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dr. axe:hey, guys. dr. josh axe here with jordan rubin. welcome. today we're going to be talking about thenine steps to a healthy gut, and jordan, i know this is something so many people strugglewith, are digestive issues.

Frankincense For Dogs, now, you have an amazing story and testimonialof what you overcame with your own gut health. so jordan, we're going to get into the topnine steps to overcome digestive issues. by the way, i want everybody to hear jordan'samazing story right now. i think it's really going to inspire you.

so jordan, give us a quick breakdown of yourstory and some of these things that you did that really helped you transform your digestivehealth years ago. jordan: absolutely, and we're going to doa program that is dedicated to overcoming digestive issues in the future. but just to tease, i was diagnosed with crohn'sdisease. crohn's colitis, actually, and it ultimatelyspiraled into diabetes, chronic fatigue, parasitic, fungal, bacterial, viral infections. i was down to 104 pounds in a wheelchair,all at the age of 19. i was desperate for answers, visited 69 medicalexperts.

conventional medicine failed. natural cures failed. i was able to meet a man who taught me howto eat and live as the bible says, and in just 40 days, i was able to see my gut, mybody, and my life transformed. for the last nearly 21 years, i'd been ona mission to share what helped me get well with people all around the world. so i'm very excited about that. we'll do a program where we talk about conqueringdigestive illness, where we talk about my story more in-depth.

i have an amazing before picture that reallywas based on my faith in finding an answer, and i wrote about a lot of this informationin books such as "patient heal thyself," "restoring your digestive health," and "the maker's diet." so gut issues are core to all of us and somethingthat i'm very familiar with. dr. axe: let's talk about number one. jordan: am i the vanna white of this? dr. axe: you're the vanna white, yeah. jordan: can we just press the button now? oh, wait, wait, wait.

wait for it. oh, josh, it's absolutely a secret. believe it or not, it's the least expensive,most effective way to boost your gut. think about this. now, listen, there's an enzyme in our salivacalled ptyalin. it starts with a p. p-t-y, i believe l-a-n. now, i forgot how to spell it. years ago, there was a man who actually overcamean illness by chewing his food thoroughly. you see, carbohydrates are a major challengewith digestion.

that's why the low carb diet, the paleo diet,the maker's diet, the gaps diet, it's all about reducing certain carbohydrates. specific carbohydrate diet, specific carbohydrates. when you consume starches, the digestion beginsin the mouth. so here's the tip. chew every mouthful of food 50 to 75 times. count. i know that seems tedious, but if you chewedoatmeal or rice, it starts out as sort of bland, it will become sweet as the starchesturn into easily digestible sugars.

i promise you if you've got gut issues orstress issues, post-meal gas and bloating, chew your food more thoroughly. in two weeks, after counting, you won't haveto count anymore because you will more thoroughly chew your food. i don't know about you, josh, but when i wasa kid, my mom said, "eat, stop, focus. you're swallowing your food whole." she always told me chew. dr. axe: yeah, my mom used to call my [inaudible00:03:32] the shovel. jordan: yes.

so chew your food. it will be one of the most important thingsyou do for your gut. dr. axe: you know, i'll tell you. one of the really practical tips that i knowthat i follow and started following years ago when i wanted to support my own digestivehealth was chewing 30 times, at least at a very minimum, per bite. so some people say as much as a 100 chewsper bite. i would challenge you to do this, this weekfor me, chew 30 times before you actually swallow per bite.

