Microscopic Allies: Dr. William Choctaw on Enhancing Health with the Power of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Balanced Microorganisms

100:00:01,183 --> 00:00:02,685Speaker 1: Welcome to the Healthy, wealthy and Wise 200:00:02,725 --> 00:00:07,142podcast with Dr William T Choctaw, mdjd, where the doctor 300:00:07,182 --> 00:00:10,410helps you unlock your full potential by equipping you with 400:00:10,529 --> 00:00:14,224tools and knowledge in the areasof health, wealth and wisdom 500:00:14,705 --> 00:00:18,501anchored in his experience as a business executive, a physician 600:00:18,562 --> 00:00:22,074surveyor for the Joint Commission, a former mayor and 700:00:22,213 --> 00:00:26,208over 50 years of experience as ageneral surgeon. You've got 800:00:26,268 --> 00:00:30,466questions, he's got answers, so let's get started. Here's Dr 900:00:30,527 --> 00:00:33,000William T Choctaw, mdjd. 1000:00:34,002 --> 00:00:38,590Speaker 2: Good morning, I'm Dr William T Choctaw and welcome to1100:00:38,590 --> 00:00:42,884our Healthy, wealthy and Wise podcast. This podcast is part of1200:00:42,884 --> 00:00:48,539our Leadership Masterclass series and we invite you to join1300:00:48,539 --> 00:00:51,807us on the journey today to learn some new and exciting 1400:00:51,868 --> 00:00:55,859things about healthcare that youmay not have experienced in the1500:00:55,859 --> 00:00:59,786past. Each month, we try to provide you, our listeners, with1600:00:59,786 --> 00:01:03,732mental, physical, spiritual strength by giving actionable 1700:01:03,813 --> 00:01:07,865advice, tips, guidance and information to help you achieve 1800:01:07,926 --> 00:01:13,162your own personal, professional and spiritual goals. We consider1900:01:13,162 --> 00:01:17,590the health of the mind, body and spirit paramount as a single2000:01:17,590 --> 00:01:21,884unit that can provide cumulative strength greater than2100:01:21,884 --> 00:01:26,620the individual parts to strengthen the whole person. So 2200:01:26,841 --> 00:01:32,902join with us as we travel this journey today. Today, we're 2300:01:32,921 --> 00:01:37,769going to talk about healthy eating that includes prebiotic 2400:01:37,950 --> 00:01:43,088and probiotics the world of microorganisms. Let me repeat 2500:01:43,149 --> 00:01:47,185that we're going to talk about healthy eating that includes 2600:01:47,665 --> 00:01:55,001prebiotics and probiotics the world of microorganisms. So sit 2700:01:55,042 --> 00:02:02,304back and go with us on this outstanding journey. As always, 2800:02:02,385 --> 00:02:05,695we like to go over our beliefs and I believe that life is about2900:02:05,695 --> 00:02:10,366being of service to others. I believe knowledge is power. I 3000:02:10,406 --> 00:02:17,727believe leaders can change the world. As always, we like to put3100:02:17,727 --> 00:02:20,236up an outline, and the purpose of the outline is to let you 3200:02:20,276 --> 00:02:22,742know what we're going to talk about. But, more importantly, 3300:02:23,465 --> 00:02:26,069the purpose of the outline is tolet you know when we're just 3400:02:26,129 --> 00:02:31,336about done. We're going to talk about microorganisms, and you 3500:02:31,356 --> 00:02:34,405may be saying to yourself behindthe world, does that involve 3600:02:34,545 --> 00:02:38,480eating? Well, stay tuned and we'll go over that. We're going 3700:02:38,501 --> 00:02:43,186to talk about good and bad microorganisms. We're going to 3800:02:43,225 --> 00:02:47,401talk about microorganisms that live in the body. Yes, ladies 3900:02:47,442 --> 00:02:50,526and gentlemen, there are bacteria and various types of 4000:02:50,567 --> 00:02:56,282microorganisms that normally live within our bodies and we're4100:02:56,282 --> 00:03:00,644going to touch on that today. We're going to review prebiotic 4200:03:00,683 --> 00:03:06,633and probiotics and talk about the specific benefits of each 4300:03:08,102 --> 00:03:12,210and, as always, we always like to refer you to use your search 4400:03:12,371 --> 00:03:18,894engine liberally, whichever system you have, and to review 4500:03:20,076 --> 00:03:22,923and evaluate information, particularly from the Mayo 4600:03:22,962 --> 00:03:27,050Clinic and other notable healthcare institutions, about 4700:03:27,090 --> 00:03:34,350this important topic. This topic, as always, as all of our 4800:03:34,390 --> 00:03:37,979podcasts, are part of our masterclass series in medicine. 