, especially when you drink a lot of alcohol,
you're going to really affect the production of B vitamins and that creates fatigue for a lot of
people. But also, if the bacteria aren't in good balance, you're going to have a lot more offensive
gas produced than if they are, all right. So remember the high fiber foods also sometimes
smell which means farts may smell somewhat too. This is particularly true for stronger
smelling veggies like broccoli, bok choy, even asparagus or cabbage can do it with some people.
So, but remember sulfur is a natural compound found in foods
and many vegetables are sulfur based. But sulfur's actually quite good for the body and it also aids
in detoxification. And a lot of the sulf-hydro amino acids like cysteine and methionine are very
important when it comes to liver detoxification of various chemicals and even hormones. So it's
good to have the sulf-hydro aminos in the body. Methionine, cystine and I forget the other one.
There's about two or three of them. But also heavy metal detoxification they really aid with.
So, I'm not saying to avoid the smelly kind of stuff. But if you really have a lot of bad
gas or rotten egg smell when you eat veggies, I would recommend you take some digestive enzymes.
Take a look at CanXida Restore with the probiotics and the enzymes in it.
That's going to help the gut quite a lot and lay to break them down more effectively.
Last tip I'll give you with these kind of vegetables is look at different
ways of cooking them: lightly steaming, heavy steaming them, casseroling them.
The different heat you apply to it and amounts of liquid can result in different textures and
also how it breaks down in the gut. So experiment in that way. You'll find cooked may be way better
than raw, for example. I don't think raw [brussels 00:04:25] are good to eat anyway. I never have
apart from cabbage maybe. But raw kale, not a good idea. You can see my video about raw
kale and thyroid anyway that I put together. So I hope that gives you a bit of information on
rotten smelling kind of stuff, all right. Chew slowly. That'll help too. Thanks for tuning in.