Gut Health Gurus Podcast: Uncover the Secret to a Super Gut with Dr. William Davis!

Uncover the Secret to a Super Gut with Dr. William Davis!

Feb 17, 2023

In this episode, I'm with Dr. William Davis and we're going to uncover the secret to a super gut with his amazing L reuterii yogurt recipe! By following this yogurt recipe, you'll be able to improve your gut health and restore your digestive balance. Dr. William Davis is a leading authority on L reuterii yogurt and its many health benefits, and his yogurt recipe is the perfect way to get started!

Bio:

Dr. William Davis is a cardiologist and New York Times #1 bestselling author of the Wheat Belly Undoctored and Supergut.

Key Topics Discussed:

Introduction of Dr. William Davis and his background
- Dr. Davis' experience with his mother's sudden cardiac death after a successful two-vessel coronary angioplasty
- Dr. Davis' realization of the flaws in the healthcare system and the limitations of managing diseases through procedures
- Dr. Davis' search for a better way to identify potential heart disease
- Dr. Davis' findings on the impact of modern wheat, grains, and sugar on our health
- The effects of wheat and its gliding protein on the human brain and appetite
- The impact of phytates in wheat on mineral deficiencies
- The promiscuity of grains and their shared genetic characteristics
- The negative health implications of consuming grains with prolamine proteins
- The problems associated with rice, including high levels of arsenic
- The impact of ancient humans turning to grasses as food and the associated increase in tooth decay, nutrient deficiencies, and autoimmune diseases.
- Over time, dietary inclusion of grass seeds has resulted in a trade-off of calories for health
- Fermentation can reduce some negative impacts of grain amino acids and phytates, but physiological effects remain
- Sugar is a very destructive food and is a flagrant cause of coronary disease, heart attack, type 2 diabetes, and changes in bowel flora
- Cholesterol is not heart disease, it's a crude indirect marker that has hardly any predictive value at all, and there are real causes that can be controlled
- Doctors tend to focus on conventional ideas of cholesterol and statins, and how to drive revenue for their system, rather than real causes of cardiovascular risk
- Vitamin D deficiency, insulin resistance, dysbiosis, and sibo are some of the real causes of heart disease that can be controlled easily, inexpensively, and effectively, without the use of drugs
- Reduction of cholesterol can have deleterious effects on the body, including reduction of essential hormones like testosterone
- Identifying the factors that allow disease to emerge in the first place is more important than treating health conditions
- Reduction of saturated fat is not necessary, and the recommendation to do so is nonsense.
- Dr. William's critique of dietary guidelines
- Misconceptions about saturated fat and processed foods
- Importance of consuming collagen, hyaluronic acid, and iodine
- Dr. William's personal health journey and realization of the limitations of traditional medicine
- The benefits of lactobacillus reuteri in restoring youthfulness and empathy
- Discussion of the importance of certain microbial species for health, specifically boosting oxytocin and helping with autism symptoms
- Making yogurt at home using specific microbial strains Importance of choosing the right strain of microbes for specific effects
- Super Gut concept: replacing lost microbes and addressing overgrowth of unhealthy species
- Using the AIR device to map out where microbes are in the GI tract
- SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) and its associated conditions
-Issues with using antibiotics to treat SIBO
- Herbal antibiotics and their efficacy in treating SIBO
- Using specific microbial species, such as lactobacillus gasseri and reuterii, to treat SIBO by producing bactericins
- Informal success rates of using this yogurt to treat SIBO
- Importance of Rifaximin in treating SIBO
- Complicating factor of hydrogen gas produced by Rifaximin in the upper GI tract and need to stop yogurt consumption before retesting -
Success rate of 90% of people converting to negative SIBO
- Recipes for lactobacillus yogurt, saccharomyces boulardii sparkling juice and other fermented foods in Super Gut book
- Importance of fermented foods over commercial probiotics for a healthy microbiome
- Tips for fostering a healthy gut microbiome, including filtering water, organic foods without herbicides/pesticides/GMOs, eliminating wheat and grains, and consuming prebiotic fibers and polyphenols