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

1 00:00:01,183 --> 00:00:02,685 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Healthy, wealthy and Wise 2 00:00:02,725 --> 00:00:07,142 podcast with Dr William T Choctaw, mdjd, where the doctor 3 00:00:07,182 --> 00:00:10,410 helps you unlock your full potential by equipping you with 4 00:00:10,529 --> 00:00:14,224 tools and knowledge in the areas of health, wealth and wisdom 5 00:00:14,705 --> 00:00:18,501 anchored in his experience as a business executive, a physician 6 00:00:18,562 --> 00:00:22,074 surveyor for the Joint Commission, a former mayor and 7 00:00:22,213 --> 00:00:26,208 over 50 years of experience as a general surgeon. You've got 8 00:00:26,268 --> 00:00:30,466 questions, he's got answers, so let's get started. Here's Dr 9 00:00:30,527 --> 00:00:33,000 William T Choctaw, mdjd. 10 00:00:34,002 --> 00:00:38,590 Speaker 2: Good morning, I'm Dr William T Choctaw and welcome to 11 00:00:38,590 --> 00:00:42,884 our Healthy, wealthy and Wise podcast. This podcast is part of 12 00:00:42,884 --> 00:00:48,539 our Leadership Masterclass series and we invite you to join 13 00:00:48,539 --> 00:00:51,807 us on the journey today to learn some new and exciting 14 00:00:51,868 --> 00:00:55,859 things about healthcare that you may not have experienced in the 15 00:00:55,859 --> 00:00:59,786 past. Each month, we try to provide you, our listeners, with 16 00:00:59,786 --> 00:01:03,732 mental, physical, spiritual strength by giving actionable 17 00:01:03,813 --> 00:01:07,865 advice, tips, guidance and information to help you achieve 18 00:01:07,926 --> 00:01:13,162 your own personal, professional and spiritual goals. We consider 19 00:01:13,162 --> 00:01:17,590 the health of the mind, body and spirit paramount as a single 20 00:01:17,590 --> 00:01:21,884 unit that can provide cumulative strength greater than 21 00:01:21,884 --> 00:01:26,620 the individual parts to strengthen the whole person. So 22 00:01:26,841 --> 00:01:32,902 join with us as we travel this journey today. Today, we're 23 00:01:32,921 --> 00:01:37,769 going to talk about healthy eating that includes prebiotic 24 00:01:37,950 --> 00:01:43,088 and probiotics the world of microorganisms. Let me repeat 25 00:01:43,149 --> 00:01:47,185 that we're going to talk about healthy eating that includes 26 00:01:47,665 --> 00:01:55,001 prebiotics and probiotics the world of microorganisms. So sit 27 00:01:55,042 --> 00:02:02,304 back and go with us on this outstanding journey. As always, 28 00:02:02,385 --> 00:02:05,695 we like to go over our beliefs and I believe that life is about 29 00:02:05,695 --> 00:02:10,366 being of service to others. I believe knowledge is power. I 30 00:02:10,406 --> 00:02:17,727 believe leaders can change the world. As always, we like to put 31 00:02:17,727 --> 00:02:20,236 up an outline, and the purpose of the outline is to let you 32 00:02:20,276 --> 00:02:22,742 know what we're going to talk about. But, more importantly, 33 00:02:23,465 --> 00:02:26,069 the purpose of the outline is to let you know when we're just 34 00:02:26,129 --> 00:02:31,336 about done. We're going to talk about microorganisms, and you 35 00:02:31,356 --> 00:02:34,405 may be saying to yourself behind the world, does that involve 36 00:02:34,545 --> 00:02:38,480 eating? Well, stay tuned and we'll go over that. We're going 37 00:02:38,501 --> 00:02:43,186 to talk about good and bad microorganisms. We're going to 38 00:02:43,225 --> 00:02:47,401 talk about microorganisms that live in the body. Yes, ladies 39 00:02:47,442 --> 00:02:50,526 and gentlemen, there are bacteria and various types of 40 00:02:50,567 --> 00:02:56,282 microorganisms that normally live within our bodies and we're 41 00:02:56,282 --> 00:03:00,644 going to touch on that today. We're going to review prebiotic 42 00:03:00,683 --> 00:03:06,633 and probiotics and talk about the specific benefits of each 43 00:03:08,102 --> 00:03:12,210 and, as always, we always like to refer you to use your search 44 00:03:12,371 --> 00:03:18,894 engine liberally, whichever system you have, and to review 45 00:03:20,076 --> 00:03:22,923 and evaluate information, particularly from the Mayo 46 00:03:22,962 --> 00:03:27,050 Clinic and other notable healthcare institutions, about 47 00:03:27,090 --> 00:03:34,350 this important topic. This topic , as always, as all of our 48 00:03:34,390 --> 00:03:37,979 podcasts, are part of our masterclass series in medicine. 