Heal Your Gut, Heal Your Life | Practical Tips with Dr. Ken Brown

I want to know about how the loss of estrogen and progesterone in perimenopause and menopause women affects the gut microbiome? I know mine has changed due to perimenopause.

Great episode. So informative..Thank you both for this video. In 2017 I had Sibo. It took me so long to get diagnosed as every GI dr i saw told me it was IBS. Finding an integrative GI dr in NYC I was diagnosed not only with Sibo but Celiacs as well. Sad that it took so many years to be diagnosed with celiacs as I have had digestive issues for so many years. At age 56, now carnivore for 7 years, I am so grateful to have healed my gut and sibo free. Eating carnivore I have never felt better.

I have not had a colonoscopy for years and that’s because I almost died after the last one. The doctor apparently poked a hole in me and I almost bled to death. I was scheduled to go on an airplane and they say how do I go on on the airplane, I would’ve died from bleeding to death. I also have a history of polyps, but after that last episode, it’s hard to choose what to do. Not all doctors are as good as Dr. Brown as I found out the hard way. I had a few before that but then I had to change doctors because I moved to another state and bam the first one she did that was it.

Thanks Dr Lyon for sharing with us this information..gut health is very complex this help us have more knowledge what could be wrong with our gut health and how to get better🙏

another excellent brilliant discussion that is so interesting!!!! I wonder if the reason my parents all got to their very old age in perfect health is the 100 or so cups of tea they drink (with milk) all those polyphenols and tannins and they both didn't eat junk and processed foods - cooked everything themselves and yes ate meat - no heart disease no diabetes etc.  We were raised on real food, all of us are still healthy and well - and I was right up to age 55 when I started bloating and feeling ill. re antibiotics - I was misdiagnosed with IBS for years but had an inflammatory condition that a course of antibiotics fixed -  I had some kind of bacterial infection I think that was centred around my distal small interesting and cecum. in fact I can pinpoint it to a bout of food poisoning but I've been well since that one dose of antibiotics after being 'sick' with 'IBS' (not) for years and years - now I have no bloating and eating all the foods I couldn't cope with before.  the idea to 'never' have antibiotics I don't agree with. when they are needed they are needed and can be offset with taking Keffir or something.  I did bloat up so bad on the antiobics normally I bloated like 9 months pregnant but I bloated like having quintuplets then suddenly I felt different and I was fixed. It was that quick. however just wanted to say when I was in the years of misdiagnosis (before I had any scopes) and dietician was telling it was IBS I was told to go on the FODMAP diet - to use almond milk instead of dairy due to possibly 'lactose' being an issue but my logic is why would it be a problem after 55 years? NOPE! I can say that the almond milk made me so ill and sore and bloated!- the carrageenans in it! I just went back to milk I never had an issue with milk or meat. I had more issues with plants. Meat and eggs and milk and chicken and fish never presented any issues. It was fibrous things that hurt in my state of inflammation at the time, eating nuts felt like broken glass going through me...which is not any statement on plant foods being bad - I love them, eat all and everything now.... just talking about then...with an inflamed gut wall. I had heaps of ulcers and eroded villi and so patches of inflammation obviously things like nuts are going to hurt. and this idea of stuffing plants in to 'fix' a gut issue -  a) nice to hear it's not going to work with everyone and we respond differently to diets, and b) a proper diagnosis is important when you have a gut issue. Huge difference between IBS (whatever that is) and inflammatory conditions and infections or parasites. As the gentleman said - the food supply has to impact!!! low fibre, seed oils, thickeners like carrageenan... which might be 'safe' in small doses but in drip drip drip form coming from a plant milks and vegan foods from birth and padding out low fat things - (usually low fat junk), combine with high seed oils in fried junk foods - so glad to hear him taking about the food supply and IBS.  FODMAPs are not the reason that you have IBS - its a short term elimination diet to reintroduce to work out the level and combinations of food you can eat before you bloat or have pooping issues. however - why do people go along fine then 'suddenly' get IBS? I suggest the guy is right on - something in our food/something changes the gut bacteria balance. I had a poop test to rule out parasites - you can pick up DNA of non human form? anyway excellent wonderful conversation - thank God he's not pushing a vegan diet! I know so many healthy people who eat meat and milk and butter - their guts are fine as well. Healthy and fit and no gut issues no bloating, not any issues - you don't have to be vegan to have good gut health (as some 'influencers' try to tell you). please know the difference between bloating and distention, I know of a woman who thought she had IBS but she had ovarian cancer. By the way I had a camera tablet and a colonoscopy and an endoscopy to diagnose me. I needed to find a new gastro specialist to get proper diagnosis, I saw one and he just sent me to a dietician never did any scopes and I lost a few years of healthy life with a wrong diagnosis and all these silly supplements and FODMAP diets and stuff brought to you by 'Nestle!' thank you awesome discussion so helpful. I was a cows milk baby - never breast fed, also cesarian as was all my sibling. None of my siblings or me have any health issues, autism, ADD or IBS, heart disease or diabetes or obesity. I think early childhood nourishing diet and playing in dirt might have helped a lot as we know how to cook food and we don't drink anything but tea and coffee not sweetened drinks or soda and don't drink a lot of alcohol. We didn't have sterile wipes, as kids, we played on the ground, never wore shoes, and had pets. We were all raised from our mother's plate, just mashed whatever she had, fish, fowl, or meat and veg and a bit of fruit and milk and yoghurt - oats etc . NOT junk - never had supplements never needed probiotics. All perfectly health in our 60s now and mum is still going strong at 90 nothing wrong with her. I wonder how much of all this 'sterile' wipes and worrying about germs has cost us? Kids now are institutionalised, sterilised and fed silly food.

Wow! I enjoyed every minute of this informative discussion! Thank you both!

We have been commoditized for PROFIT in every aspect of our lives, food like substances is just one example. If you eat food like substances that are mass manufactured by those in white coats, then expect to be treated by those in white coats or worse still, those in blue theatre scrubs.

This was such a helpful interview. I need him as my doctor! I love that you interview so many unique people, who aren't just promoting books. And your questions...it was like you were in my head.

You really should get a NicNac sponsorship.....lol. saw you pull it out of your back pocket and sitting on your chair. Love your podcasts! Always great information.

Outstanding episode!!! So many nuggets of information. Lots of notes & take aways!

What do we do if you have Barrett’s esophagus and must take an acid reducer. How do we keep the microbiome healthy.

I love it how sometimes some easy words she finds it hard to pronounce but many times there’s difficult words she has no problem pronouncing lol Dr Leon looks really good here

An amazing interview, thank you 😊

Im SO excited by this tremendous interview and really looking forward to your next interview. My gut reactiin is that you are right about maintaining stomach acid and fixing the sphincter Thank you! Warmest regards Jennie

Iquickly ran through the transcript to see if anything was mentioned about a key factor in our gut health. I would appreciate a reference to a video about that.

Disheartening that we have to try to “make friends” with a Dr to get adequate care, for those of us w/o such connections that beginning story was triggering.

Great podcast guys alot of useful stuff. One thing I’d correct Ken on is he said the US is the only country that sprays crops before harvest with glysophate , this goes on in the uk as well.

@ 1:59:25 thank you for asking the cologuard question. Although I wasn't happy with the answer.

Great Voice😊

I would love to hear you talk about liver health and how that connects to gut health and/or brain health. Recently diagnosed with stage 3 liver disease due to auto immune hepatitis and I already have epilepsy so between Keppra and Prednisone I need help and advice. I know it’s a very specific category but I’m desperate and big pharma has left me broke at the moment while I save up.