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>> Welcome to
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It Is Written Canada.
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Thank you for joining us.
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A large percentage of clients
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Dr. Darlene Blaney sees
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struggle with
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digestive disorders.
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This is critical because our
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digestion influences
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everything from
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nutrient absorption
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to immune function.
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Some scientists even refer to
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the digestive tract as
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the second brain, due to
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the strong gut-brain connection.
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>> Having a healthy
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digestive system is crucial
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in obtaining optimal health
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physically, mentally,
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emotionally,
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and even spiritually.
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Our special guest today
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is Dr. Darlene Blaney,
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who has a PhD in nutrition
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and is the owner, along with
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her husband, of our health store
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and nutrition practice.
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>> Dr. Darlene Blaney,
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welcome to It Is Written Canada.
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Thank you for being here
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with us today.
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>> Thank you very much.
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>> Dr. Darlene, can you tell us
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about some of the major symptoms
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that your clients are
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struggling with due to
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poor digestion?
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>> Yes.
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In fact, probably
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70 to 80%
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are struggling with
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digestion issues.
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Gas, bloating, heartburn,
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acid reflux.
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Probably one of the
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major complaints is low energy.
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We don't always attribute that
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to poor digestion, but if your
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digestion is not working well,
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75% of your energy
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can go into digestion,
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leaving you with maybe 25%
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to do everything else
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that's necessary.
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So yeah, it can create
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great havoc.
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>> That's incredible.
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75% of our energy
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goes to digesting
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the food that we eat.
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>> If your digestion
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is not working well, yes.
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If your digestion is
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working well, then you will
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feel that difference in energy.
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And so, you know, when I have
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customers or clients come in
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and say to me, what do you have
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that I can take
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to give me energy?
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First thing I'll ask them is,
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how is your digestion?
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Because if we can get their
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digestion going, that's just
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the natural response is to get
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good energy coming as well.
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[MIKE] Good energy.
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So are we talking about
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diet, lifestyle?
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Does that affect
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the digestion
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and could that improve
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the digestion?
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[DARLENE] A hundred percent.
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Hundred percent.
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What we put in counts.
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So every time you're
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putting something in your mouth,
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it's either good for you
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or not good for you.
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If it's not good for you,
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your body has to use its energy
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to get rid of those toxins,
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break it down,
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sift out what's good,
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what's bad.
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You put good things
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into your mouth
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and that's pure energy.
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That's gonna give your body
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the nutrients it needs
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for the cells to reproduce,
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boost your immune system.
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So food for fuel is the key.
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The right food for fuel.
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But lifestyle plays a big role
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as well.
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So smoking can interfere
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with digestion.
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Stress is a big one
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in our world today.
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Stress.
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Activity levels.
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When we're sedentary, you know,
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versus being active
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to keep things moving.
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Fibre is another one.
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Fibre keeps things moving.
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So taking that in
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through diet as well.
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So...
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>> So your body's made up of
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all these different systems.
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And one of them is the
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digestive system.
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So it's a part of it a
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complete machine, right?
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And that- to work any machine
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you need fuel.
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So you're saying if we're
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not getting the right fuel
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then the machine doesn't
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work well and it actually...
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>> Seizes up.
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>> It seizes up, yeah.
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>> Yes.
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Yeah.
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For sure.
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>> Definitely.
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>> Dr. Darlene, can you tell us
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a little bit more about fibre,
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how important it is and also
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how much should we be consuming
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each day?
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[DARLENE] Absolutely.
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Fibre is important
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for everybody.
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When it comes to fibre, as I
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mentioned, it helps move things
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through, especially your
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intestinal track.
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Kind of keeps things going.
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For diabetics, particularly,
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it helps to control
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the amount of glucose
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that is in the blood
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to get it into the cells
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and doesn't give you that spike.
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So fibre is a key.
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There's two kinds of fibre
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that we need,
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both kinds we need.
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One is insoluble fibre
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and one is called water soluble.
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So you have soluble
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and insoluble.
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If you were to think of examples
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for either of them,
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insoluble would be wheat.
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If we were to take wheat bran,
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let's say, and we had a
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glass of water and we added
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a tablespoon of wheat bran
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to that and try to mix it in,
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what would happen?
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Would it dissolve?
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>> Floats on top.
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>> No, it would float on top.
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So then if we did the same
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with a glass of water
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and a tablespoon of oat bran
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and mixed it in,
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what would happen?