49 00:03:38,741 --> 00:03:41,811 We believe that it's important that all of us have a certain 50 00:03:41,890 --> 00:03:45,000 basic understanding of healthcare on multiple levels 51 00:03:46,162 --> 00:03:48,727 and, again going back to our beliefs that knowledge is 52 00:03:48,788 --> 00:03:54,024 powered, this will empower us, I believe, to have better 53 00:03:54,085 --> 00:04:02,889 healthcare for ourselves and those around us. So go with me, 54 00:04:03,050 --> 00:04:10,846 if you will, to the world of microorganisms. Microorganisms, 55 00:04:11,306 --> 00:04:13,831 now, you may be saying well, what in the world is a 56 00:04:13,912 --> 00:04:18,826 microorganism? Well, a microorganism is an organism 57 00:04:19,187 --> 00:04:25,798 that can only be seen by the microscope. Let me say that 58 00:04:25,838 --> 00:04:32,595 again A microorganism is an organism that can only be seen 59 00:04:33,315 --> 00:04:37,286 by the microscope. Now you may be saying well, you know, I 60 00:04:37,307 --> 00:04:40,596 don't ever remember hearing anything about this, and what in 61 00:04:40,596 --> 00:04:43,858 the world are we talking about today? Well, I'm going to beg to 62 00:04:43,858 --> 00:04:48,351 differ. I'm going to say go with me back to your high school 63 00:04:48,351 --> 00:04:51,000 , and I will bet you that somewhere in your high school 64 00:04:51,822 --> 00:04:54,307 certainly in early college, but somewhere in your high school 65 00:04:54,788 --> 00:05:01,827 you had a class called biology, Biology, the study of life. Bio 66 00:05:01,887 --> 00:05:06,742 meaning life, ology mean the study of, and doing that biology 67 00:05:06,742 --> 00:05:10,769 class, I'm going to suggest that somewhere in that room, 68 00:05:10,870 --> 00:05:15,980 that was a microscope, a microscope, and it was that 69 00:05:16,122 --> 00:05:19,906 microscope, a multiple microscopes like it, that you 70 00:05:20,187 --> 00:05:27,107 use to begin to explore the world of microorganisms. Okay, 71 00:05:27,791 --> 00:05:32,127 so just just think about that. These are organisms that are 72 00:05:32,166 --> 00:05:36,437 with us daily, that we cannot see with the naked eye, that we 73 00:05:36,497 --> 00:05:40,786 need a microscope to see them and, more importantly, the 74 00:05:40,947 --> 00:05:44,454 organisms that I'm going to talk about are inside of us. It's 75 00:05:44,555 --> 00:05:48,565 normal. Do not freak out, do not get scared, do not worry about 76 00:05:48,586 --> 00:05:52,425 it. This is the way God intended it. Okay, so it's all good. 77 00:05:53,000 --> 00:06:00,427 It's all good. So, as we said, organisms that cannot be seen by 78 00:06:00,427 --> 00:06:03,291 the naked eye. There are different classes of 79 00:06:03,351 --> 00:06:06,961 microorganisms and you've heard of these. Some are called 80 00:06:07,060 --> 00:06:12,007 bacteria, which I'm sure you've heard of, fungii, a fungi, 81 00:06:13,009 --> 00:06:16,512 protozoan, but you may not have heard of that's a single cell 82 00:06:16,593 --> 00:06:20,807 organisms or virus. You've definitely heard about viruses. 83 00:06:21,420 --> 00:06:27,723 Viruses, like bacteria and fungi , are microorganisms. You can't 84 00:06:27,824 --> 00:06:34,348 see a virus except through the microscope. Okay, so, of the 85 00:06:34,850 --> 00:06:37,357 four or five different categories that we've mentioned, 86 00:06:37,357 --> 00:06:40,839 we're going to concentrate today on the bacteria. We'll 87 00:06:40,901 --> 00:06:44,252 only mention viruses and maybe some of the other microorganisms 88 00:06:44,252 --> 00:06:52,990 as a contrast to bacteria. Okay , so let's look at bacteria. 89 00:06:53,721 --> 00:06:57,194 Well, what's interesting to know about bacteria? Is that back 90 00:06:57,353 --> 00:07:01,283 normal bacteria, or I'm going to use the term good, bacteria 91 00:07:02,024 --> 00:07:12,466 lives within us, lives within us and indeed bacteria, if you, 92 00:07:12,567 --> 00:07:15,694 and there are billions of them that live within us, remember, 93 00:07:15,779 --> 00:07:19,154 you can't see them, you need a microscope to see them, but 94 00:07:19,196 --> 00:07:24,322 there are different parts of our bodies and I would argue, or 95 00:07:24,343 --> 00:07:27,610 basically, most of the science shows that we're talking about 96 00:07:28,252 --> 00:07:32,290 billions, with a beat of bacteria that live within our 97 00:07:32,350 --> 00:07:35,348 body. Now, normally, whenever we hear bacteria, we think of 98 00:07:35,387 --> 00:07:37,343 something bad, we think of something that we need to 99 00:07:37,382 --> 00:07:42,386 destroy or kill or get rid of, and