i will tell you it is going to radically transformyour digestive health. jordan: you're the lenient one. i give them 75. there are some weird stories about celebritiesthat pre-masticate. have you heard about that? where they eat their food before? well, my parents used to call it abc, alreadybeen chewed. but there's a reason why they do that. because i think birds or some animal, theychew their food, and then feed it to their

young because it's predigested. you predigest your food if you chew. he says 30, i say 50. do it, and let us know who wins. dr. axe: okay, so here we go. number two, monomeals. i'll jump into this, and then pass it on tojordan. so monomeals is a great way of really simplifyingdigestion. in order for your body to break down starchversus, let's say, a protein, your body has

to produce very different enzymes, and ittakes a different ph to break down these foods. this is a big principle within chinese medicine. there are really two things that they followwhen it comes to this. they believe in something called, monomeals,which jordan is going to talk more about. then i'm going to talk about one pot, andone pot is where you put a bunch of stuff in a crockpot or a slow cooker or pot, andyou cook it for a period of days. they believe many of the enzymes in the food,they call it one pot not only because everything is in one pot, but because the food's becomeone. they believe it's easier to digest that way.

but jordan, talk to us about going back toeating monomeals. it's almost like eating like a baby. i mean, this is something i recommend my patientsdo, is consume one food at a time. when somebody's really sick and there area lot of digestive issues, you want to almost go back to eating like a baby. jordan: it seems counterintuitive becausewe're always taught to have this plate where we've got our meat, we've got our potatoes,we've got our greens, we've got our fruit. but back in the day, a lot of us who werein this natural health movement heard about food combining.

now, i don't agree that combining fruits andvegetables is bad and meats, necessarily. but if you're seriously compromised, consumingmonomeals can be great. it can be any kind of monomeal. for example, if it's protein, eat just a steak. i know people think that sounds nuts, buti guarantee you, if you think red meat is hard to digest, try eating just red meat. there are people online, i read about this,that only eat red meat? i read about at least five different accountsof people that eat ground beef only for five years.

now, that is oversimplifying it, and it'salso not something we recommend per se, but the principle is there. try eating monomeals if you don't feel good. one area where i really practice this, thefood combining chart used to say one thing that i still remember. melons. eat them alone or leave them alone. i don't do well when i eat melons along withother foods, and so i always tell my kids if you're going to eat melon, eat it by itselfand wait 20 minutes until you eat something

else. that's personally how i feel, but try a monomeal. we certainly don't believe you should do itall the time, but if you do, eat or drink something to the exclusion of other foods,you'll find that it's easier to digest. that's why people will say i'm on an all-carrotjuice diet or the grape cure. it's because of that principle. it is easier to digest and assimilate onesingle food if you do that. so if you're someone who's really not feelingwell, that's a great way to ease your body's burden and digest quickly.

dr. axe: this really leads us to the nextsuper food, jordan, here which i'm really excited to unveil. this is one of the things, jordan, that i'verecommended people do for years now, and that's do what's called a bone broth fast. you want to talk about the ultimate mono mealis just drinking bone broth for several days. of course, we love bone broth. protein is a great way to do a bone brothfast. jordan: an easy way. dr. axe: an easy way to get it done.

deena here says she's actually done a bonebroth cleanse, and she's a vegan, and i've noticed that a lot of actually people thatare vegans and vegetarians, the one area where they're bringing in an animal-based productis bone broth because they understand how important it is for taking care of deficiencies. jordan: can we talk about why quickly? dr. axe: yeah. jordan: collagen is really critical for health,and while there are minerals and other compounds that can boost collagen, collagen itself isonly found in animal foods. bone broth is so soothing.

josh, we talked about this yesterday off theair at my house, and i forgot to mention it, all my kids, one of their first foods, isbone broth really mixed with the meat, etc, as well. we put it in a blender, and that is it. it's bone broth chicken soup, etc. one of my kids, my nine-year old son, samuel,consumed it almost exclusively for a year and a half. that's all he wanted, and even today, if yousay, "samuel, it's your birthday. what do you want?"