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>> It absorbs it.
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>> It absorbs it.
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So that's insoluble versus
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water soluble.
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We need both kinds.
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And the neat thing is
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plant-based foods have
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both kinds of those
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kind of fibre.
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So we need both.
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The problem is a lot of times
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we will take these foods and
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we'll start to break them up.
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So when we think of wheat bran,
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usually someone who is
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constipated says, "I need to
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eat a bran muffin," right?
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Anything with bran
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to give you that fibre.
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But what about the
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water soluble one
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that we need as well?
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And so a lot of times we'll eat
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the refined white bread
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and then we'll turn around
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and buy some like Bran Buds
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or something with the
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high fibre of the bran
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and try to compensate.
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Or buy some type of
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a fibre mix that we just
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mix in water and drink.
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Instead, go for those
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whole foods that have
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both kinds of fibre in it...
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>> So let's talk about that.
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>> ...To keep us regular.
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>> So where do we-
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where should we be
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getting our fibre from?
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[DARLENE] So pretty much
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whole foods as grown.
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When we think of
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animal products - meat, dairy,
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you know, eggs, yeah,
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milk, cheese, the dairy part -
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that has zero fibre in it.
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When I used to eat meat, I mean,
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anyone who has eating meat,
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if you look at roast beef,
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it looks very fibrous, right?
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I was blown away when I was told
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zero fibre in that.
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But yeah, no fibre in that.
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But your plant products
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are loaded with fibre,
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particularly legumes.
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Beans are very high in fibre.
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But any of your vegetables,
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your fruits, your grains are
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nice and high.
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So eating the whole foods
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as formed, as grown.
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>> So you got fibre in an apple,
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fibre in a banana,
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fibre in celery.
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>> Of course, most people would
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look at that and say,
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"Oh, that has fibre in it.
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Definitely."
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But every single
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plant has
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fibre in it
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of different kinds of fibre
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so we should be getting
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a variety of those, right?
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[DARLENE] That is correct.
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>> The different kinds of fibre.
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>> Absolutely, that's right.
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As long as you're eating a
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variety of fruits and vegetables
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and grains and beans
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and you will get it all.
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Yeah, it's more when we
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take a food and start
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breaking it down that
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we start to lose the benefits.
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>> Yeah, and I see people
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going into the grocery store
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and they're told to get fibre
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and so they buy it,
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some container that says
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fibre on the side of it.
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And they put this in a glass
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and they drink it and it's like
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that's- it's easier just buy
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the fruits and vegetables.
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That's the healthiest way
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of getting it, right?
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>> When you get all the
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extra benefits of all the
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nutrients and everything
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in it, too.
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The other way is just fibre.
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This is the whole package deal.
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[MIKE] The whole, yeah.
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Whole food.
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>> Dr. Darlene, you mentioned
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something earlier on about
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constipation and about,
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you know, bowel problems.
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So can you tell us about
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the importance of fibre
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to address this,
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specifically constipation,
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and what is your definition
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of constipation?
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>> Sure.
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It's interesting when it
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comes to fibre, if we don't have
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the right kind of fibre
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or enough of it,
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it can go either way.
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You can have constipation
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or diarrhea, actually.
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And so when it comes to
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constipation, everyone kind of
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has a different idea
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in their minds.
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Like I'll have some people
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that say to me, "Oh yeah,
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I go once a week."
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Once a week is constipation.
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So ideally, once a day.
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Some say we should go
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after every single meal.
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To me, once a day
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is what I say.
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At least once a day
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is the focus to be on.
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Yes, yes.
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And if you eat enough of those
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fruits and vegetables and
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whole foods, it really should,
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you know, knows where to find
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where it needs to be
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to keep things moving.
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>> So, Darlene,
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what about water?
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Because that's a part of
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what you've been talking about
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with fibre and, you know,
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whether it's water soluble.
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How much water do you think
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we should be drinking?
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>> Yes, water is very important,
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just like the fibre,
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to keep things moving through.
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How much we should be drinking.
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I mean, if we want to really
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weigh it out scientifically,
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they say one ounce for every
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two pounds of our weight
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to figure that out.
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But on average, I tell people
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8 to 10 glasses a day.
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And of course, that'll change
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according to your activity
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and your build and so forth,
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right?
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So yes.
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And what kind of water?
