Dr. Steven Gundry

And if everything is in balance, like Bishop believed, then that makes a really good place to live and keeps us alive. In fact, Mark and I obviously, and I wrote the longevity paradox. One of the things that, to paraphrase Hippocrates, is that death begins in the gut. And you look at all these super old people, and he and I study them around the world. None of these people have leaky gut.

And if everything is in balance, like Bishop believed, then that makes a really good place to live and keeps us alive. In fact, Mark and I obviously, and I wrote the longevity paradox. One of the things that, to paraphrase Hippocrates, is that death begins in the gut. And you look at all these super old people, and he and I study them around the world. None of these people have leaky gut.

And if everything is in balance, like Bishop believed, then that makes a really good place to live and keeps us alive. In fact, Mark and I obviously, and I wrote the longevity paradox. One of the things that, to paraphrase Hippocrates, is that death begins in the gut. And you look at all these super old people, and he and I study them around the world. None of these people have leaky gut.

They have this incredibly rich, diverse microbiome. And they have a microbiome that literally fends off all these environmental toxins. They eat plastics, for instance. And people go, what? They eat plastics? Well, we have bacteria that eat oil spills and plastics are merely petrochemicals. They're just looking for carbon atoms.

They have this incredibly rich, diverse microbiome. And they have a microbiome that literally fends off all these environmental toxins. They eat plastics, for instance. And people go, what? They eat plastics? Well, we have bacteria that eat oil spills and plastics are merely petrochemicals. They're just looking for carbon atoms.

They have this incredibly rich, diverse microbiome. And they have a microbiome that literally fends off all these environmental toxins. They eat plastics, for instance. And people go, what? They eat plastics? Well, we have bacteria that eat oil spills and plastics are merely petrochemicals. They're just looking for carbon atoms.

So again, the road to health is paved with good intestines and that's all.

So again, the road to health is paved with good intestines and that's all.

So again, the road to health is paved with good intestines and that's all.

I'll give you a great story. You mentioned this wonderful woman who had Parkinson's that I start the book with. And I won't go into her whole story, but she had very leaky gut. She was very sensitive to gluten, a component, a lectin in gluten. Wheat, rye, barley. There's also a molecule in oats and corn that cross reacts with gluten, just as an example.

I'll give you a great story. You mentioned this wonderful woman who had Parkinson's that I start the book with. And I won't go into her whole story, but she had very leaky gut. She was very sensitive to gluten, a component, a lectin in gluten. Wheat, rye, barley. There's also a molecule in oats and corn that cross reacts with gluten, just as an example.

I'll give you a great story. You mentioned this wonderful woman who had Parkinson's that I start the book with. And I won't go into her whole story, but she had very leaky gut. She was very sensitive to gluten, a component, a lectin in gluten. Wheat, rye, barley. There's also a molecule in oats and corn that cross reacts with gluten, just as an example.

And she had antibodies to all these and we changed her diet. We took these things away. And within a year, her leaky gut was gone. And within a year, her Parkinson's symptoms really completely abated. She was back running again. She didn't have a tremor anymore. And I saw her and her husband about a month and a half ago for her two-year follow-up. And she still looked really good.

And she had antibodies to all these and we changed her diet. We took these things away. And within a year, her leaky gut was gone. And within a year, her Parkinson's symptoms really completely abated. She was back running again. She didn't have a tremor anymore. And I saw her and her husband about a month and a half ago for her two-year follow-up. And she still looked really good.

And she had antibodies to all these and we changed her diet. We took these things away. And within a year, her leaky gut was gone. And within a year, her Parkinson's symptoms really completely abated. She was back running again. She didn't have a tremor anymore. And I saw her and her husband about a month and a half ago for her two-year follow-up. And she still looked really good.

And she said, I don't know. I think I'm slipping. I can feel myself slipping. I don't know what it is. but are just not as good the last few months. And I said, well, let's look at your blood work. Let's look at your leaky gut. And sure enough, her leaky gut was still pretty good, but it was not as good as six months ago. Then she had some antibodies to gluten that she didn't have.

And she said, I don't know. I think I'm slipping. I can feel myself slipping. I don't know what it is. but are just not as good the last few months. And I said, well, let's look at your blood work. Let's look at your leaky gut. And sure enough, her leaky gut was still pretty good, but it was not as good as six months ago. Then she had some antibodies to gluten that she didn't have.

And she said, I don't know. I think I'm slipping. I can feel myself slipping. I don't know what it is. but are just not as good the last few months. And I said, well, let's look at your blood work. Let's look at your leaky gut. And sure enough, her leaky gut was still pretty good, but it was not as good as six months ago. Then she had some antibodies to gluten that she didn't have.

And I said, I know you so well by now, but are you eating out more? Are you going to restaurants? Are you cheating? She said, oh no, I wouldn't cheat. Why would I? And I said, well, something's different. I said, you're getting exposed to gluten. And her husband perks up and he said, would sharing a cutting board with somebody who's cutting bread, regular bread on a cutting board do this?

And I said, I know you so well by now, but are you eating out more? Are you going to restaurants? Are you cheating? She said, oh no, I wouldn't cheat. Why would I? And I said, well, something's different. I said, you're getting exposed to gluten. And her husband perks up and he said, would sharing a cutting board with somebody who's cutting bread, regular bread on a cutting board do this?