certainly much of that is 100 00:07:42,466 --> 00:07:46,927 true. I'm going to talk about today, those bacteria that help 101 00:07:47,047 --> 00:07:53,805 us, that help us. I believe the world and the human body is 102 00:07:54,026 --> 00:07:58,079 extraordinarily complex, extraordinarily complex, and 103 00:07:58,139 --> 00:08:05,654 part of that complexity is that the creator, god, in my opinion 104 00:08:06,997 --> 00:08:10,401 put all of that together so that we all benefit, and I'm going 105 00:08:10,420 --> 00:08:13,588 to talk about it from the human perspective and how these 106 00:08:13,749 --> 00:08:19,151 billions of bacteria that are normally within our bodies help 107 00:08:19,312 --> 00:08:23,863 us to function properly. Bacteria, obviously, are very, 108 00:08:23,884 --> 00:08:28,920 very tiny that you can take 100,000 of them and put them in 109 00:08:28,939 --> 00:08:32,971 a period at the end of a sentence. Let me say that again 110 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:38,669 you can take 100,000 bacteria and fit them in a period at the 111 00:08:38,950 --> 00:08:44,245 end of a sentence, and bacteria have been around for billions of 112 00:08:44,245 --> 00:08:52,246 years billions of years. So this is part of the complicated 113 00:08:52,346 --> 00:08:57,820 relationship, or the balanced relationship, if you will, the 114 00:08:57,899 --> 00:09:03,284 world that we live in, that we're taking things from the 115 00:09:03,644 --> 00:09:06,272 environment and we're giving things back to the environment. 116 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:12,210 But, as we will learn and I will use this word a lot balance is 117 00:09:12,289 --> 00:09:18,744 what we want. Balance is what we want, and so one of the ways 118 00:09:18,865 --> 00:09:23,096 and we'll talk about this a bit more also to think about 119 00:09:23,758 --> 00:09:28,486 bacteria and their location is bacteria are very important, 120 00:09:28,506 --> 00:09:33,201 among other things, in facilitating digestion, or the 121 00:09:33,282 --> 00:09:38,899 gastrointestinal tract, or the stomach intestines tract. Or 122 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:44,831 when we eat something, let's say we eat an apple and we put it 123 00:09:44,892 --> 00:09:49,288 in our mouth and we bite it, we chew it very, very fondly, we 124 00:09:49,369 --> 00:09:54,491 swallow it. The apple then goes through our esophagus, which is 125 00:09:54,572 --> 00:09:59,923 a tube that goes from our mouth to our stomach. The material 126 00:09:59,962 --> 00:10:03,171 from the apple then goes into the stomach. It's mixed with 127 00:10:03,270 --> 00:10:07,129 various types of enzymes to help to digest it, et cetera, et 128 00:10:07,168 --> 00:10:10,427 cetera, et cetera. It then goes into the intestines, the small 129 00:10:10,488 --> 00:10:14,644 intestines first the large intestines, until we ultimately 130 00:10:14,783 --> 00:10:19,267 eliminated. But as it travels through that, I'm going to call 131 00:10:19,307 --> 00:10:25,821 it the gastrointestinal tract, the stomach intestines tract it 132 00:10:25,841 --> 00:10:30,091 interacts with millions of different types of bacteria, 133 00:10:30,410 --> 00:10:36,085 normally, normally that reside in our intestinal tract, that 134 00:10:36,205 --> 00:10:45,542 help to facilitate normal digestion. So bacteria can 135 00:10:45,642 --> 00:10:49,587 either be good bacteria, that we're going to talk about mostly 136 00:10:49,587 --> 00:10:53,956 , or bad bacteria, that you're probably most familiar with, and 137 00:10:53,956 --> 00:10:58,004 bad bacteria we hear about with illnesses, various types of 138 00:10:58,043 --> 00:11:02,663 bacteria that cause illnesses or diseases or disabilities. 139 00:11:03,695 --> 00:11:08,024 Example ear infection is usually caused by bacteria, most 140 00:11:08,063 --> 00:11:12,118 commonly occurs in children. Pneumonia, which can occur in 141 00:11:12,197 --> 00:11:17,066 anybody, which is bacteria in the lung that can create 142 00:11:17,326 --> 00:11:23,768 information and multiple growth of other bacteria, bad bacteria 143 00:11:23,808 --> 00:11:29,144 that make it difficult for us to breathe or without coughing, or 144 00:11:29,144 --> 00:11:32,815 makes it difficult for us to exchange oxygen, which is the 145 00:11:32,835 --> 00:11:37,024 main function of the lungs to allow us to carry on our normal, 146 00:11:37,024 --> 00:11:41,301 regular body functioning. There's bacteria that can be a 147 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,301 