he wants chicken soup. he wants bone broth. bone broth is the cleanse for people thatwant a good gut. i have recommended it thousands of times,if not tens of thousands of times. it is soothing, but also restorative. it is different than a juice cleanse. if you have constipation, for example, a juicecleanse can be really good for you. if you're overweight, a juice cleanse canbe good. but for someone who has a sensitive gut, juicecleansing may make it worse, and there's also

a reason in chinese medicine for that. they don't believe that you should consumecold things all the time because it shocks your system. bone broth is warm. it can be room temperature, but it is a gutpowerhouse. dr. axe: jordan, i want to mention this aswell. i've got a new product idea, bone broth babyfood. there you go. with all the junk out there today, i thinkbone broth obviously is really healthy.

jordan: you know, that meeting we're scheduledfor later? dr. axe: i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i let the cat out of the bag. all right. so bone broth. so i want to touch on a few more points here,and then we're going to jump into point number four here. so bone broth, the reason it's so beneficial,jordan mentioned so many reasons, but proline,

glycine, and glutamine, these amazing aminoacids. i want you to remember this principle. a lot of times, i'm getting questioned hereabout things like how do i deal with this condition or this condition or this condition. there's actually no single food that healsyour body. your body heals itself. okay, remember that. one of the reasons why bone broth is so beneficial,is that it's just easier on your body to digest. it allows your cells and tissues to regenerateand replenish, and it really allows your system

to sort of rest in a way. that's why it's so great for a cleanse ora fast. it's the product i use every single day, everyone of my patients takes. again, it's even great for kids. so obviously bone broth, fantastic, a musthave of our nine steps for gut health. so jordan, let's jump into step number fourhere. fermented food. what are some of your favorites, and why dothey benefit the guts so much? jordan: absolutely.

sauerkraut is amazing. there are a lot of great fermented foods,first of all, but sauerkraut is amazing. kimchi, pickled vegetables as they call it,are wonderful for the body. do you know what i really love? i didn't know this growing up, pickles, butnot the pickles that most people eat. raw, truly fermented pickles, which are pickledcucumbers, are awesome. pickled or fermented beets are great. pickled ginger is great. wasabi is a fermented food.

miso is really good. miso is fermented soybean paste, and so manypeople get hang up on, i don't even want to look at soy. soy-based ink i don't even want to write with. soy is not your enemy if you consume it ina fermented form, organic, and whole food. dairy products. people who love dairy can consume yogurt,kefir, amasi, certain cheeses. cottage cheese goes through a fermentationif it's properly prepared. all of those can be good for many people.

then there's fermented beverages. apple cider and coconut vinegars are reallygood. kombucha is really good. bottom line, consume more fermented foods. you know what else is fermented that peopledon't really talk about, olives. you can get raw, fermented olives, and i havea three-year old, almost four-year old, isabella, who gets olives with many of her meals. she's had some gut issues, and we're goingto unveil something here. if you're someone watching that has occasionallystruggled with constipation, which means everyone

is watching, because it is so common, i'mgoing to give four steps to overcome constipation, and olives are a great part of that becausethey have several components. but olives, if they are properly prepared,can be a powerhouse food that people don't talk about enough. they talk about the oil, but not the olives. it's a fruit. dr. axe: absolutely. i'm pumped about this last step we're goingto unveil, too, jordan. i'm really excited.

i want to mention this with fermented food. if you look at other countries, and traditionallyhow a lot of our ancestors ate, i mean, they were sitting down there with sour dough bread. they were having these fermented olives andpickles. they were doing cheeses. i mean, it was just full, sort of smorgasbordof . . . jordan: jams and jellies were fermented. every condiment was fermented. i mean, it is really extensive, and it's somethingwe're missing.