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A lot of people ask me, too,
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what kind of water?
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You know, honestly, I just
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tell people, just drink water.
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You choose.
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Just drink water is what I
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care about.
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Get the water in you.
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>> So can we go back
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a little bit to that
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formula that you use,
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the scientific formula?
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So if someone weighs,
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let's say, 100 pounds,
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you're saying that half of that
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they need to be consuming
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in ounces.
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So if they weigh 100 pounds
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they need to be drinking
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50 ounces of water?
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Which is- and there's
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eight ounces in a cup
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or in a glass.
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Okay, so there would be...
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[DARLENE] Six.
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>> Six glasses, okay.
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[DARLENE] Of water, yeah.
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>> If you're 100 pounds.
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[DARLENE] Yes.
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>> What I'm saying is just,
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you know, just to give us
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a rough idea.
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And that's just to keep
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the reg- the metabolic processes
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going.
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So if it's a hot day
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or if you're exercising,
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then obviously you're gonna
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need to- need more than
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those six glasses.
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>> Absolutely.
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That's right.
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Yes, yes.
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Someone active versus
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just sitting at home
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reading a book, right?
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Yes, for sure...for sure.
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>> Dr. Darlene, can you tell us
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when should we be drinking
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this water?
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>> Yes.
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So ideally is not to drink
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large amounts with your meal.
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If you need to sip
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a little bit while you eat,
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that is fine.
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You know you don't want to
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choke or something if something
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is dry, but the key is to drink
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between your meals.
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You actually need water
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to process your food and
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digest it and break it down.
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But that all happens
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between the meal
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to prepare your stomach
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for the food to come.
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>> So between the meal.
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So breakfast,
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lunch is over here.
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So somewhere in between,
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after you have digested
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your food, maybe an hour.
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>> Well, even two hours.
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>> Two hours after
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you've finished.
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>> Yes, two, three hours
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and the like a half hour before
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your next meal,
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that's a really good time frame.
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Give your food a chance
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to digest.
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If we drink water, too much
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water, when we're eating,
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digestive enzymes are already
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in your saliva, and so that
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waters and weakens it down
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and then you don't have those
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digestive enzymes to break down
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your food the same.
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And then it also promotes
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what is called
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hydrochloric acid.
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So that we're expecting
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as the food to come,
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is preparing it
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to break that down.
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>> Mm-hmm.
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What about snacking
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between meals?
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Is- does that affect?
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>> Yes.
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So as soon as we snack,
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now there's food on
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the stomach again.
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So once again you're
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liquidating, you know,
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liquefying your enzymes,
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but also keeping your stomach
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from making that
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hydrochloric acid.
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And I like to give the example
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of when you go for a walk
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and you walk all day,
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do your feet get tired?
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What about your stomach?
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If it just works all day,
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it gets tired.
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It never gets a break to prepare
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for more food to come.
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It's just constantly digesting,
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you know, and just overwhelms
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the system.
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>> Dr. Blaney, can you tell us
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a little bit more about
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hydrochloric acid?
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>> Yes.
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It plays a major role
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when it comes to digestion.
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Eighty percent of
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digestive situations today
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are underactive stomach.
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Unfortunately, medically
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they tend to diagnose
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only an overactive stomach,
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which is in only 20% less
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or less of these cases.
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So in most cases,
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people are being misdiagnosed
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and mistreated.
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So our bodies, we want them
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to be alkaline.
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Your stomach, though,
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is the exception to the rule.
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Your stomach should be
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very acidic in order to
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break down that food.
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And that's the
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hydrochloric acid.
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And so many cases when
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we get the gas, the heartburn,
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the acid reflux,
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what's the first thing
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we reach for are...
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>> Antacids.
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>> So we're buffering
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the situation,
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we're buffering our stomach,
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but we're making
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the situation worse.
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So you start off and you
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eat breakfast and you don't
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have enough hydrochloric acid
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to break that down.
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So what happens?
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By the time lunch comes,
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you still have this food
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sitting there and fermenting.
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You might have some gas,
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might, you know, have a bit of
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heartburn.
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Bloating is a very common one.
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But you eat lunch now
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But you eat lunch now
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and lunch goes on top.
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And so now it's gonna try to
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break down that lunch.
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But you still have all this
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stuff happening in there of the
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other food that didn't digest.
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Pretty soon you have supper.
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And supper, for most people,
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is the larger meal of the day.
