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HEAL YOUR GUT
Everybody Poops!
“Americans spend $1,300, 069 a day on
laxatives. Can you imagine? What a sad
state of affairs. All that money just so you
can poop. I poop because I enjoy it. It’s
sad that people have to spend money to
do that.”
- Paul Chek
Droppin’ Truth Bombs
•  Your gut can become leaky and lead to
food sensitivities, which will imbalance
your hormones and initiate fat storage
•  Seven out of ten people are gluten
sensitive, a condition which damages the
gut lining
•  Parasitic infections are incredibly
common. They are also highly stressful
to the body causing more hormonal
imbalance and fat storage
The Gut-Thyroid Connection
•  More bacteria in gut than cells in our
bodies!
–  Weigh up to 3-5 pounds
•  Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria are two
primary types
–  Lactobacilli – in small intestine
–  Bifidobacteria – in colon
Droppin’ Truth Bombs
•  One-third to one-half of Americans
have some form of digestive illness
•  An imbalance of gut bacteria will
inhibit thyroid hormone conversion,
thus slowing the metabolism
•  Sugar cravings are often caused by
an overgrowth of fungus in the
intestines
You Are Not What You Eat
•  Optimal diet with gut dysfunction will
never equal optimal outcome (health)
•  May forms of gut dysfunction exist
–  Will be a roadblock in fat loss (and
health) goals
The Gut-Thyroid Connection
•  Both good and bad bacteria exist in
our gut
–  Key is to achieve healthy balance
between the two
•  Dysbiosis = imbalance of gut bateria
(too much bad)
–  Produce endotoxins that can lead to
inflammation, leaky gut, food
sensitivities, fat storage, and toxicity
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The Gut-Thyroid Connection
•  Dysbiosis
–  Leads to impaired ability to convert
inactive thyroid (T4) to active (T3)
–  Diminishes thyroid activity by 20%
•  May decrease metabolism by 20%!
Feed Me, Seymour
•  Candida loves sugar
–  Candida robs sugar from digestive tract
•  Converts to alcohol – acetaldehyde
•  Can result in tipsy feeling, or hangover
feeling in high amounts
•  Need to address cause of overgrowth
to cure
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Fungal Overgrowth: Feeding
the Beast
•  Candidiasis – fungal overgrowth
–  Candida helps with vitamin K and some
B vitamin production
–  Can be knocked out of balance like
bacteria
•  Antibiotics don’t kill it, so it flourishes after
antibiotic use due to lack of bacteria to keep
it in balance
•  Overgrowth leads to leaky gut and systemic
spread (athlete’s foot, jock itch, fungus under
nails, itchy skin)
Leaky Gut Syndrome: Who Let
the Flies In?
•  Intestinal barrier – first line of immune
defense
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