we're going to talk about the two biggestthings that our ancestors ate that we're absolutely missing in our diet, bone broth and fermentedfoods. it's something that all of us need to be gettingmore of on a daily basis, and one of my favorites, jordan, is kvass. i'd actually have a fermented beet juice,which is fantastic as well. so obviously, and jordan has mentioned thisbefore, but organic acids. i mean, they're kind of like a great ph andfuel for probiotics in your system. so fermented foods, fantastic for that reason. jordan, there's great research on one of theprobiotics and fermented foods, lactobacillus

plantarum, right? jordan: absolutely, that's in sauerkraut. lactobacillus plantarum is getting a lot ofpress lately, as are many lactobacilla. but that's been one of my favorites for along time. dr. axe: jordan, let's talk about step numberfive, blueberries. jordan: the reason i mentioned the cranberryis that everyone knows that cranberry is good for the urinary tract. when i say everyone, many people do. i believe blueberries are to the gut whatcranberry is to the urinary tract.

now, blueberries are amazing. we know they have what? antioxidants. the blue color comes from anthocyanins. those are really great. blueberries are good for the brain, but they'regreat for the gut because of the antioxidant-pectin combo. they have a pectin content and additionalsoluble fiber that helps carry waste out of the body.

i believe they're great for heavy metal detoxificationas well. so the person who asked earlier, what's agreat breakfast? a smoothie with a whole lot of blueberriesis really good. now, my dad, who's old time chiropractor naturopath,told me recently that he was at a farmer's market and met a woman who is dealing witha serious issue that said, "i consumed a pint of blueberries from the farmer's market fromthe day it opened in may 'til the day it closed in november last year, and my issue was gone." so i'd been consuming a pint every day since. i love them.

i just needed an excuse. there are always blueberries available, freshor frozen. so think blueberry when you think gut. dr. axe: blueberries are one of the highestgroup sources of resveratrol. i know most people only think that grapesare the only food with resveratrol, and resveratrol has been shown to have so many health benefits. but blueberries, that skin, also containsresveratrol, antioxidants, all the things you're talking about. on a regular basis.

if i have a patient that i'm taking care of,who says, "dr. axe, what are the best fruits for digestive health?" my top two, number one, blueberries, numbertwo, i mentioned figs earlier. those are two of my absolute favorites. all right, so we're going to talk essentialoils here. no surprise here, i don't think. it's peppermint oil. jordan: peppermint oil has significant researchon its ability to calm an angry gut. i think that qualifies for a great benefit.

when i say angry, what do i mean? your gut is best if not seen or heard from,if you know what i mean. think about it, if you're always feeling somethingthere, that's not good. peppermint oil is soothing and relaxing forthe gut, and it's great inhaled, applied topically, and consumed. i, this morning, and every morning, i havea special toothpaste that we're formulating and working on, and i put peppermint oil dropsright on it. i love it. i do it every single morning.

peppermint oil can benefit your digestivetrack. some people take what you call enteric coatedcapsules, but you don't even need to. peppermint oil is good. peppermint is good in general. peppermint tea or herbal infusion is good,but when you think of an angry gut, think of cooling peppermint. peppermint, one of my absolute favorites. i want to give you a recipe idea here. i do a chocolate bone broth smoothie for breakfastwhere i do a scoop of chocolate bone broth

protein, and i'll add one to two drops ofpeppermint oil, and it tastes like a thin mint smoothie. absolutely delicious. jordan: wow. you got baby food, and now we got a new flavor. dr. axe: there you go. i want to mention this with essential oils. number one, my favorite, peppermint oil. a few others that are fantastic, fennel oil.

so fennel as essential oil, is so beneficialfor the digestive track. ginger essential oil. also, coriander oil is really great, as is,just a few other favorites here, cumin oil is another good one. jordan: lemon is good, too. a lot of people benefit from lemon. dr. axe: yeah, lemon, especially for fat digestionis great. jordan: frankincense is good, depending onif you're dealing with deep gut issues, frankincense, [inaudible 00:17:46].

dr. axe: i know in the future we're goingto start seeing more about turmeric oil as well, another great one, but for starters,peppermint and ginger oil, two of our favorites, which brings me to our number seven step. this is the herb, ginger. so jordan, talk to us a little bit about thebenefits of ginger for digestion. jordan: peppermint is a great soothing oil,but ginger is the spice of 100 uses as it relates to the gut. we're most likely to hear about ginger's benefitsfor nausea, particularly morning sickness. ginger is really amazing.

