Dr. Robin Rose
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People that take probiotics or have a healthy gut microbiome, like have less days missed at work or less days of an illness when they get sick, if they're sick, you know, all these different things, right? And so I always had this knowledge to learn that type of medicine.
People that take probiotics or have a healthy gut microbiome, like have less days missed at work or less days of an illness when they get sick, if they're sick, you know, all these different things, right? And so I always had this knowledge to learn that type of medicine.
But unfortunately, when I finally was doing both, when I was sort of in my conventional practicing 30 plus patients a day, I say practicing McMedicine, right? Like a revolving door of patients in and out. And only being able to, you know, spend 10 minutes with them or 15 minutes with them and wanting to really heal them. I couldn't do that. And I was really depressed about it.
But unfortunately, when I finally was doing both, when I was sort of in my conventional practicing 30 plus patients a day, I say practicing McMedicine, right? Like a revolving door of patients in and out. And only being able to, you know, spend 10 minutes with them or 15 minutes with them and wanting to really heal them. I couldn't do that. And I was really depressed about it.
It was really upsetting. And I really felt like I called myself a charlatan. I remember to someone I felt like I wasn't like once I finished all my coursework at the IFM and all the certifications, like I was like, I couldn't even apply it in my conventional practice. There was no way for me. And that's when I felt like I was like a fake. I was like, I can't even like really heal people this.
It was really upsetting. And I really felt like I called myself a charlatan. I remember to someone I felt like I wasn't like once I finished all my coursework at the IFM and all the certifications, like I was like, I couldn't even apply it in my conventional practice. There was no way for me. And that's when I felt like I was like a fake. I was like, I can't even like really heal people this.
You know, and so I just finally in the middle of COVID, literally June 2020 of COVID, I gave my notice and I just was like, it's just going to work out. Like, I just was like, let it work out. Like, I was just like, I don't know. And I just started Terrain Health, you know, and.
You know, and so I just finally in the middle of COVID, literally June 2020 of COVID, I gave my notice and I just was like, it's just going to work out. Like, I just was like, let it work out. Like, I was just like, I don't know. And I just started Terrain Health, you know, and.
You know, so here's the thing, like I wasn't really heavily invested in this space until like 20, you know, 2009. Right. So but if you look back at all the people that have influenced this space so much, like Mark Hyman and, you know, those, you know, those they've been talking about the gut microbiome forever, you know.
You know, so here's the thing, like I wasn't really heavily invested in this space until like 20, you know, 2009. Right. So but if you look back at all the people that have influenced this space so much, like Mark Hyman and, you know, those, you know, those they've been talking about the gut microbiome forever, you know.
But I mean, I think especially since, you know, the pandemic, it's become very hot topic. You know, it's been published on mainstream media, you know, newspapers talked about like on television, on, you know, news shows much more often, particularly like probably in the last like five years. But I mean, it was definitely getting hot probably at least five years before that.
But I mean, I think especially since, you know, the pandemic, it's become very hot topic. You know, it's been published on mainstream media, you know, newspapers talked about like on television, on, you know, news shows much more often, particularly like probably in the last like five years. But I mean, it was definitely getting hot probably at least five years before that.
But still, as hot as we think it is and we notice this, the vast majority of the population still doesn't understand or get it, nor does the conventional medical world either.
But still, as hot as we think it is and we notice this, the vast majority of the population still doesn't understand or get it, nor does the conventional medical world either.
Or even the it's all about really healing the intestinal mucosal barrier, right? Like really healing the leaky gut and getting the good bacteria to grow, right? You know, probiotics are great, you know, to a certain extent, and especially you have to be careful about which one you're using.
Or even the it's all about really healing the intestinal mucosal barrier, right? Like really healing the leaky gut and getting the good bacteria to grow, right? You know, probiotics are great, you know, to a certain extent, and especially you have to be careful about which one you're using.
And they're sort of like Taurus, you know, they sort of like, they go, they're like passing by, exerting their effect, you know, and then they're leaving, right? Right. It's more like the postbiotics, which are the metabolites that those good bacteria make. That's what's the most important. That's what is influencing structure, function, and influencing different systems in our body.
And they're sort of like Taurus, you know, they sort of like, they go, they're like passing by, exerting their effect, you know, and then they're leaving, right? Right. It's more like the postbiotics, which are the metabolites that those good bacteria make. That's what's the most important. That's what is influencing structure, function, and influencing different systems in our body.
It's really those metabolites or what I call the postbiotics.
It's really those metabolites or what I call the postbiotics.