Quantum Wellness The GUT-Brain Connection

https://quantumwellnessbotanicalinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Sugar-Why-Is-It-So-Addicting-What-Can-Be-Done.mp3 [Download not found] Why is Sugar so Addicting? Table sugar (sucrose) is one of many types of sugar that can drive addiction. Sucrose is a “double” sugar, meaning that it is a 2-sugar unit. One unit is glucose, also known as blood sugar. The other is fructose or fruit sugar. Sucrose and fructose are used as sweeteners in many foods and beverages. Two things happen when sucrose hits your digestive tract. One is that it is split into its two separate components, glucose and fructose. The other is that sucrose, glucose, and fructose stimulate growth by the wrong kinds of microbes in your GI tract. Addiction to these simple sugars is driven by one of those microbes, the candida yeast. It is an opportunistic microbe that takes over the gut whenever it gets the right fuel – sugars. Well-fed candida yeast outcompetes and even inhibits the friendly bacteria that keep your gut healthy. Therein is where sugar addiction ramps up. Yeast overgrowth damages the delicate lining of the GI tract, which allows the yeast to escape the gut and infect your whole body. This enables the yeast to take over communication between your gut and your main brain. Did you know that yeast in your gut takes control of your brain? The message that your brain gets is, “Feed me more sugar.” That’s how your all-important gut-brain connection becomes a conduit for sugar addiction. The term for yeast overgrowth is candidiasis. That is just a fancy way of saying that the growth of candida yeast is out of control body-wide. A yeast infection is simply an overgrowth of candida, a fungus found naturally in your vagina, says Pari Ghodsi, M.D., an ob-gyn and women’s health expert recently stated in Womens Health Magazine. Getting yeast back under control is a particular challenge because candida is a fungus. It doesn’t respond to antibiotics. Indeed, antibiotics make candidiasis worse because they further damage the friendly bacteria that you need for controlling yeast overgrowth in the first place. Eliminating or reducing your sugar intake is just the first step for rebalancing your gut bacteria. That’s not sufficient by itself, though. In addition, you must add healthy bacteria back into your GI tract. Both of these strategies go hand in hand to drive your recovery from yeast overgrowth. Can adding friendly bacteria back into your gut be straightforward? All you have to do is consume probiotic bacteria, either in fermented foods or from supplements. This is where probiotics are especially powerful. They help your friendly bacteria get back on track. Probiotics help your gut suppress candida growth, enable the gut lining to heal and reestablish the proper control of your gut-brain axis. The result: reduction of your sugar addiction. Candida feeds on simple sugars no matter their source, says Amy Myers, M.D. Glucose, in particular, comes from many non-sweet foods. Starchy foods are the most common ones. Starch is made of many glucose units chained together into a large molecule. Starch is very easy to digest. Digestion starts with enzymes in your saliva that break it down even before you swallow your food. Starch becomes another “sugar-hit” that feeds candida yeast. Reducing starchy foods, therefore, is also important for addressing sugar addiction.

https://quantumwellnessbotanicalinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/How-To-Detox-Your-Liver-Quantum-Wellness-YouTube-1.mp3 [Download not found] Your liver is a workhorse for your health. Technically, it is an extension of your digestive system. It is your main detoxifying organ for handling processed foods and other toxin-laden components in your diet. That’s just the tip of the iceberg for describing what a healthy liver does for you. Its phenomenal range of activities also includes: * Enhancing nutrient absorption in the GI tract * Balancing protein, fat, and sugar in your blood * Getting rid of old red blood cells and their leftover waste products * Producing essential agents for proper blood clotting * Breaking down and metabolizing medications and alcohol * Producing essential proteins and cholesterol * Storing minerals, especially iron, and vitamin A That’s what you can expect when your liver is healthy. The good news is you can easily keep it that way by liver cleansing. The following four strategies will help you the most. 1) Remove toxic foods from your diet. The most common sources of dietary toxins are processed foods. Vegetable oils, bad fats, refined carbohydrates, and prepackaged meats are some of the worst offenders. Typical processed vegetable oils include soy, canola, corn, and safflower. Cottonseed oil is also a common ingredient in processed foods. All of these oils are highly processed. The worst of the bad fats to avoid are synthetic trans-fats. These are the partially hydrogenated oils that are synthesized from common vegetable oils. They are often added to processed foods to improve their texture and shelf life. The most widespread of the refined carbohydrates is fructose from high-fructose corn syrup. This sugar is a particular challenge to liver health since the liver can only get rid of about 20% of the fructose that you consume. The remainder has to be metabolized into other products, such as fatty triglycerides, before being exported into the bloodstream. Processed meats – e.g., hot dogs, bologna, bacon, ham, salami, sausages, and canned meats – typically contain lots of sugar and bad fats that can overtax your liver function. 2) Drink raw vegetable juice. Raw vegetables, especially leafy greens, are the best foods for liver detoxification. Nutritionists recommend having as many as 11 servings of vegetables a day. This can be overwhelming unless you put at least some of those servings into smoothies The best vegetables for liver cleansing smoothies include cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and kale. If their flavors are not especially appealing, you can add carrots, cucumber, beets, or spinach or other greens for a tastier and more enjoyable detox beverage. 3) Eat liver. Liver is one of the most nutrient-dense foods you can eat. It’s no surprise that eating liver provides what livers need. Liver from grass-fed cattle or pastured chickens is rich in vitamins A, folic acid, CoQ10, choline, and several liver-healthy minerals (iron, copper, zinc, chromium). Having liver 1-2 times a week can do wonders for your liver health. In case you don’t like liver, you can instead take freeze-dried liver tablets as a supplement. 4) Take liver-boosting supplements. The most well-known herbal supplement for liver health is milk thistle. Several other herbs are also excellent for enhancing liver function. Of these, turmeric is probably the most versatile. Besides boosting liver function, it also provides a myriad of other health benefits and is a rising star among herb-based supplements worldwide. Dandelion root is also widely known for its value to your liver. More recently, research on extracts of artichoke and black radish has shown that these two herbs belong on the list of supplements that help your liver. Specifically, they support bile production that helps the liver break down fats and proteins.

https://quantumwellnessbotanicalinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/What-is-Maca-Root.mp3 [Download not found] Maca root is one of the newest herbal remedies to gain attention in the natural health community. It is a superfood native to the high Andes of Peru. Maca has been revered for its medicinal properties for thousands of years. Although it shares many characteristics with other root vegetables in the mustard family (such as radish and turnip), maca is unique biochemically. It produces a rich array of antioxidant polyphenolics and sulfur-containing ingredients that benefit our health. Maca’s antioxidant effects extend to its role in boosting the body’s own innate antioxidants. These include the most important one of all, glutathione. Maca also boosts levels of our main antioxidant enzyme, SOD (superoxide dismutase). Traditional uses of maca include its roles in enhancing fertility and sex drive. Modern research has rounded out this list with additional benefits based on recent studies. The main benefits so far include: • Enhancing energy, mood, and memory • Improving female sexual health • Balancing estrogen levels • Boosting mail fertility According to a 2012 scientific review out of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, maca also protects against osteoporosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (prostate overgrowth), and skin damage by UV radiation. In addition, those who regularly consume maca supplements often mention how maca makes them feel energized and more awake without getting the “jitters” that comes from caffeine. The phenomenal diversity of its health benefits rest on its role as an adaptogen. This is a term that scientists give to certain herbs that help the body to adapt to everyday stress, including physical and emotional stress. In other words, maca is a “balancing” herb that supports the function of our system of glands that regulate hormone control. A 2006 study at the Charles Sturt University (Sydney, Australia) even found that maca could relieve the symptoms of menopausal discomfort. This study recommended maca as an alternative non-hormonal plant option to reduce dependence on hormone therapy programs (HRT). The research on maca clearly points to it as a rising star among herbal supplements.

https://quantumwellnessbotanicalinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/How-to-Reduce-Gut-Inflammation.mp3 [Download not found] Video Interview TranscriptionKendall E. Matthews: Perfect. So one of the things that we're going to be doing, and I'm going to doing more of this next couple of months, is being able to provide great content for health technology and things that you are able to do. And what I'm doing is making sure that have the energy that I need to be successful every single day. And I want to share that information with you, and Dr. Dennis Clark is helped me out. So if you want to subscribe to this YouTube channel, make sure you do that and click the notification button as well so you can get notified on one. We're going to be uploading some more great content and if you have any questions that you want me to ask, Dr. Dennis Clark, leave those in the comment section below. I'll make sure the next time we do these I will ask your question as well. So, the last time we were talking Dr. Clark, we are talking about the probiotics and one of the areas that I'm interested in diving a little bit more deeply for the next two minutes or so is about the immune system. So, before you get into that, could you tell us a little bit about your background. Then we can dive into the immune system. Dr. Dennis Clark: I was a professor at Arizona State University for 30 years in scientific research with the specialty and plant natural products chemistry. That's a mouthful. One thing led to another over my teaching and research career. I ultimately ended up applying that to herbal medicine and then just all aspects of natural health for that reason, and for personal reasons, I discovered probiotics as a crucial supplement or at least some way they get into your body every day because the bacteria that run your systems from top to bottom are often damaged by things that we do in daily life. Whether it be food additives, whether it be poor sleep, even a bad attitude of various toxins. The worst could be probably added acids and antibiotics. All those things demand that we take care of our own bacteria better and that to me is simply supplementing with probiotics. Kendall E. Matthews: Gotcha. So I want to talk about the immune system and so just to let you know that sometimes I'm going to be writing notes down because you provided so much great information that I want to make sure I captured it in the moment. So for the next, about two minutes about the immune system and what all that entails, what the immune system. Dr. Dennis Clark: Well, everything you've heard about the immune system, it's much more complicated than you think. It keeps you well against all kinds of challenges, and it's not just microbial challenge is, is also inflammatory challenges. So that means that anything is you can do to make your immune system work better. Everything else you have will work better. The thing that floored me when I was first starting to study probiotics is that 70 percent of your immune cells are regenerated in your small intestine, 70 percent. So that means that if you want to take care of your immune system, first and foremost, you have to take care of your gut, and that requires that you pay attention to how healthy the bacteria are, from top to bottom, from your mouth, all the way out the other end so that your immunity stays as good as it can be. When you're challenged in your gut and the bacteria are damaged, then your immune system suffers. And that invites all kinds of things. One of the main things that people have now, it's almost a pandemic worldwide, and that is autoimmune difficulties so that when we have a leaky gut due to inflammatory lifestyle choices and also to damage to our microbiome, our gut bacteria, it leads to little junctions that opened up in our gut and it causes inflammation and the immune system goes crazy. In fact, if you think about it, this is always a puzzle to me until I finally got...