if you're looking for something to calm uppergi issues, a ginger infusion or a ginger tea, ginger syrups are wonderful. ginger extract. i make an herbal decoction or infusion everyday, and ginger is one of the key four spices in there. ginger and turmeric are cousins, and we happento love that family. ginger is really great. you can consume ginger in so many differentfoods. just grate it or buy grated ginger.

include it in your diet. people that do around the world are much healthierfor it. dr. axe: yeah, absolutely. one of the things, jordan, you and i lovebone broth recipes. i love grating some ginger in my chicken broth. a chicken-ginger soup. so i remember when i was a kid, jordan, mymom would always give me, she would give me ginger ale and canned chicken soup, whichi always joke around with her. i say, "you kept me sick like two weeks longer,"and the reason is the sodium, msg, the noodles

and stuff, the chicken soup. the ginger ale is full of sugar. but my great grandmother actually did gingertea and chicken broth when they were sick. so again, if you are struggling with any typeof general health issue or you need natural immune support, bone broth and ginger, ofcourse, the way to go. jordan: you need to be careful about talkingabout our mothers because on one of the previous shows, josh mentioned that his mom got oneof our great new great products, and i mentioned mine didn't, and my mom texted me and says,"i'm waiting for my products." good.

hi, mom. no ginger ale for me. dr. axe: all right, we're going to jump intofew other things here. actually, i want to mention this. so ginger, again, a great superfood to addin foods. turmeric is great. licorice root extracts for upper gi is fantasticas well. now, this is something, jordan, step numbereight, and i think this is important. a lot of people overlook certain aspects whenit comes to their digestive health.

a rebounder. now, my mom really needed support for herlymphatic system. so 10 minutes twice a day, she got on a minitrampoline and just jumped up and down. she was tired all the time. she's struggling with fatigue issues. but this is something that she could do everyday, and it made a big impact on her digestive health. jordan: i was going to tell you. i sent the wrong list.

this was sort of, what was important for ourbasketball team. but anyway, josh is exactly right. a mini trampoline helps to move the lymph,but it also helps to move the gut. if you really want to get your bowels moving,try this. we talked about lemon water yesterday. we talked about green juice. i told you i do bone broth and green juiceevery morning. drink 16 ounces of a healthy fluid. about 10 or 20 minutes later, jump on a minitrampoline, jog on one for 20 minutes, you'll

get some things moving. these don't have to be really expensive. it doesn't have to be called a rebounder. just go to your local sports equipment store,and get a mini trampoline for $40, and it's a very gentle form of exercise, and it reallygets things moving. dr. axe: yeah, absolutely, and i want youto know, too. i mean, my mom's in her mid-60s, and she canstill do this. i think some of us are concerned, we're notasking you to do double back flips on a trampoline. we're just saying you just get on there.

you don't have to have lift off. it's just simply up and down or moving yourlegs like this, but just that action is great for peristalsis. it's great for supporting the digestive system. so rebounders are fantastic. let's talk about step number nine. core four, jordan, what are core four? jordan: the core four for your core. i'm going to go in order of importance.

now, we had two folks that, two ladies whoguessed the core four, but it was the last two because it's obvious, it's what peoplethink about. great job, but number one, hydration. you could say water, but it's hydration. a dehydrated gut is a gut that doesn't move. think about the fecal matter that's stickingthere and staying there. it's dehydrated. it sucks in water, and a dehydrated gut isa constipated, slow-moving gut. so consume more fluids, water, juices, bonebroth, fermented beverages, and juicy foods

and fruits. today, with a lot of the packaged, processedfoods, even our food is dry. people may not realize this, a piece of cookedchicken has over 50% water. an apple, maybe in the 90s. but a cracker? probably 11. dr. axe: probably a lot of sodium, so it'sdehydrating you. so hydration through proper fluids. number two, lipids or fats.

