Dr. Steven Gundry

So they use basically biologic warfare to make their predators think twice about eating them. Now, unfortunately, we're not very smart. And we'll keep eating them even though we're in pain or our brain doesn't work or whatever, because everybody knows that plants are good for you.

Now, way back when, like I talk about in this book and the previous books, is we used to have a really great defense system against these plant compounds. We had bacteria that would eat, for instance, gluten. in wheat and love it. So we had a fantastic defense against the plant defense system. Unfortunately, over the last 50, 100 years, we've pretty much decimated that defense system.

Now, way back when, like I talk about in this book and the previous books, is we used to have a really great defense system against these plant compounds. We had bacteria that would eat, for instance, gluten. in wheat and love it. So we had a fantastic defense against the plant defense system. Unfortunately, over the last 50, 100 years, we've pretty much decimated that defense system.

antibiotics that we take that are fed to our animals, glyphosate, Roundup. Believe it or not, most people don't know that Roundup was patented as an antibiotic, not as a weed killer. Really? Patented as an antibiotic. No idea. And it turns out that glyphosate is really good at killing off the gut microbiome, particularly the gut microbiome that makes

antibiotics that we take that are fed to our animals, glyphosate, Roundup. Believe it or not, most people don't know that Roundup was patented as an antibiotic, not as a weed killer. Really? Patented as an antibiotic. No idea. And it turns out that glyphosate is really good at killing off the gut microbiome, particularly the gut microbiome that makes

all the feel-good hormones like serotonin that kills off the tryptophan pathway bacteria, and so forth and so on. So we're quite honestly sitting ducks for a lot of these plant compounds that wish us harm. The other thing that we did not know about is that I had the head, former head of the FDA on my podcast a couple of years ago. And we, he and I are very much the same age.

all the feel-good hormones like serotonin that kills off the tryptophan pathway bacteria, and so forth and so on. So we're quite honestly sitting ducks for a lot of these plant compounds that wish us harm. The other thing that we did not know about is that I had the head, former head of the FDA on my podcast a couple of years ago. And we, he and I are very much the same age.

And back when we were trained, we kind of thought the gut was this hollow tube and whatever we swallowed went in there and magic happened. And we absorbed, you know, proteins and minerals and sugars and fats, and then whatever we didn't need with pooped out the rear end, and that was that simple. We didn't even know that 100 trillion bacteria were living in our intestines.

And back when we were trained, we kind of thought the gut was this hollow tube and whatever we swallowed went in there and magic happened. And we absorbed, you know, proteins and minerals and sugars and fats, and then whatever we didn't need with pooped out the rear end, and that was that simple. We didn't even know that 100 trillion bacteria were living in our intestines.

And it wasn't until the Human Microbiome Project, which started in 2007 and ended in 2017, that we literally discovered not only were those guys there, but that those guys were responsible for much of what happened to the magic that happened in this Silly Holland 2. And, you know, it's like, wow.

And it wasn't until the Human Microbiome Project, which started in 2007 and ended in 2017, that we literally discovered not only were those guys there, but that those guys were responsible for much of what happened to the magic that happened in this Silly Holland 2. And, you know, it's like, wow.

You know, it's like we send these deep sea vessels down, you know, 20,000 feet into the pitch blackness at pressures that would crush any living thing.

You know, it's like we send these deep sea vessels down, you know, 20,000 feet into the pitch blackness at pressures that would crush any living thing.

They can't live in there. And you go, what the heck?

They can't live in there. And you go, what the heck?

And so now we're going, what the heck? Look at all these guys that we didn't even know existed. And now we're being able to piece out exactly what each one of these guys does. And the communication system that these single-cell organisms have with this really smart control center up here. And the purpose of the book is, guess what? The bus driver is not driving the bus.

And so now we're going, what the heck? Look at all these guys that we didn't even know existed. And now we're being able to piece out exactly what each one of these guys does. And the communication system that these single-cell organisms have with this really smart control center up here. And the purpose of the book is, guess what? The bus driver is not driving the bus.

The passengers are driving the bus. And this is just kind of a receiver of the information that's being passed up by the folks who are actually in control.

The passengers are driving the bus. And this is just kind of a receiver of the information that's being passed up by the folks who are actually in control.

Well, you know, like General Patton said, if everybody's thinking the same way, then somebody isn't thinking. I love it. It's so true. I love it. Artist Shaggy has a song that his mother told him, if you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.