part of food poisoning. If you eat certain bad types of food it 148 00:11:45,301 --> 00:11:49,840 will spoil the types of food. That's usually because a certain 149 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,634 type of bacteria may have overgrown in that food and the 150 00:11:53,673 --> 00:11:57,434 body does not like this particular type of bacteria and 151 00:11:57,455 --> 00:12:01,663 that can cause things like crampy pain, diarrhea, et cetera 152 00:12:01,663 --> 00:12:06,562 , et cetera. So there's bad bacteria and there's good 153 00:12:06,623 --> 00:12:10,722 bacteria. Now I would just momentarily contrast that with 154 00:12:10,743 --> 00:12:14,940 viruses. They're bad viruses. Some of the bad viruses are 155 00:12:14,980 --> 00:12:18,756 viruses that cause the common cold. Most of us have gotten 156 00:12:18,797 --> 00:12:23,514 colds, usually once a year or so . Those are rhino viruses. There 157 00:12:23,514 --> 00:12:26,360 are certain viruses that can cause bad viruses, that can 158 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:32,038 cause influenza, the flu, and of course we know about the bad 159 00:12:32,058 --> 00:12:39,821 viruses that can cause COVID. So my point is that viruses are a 160 00:12:39,942 --> 00:12:45,115 type of microorganism, organisms that we cannot see, but they 161 00:12:45,174 --> 00:12:48,701 are unique and different from bacteria, which are also 162 00:12:48,780 --> 00:12:57,099 microorganisms that we cannot see. Okay, and I don't know. I 163 00:12:57,158 --> 00:13:01,768 must admit I don't know of any good viruses, but they are good 164 00:13:01,847 --> 00:13:08,434 bacteria. So let's get back to our topic good bacteria. Okay 165 00:13:08,434 --> 00:13:13,649 Now, bacteria in general are various types and you can tell 166 00:13:13,850 --> 00:13:18,537 the form of the bacteria or what it looks like. You have an idea 167 00:13:18,537 --> 00:13:22,418 of what it looks like by the name. If you say streptococcus 168 00:13:23,620 --> 00:13:30,599 pneumonia, that coccus means circle, so it's a strep type of 169 00:13:30,639 --> 00:13:34,847 pneumonia that's circular in form, so that when you look at 170 00:13:34,908 --> 00:13:39,363 it under the microscope you look for little circles to identify 171 00:13:39,423 --> 00:13:46,701 that strep to coccus. If you look at salmonella typhi, which 172 00:13:46,782 --> 00:13:52,820 is a type of bacteria that has a tail and that's a flagella we 173 00:13:52,879 --> 00:13:57,774 call that, it's a rod, it's not a circle, it's a rod. If you 174 00:13:57,815 --> 00:14:05,248 look at vibrio cholera, it has a little spiral tail associated 175 00:14:05,307 --> 00:14:08,779 with it. So these are some of the things, ways that you can 176 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,937 identify the formation or the morphology, if you will, of 177 00:14:12,977 --> 00:14:16,798 bacteria when you see them under the microscope. Remember, you 178 00:14:16,837 --> 00:14:19,977 can't see bacteria with the naked eye, you can only see them 179 00:14:19,977 --> 00:14:24,381 under the microscope and, trust me, most of you not all of you 180 00:14:24,442 --> 00:14:27,799 did do this in school. I hope you have paying attention in 181 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:31,716 biology, where the instructor brought out the microscope and 182 00:14:31,755 --> 00:14:34,182 you went by and you looked at different things under the 183 00:14:34,221 --> 00:14:38,139 microscope. Other characteristics of bacteria 184 00:14:38,721 --> 00:14:42,840 they're single cell. Now our bodies are made up of billions 185 00:14:42,899 --> 00:14:49,599 of cells with a B billions of cells. The bacteria, or a 186 00:14:49,679 --> 00:14:54,847 bacterium, is a single cell, just one again, which is why 187 00:14:54,888 --> 00:15:00,534 it's so small, just why we can't see it with the naked eye. The 188 00:15:00,615 --> 00:15:05,057 DNA is not compartmentalized in bacteria. That's sort of a 189 00:15:05,097 --> 00:15:07,318 technical term. You don't have to worry about it, but it's just 190 00:15:07,318 --> 00:15:12,822 another distinction. The DNA in bacteria are made up of one 191 00:15:12,942 --> 00:15:16,678 single chromosome. We have a number of chromosomes in our 192 00:15:16,719 --> 00:15:21,514 bodies, but that's different from a single cell bacteria. And 193 00:15:21,514 --> 00:15:24,390 the other thing about the single cell bacteria is that it 194 00:15:24,461 --> 00:15:29,339 reproduces asexually by what we call binary vision, so it does 195 00:15:29,379 --> 00:15:32,374 not need a partner to reproduce, probably one of the reasons why 196 00:15:32,374 --> 00:15:39,105 there's so many of them, one of the things to keep in mind. And 197 00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:42,150 again, I'm going to go back and compare with the virus. Now, 198 00:15:42,211 --> 00:15:48,350 both the microorganisms Bacteria can be killed with antibiotics. 