certain fats are great to move the bowel,particularly long chain fats. people might say coconut oil? well, not exactly. one of the main benefits of coconut oil isthat it doesn't get to the gut. it's digested quicker and more easily dueto the medium chain fatty acids. butter? short chain fatty acids. we want long chain. we want fats from olive, fats from avocado.

we want fats from flaxseed, which is not thelongest, and even fish. fish has long chain omega-3 fatty acids. so fats. one time someone said to me when you thinkyou're dehydrated, you're really delipidated. delipidated means you're fat-deficient, andnow we know fat is really, really good. so we've got hydration. we've got fats. and number three, we've got fiber. jordan: it's not number one, it's number three.

soluble fiber is great if you got an upsetgut, and insoluble is great if you are more on the constipation side. dr. axe: got it. jordan: soluble is great if your gut is irritable. insoluble is great if it's very slow. so look for foods that have a combinationof both fruits, certainly, vegetables. in fact, on tomorrow's show, we're going totalk about high enzyme foods that will transform your health. do you know that enzymes may actually reversethe aging process?

we're going to talk about how to build yourenzyme bank account through food tomorrow, same time, don't miss it, and these foodswill also do great. one, i'm going to give you a hint on rightnow, my favorite fruit or really food for constipation or to move the bowels, is kiwi. fig is so close, and we're going to talk aboutthat, too, but kiwi fruit has an enzyme called actinadin, and it's similar to bromelain andpapain, but in clinical studies, kiwi helps to move the bowel very effectively, and peopleof all ages, especially the elderly, it can be very slow. we got hydration.

we've got good fats, fiber, and number four,probiotics. probiotics are critical for your gut health. do you know that by weight, your fecal matter,your stool, is more bacteria than it is food matter? probiotics are critical. i recommend a combination of plant-based andsoil-based probiotics that don't require refrigeration. dr. axe: the last step i want to mention here,and then we're going to answer just a couple questions, is your emotional health. in fact, i was talking to a patient here recently,and they said, "my child is struggling with

being backed up." i said, "well, tell me about what's goingon in the house and some other things." she's like, "well, we've been moving. there's just been a lot of frustration inour household recently." within chinese medicine, certain emotionsactually cause what's called liver stagnation, and literally, can back you up. so in patients, frustration and anger. if you're a person that's struggling witha lot of frustration or impatience, that can actually cause you to be backed up and causedigestive issues.

so just a practical step for taking care ofthat is really scheduling some things in your week, giving yourself more free time, goingfor a walk, reading scripture, things to where you're just getting things off your plate,but really releasing frustration and anger and getting rid of impatience. that's another important factor in reallysupporting overall digestive health. we got a question here from simron. "what about water kefir?" jordan: water kefir is really, really cool. josh mentioned the beneficial yeast and fungi.

kefir is a great example of a symbiotic relationshipbetween bacteria, yeast, and other fungi. water kefir can be really good. as is with apple cider vinegar, some people,when they drink water kefir, can be a little nauseous, but it is really good. it's something that if you haven't heard of,you're making kefir with water but you're using a starter culture, and you're usinga food source. so it's usually some type of high sugar substance. the starter breaks down the sugar and createsorganic acids and other compounds. so if you have a taste for it and you enjoyit, it is likely good for you and it's good

for your gut. dr. axe: all right, question here from ashley. "what do you think about aloe vera?" jordan: great question. i think aloe vera can be really good. my favorite though is raw, fresh aloe. most people haven't heard of this. a lot of the aloe that you buy in the healthfood store has sodium benzoate or potassium sorbate, which i don't particularly like asadditives or preservatives.