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And as you go through your day,
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your metabolism decreases.
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So that means your
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digestion slows down and
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your absorption slows down.
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And here you have, you know,
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no hydrochloric acid in prep
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between your meals when you're
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trying to drink your water
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and get it ready,
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there's food sitting there
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so it can't make
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hydrochloric acid.
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And so by the end of supper,
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you got this bubbly brew
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that's starting to happen.
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It's fermenting and all these
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toxins start to go into
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your bloodstream.
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And your liver is trying to
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deal with everything.
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You lay down to sleep
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and you end up with
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the acid reflux, right?
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So this is what happens
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when we don't have enough
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hydrochloric acid and our
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stomach, begins to ferment.
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Now, this, your liver now
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is responsible for cleaning
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your blood.
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So some people end up with
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a fatty liver from this
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because the food isn't
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breaking down.
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Especially fat is the most
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difficult to break down.
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So your body now stores it.
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What about all the ferment,
00:16:01.19\00:16:03.39
the fermentation part of it?
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These toxins are going into
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your bloodstream.
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Your liver's having to
00:16:07.86\00:16:08.86
deal with this.
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I have clients who come in
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and they're in tears,
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and they say to me,
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"My doctor diagnosed me
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with an alcoholic liver.
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I told him I don't
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drink alcohol.
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He doesn't believe me.
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He turns around and says,
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'Really, how much do you drink
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in your closet?'
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And I say, 'Nothing.
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I don't drink any alcohol.'"
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And their doctor says,
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"I don't believe you.
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You need to stop.
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You've got an alcoholic liver
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and it's serious.
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You need to take
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your problem seriously."
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So they come to see me in tears
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and I say, "I believe you."
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They say, "Why do you
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believe me?"
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I said, "Because here's what's
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happening.
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Your food isn't breaking down.
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You don't have the
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hydrochloric acid.
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That fermentation,
00:16:47.04\00:16:49.07
those alcohols are in
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your bloodstream
00:16:50.71\00:16:51.87
going through your liver,
00:16:51.87\00:16:53.11
trying to be cleaned.
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The same as an alcoholic,
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someone who's drinking alcohol.
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someone who's drinking alcohol.
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And so you end up
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with this situation
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that you have to deal with."
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So we need to turn this
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all around.
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We need to get hydrochloric acid
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going in our stomach.
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How do we do that?
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Well, one thing is to try to eat
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three even meals.
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No snacking between,
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drink your water between
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to make the hydrochloric acid.
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Stress will keep you from making
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hydrochloric acid as well.
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And so sometimes we have to
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look at what can we do
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for stress, right,
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to make things a little bit
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easier going.
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And food combining
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can make a difference as well.
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And depending what you eat.
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Like, our systems were made
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to eat foods as grown again.
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As soon as we're taking in
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protein, animal protein,
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we need lots of
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hydrochloric acid
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to break that down.
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If you think about the animals
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that eat meat, they have a
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very short intestinal track,
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short colon,
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very high hydrochloric acid
00:17:54.34\00:17:56.91
in their stomach.
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So here we're trying to
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break this down and we don't
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have the hydrochloric acid.
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Without that hydrochloric acid,
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we also don't absorb
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our nutrients.
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So B12 is a very common one
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that we can lack from a lack of
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hydrochloric acid.
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We always tend to think, if you
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don't eat animal products,
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you're gonna be low in B12.
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But studies actually show that
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those who eat animal products
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actually lack B12 more
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than even vegetarians,
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because they're not able to
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produce enough hydrochloric acid
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to break down the actual
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animal products to even absorb
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the B12 anyways.
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So then that becomes an issue.
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>> Dr. Darlene, this has been so
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fascinating for me, learning
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about a hydrochloric acid
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and realizing that we don't
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really have enough.
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And you mentioned ways to
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increase our hydrochloric acid
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is by not snacking so we're
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giving us stomachs a break to
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produce more hydrochloric acid,
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and then making sure that
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we drink our water in between
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those meals.
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Are there any other ways
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that we can increase our
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hydrochloric acid?
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>> Yes.
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Some people you may have
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heard of apple cider vinegar,
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some people will take that
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at the start of their meals.
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Apple cider vinegar is
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pure hydrochloric acid.
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So you can take a little bit
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at the start of your meal
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if you choose.
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I personally do not even
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like the taste or smell,
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so it's not my first option.