199 00:15:48,350 --> 00:15:55,028 Bacteria can be killed with antibiotics. You cannot kill 200 00:15:55,068 --> 00:15:59,075 viruses with antibiotics. Okay, it's good to keep that in mind 201 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:04,229 and that's why you need vaccines to come in and help to prepare 202 00:16:04,629 --> 00:16:08,581 the body's immune system to get rid of viruses. But bacteria, 203 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:12,124 you can kill them with antibiotics and that clearly in 204 00:16:12,144 --> 00:16:18,629 the early stages of life, and mankind has helped to 205 00:16:18,669 --> 00:16:23,254 revolutionize healthcare being able to kill the bad bacteria. 206 00:16:26,921 --> 00:16:30,467 So we've talked about bad bacteria that can cause diseases 207 00:16:30,467 --> 00:16:34,881 and illnesses, et cetera, et cetera. The majority and the 208 00:16:34,942 --> 00:16:37,686 remainder of our discussion this morning is going to be about 209 00:16:37,726 --> 00:16:43,500 the good bacteria, the pre and the probiotic bacteria. Okay, so 210 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:50,544 let's go to that. So again, bacteria normally live in our 211 00:16:50,565 --> 00:16:54,129 bodies, normally live in our bodies, and a way to remember 212 00:16:54,168 --> 00:16:59,173 that is that they are especially helpful in facilitating 213 00:16:59,234 --> 00:17:05,780 digestion eating. Okay, now, back when you were in high 214 00:17:05,820 --> 00:17:11,126 school, you had a little round dish called a Petra dish, and 215 00:17:11,227 --> 00:17:14,550 you took a little something, a little wire, something, double 216 00:17:14,590 --> 00:17:17,232 circle at the end, and you dipped it into a solution and 217 00:17:17,252 --> 00:17:21,361 then you put some streaks on that Petra dish, you put a top 218 00:17:21,461 --> 00:17:24,483 on that dish, you then put it in something called an incubator 219 00:17:25,444 --> 00:17:29,048 for overnight, and when you came back the next day, you saw that 220 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:33,493 you now had multiple streaks, a multiple little entities on 221 00:17:33,513 --> 00:17:36,922 that same dish that were not there initially, and what you 222 00:17:36,961 --> 00:17:42,141 just did was that you grew bacteria in a Petra dish. You 223 00:17:42,201 --> 00:17:46,227 then took another little wire like material. You took a piece 224 00:17:46,267 --> 00:17:49,752 of that material, put it on a slide slide, put it under a 225 00:17:49,813 --> 00:17:53,982 microscope and you looked at it and this is where you could see 226 00:17:54,784 --> 00:18:00,131 the bacteria that you've just grown, so they are alive, they 227 00:18:00,270 --> 00:18:05,481 are present and you can reproduce them at will. So good 228 00:18:05,521 --> 00:18:09,509 bacteria, good bacteria, divided into two categories the 229 00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:15,884 probiotic bacteria and prebiotic bacteria, and it's not as 230 00:18:15,923 --> 00:18:21,522 complicated as it sounds. Alright. So the importance of 231 00:18:21,863 --> 00:18:29,651 bacteria in general and we're talking primarily about the pro 232 00:18:29,810 --> 00:18:35,717 and the prebiotic, and we'll break it up a bit later is that 233 00:18:37,259 --> 00:18:41,943 bacteria can be used in nature this is also the body to get rid 234 00:18:41,943 --> 00:18:46,008 of petroleum when there's a spill. Bacteria can also be used 235 00:18:46,008 --> 00:18:51,433 in engineering various types of engineering to remove waste and 236 00:18:51,433 --> 00:18:56,661 poisons from water. That help us. And obviously, bacteria can 237 00:18:56,681 --> 00:19:00,442 be used in synthesizing drugs, and this is particularly where 238 00:19:02,721 --> 00:19:06,363 various types of virus or vaccines may come in for viruses 239 00:19:06,363 --> 00:19:18,886 . So Two areas that good bacteria help us. We talked 240 00:19:18,926 --> 00:19:23,169 about one, which is facilitating digestion. The other is 241 00:19:23,410 --> 00:19:28,811 