if it looks and appears like water, it's probablymostly water. but if you can get a fresh, raw aloe, whichi've consumed before. some places, some juice bars make it. you want the inner leaf, the gel. we actually use aloe vera, inner gel in someformulations that we're going to talk about in future programs, but aloe vera can be verysoothy if you get the right quality. dr. axe: great question here from erin. she says, "do you take probiotics even withoutgut trouble or gut symptoms?" absolutely.

probiotics are needed by everyone. if you breathe the air we're surrounded by,if you drink the water, if you think the thoughts and eat the food, everyone needs probiotics. you know what we should do? i thought of a program. i wrote a chapter in "the maker's diet" about12 years ago that was everyone's favorite. it's called "how to get sick." twenty-five things to do today to ensure illnesstomorrow. well, you're thinking, what are you talkingabout?

i have sometimes difficulty getting peopleto make positive changes, and so therefore, the results are not always uniform, but iguarantee i could get anyone sick. part of that goes into the reason why we needprobiotics because whether you are born via c-section, if you don't breastfeed enough,if you drink a lot of caffeinated beverages. i'm not against coffee, but that can disruptyour beneficial bacteria. if you consume antibiotics, put topical medicationson oral contraceptives. dr. axe: oh, big one. huge.jordan: if your mom puts certain things on your skin for booboos, you didn't do it yourself,but you likely came into this world with a

compromised gut. even the birth canal that we're born in, ifthe mom had yeast infections, etc, or was on medication, you need probiotics. i can think of a lot of reasons. we'll get into that in the future, but probioticsare great for everyone. i saw a study recently on probiotics and athleticperformance. i saw a study today on probiotics and lunghealth. it's unbelievable what probiotics can do foryou. dr. axe: yeah, i absolutely agree.

and before we jump in, we're going to answera few more questions. hey, guys, jordan, i love this topic. it's something i believe everybody needs toknow about. i think back. i wish my mom and family members and friendsi have, i wish they would have known this information so they wouldn't have had to gothrough the suffering they went through. we're going to do a couple more questionshere, and then wrap up. let's see here. what do we have questions about?

someone says, "probiotics are a must." jordan, what do you think about kombucha? jordan: i think kombucha can be good for many,but in my experience, i don't know if you agree, josh, those that are healthy do wellwith kombucha. dr. axe: i agree. jordan: the most compromised people? not necessarily. sometimes even the carbonation that is oftenadded can cause issues. that being said, i love kombucha with chiaseed in it.

we make kombucha that's absolutely amazing,and we have in the past. but for people who really need help, i don'trecommend kombucha right away, but it is something that has benefits. dr. axe: yeah, question here, and i'll answerit. jordan, you can jump in. i got a question here. how do you know if you have a healthy gutor digestive system? well, one of the best ways is looking at yourstool and your regularity. if you're having too healthy well-formed bowelmovements or one to three daily, that typically

means your healthy. if you're having more than three, for mostpeople, that's not good. or if it's falling apart, you're having what'scalled a loose stool, that's a big warning sign. so really, how do you know if your gut's healthy? one big warning sign is if you're having anytype of a regular bowel movement. if you're only going every other day or ifyou miss a day, that's not normal and healthy. again, if it's not holding form well or ifyou have a loose stool, that's a big warning here's the other thing, jordan.

i mean, you and i both know this, your gutis related to almost every area of your body. your skin, if you have skin issues, it's absolutelygut related, brain issues, immunity issues. so many of these things can be related togut. jordan: so if you're not in perfect health,you need probiotics. now, we all have them. it's not about getting probiotics becausethey're a miracle. we're supplying the body through food andsupplements with probiotics that were meant to be in our diet. we don't play in the dirt enough.

we don't eat close to the ground. i've been telling people this for 20-plusyears. if you want to be clean, you got to get dirty,and we don't do it enough. they even show that people that have petsthat go outside are healthier and have less

allergies because probiotics help balancethe immune system and the immune cells called th cells. it's a more in-depth educational program,but probiotics really are for everyone. well, hey, guys, this has been jordan rubin,myself, dr. josh axe.