Cynthia Thurlow

It's only the advent of puberty that we start seeing differentiation in the microbiome. Obviously, men predominantly with testosterone, women predominantly with estrogen, but also progesterone and a little bit of testosterone. And up until we go through puberty, if someone chooses to get pregnant, they go through pregnancy. There's a shift in the microbiome. And then we get to perimenopause.

And it's these three big shifts in our lives as women in particular. And then ironically enough, we go into menopause and our gut microbiomes resemble men's. And so the reason why I'm bringing this up is when women in, you know, north of 40 perimenopause menopause suddenly have aberrancies or weird or unusual things that come up on stool testing is one example.

And it's these three big shifts in our lives as women in particular. And then ironically enough, we go into menopause and our gut microbiomes resemble men's. And so the reason why I'm bringing this up is when women in, you know, north of 40 perimenopause menopause suddenly have aberrancies or weird or unusual things that come up on stool testing is one example.

And it's these three big shifts in our lives as women in particular. And then ironically enough, we go into menopause and our gut microbiomes resemble men's. And so the reason why I'm bringing this up is when women in, you know, north of 40 perimenopause menopause suddenly have aberrancies or weird or unusual things that come up on stool testing is one example.

I'm like, it's really a reflection of what's going on at the gut microbiome, both with the differentiation with immune function, things that are changing there. It speaks to individuals that are making less hydrochloric acid. So all of us are exposed to parasites and other type of organisms on a daily basis.

I'm like, it's really a reflection of what's going on at the gut microbiome, both with the differentiation with immune function, things that are changing there. It speaks to individuals that are making less hydrochloric acid. So all of us are exposed to parasites and other type of organisms on a daily basis.

I'm like, it's really a reflection of what's going on at the gut microbiome, both with the differentiation with immune function, things that are changing there. It speaks to individuals that are making less hydrochloric acid. So all of us are exposed to parasites and other type of organisms on a daily basis.

If you eat lettuce, I mean, you are exposed to things because you can only scrub the lettuce or clean the lettuce so well. But we have...

If you eat lettuce, I mean, you are exposed to things because you can only scrub the lettuce or clean the lettuce so well. But we have...

If you eat lettuce, I mean, you are exposed to things because you can only scrub the lettuce or clean the lettuce so well. But we have...

lines of defenses in our body that are designed to do away with these things hydrochloric acid in the stomach um you know you've got other uh you know bicarbonate other things that go on in the microbiome and and beyond that are designed to to help um you know these defenses systems that are designed to get rid of what does not belong. Now, how does a parasite come about?

lines of defenses in our body that are designed to do away with these things hydrochloric acid in the stomach um you know you've got other uh you know bicarbonate other things that go on in the microbiome and and beyond that are designed to to help um you know these defenses systems that are designed to get rid of what does not belong. Now, how does a parasite come about?

lines of defenses in our body that are designed to do away with these things hydrochloric acid in the stomach um you know you've got other uh you know bicarbonate other things that go on in the microbiome and and beyond that are designed to to help um you know these defenses systems that are designed to get rid of what does not belong. Now, how does a parasite come about?

There's a couple of different things that happen. You know, it could be you're a certain life stage. You're more susceptible. You make less hydrochloric acid. You're an individual that in many instances, you have chronic stress. You're not sleeping. Your nutrition is terrible. We know 70% of us as Americans alone are eating ultra processed foods.

There's a couple of different things that happen. You know, it could be you're a certain life stage. You're more susceptible. You make less hydrochloric acid. You're an individual that in many instances, you have chronic stress. You're not sleeping. Your nutrition is terrible. We know 70% of us as Americans alone are eating ultra processed foods.

There's a couple of different things that happen. You know, it could be you're a certain life stage. You're more susceptible. You make less hydrochloric acid. You're an individual that in many instances, you have chronic stress. You're not sleeping. Your nutrition is terrible. We know 70% of us as Americans alone are eating ultra processed foods.

You're not even eating food that has much nutrient quality to it. And so do I think parasites are the reason why people are gaining weight or weight loss resistant? I think it is many other things contributing a degree of inflammation, oxidative stress. There can be so many things that are going on with that. The parasite per se, I would say is just a symptom of a bigger issue.

You're not even eating food that has much nutrient quality to it. And so do I think parasites are the reason why people are gaining weight or weight loss resistant? I think it is many other things contributing a degree of inflammation, oxidative stress. There can be so many things that are going on with that. The parasite per se, I would say is just a symptom of a bigger issue.

You're not even eating food that has much nutrient quality to it. And so do I think parasites are the reason why people are gaining weight or weight loss resistant? I think it is many other things contributing a degree of inflammation, oxidative stress. There can be so many things that are going on with that. The parasite per se, I would say is just a symptom of a bigger issue.

So that's where I would leave that. It's, it's not that the parasite is what drove it. It's that there were a lot of other dominoes that had already fallen over. And that just happened to be the one thing that someone did some testing. They figured out there was something else going on, but Many, many things contribute to that. I don't think it is solely from the parasite.