4900:03:38,741 --> 00:03:41,811We believe that it's important that all of us have a certain 5000:03:41,890 --> 00:03:45,000basic understanding of healthcare on multiple levels 5100:03:46,162 --> 00:03:48,727and, again going back to our beliefs that knowledge is 5200:03:48,788 --> 00:03:54,024powered, this will empower us, Ibelieve, to have better 5300:03:54,085 --> 00:04:02,889healthcare for ourselves and those around us. So go with me, 5400:04:03,050 --> 00:04:10,846if you will, to the world of microorganisms. Microorganisms, 5500:04:11,306 --> 00:04:13,831now, you may be saying well, what in the world is a 5600:04:13,912 --> 00:04:18,826microorganism? Well, a microorganism is an organism 5700:04:19,187 --> 00:04:25,798that can only be seen by the microscope. Let me say that 5800:04:25,838 --> 00:04:32,595again A microorganism is an organism that can only be seen 5900:04:33,315 --> 00:04:37,286by the microscope. Now you may be saying well, you know, I 6000:04:37,307 --> 00:04:40,596don't ever remember hearing anything about this, and what in6100:04:40,596 --> 00:04:43,858the world are we talking about today? Well, I'm going to beg to6200:04:43,858 --> 00:04:48,351differ. I'm going to say go with me back to your high school6300:04:48,351 --> 00:04:51,000, and I will bet you that somewhere in your high school 6400:04:51,822 --> 00:04:54,307certainly in early college, but somewhere in your high school 6500:04:54,788 --> 00:05:01,827you had a class called biology, Biology, the study of life. Bio 6600:05:01,887 --> 00:05:06,742meaning life, ology mean the study of, and doing that biology6700:05:06,742 --> 00:05:10,769class, I'm going to suggest that somewhere in that room, 6800:05:10,870 --> 00:05:15,980that was a microscope, a microscope, and it was that 6900:05:16,122 --> 00:05:19,906microscope, a multiple microscopes like it, that you 7000:05:20,187 --> 00:05:27,107use to begin to explore the world of microorganisms. Okay, 7100:05:27,791 --> 00:05:32,127so just just think about that. These are organisms that are 7200:05:32,166 --> 00:05:36,437with us daily, that we cannot see with the naked eye, that we 7300:05:36,497 --> 00:05:40,786need a microscope to see them and, more importantly, the 7400:05:40,947 --> 00:05:44,454organisms that I'm going to talkabout are inside of us. It's 7500:05:44,555 --> 00:05:48,565normal. Do not freak out, do notget scared, do not worry about 7600:05:48,586 --> 00:05:52,425it. This is the way God intendedit. Okay, so it's all good. 7700:05:53,000 --> 00:06:00,427It's all good. So, as we said, organisms that cannot be seen by7800:06:00,427 --> 00:06:03,291the naked eye. There are different classes of 7900:06:03,351 --> 00:06:06,961microorganisms and you've heard of these. Some are called 8000:06:07,060 --> 00:06:12,007bacteria, which I'm sure you've heard of, fungii, a fungi, 8100:06:13,009 --> 00:06:16,512protozoan, but you may not have heard of that's a single cell 8200:06:16,593 --> 00:06:20,807organisms or virus. You've definitely heard about viruses. 8300:06:21,420 --> 00:06:27,723Viruses, like bacteria and fungi, are microorganisms. You can't 8400:06:27,824 --> 00:06:34,348see a virus except through the microscope. Okay, so, of the 8500:06:34,850 --> 00:06:37,357four or five different categories that we've mentioned,8600:06:37,357 --> 00:06:40,839we're going to concentrate today on the bacteria. We'll 8700:06:40,901 --> 00:06:44,252only mention viruses and maybe some of the other microorganisms8800:06:44,252 --> 00:06:52,990as a contrast to bacteria. Okay, so let's look at bacteria. 8900:06:53,721 --> 00:06:57,194Well, what's interesting to knowabout bacteria? Is that back 9000:06:57,353 --> 00:07:01,283normal bacteria, or I'm going touse the term good, bacteria 9100:07:02,024 --> 00:07:12,466lives within us, lives within usand indeed bacteria, if you, 9200:07:12,567 --> 00:07:15,694and there are billions of them that live within us, remember, 9300:07:15,779 --> 00:07:19,154you can't see them, you need a microscope to see them, but 9400:07:19,196 --> 00:07:24,322there are different parts of ourbodies and I would argue, or 9500:07:24,343 --> 00:07:27,610basically, most of the science shows that we're talking about 9600:07:28,252 --> 00:07:32,290billions, with a beat of bacteria that live within our 9700:07:32,350 --> 00:07:35,348body. Now, normally, whenever wehear bacteria, we