welcome back to another video and if
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my name is dr mike hansen and this one
we're going to be talking about
prebiotics and probiotics probiotics are
live bacteria that have major health
benefits you can think of the bacteria
that live in your gut as either being
good or bad the more good bacteria the
better and there's multiple reasons for
this not only good for your gut health
to keep your bowels healthy and happy
but also for the indirect benefits to
every other part of your body including
your heart and your brain but there's a
catch fiber which is also known as
prebiotics comes in two forms there's
soluble and there's insoluble fiber and
you absolutely need both there are so
many foods including bread that have
lots of fiber in them but that is only
the soluble fiber so when you see bread
with the label on it that has 42 grams
of fiber guess what they're adding that
soluble fiber after they already took
out the insoluble fiber in that
processing so when they process that
grain they're removing that insoluble
fiber now the original form of the grain
meaning the whole intact grain has
insoluble fiber in addition to other
micronutrients so the only truly healthy
bread is the kind that is the whole
intact grain bread for example ezekiel
bread now you can get insoluble fiber
from other sources as well guess what
they all have in common they're all
unprocessed food for example seeds nuts
vegetables legumes whole intact grains
all provide insoluble and soluble fiber
processed food removes the insoluble
fiber and you can't add it back to the
food or in the form of a pill it just
doesn't work that way it's kind of like
when you take the toothpaste out of the
bottle you can't put it back in now the
bacteria in your gut they really do have
a mind of their own today we have every
supplement company coming up with their
own proprietary probiotic that promises
to fix your gut health and wouldn't that
be nice to take a pill and everything is
all unwell right except that's not how
it works now ask yourself this question
what is wrong with my gut microbiome in
the first place is it because you were
delivered via c-section and therefore
you missed out on those beneficial
bacteria that live in the vaginal tract
or maybe the chicken or beef that you
ate was pumped with antibiotics which in
turn killed off those good bacteria or
maybe you've been eating a lot of
unprocessed food and therefore the lack
of fiber in your diet has caused those
good bacteria to die off allowing for
those bad bacteria to thrive and then
those bad bacteria they start to eat
away at that protective mucin layer of
your intestinal wall and then there's
these little micro leaks allowing
unwanted chemicals to seep in into your
bloodstream and that causes all sorts of
issues like inflammation maybe it's all
of these reasons or a combination of
these reasons that have caused you to
have your bad bacteria thriving and not
your good bacteria and therefore not
having good gut health whatever the
reason most of us do not have a happy
gut but the good news is that it's
actually easy to fix the solution is to
repopulate your gut with the good
bacteria much like starting a garden you
start by reintroducing a little seed
which in this case is our good bacteria
and that could come in the form of
probiotics but in order for them to
thrive you have to create a nice
environment for them just like your
garden needs a nice climate in soil
processed food will destroy the soil but
unprocessed food will act like the
fertilizer now if you maintain a nice
environment for your garden you don't
need to add seeds every day same goes
for probiotics in fact you only need one
day or two days of probiotics to
repopulate your gut with the good
bacteria but they'll soon die off if
you're eating too much processed food
the more processed food you eat the more
intestinal problems you're going to have
not to mention a boatload of other
health issues but guess what if you
consume enough insoluble and soluble
fiber by eating enough unprocessed food
about 30 grams of fiber per day for most
people your gut will automatically allow
for those good bacteria to thrive within
two days so the takeaway message is that
probiotics are only going to be useful
if you have a nice hospital environment
for your good bacteria to live in
therefore you need to eat unprocessed
food for them to thrive and for them to
keep thriving just like you don't try
growing a garden from seeds but the soil
is nothing but clay
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