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And I do have a concern
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when people use a lot of it.
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It can actually pull potassium
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out of your body as well.
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So just be careful with that.
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You can take hydrochloric acid
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capsules that a lot of times
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is also found in
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digestive enzyme supplements.
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But the third option that is
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my favourite is just
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lemon juice.
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Lemons are actually acidic,
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but when they hit your saliva,
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they become alkaline.
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So when you take lemon juice in,
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it alkalizes is your body,
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which is what you want
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to prevent diseases.
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So it's not giving
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hydrochloric acid
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to your stomach, right?
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But how it works is a lemon has
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a properties to stimulate
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a properties to stimulate
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your stomach to actually make
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hydrochloric acid.
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So lemon juice teaches
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your stomach to do
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what it needs to do.
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And that's why I absolutely love
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doing lemon water first thing
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in the morning when you wake up
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or between your meals.
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And just make sure
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to give yourself, you know,
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about a half hour before eating
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so that the stomach can actually
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produce that hydrochloric acid.
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>> So I've got two questions
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that people might be
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thinking about.
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Number one, doesn't lemon juice
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kind of take off the enamel
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from my teeth?
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And then a second one is,
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if I have too much acid
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in my stomach, am I gonna get
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ulcers?
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>> Good questions.
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Okay, so as far as the enamel
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off your teeth, there's a
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little bit of discrepancy
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on that one.
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I actually see a dentist
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in Mexico and he laughs at it.
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He says we eat lemons,
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we suck lemons, we have
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no issues with the enamel
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on our teeth.
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So I don't know.
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I tell people, if you are
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concerned, use a straw.
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It's a great way to avoid it
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or brush your teeth with
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just water afterwards.
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Works well.
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As far as ulcers,
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that's a little bit misleading.
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So ulcers themselves
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are made from a bacteria.
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This bacteria can grow and then
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fester in the lining of your
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stomach and create an ulcer.
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What causes that bacteria
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in the first place is a lack of
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hydrochloric acid.
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The hydrochloric acid actually
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kills the bacteria.
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And so most cases people who
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have ulcers have an
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underactive stomach.
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Now, of course, if you have an
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ulcer, you're not gonna add in
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some acid.
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That's gonna burn
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like an open wound.
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So you gotta heal that first,
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but then you gotta get that
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hydrochloric acid working
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so that it can clean
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your stomach and clean
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the bacteria.
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>> This has been so fascinating.
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We've learned so much.
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I have another question for you.
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What are some diseases
00:21:50.94\00:21:53.38
that are related to
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digestive disorders?
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>> Well, in general,
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arthritis is a very common one.
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Many different types of
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autoimmune diseases in general,
00:22:03.12\00:22:05.79
fibromyalgia,
00:22:05.79\00:22:06.89
chronic fatigue syndrome,
00:22:06.89\00:22:08.16
these are usually kind of
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very digestion related.
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IBS, irritable bowel syndrome.
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You know, when it comes to
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digestion, let me explain
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one more thing.
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When this food is not
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broken down properly
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in our stomach, large particles
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can sometimes slip through
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the intestinal tract,
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and then the body sees it as
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a foreign object and begins to
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attack it.
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And so what is it actually
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attacking?
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It's just food.
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So we end up with our bodies
00:22:35.38\00:22:36.72
attacking itself and that's how
00:22:36.72\00:22:38.75
we end up with these
00:22:38.75\00:22:39.79
autoimmune diseases and we
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end up with all these allergies
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and food sensitivities
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more than anything.
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>> Dr. Darlene, can we overcome
00:22:46.09\00:22:48.60
these food sensitivities
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and allergies?
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>> The good news is yes...yes.
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Once we get digestion going,
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we can overcome them.
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One of the things is
00:22:59.71\00:23:01.34
when these large particles
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go through, sometimes you might
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digest really well, and the
00:23:05.08\00:23:06.82
next time you may not
00:23:06.82\00:23:08.18
digest as well, depending on
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the hydrochloric acid amount
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in your stomach, depending if
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you're under stress
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and so forth.
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So this is what confuses
00:23:14.76\00:23:16.09
some people.
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They might eat a banana today
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and have no problems,
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eat a banana tomorrow,
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and suddenly they seem to be
00:23:20.86\00:23:22.06
reacting to it in some way.