think of 9800:07:35,387 --> 00:07:37,343something bad, we think of something that we need to 9900:07:37,382 --> 00:07:42,386destroy or kill or get rid of, and certainly much of that is 10000:07:42,466 --> 00:07:46,927true. I'm going to talk about today, those bacteria that help 10100:07:47,047 --> 00:07:53,805us, that help us. I believe the world and the human body is 10200:07:54,026 --> 00:07:58,079extraordinarily complex, extraordinarily complex, and 10300:07:58,139 --> 00:08:05,654part of that complexity is that the creator, god, in my opinion 10400:08:06,997 --> 00:08:10,401put all of that together so thatwe all benefit, and I'm going 10500:08:10,420 --> 00:08:13,588to talk about it from the human perspective and how these 10600:08:13,749 --> 00:08:19,151billions of bacteria that are normally within our bodies help 10700:08:19,312 --> 00:08:23,863us to function properly. Bacteria, obviously, are very, 10800:08:23,884 --> 00:08:28,920very tiny that you can take 100,000 of them and put them in 10900:08:28,939 --> 00:08:32,971a period at the end of a sentence. Let me say that again 11000:08:33,179 --> 00:08:38,669you can take 100,000 bacteria and fit them in a period at the 11100:08:38,950 --> 00:08:44,245end of a sentence, and bacteria have been around for billions of11200:08:44,245 --> 00:08:52,246years billions of years. So this is part of the complicated 11300:08:52,346 --> 00:08:57,820relationship, or the balanced relationship, if you will, the 11400:08:57,899 --> 00:09:03,284world that we live in, that we're taking things from the 11500:09:03,644 --> 00:09:06,272environment and we're giving things back to the environment. 11600:09:07,600 --> 00:09:12,210But, as we will learn and I willuse this word a lot balance is 11700:09:12,289 --> 00:09:18,744what we want. Balance is what wewant, and so one of the ways 11800:09:18,865 --> 00:09:23,096and we'll talk about this a bit more also to think about 11900:09:23,758 --> 00:09:28,486bacteria and their location is bacteria are very important, 12000:09:28,506 --> 00:09:33,201among other things, in facilitating digestion, or the 12100:09:33,282 --> 00:09:38,899gastrointestinal tract, or the stomach intestines tract. Or 12200:09:39,240 --> 00:09:44,831when we eat something, let's saywe eat an apple and we put it 12300:09:44,892 --> 00:09:49,288in our mouth and we bite it, we chew it very, very fondly, we 12400:09:49,369 --> 00:09:54,491swallow it. The apple then goes through our esophagus, which is 12500:09:54,572 --> 00:09:59,923a tube that goes from our mouth to our stomach. The material 12600:09:59,962 --> 00:10:03,171from the apple then goes into the stomach. It's mixed with 12700:10:03,270 --> 00:10:07,129various types of enzymes to helpto digest it, et cetera, et 12800:10:07,168 --> 00:10:10,427cetera, et cetera. It then goes into the intestines, the small 12900:10:10,488 --> 00:10:14,644intestines first the large intestines, until we ultimately 13000:10:14,783 --> 00:10:19,267eliminated. But as it travels through that, I'm going to call 13100:10:19,307 --> 00:10:25,821it the gastrointestinal tract, the stomach intestines tract it 13200:10:25,841 --> 00:10:30,091interacts with millions of different types of bacteria, 13300:10:30,410 --> 00:10:36,085normally, normally that reside in our intestinal tract, that 13400:10:36,205 --> 00:10:45,542help to facilitate normal digestion. So bacteria can 13500:10:45,642 --> 00:10:49,587either be good bacteria, that we're going to talk about mostly13600:10:49,587 --> 00:10:53,956, or bad bacteria, that you're probably most familiar with, and13700:10:53,956 --> 00:10:58,004bad bacteria we hear about withillnesses, various types of 13800:10:58,043 --> 00:11:02,663bacteria that cause illnesses ordiseases or disabilities. 