improving immunity, improving immunity. Immunity is the body's 242 00:19:28,811 --> 00:19:33,788 ability to fight infection of various types, be it bacterial, 243 00:19:33,869 --> 00:19:45,066 be it viral, be it protozoan, from some type, etc. Etc. And 244 00:19:45,405 --> 00:19:50,334 one category of good bacteria is called probiotic 245 00:19:50,394 --> 00:19:56,710 P-R-O-B-I-O-T-E-C probiotic. You can look that up again in your 246 00:19:56,750 --> 00:20:01,247 search engine and research about what that's involved. But 247 00:20:01,267 --> 00:20:05,028 that's a type of what we call good bacteria. These are living 248 00:20:05,069 --> 00:20:10,791 microorganisms that can benefit the body, and so you may say 249 00:20:10,892 --> 00:20:16,702 well, what are some sources of this good bacteria? How do I get 250 00:20:16,702 --> 00:20:19,673 them? Well, you can get them in certain types of foods, believe 251 00:20:19,673 --> 00:20:25,086 it or not, and you can also get them with supplements. I tend 252 00:20:25,147 --> 00:20:30,833 to like the natural approach, and so I would recommend the 253 00:20:30,893 --> 00:20:35,679 foods. Before you do supplements , I would certainly recommend 254 00:20:35,699 --> 00:20:39,412 that you talk to your healthcare professional, your primary care 255 00:20:39,412 --> 00:20:42,720 physician, and make sure that the supplements don't interfere 256 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,034 with your other medication, if you're taking other medication, 257 00:20:46,154 --> 00:20:49,450 or that they are the right ones for you. But certain types of 258 00:20:49,529 --> 00:20:54,570 foods you are able to eat, and so the probiotics, one of the 259 00:20:54,631 --> 00:20:59,047 parts of the good bacteria, are present in foods like yogurt. In 260 00:20:59,047 --> 00:21:02,527 many of you eat yogurt, which is a good food to eat, and then 261 00:21:02,887 --> 00:21:06,815 you can also eat the sauerkraut, which is another type of food 262 00:21:06,835 --> 00:21:10,787 that you can find those probiotics in Other ways. That 263 00:21:10,826 --> 00:21:14,717 probiotics help the body. In addition to digestion, as we 264 00:21:14,777 --> 00:21:19,992 mentioned, is building up. They help the body to build up this 265 00:21:20,053 --> 00:21:23,038 immune system so that it can fight other types of infections. 266 00:21:23,038 --> 00:21:27,859 Now, other types of foods that these probiotic microorganisms 267 00:21:27,940 --> 00:21:33,300 can be found normally, in addition to yogurt, is foods 268 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:39,320 like kimchi, which is using different parts of Asia apple 269 00:21:39,401 --> 00:21:44,094 vinegar, cider, pickles we're all like pickles, buttermilk, 270 00:21:44,977 --> 00:21:49,836 miso, soup and so these are just some of the types of foods that 271 00:21:49,836 --> 00:21:52,244 have that are rich in probiotic bacteria, that are normal, 272 00:21:53,928 --> 00:21:58,237 healthy types of foods that we can eat that then help to build 273 00:21:58,357 --> 00:22:07,132 up our probiotic material within our bodies. There's also 274 00:22:07,313 --> 00:22:10,343 another category of microorganisms in the body 275 00:22:10,363 --> 00:22:15,221 called prebiotic. Prebiotic foods tend to be foods that are 276 00:22:15,242 --> 00:22:23,663 typically high fiber and they also use as we eat to improve 277 00:22:26,512 --> 00:22:30,364 our ability to build up our prebiotic microorganisms in the 278 00:22:30,403 --> 00:22:37,064 body, and these foods have found our bananas, onions, oatmeal, 279 00:22:37,084 --> 00:22:42,201 asparagus again, healthy types of foods that we can eat that 280 00:22:42,221 --> 00:22:49,881 will help to build up our normal , healthy bacteria that live 281 00:22:49,901 --> 00:22:51,484 within our body that help to keep us even more healthy and 282 00:22:51,505 --> 00:22:55,961 fight infections. So I know it's a little counterintuitive 283 00:22:55,980 --> 00:22:59,656 because, again, usually when we hear bacteria, we think of bad 284 00:22:59,696 --> 00:23:02,173 things or germs and things we want to get rid of, and yes, 285 00:23:02,319 --> 00:23:06,864 they do exist. My point, very simple, is there is another side 286 00:23:06,864 --> 00:23:10,845 of that and that other side is that there are bacteria that are 287 00:23:10,845 --> 00:23:16,823 normally within our body that are beneficial to us and indeed, 288 00:23:16,823 --> 00:23:20,736 using that word balance, we want a good balance between the 289 