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So if we just get that digestion
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going, get the hydrochloric acid
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going, get the hydrochloric acid
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moving, now you're breaking down
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that food, eventually you will
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no longer have those
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food sensitivities.
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It can mean that you have to
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increase your digestive enzymes
00:23:36.31\00:23:38.25
once you start to absorb those
00:23:38.25\00:23:39.71
a bit more as well.
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So sometimes if you know
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So sometimes if you know
00:23:41.85\00:23:42.32
you have the distinctive
00:23:42.45\00:23:43.72
food sensitivity
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of something particularly,
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you might wanna stop that
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for a while and just
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give your system a rest
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and be able to build up
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the enzymes to reintroduce it.
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Most cases, it's a protein type
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food that becomes an issue.
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Like the gluten in wheat,
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you might not be celiac,
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you might just have
00:24:02.24\00:24:03.24
a difficult time breaking down
00:24:03.24\00:24:04.41
the gluten.
00:24:04.41\00:24:05.17
So getting that
00:24:05.17\00:24:06.07
hydrochloric acid and
00:24:06.07\00:24:07.04
the enzymes going, you'll be
00:24:07.04\00:24:08.18
able to break it down again
00:24:08.18\00:24:09.98
and overcome those.
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>> So when it comes to food,
00:24:12.28\00:24:15.02
I've heard of the
00:24:15.02\00:24:16.12
gut-brain connection as well.
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So can the food that I eat
00:24:18.85\00:24:21.42
and this connection between
00:24:21.42\00:24:22.49
the gut, can that affect
00:24:22.49\00:24:24.33
my moods, my thinking,
00:24:24.33\00:24:27.30
even my spirituality.
00:24:27.30\00:24:29.00
>> Very much actually.
00:24:29.00\00:24:31.33
So we have something called
00:24:31.33\00:24:33.54
the vagus nerve.
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There are actually
00:24:35.27\00:24:36.37
12 cranial nerves.
00:24:36.37\00:24:38.11
The vagus nerve is
00:24:38.11\00:24:39.17
the largest one.
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It runs from the brain stem
00:24:40.71\00:24:42.81
down to part of your bowel.
00:24:42.81\00:24:45.11
So right through.
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They call it actually
00:24:46.11\00:24:47.15
the second brain because it
00:24:47.15\00:24:48.88
has such an effect on your
00:24:48.88\00:24:49.32
has such an effect on your
00:24:49.52\00:24:50.25
metabolism, even your
00:24:50.25\00:24:51.59
heart rate, of course
00:24:51.59\00:24:53.15
your digestion is a big one.
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So the neurotransmitters,
00:24:55.36\00:24:57.69
if you've heard that,
00:24:57.69\00:24:58.76
in your brain which send
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the signals for what your body
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can do or needs to do.
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This is an interesting thing.
00:25:04.53\00:25:05.77
Do you know there's 100 million
00:25:05.77\00:25:07.97
neurons in the lining of your
00:25:07.97\00:25:10.34
intestinal track?
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Sending signals
00:25:12.24\00:25:13.48
all over your body.
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What we eat does count.
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It affects our brain.
00:25:16.28\00:25:17.61
So physically, mentally,
00:25:17.61\00:25:20.12
spiritually, it's all connected.
00:25:20.12\00:25:22.85
We need all three
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to experience total health,
00:25:24.42\00:25:26.35
receive total health.
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>> So it's like you have
00:25:28.06\00:25:30.69
a brain down here as well,
00:25:30.69\00:25:32.63
right?
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Because you have all those...
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[DARLENE] Exactly, neurons...
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>> Neurons in your stomach.
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>> That's right.
00:25:37.17\00:25:37.97
Telling the body what to do,
00:25:37.97\00:25:39.63
telling your brain even
00:25:39.63\00:25:40.70
what to think.
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It just goes back and forth.
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>> So they call it like your
00:25:43.34\00:25:44.51
second brain.
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And so sometimes people can say,
00:25:45.64\00:25:47.61
"I feel it in my gut."
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[DARLENE] Exactly.
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>> So you have that.
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And it affects your moods?
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>> Very much.
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>> The food that you eat...
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>> And the opposite way, too.
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Right?
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Same way we were talking about
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stress, but when you're happy.
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When you laugh,
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it stimulates the digestion.
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Absolutely.
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So it'll either slow it down
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or speed it up.
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Yep.
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when He said...
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