13900:11:03,695 --> 00:11:08,024Example ear infection is usuallycaused by bacteria, most 14000:11:08,063 --> 00:11:12,118commonly occurs in children. Pneumonia, which can occur in 14100:11:12,197 --> 00:11:17,066anybody, which is bacteria in the lung that can create 14200:11:17,326 --> 00:11:23,768information and multiple growth of other bacteria, bad bacteria 14300:11:23,808 --> 00:11:29,144that make it difficult for us tobreathe or without coughing, or14400:11:29,144 --> 00:11:32,815makes it difficult for us to exchange oxygen, which is the 14500:11:32,835 --> 00:11:37,024main function of the lungs to allow us to carry on our normal,14600:11:37,024 --> 00:11:41,301regular body functioning. There's bacteria that can be a 14700:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,301part of food poisoning. If you eat certain bad types of food it14800:11:45,301 --> 00:11:49,840will spoil the types of food. That's usually because a certain14900:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,634type of bacteria may have overgrown in that food and the 15000:11:53,673 --> 00:11:57,434body does not like this particular type of bacteria and 15100:11:57,455 --> 00:12:01,663that can cause things like crampy pain, diarrhea, et cetera15200:12:01,663 --> 00:12:06,562, et cetera. So there's bad bacteria and there's good 15300:12:06,623 --> 00:12:10,722bacteria. Now I would just momentarily contrast that with 15400:12:10,743 --> 00:12:14,940viruses. They're bad viruses. Some of the bad viruses are 15500:12:14,980 --> 00:12:18,756viruses that cause the common cold. Most of us have gotten 15600:12:18,797 --> 00:12:23,514colds, usually once a year or so. Those are rhino viruses. There15700:12:23,514 --> 00:12:26,360are certain viruses that can cause bad viruses, that can 15800:12:26,400 --> 00:12:32,038cause influenza, the flu, and ofcourse we know about the bad 15900:12:32,058 --> 00:12:39,821viruses that can cause COVID. Somy point is that viruses are a 16000:12:39,942 --> 00:12:45,115type of microorganism, organismsthat we cannot see, but they 16100:12:45,174 --> 00:12:48,701are unique and different from bacteria, which are also 16200:12:48,780 --> 00:12:57,099microorganisms that we cannot see. Okay, and I don't know. I 16300:12:57,158 --> 00:13:01,768must admit I don't know of any good viruses, but they are good 16400:13:01,847 --> 00:13:08,434bacteria. So let's get back to our topic good bacteria. Okay 16500:13:08,434 --> 00:13:13,649Now, bacteria in general are various types and you can tell 16600:13:13,850 --> 00:13:18,537the form of the bacteria or whatit looks like. You have an idea16700:13:18,537 --> 00:13:22,418of what it looks like by the name. If you say streptococcus 16800:13:23,620 --> 00:13:30,599pneumonia, that coccus means circle, so it's a strep type of 16900:13:30,639 --> 00:13:34,847pneumonia that's circular in form, so that when you look at 17000:13:34,908 --> 00:13:39,363it under the microscope you lookfor little circles to identify 17100:13:39,423 --> 00:13:46,701that strep to coccus. If you look at salmonella typhi, which 17200:13:46,782 --> 00:13:52,820is a type of bacteria that has atail and that's a flagella we 17300:13:52,879 --> 00:13:57,774call that, it's a rod, it's not a circle, it's a rod. If you 17400:13:57,815 --> 00:14:05,248look at vibrio cholera, it has alittle spiral tail associated 17500:14:05,307 --> 00:14:08,779with it. So these are some of the things, ways that you can 17600:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,937identify the formation or the morphology, if you will, of 17700:14:12,977 --> 00:14:16,798bacteria when you see them underthe microscope. Remember, you 17800:14:16,837 --> 00:14:19,977can't see bacteria with the naked eye, you can only see them17900:14:19,977 --> 00:14:24,381under the microscope and, trustme, most of you not all of you 18000:14:24,442 --> 00:14:27,799did do this in school. I hope you have paying attention in 18100:14:27,840 --> 00:14:31,716biology, where the instructor brought out the microscope and 18200:14:31,755 --> 00:14:34,182you went by and you looked at different things under the 18300:14:34,221 --> 00:14:38,139microscope. Other characteristics of bacteria 18400:14:38,721 --> 00:14:42,840they're single cell. Now our bodies are made up of billions 18500:14:42,899 --> 00:14:49,599of cells with a B billions of cells. The bacteria, or a 18600:14:49,679 --> 00:14:54,847bacterium, is a single cell, just one again, which is why 18700:14:54,888 --> 00:15:00,534it's so small, just why we can'tsee it with the naked eye. The 18800:15:00,615 --> 00:15:05,057DNA is not compartmentalized in bacteria. That's sort of a 18900:15:05,097 --> 00:15:07,318technical term. You don't have to worry about it, but it's just19000:15:07,318 --> 00:15:12,822another distinction. The DNA inbacteria are made up of one 19100:15:12,942 --> 00:15:16,678single chromosome. We have a number of chromosomes in our 19200:15:16,719 --> 00:15:21,514bodies, but that's different from a single cell bacteria. And19300:15:21,514 --> 