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What's a fecal transplant? >> You take a healthy person's poop and you
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transfer it into the person who's sick. For example, a patient of mine took an
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antibiotic which wipes out your gut which became life-threatening. And so I delivered the fecal transplant to her.
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By the next day, the entire infectious issue got shut down. So this is a great example to show how important our gut
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microbiome is because 60% of the weight of your stool is your microbiome. Really? Yes. But the modern world and
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the way in which we live is damaging our gut and it manifests in these subtle ways like bloating, increased fatigue,
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difficulty concentrating, you don't sleep well at night, skin issues. So it flies under the radar but ultimately
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leads to other health related problems afterwards. >> So I've got so many questions.
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>> Totally. >> What's the cause of bloating? >> So constipation is the number one cause,
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but people who are bloated, please don't sip through straws, drink carbonated
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drinks, chew on gum, because you just make it worse. Next, are there decisions that you make as a parent that will have
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a lasting impact on a kid's gut function? >> Yeah, by 3 years of age, you are
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basically fully adult-sized in terms of your microbiome. But antibiotics, bottle
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feeding, and birth by cesarian section are associated with an impact on the microbiome, such as an increased risk of
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allergic, autoimmune, and metabolic diseases. And I'll explain why. >> And then, can I repair the gut?
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>> Yeah, 100%. And every 3 to 5 days, you build a new gut barrier. And so I've
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identified four things missing in our diet as well as a daily routine that can optimize our microbiome. And when you do
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these, you will live longer and you will have less disease. And I'm going to take
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you through all of these steps right now.