00:23:21,740 --> 00:23:23,384 good bacteria, the pre-improbiotic bacteria, 290 00:23:25,430 --> 00:23:28,982 microorganisms that live in our bodies and the bad bacteria that 291 00:23:28,982 --> 00:23:36,712 we want to get rid of as much as possible. One of the things 292 00:23:36,732 --> 00:23:43,917 to keep in mind because bacteria can be killed that very strong 293 00:23:44,057 --> 00:23:49,576 antibiotics or some types of chemotherapy can destroy all 294 00:23:49,636 --> 00:23:51,784 bacteria in the body, good or bad, and obviously that's 295 00:23:51,804 --> 00:23:57,741 problematic because if you destroy all the good bacteria 296 00:23:57,761 --> 00:23:59,386 now, you're putting that patient even more at risk, depending on 297 00:23:59,386 --> 00:24:02,416 whatever his or her initial problem was. And so part of what 298 00:24:02,416 --> 00:24:10,300 the position has to balance is what the status of the patient 299 00:24:10,601 --> 00:24:14,253 is, do various tests to find out what's working, what's not 300 00:24:14,294 --> 00:24:15,880 working, what areas are problematic, and balance the 301 00:24:15,900 --> 00:24:20,675 risk-benefit ratio of antibiotics or any type of 302 00:24:20,696 --> 00:24:24,851 treatment that might affect or upset the normal functioning of 303 00:24:24,871 --> 00:24:28,022 the patient's body. But keep in mind that bacteria, again, they 304 00:24:28,042 --> 00:24:32,846 are susceptible to antibiotics and probably some chemotherapy, 305 00:24:32,969 --> 00:24:39,355 and so that can many times not be in the best interest of the 306 00:24:39,375 --> 00:24:42,144 patient, and this is why I think it's so important to always 307 00:24:42,203 --> 00:24:45,676 engage a healthcare professional when you're looking at 308 00:24:45,717 --> 00:24:55,093 treatment and you're dealing with perceived illnesses. So if 309 00:24:55,133 --> 00:25:00,161 we were to summarize then in terms of pre and probiotics by 310 00:25:00,181 --> 00:25:05,694 themselves, probiotics are microorganisms, healthy bacteria 311 00:25:05,694 --> 00:25:08,820 or bacteria that are within the body, that are good bacteria 312 00:25:10,349 --> 00:25:15,171 and they promote healthy digestive activity. They can be 313 00:25:15,250 --> 00:25:19,719 found in foods like yogurt, sauerkraut, kefir, pickles, 314 00:25:20,259 --> 00:25:26,192 kimchi, tempeh and obviously in some supplements and again, I 315 00:25:26,252 --> 00:25:30,295 caution against using the supplements, I'd recommend using 316 00:25:30,295 --> 00:25:35,817 just regular foods. And then we have the other what I just 317 00:25:35,876 --> 00:25:38,461 mentioned. With the probiotics, we also have the pre-biotics 318 00:25:39,390 --> 00:25:43,259 that help to promote the growth of healthy bacteria within the 319 00:25:43,299 --> 00:25:46,955 body, and they can be found in bananas, onions, artichokes, 320 00:25:47,036 --> 00:25:51,152 garlic, oatmeal, honey and asparagus. So a lot of these 321 00:25:51,211 --> 00:25:56,907 healthy foods that you know about, like bananas and yogurt 322 00:25:56,948 --> 00:26:00,636 and other types of things, benefit us not only because 323 00:26:00,656 --> 00:26:03,289 they're naturally healthy, but also because they help to 324 00:26:03,349 --> 00:26:07,137 stimulate the good bacteria in the body and help to maintain 325 00:26:07,178 --> 00:26:12,914 that good bacteria balance in the body that's necessary for us 326 00:26:12,914 --> 00:26:20,973 to survive and to thrive. So a good way to look at it is pre 327 00:26:21,134 --> 00:26:25,923 and probiotics. Again, the good bacteria in the body are 328 00:26:26,002 --> 00:26:31,470 microscopic custodians of our body's healthy functions. The 329 00:26:31,490 --> 00:26:37,280 pre and probiotics are microscopic custodians of our 330 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:43,299 body's healthy function. These are the good antibiotics that we 331 00:26:43,299 --> 00:26:47,652 were born with or not born with , but eventually develop over 332 00:26:47,692 --> 00:26:51,479 time as part of a natural process of growth and 333 00:26:51,519 --> 00:27:00,269 development, and they are a requirement to good health. And 334 00:27:00,289 --> 00:27:03,837 again, a healthy body requires a good balance between the good 335 00:27:03,877 --> 00:27:07,934 bacteria and bad bacteria, and obviously you want more good 336 00:27:07,954 --> 00:27:14,498 bacteria than bad. So, in summary, microorganisms help us 337 00:27:15,220 --> 00:27:20,154 stay healthy. Let me say that again. Some microorganisms