00:15:24,390the other thing about the single cell bacteria is that it 19400:15:24,461 --> 00:15:29,339reproduces asexually by what we call binary vision, so it does 19500:15:29,379 --> 00:15:32,374not need a partner to reproduce,probably one of the reasons why19600:15:32,374 --> 00:15:39,105there's so many of them, one ofthe things to keep in mind. And19700:15:39,105 --> 00:15:42,150again, I'm going to go back andcompare with the virus. Now, 19800:15:42,211 --> 00:15:48,350both the microorganisms Bacteriacan be killed with antibiotics.19900:15:48,350 --> 00:15:55,028Bacteria can be killed with antibiotics. You cannot kill 20000:15:55,068 --> 00:15:59,075viruses with antibiotics. Okay, it's good to keep that in mind 20100:15:59,440 --> 00:16:04,229and that's why you need vaccinesto come in and help to prepare 20200:16:04,629 --> 00:16:08,581the body's immune system to get rid of viruses. But bacteria, 20300:16:08,600 --> 00:16:12,124you can kill them with antibiotics and that clearly in 20400:16:12,144 --> 00:16:18,629the early stages of life, and mankind has helped to 20500:16:18,669 --> 00:16:23,254revolutionize healthcare being able to kill the bad bacteria. 20600:16:26,921 --> 00:16:30,467So we've talked about bad bacteria that can cause diseases20700:16:30,467 --> 00:16:34,881and illnesses, et cetera, et cetera. The majority and the 20800:16:34,942 --> 00:16:37,686remainder of our discussion thismorning is going to be about 20900:16:37,726 --> 00:16:43,500the good bacteria, the pre and the probiotic bacteria. Okay, so21000:16:43,500 --> 00:16:50,544let's go to that. So again, bacteria normally live in our 21100:16:50,565 --> 00:16:54,129bodies, normally live in our bodies, and a way to remember 21200:16:54,168 --> 00:16:59,173that is that they are especiallyhelpful in facilitating 21300:16:59,234 --> 00:17:05,780digestion eating. Okay, now, back when you were in high 21400:17:05,820 --> 00:17:11,126school, you had a little round dish called a Petra dish, and 21500:17:11,227 --> 00:17:14,550you took a little something, a little wire, something, double 21600:17:14,590 --> 00:17:17,232circle at the end, and you dipped it into a solution and 21700:17:17,252 --> 00:17:21,361then you put some streaks on that Petra dish, you put a top 21800:17:21,461 --> 00:17:24,483on that dish, you then put it insomething called an incubator 21900:17:25,444 --> 00:17:29,048for overnight, and when you cameback the next day, you saw that22000:17:29,048 --> 00:17:33,493you now had multiple streaks, amultiple little entities on 22100:17:33,513 --> 00:17:36,922that same dish that were not there initially, and what you 22200:17:36,961 --> 00:17:42,141just did was that you grew bacteria in a Petra dish. You 22300:17:42,201 --> 00:17:46,227then took another little wire like material. You took a piece 22400:17:46,267 --> 00:17:49,752of that material, put it on a slide slide, put it under a 22500:17:49,813 --> 00:17:53,982microscope and you looked at it and this is where you could see 22600:17:54,784 --> 00:18:00,131the bacteria that you've just grown, so they are alive, they 22700:18:00,270 --> 00:18:05,481are present and you can reproduce them at will. So good 22800:18:05,521 --> 00:18:09,509bacteria, good bacteria, dividedinto two categories the 22900:18:09,589 --> 00:18:15,884probiotic bacteria and prebioticbacteria, and it's not as 23000:18:15,923 --> 00:18:21,522complicated as it sounds. Alright. So the importance of 23100:18:21,863 --> 00:18:29,651bacteria in general and we're talking primarily about the pro 23200:18:29,810 --> 00:18:35,717and the prebiotic, and we'll break it up a bit later is that 23300:18:37,259 --> 00:18:41,943bacteria can be used in nature this is also the body to get rid23400:18:41,943 --> 00:18:46,008of petroleum when there's a spill. Bacteria can also be used23500:18:46,008 --> 00:18:51,433in engineering various types ofengineering to remove waste and23600:18:51,433 --> 00:18:56,661poisons from water. That help us. And obviously, bacteria can 23700:18:56,681 --> 00:19:00,442be used in synthesizing drugs, and this is particularly where 23800:19:02,721 --> 00:19:06,363various types of virus or vaccines may come in for viruses23900:19:06,363 --> 00:19:18,886. So Two areas that good bacteria help us. We talked 24000:19:18,926 --> 00:19:23,169about one, which is facilitatingdigestion. The other is 24100:19:23,410 --> 00:19:28,811improving