Why Gut Health Matters and How Your Drugs Might Affect It

Send us Fan MailSummary:  The balance of the flora in the gut is essential to maintaining a healthy barrier between what’s in your GI tract and what’s in your bloodstream.  This episode addresses how broad-spectrum antibiotics can cause C. Diff, the dramatic effects of this and how it is treated.  Also discussed is how diet, alcohol and some drugs may affect the balance and diversity of the microbiome in your, thereby causing Leaky Gut (allowing contents of gut into the body), which in turn may cause or aggravate a variety of conditions, from autoimmune disorders to diabetes to Alzheimer’s.    Topics:·       Gut-Brain Connection 01:30·       Finding the Mother Tree 03:00·       Antibiotics & C. Diff 04:40·       C. Diff Treatment with Drugs 06:15·       C. Diff Treatment with Fecal Transplant 07:50·       Prebiotics 08:45·       Antibiotic Stewardship 09:25·       Leaky Gut 09:50·       Leaky Gut Causes – Diet & Alcohol 15:10·       Leaky Gut Causes – Laxatives, Proton Pump Inhibitors, NSAIDS, Statins? 17:90·       Gut Serotonin Production 21:30·       Journal & Participate 23:30·       Conditions Caused by Leaky Gut 26:00·       Heart Disease? ·       Autoimmune Diseases ·       Alzheimer’s·       Dietician & Nutritionist Resources 30:00·       Diet & Med-Gut Connections – Pay Attention & Participate 32:40    Questions and comments to  [email protected]