help 338 00:27:20,275 --> 00:27:27,578 us stay healthy and the category of these microorganisms are pre 339 00:27:27,578 --> 00:27:31,736 and probiotic that's the term that's used to describe them. 340 00:27:33,329 --> 00:27:36,597 Microorganisms are organisms that you cannot see with the 341 00:27:36,659 --> 00:27:42,171 naked eye, you can only see them under microscope. But good 342 00:27:42,230 --> 00:27:46,560 bacteria normally exist in the millions and billions in our 343 00:27:46,602 --> 00:27:50,314 bodies. We have to do anything. They're just there and they help 344 00:27:50,314 --> 00:27:54,371 to cause us to function normally. Challenges and 345 00:27:54,391 --> 00:27:58,200 difficulties develop when we do things to our bodies that 346 00:27:58,279 --> 00:28:02,172 disrupt that normal function and process and that's why it's 347 00:28:02,231 --> 00:28:04,678 important that we be aware of that and we be aware of the 348 00:28:04,759 --> 00:28:09,413 totality of what good health is. And again, remember that word 349 00:28:09,513 --> 00:28:13,960 balance. And before we do anything very dramatic with our 350 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,952 bodies, always bring in a healthcare professional to 351 00:28:18,013 --> 00:28:24,634 discuss that with them. And healthy eating with good food is 352 00:28:24,634 --> 00:28:31,655 necessary for us to stay healthy. So as we end up, I like 353 00:28:31,655 --> 00:28:35,714 to start, end up with my basic principles. The first basic 354 00:28:35,734 --> 00:28:39,314 principle is that God is in charge. God is in charge of my 355 00:28:39,394 --> 00:28:44,740 life and indeed I have been blessed my 75 years. Because of 356 00:28:44,780 --> 00:28:49,335 that, I have no bad days. All my days are good days and great 357 00:28:49,375 --> 00:28:53,135 days, because I figured out that whether my day was good or bad 358 00:28:53,195 --> 00:28:57,035 it depended on what I decided, and so I decided I didn't want 359 00:28:57,095 --> 00:29:00,537 any more bad days, and I share that with you because you can do 360 00:29:00,537 --> 00:29:04,555 the same. Third principle is don't sweat the small stuff, and 361 00:29:04,555 --> 00:29:09,334 most stuff is small. Most things that you think are a 362 00:29:09,413 --> 00:29:14,213 problem usually are not a problem and so many times you 363 00:29:14,253 --> 00:29:17,674 don't have to worry about them. Fourth principle is forgiveness 364 00:29:17,755 --> 00:29:22,896 is therapy. When someone does something or a circumstance 365 00:29:22,997 --> 00:29:28,333 occurs that you perceive as being negative, or someone does 366 00:29:28,373 --> 00:29:31,881 something that you perceive as negative towards you, forgive 367 00:29:31,941 --> 00:29:35,656 them. Forgive them, don't worry about who's right or wrong, 368 00:29:35,730 --> 00:29:38,777 don't worry about the facts, just forgive them automatically, 369 00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:42,617 and you would be amazed at how therapeutic that is for you 370 00:29:43,759 --> 00:29:47,436 moving forward. And the fifth principle is that everything is 371 00:29:47,497 --> 00:29:51,750 a relationship. Everything in life with you is a relationship, 372 00:29:51,750 --> 00:29:55,093 and relationships are based on three things Mutual respect, 373 00:29:55,212 --> 00:29:58,333 mutual trust and good communication. If you have those 374 00:29:58,333 --> 00:30:02,311 three things, you have a very good relationship. If you do not 375 00:30:02,311 --> 00:30:10,693 have those three things, you have work to do and finally be 376 00:30:10,713 --> 00:30:17,134 the change you want to see in the world. Thank you, and have a 377 00:30:17,134 --> 00:30:17,917 wonderful day. 378 00:30:18,710 --> 00:30:20,635 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to this episode of the 379 00:30:20,635 --> 00:30:23,952 Healthy, wealthy and Wise podcast with Dr William T 380 00:30:24,012 --> 00:30:28,714 Chalktalk, mdjd. Be sure to check out other great episodes 381 00:30:28,755 --> 00:30:35,630 covering areas of health, wealth and wisdom at THWPcom and, 382 00:30:35,650 --> 00:30:38,701 while you're there, be sure to check out the books, blogs and 383 00:30:38,842 --> 00:30:41,872 other literature in your preferred format. And don't 384 00:30:41,892 --> 00:30:46,000 forget to leave a review, subscribe, share and support the 385 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:52,031 podcast that's at THWPcom. 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