immunity, improving immunity. Immunity is the body's24200:19:28,811 --> 00:19:33,788ability to fight infection of various types, be it bacterial, 24300:19:33,869 --> 00:19:45,066be it viral, be it protozoan, from some type, etc. Etc. And 24400:19:45,405 --> 00:19:50,334one category of good bacteria iscalled probiotic 24500:19:50,394 --> 00:19:56,710P-R-O-B-I-O-T-E-C probiotic. Youcan look that up again in your 24600:19:56,750 --> 00:20:01,247search engine and research aboutwhat that's involved. But 24700:20:01,267 --> 00:20:05,028that's a type of what we call good bacteria. These are living 24800:20:05,069 --> 00:20:10,791microorganisms that can benefit the body, and so you may say 24900:20:10,892 --> 00:20:16,702well, what are some sources of this good bacteria? How do I get25000:20:16,702 --> 00:20:19,673them? Well, you can get them incertain types of foods, believe25100:20:19,673 --> 00:20:25,086it or not, and you can also getthem with supplements. I tend 25200:20:25,147 --> 00:20:30,833to like the natural approach, and so I would recommend the 25300:20:30,893 --> 00:20:35,679foods. Before you do supplements, I would certainly recommend 25400:20:35,699 --> 00:20:39,412that you talk to your healthcareprofessional, your primary care25500:20:39,412 --> 00:20:42,720physician, and make sure that the supplements don't interfere 25600:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,034with your other medication, if you're taking other medication, 25700:20:46,154 --> 00:20:49,450or that they are the right ones for you. But certain types of 25800:20:49,529 --> 00:20:54,570foods you are able to eat, and so the probiotics, one of the 25900:20:54,631 --> 00:20:59,047parts of the good bacteria, are present in foods like yogurt. In26000:20:59,047 --> 00:21:02,527many of you eat yogurt, which is a good food to eat, and then 26100:21:02,887 --> 00:21:06,815you can also eat the sauerkraut,which is another type of food 26200:21:06,835 --> 00:21:10,787that you can find those probiotics in Other ways. That 26300:21:10,826 --> 00:21:14,717probiotics help the body. In addition to digestion, as we 26400:21:14,777 --> 00:21:19,992mentioned, is building up. They help the body to build up this 26500:21:20,053 --> 00:21:23,038immune system so that it can fight other types of infections.26600:21:23,038 --> 00:21:27,859Now, other types of foods that these probiotic microorganisms 26700:21:27,940 --> 00:21:33,300can be found normally, in addition to yogurt, is foods 26800:21:33,320 --> 00:21:39,320like kimchi, which is using different parts of Asia apple 26900:21:39,401 --> 00:21:44,094vinegar, cider, pickles we're all like pickles, buttermilk, 27000:21:44,977 --> 00:21:49,836miso, soup and so these are justsome of the types of foods that27100:21:49,836 --> 00:21:52,244have that are rich in probioticbacteria, that are normal, 27200:21:53,928 --> 00:21:58,237healthy types of foods that we can eat that then help to build 27300:21:58,357 --> 00:22:07,132up our probiotic material withinour bodies. There's also 27400:22:07,313 --> 00:22:10,343another category of microorganisms in the body 27500:22:10,363 --> 00:22:15,221called prebiotic. Prebiotic foods tend to be foods that are 27600:22:15,242 --> 00:22:23,663typically high fiber and they also use as we eat to improve 27700:22:26,512 --> 00:22:30,364our ability to build up our prebiotic microorganisms in the 27800:22:30,403 --> 00:22:37,064body, and these foods have foundour bananas, onions, oatmeal, 27900:22:37,084 --> 00:22:42,201asparagus again, healthy types of foods that we can eat that 28000:22:42,221 --> 00:22:49,881will help to build up our normal, healthy bacteria that live 28100:22:49,901 --> 00:22:51,484within our body that help to keep us even more healthy and 28200:22:51,505 --> 00:22:55,961fight infections. So I know it'sa little counterintuitive 28300:22:55,980 --> 00:22:59,656because, again, usually when we hear bacteria, we think of bad 28400:22:59,696 --> 00:23:02,173things or germs and things we want to get rid of, and yes, 28500:23:02,319 --> 00:23:06,864they do exist. My point, very simple, is there is another side28600:23:06,864 --> 00:23:10,845of that and that other side is that there are bacteria that are28700:23:10,845 --> 00:23:16,823normally within our body that are beneficial to us and indeed,28800:23:16,823 --> 00:23:20,736using that word balance, we want a good balance between the 28900:23:21,740 --> 00:23:23,384good bacteria, the pre-improbiotic bacteria, 29000:23:25,430 --> 00:23:28,982microorganisms that live in our bodies and the bad bacteria that29100:23:28,982 --> 00:23:36,712we want to get rid of as much as possible. One of the things 29200:23:36,732 --> 00:23:43,917to keep in mind because bacteriacan be killed that very strong 29300:23:44,057 --> 00:23:49,576antibiotics or some types of chemotherapy can destroy all 29400:23:49,636 --> 00:23:51,784bacteria in the body, good or bad, and obviously that's 29500:23:51,804 --> 00:23:57,741problematic because if you destroy all the good bacteria 29600:23:57,761 --> 00:23:59,386now, you're putting that patienteven more at risk, depending on29700:23:59,386 --> 00:24:02,416whatever his or her initial problem was. And so part of what29800:24:02,416 --> 00:24:10,300the position has to balance is what the status of the patient 29900:24:10,601 --> 00:24:14,253is, do various tests to find outwhat's working, what's not 30000:24:14,294 --> 00:24:15,880working, what areas are problematic, and balance the 30100:24:15,900 --> 00:24:20,675risk-benefit ratio of antibiotics or any type of 30200:24:20,696 --> 00:24:24,851treatment that might affect or upset the normal functioning of 30300:24:24,871 --> 00:24:28,022the patient's body. But keep in mind that bacteria, again, they 30400:24:28,042 --> 00:24:32,846are susceptible to antibiotics and probably some chemotherapy, 30500:24:32,969 --> 00:24:39,355and so that can many times not be in the best interest of the 30600:24:39,375 --> 00:24:42,144patient, and this is why I thinkit's so important to always 30700:24:42,203 --> 00:24:45,676engage a healthcare professionalwhen you're looking at 30800:24:45,717 --> 00:24:55,093treatment and you're dealing with perceived illnesses. So if 30900:24:55,133 --> 00:25:00,161we were to summarize then in terms of pre and probiotics by 31000:25:00,181 --> 00:25:05,694themselves, probiotics are microorganisms, healthy bacteria31100:25:05,694 --> 00:25:08,820or bacteria that are within thebody, that are good bacteria 31200:25:10,349 --> 00:25:15,171and they promote healthy digestive activity. They can be 31300:25:15,250 --> 00:25:19,719found in foods like yogurt, sauerkraut, kefir, pickles, 31400:25:20,259 --> 00:25:26,192kimchi, tempeh and obviously in some supplements and again, I 31500:25:26,252 --> 00:25:30,295caution against using the supplements, I'd recommend using31600:25:30,295 --> 00:25:35,817just regular foods. And then wehave the other what I just 31700:25:35,876 --> 00:25:38,461mentioned. With the probiotics, we also have the pre-biotics 31800:25:39,390 --> 00:25:43,259that help to promote the growth of healthy bacteria within the 31900:25:43,299 --> 00:25:46,955body, and they can be found in bananas, onions, artichokes, 32000:25:47,036 --> 00:25:51,152garlic, oatmeal, honey and asparagus. So a lot of these 32100:25:51,211 --> 00:25:56,907healthy foods that you know about, like bananas and yogurt 32200:25:56,948 --> 00:26:00,636and other types of things, benefit us not only because 32300:26:00,656 --> 00:26:03,289they're naturally healthy, but also because they help to 32400:26:03,349 --> 00:26:07,137stimulate the good bacteria in the body and help to maintain 32500:26:07,178 --> 00:26:12,914that good bacteria balance in the body that's necessary for us32600:26:12,914 --> 00:26:20,973to survive and to thrive. So a good way to look at it is pre 32700:26:21,134 --> 00:26:25,923and probiotics. Again, the good bacteria in the body are 32800:26:26,002 --> 00:26:31,470microscopic custodians of our body's healthy functions. The 32900:26:31,490 --> 00:26:37,280pre and probiotics are microscopic custodians of our 33000:26:37,320 --> 00:26:43,299body's healthy function. These are the good antibiotics that we33100:26:43,299 --> 00:26:47,652were born with or not born with, but eventually develop over 33200:26:47,692 --> 00:26:51,479time as part of a natural process of growth and 33300:26:51,519 --> 00:27:00,269development, and they are a requirement to good health. And 33400:27:00,289 --> 00:27:03,837again, a healthy body requires agood balance between the good 33500:27:03,877 --> 00:27:07,934bacteria and bad bacteria, and obviously you want more good 33600:27:07,954 --> 00:27:14,498bacteria than bad. So, in summary, microorganisms help us 33700:27:15,220 --> 00:27:20,154stay healthy. Let me say that again. Some microorganisms help 33800:27:20,275 --> 00:27:27,578us stay healthy and the categoryof these microorganisms are pre33900:27:27,578 --> 00:27:31,736and probiotic that's the term that's used to describe them. 34000:27:33,329 --> 00:27:36,597Microorganisms are organisms that you cannot see with the 34100:27:36,659 --> 00:27:42,171naked eye, you can only see themunder microscope. But good 34200:27:42,230 --> 00:27:46,560bacteria normally exist in the millions and billions in our 34300:27:46,602 --> 00:27:50,314bodies. We have to do anything. They're just there and they help34400:27:50,314 --> 00:27:54,371to cause us to function normally. Challenges and 34500:27:54,391 --> 00:27:58,200difficulties develop when we do things to our bodies that 34600:27:58,279 --> 00:28:02,172disrupt that normal function andprocess and that's why it's 34700:28:02,231 --> 00:28:04,678important that we be aware of that and we be aware of the 34800:28:04,759 --> 00:28:09,413totality of what good health is.And again, remember that word 34900:28:09,513 --> 00:28:13,960balance. And before we do anything very dramatic with our 35000:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,952bodies, always bring in a healthcare professional to 35100:28:18,013 --> 00:28:24,634discuss that with them. And healthy eating with good food is35200:28:24,634 --> 00:28:31,655necessary for us to stay healthy. So as we end up, I like35300:28:31,655 --> 00:28:35,714to start, end up with my basic principles. The first basic 35400:28:35,734 --> 00:28:39,314principle is that God is in charge. God is in charge of my 35500:28:39,394 --> 00:28:44,740life and indeed I have been blessed my 75 years. Because of 35600:28:44,780 --> 00:28:49,335that, I have no bad days. All mydays are good days and great 35700:28:49,375 --> 00:28:53,135days, because I figured out thatwhether my day was good or bad 35800:28:53,195 --> 00:28:57,035it depended on what I decided, and so I decided I didn't want 35900:28:57,095 --> 00:29:00,537any more bad days, and I share that with you because you can do36000:29:00,537 --> 00:29:04,555the same. Third principle is don't sweat the small stuff, and36100:29:04,555 --> 00:29:09,334most stuff is small. Most things that you think are a 36200:29:09,413 --> 00:29:14,213problem usually are not a problem and so many times you 36300:29:14,253 --> 00:29:17,674don't have to worry about them. Fourth principle is forgiveness 36400:29:17,755 --> 00:29:22,896is therapy. When someone does something or a circumstance 36500:29:22,997 --> 00:29:28,333occurs that you perceive as being negative, or someone does 36600:29:28,373 --> 00:29:31,881something that you perceive as negative towards you, forgive 36700:29:31,941 --> 00:29:35,656them. Forgive them, don't worry about who's right or wrong, 36800:29:35,730 --> 00:29:38,777don't worry about the facts, just forgive them automatically,36900:29:38,777 --> 00:29:42,617and you would be amazed at how therapeutic that is for you 37000:29:43,759 --> 00:29:47,436moving forward. And the fifth principle is that everything is 37100:29:47,497 --> 00:29:51,750a relationship. Everything in life with you is a relationship,37200:29:51,750 --> 00:29:55,093and relationships are based on three things Mutual respect, 37300:29:55,212 --> 00:29:58,333mutual trust and good communication. If you have those37400:29:58,333 --> 00:30:02,311three things, you have a very good relationship. If you do not37500:30:02,311 --> 00:30:10,693have those three things, you have work to do and finally be 37600:30:10,713 --> 00:30:17,134the change you want to see in the world. Thank you, and have a37700:30:17,134 --> 00:30:17,917wonderful day. 37800:30:18,710 --> 00:30:20,635Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to this episode of the37900:30:20,635 --> 00:30:23,952Healthy, wealthy and Wise podcast with Dr William T 38000:30:24,012 --> 00:30:28,714Chalktalk, mdjd. Be sure to check out other great episodes 38100:30:28,755 --> 00:30:35,630covering areas of health, wealthand wisdom at THWPcom and, 38200:30:35,650 --> 00:30:38,701while you're there, be sure to check out the books, blogs and 38300:30:38,842 --> 00:30:41,872other literature in your preferred format. And don't 38400:30:41,892 --> 00:30:46,000forget to leave a review, subscribe, share and support the38500:30:46,000 --> 00:30:52,031podcast that's at THWPcom. 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