WEBVTT 1 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:16.320 Step into a journey where every step is packed with purpose, insight, 2 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:20.160 and empowerment. This is Walk with Wisdom with your host, 3 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:25.000 Genevieve Wisdom. Walk with Wisdom is a dynamic podcast series 4 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:28.000 designed for men and women forty and over who are 5 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:31.359 ready to embrace their best years. Yet life at this 6 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:35.520 stage isn't about slowing down, It's about leveling up. Each 7 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:41.240 episode is a walkthrough guide to mastering life's transitions, rediscovering passions, 8 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:46.799 and thriving physically, mentally, and emotionally. We bring you expert advice, 9 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:51.280 real life stories, and actionable strategies to help you strive 10 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:56.200 confidently into a future of vitality and fulfillment. So now 11 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:02.240 please welcome the host of Walk with Wisdom, Genevieve Wisdom. 12 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:11.519 Hello everyone, I'm Genevieve Wisdom, host of Walk with Wisdom, 13 00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:17.120 your lifestyle show on youthful aging, which is looking good 14 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:21.439 and feeling amazing as you age. Thank you again everyone 15 00:01:21.519 --> 00:01:26.760 for coming on with us. We have an amazing guest 16 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:31.079 again this week. It's the great mister Bruce Pollock. I'll 17 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:34.799 do a reintroduction shortly, but we're gonna jump right into 18 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:39.079 the show. I had so many great comments about menopause, menopause, 19 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:41.400 and what it really means. So we're gonna jump right 20 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:46.719 in because we appreciate your time. One thing, don't forget 21 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:49.760 to share the link because remember this is a podcast. 22 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:52.840 It's on YouTube, it's all over the place where you 23 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:57.159 can get all the podcasts like Spotify, Apple, etc. So 24 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:00.799 thank you again, and here we go. Bruce, listen to 25 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:06.120 where we're going this week. Menopause and menopause. What's really 26 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:12.599 happening to your body? Menopause and menopause, which is often overlooked, 27 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:16.639 and it's the main equivalent, which is called andropause, marks 28 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:22.680 significant hormonal chifs that impact everything from energy levels to digestion, mood, 29 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:30.000 and joint health in men and women. Menopause specifically occurs 30 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:34.039 when estrogen and progesterone decline in women, and it brings 31 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:36.280 on those symptoms you know, the ones we hate, like 32 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:40.879 hot flashes and night sweats, mood swings and anxiety, sleep disturbance, 33 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:45.599 is weight gain, bloating, yeah, joint pain, muscle loss, digestive 34 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:50.159 issues like ibs, constipation and diarrhea. Yach. But I know 35 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:56.120 us girls, we know manopause, and Bruce won't probably agree 36 00:02:56.159 --> 00:03:00.000 to what he knows with the men on these Manopause, 37 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:05.000 which is Andrew pause, affects men as testosterol levels drop, 38 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:10.159 leading to fatigue and low motivation, decreased muscle mass and strength, 39 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:15.120 increase belly fat, poor sleep and irritability, lower libidio and 40 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:19.680 performance issues, joint pain, and slow recovery. But here's the thing, 41 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:27.439 many of these symptoms aren't just about hormonal changes. It's 42 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:33.199 your gut health, inflammation, and stress levels that play a 43 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:35.879 major role. And we want to thank Bruce for this 44 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:41.159 because Bruce gave us the foundational steps that we need 45 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:44.800 to take for healing these symptoms. And I thought this 46 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:47.240 week with him agreeing to come back with tied in. 47 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:52.240 Now let's meet Bruce. Hi, Bruce, I am looking for 48 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:55.680 you there. You are looking handsome and young as ever 49 00:03:55.759 --> 00:04:00.680 as your youthful age. Let me introduce you. Introduce you 50 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:05.520 to the audience. I know what you're thinking. So meet 51 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:09.439 Bruce paullat the health Translator extraordinaire. That's my little caveat 52 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:14.159 for Bruce. But he's phenomenal because of what he knows 53 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:18.240 and how he delineates his knowledge. So on this episode, Bruce, 54 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:23.240 a seasoned homeopath, a businessman, and a natural health expert 55 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:27.439 with decades of experience in the wellness space. Bruce has 56 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:30.839 a gift for making the complicated simple, breaking down the 57 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:37.240 science of health into easy, actionable steps. Like myself, He's 58 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:41.040 passionate about helping people taking control of their well being. 59 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:46.000 He here to share insights, wisdom, and practical tips for 60 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:49.480 living healthier and more balanced life. Get ready for a 61 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:54.199 conversation that will inspire, educate, and motivate you to youthfully age. 62 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:56.560 Thank you Bruce for joining us. 63 00:04:57.759 --> 00:04:59.000 Oh it's my pleasure to be here. 64 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:03.279 Seneviev, thank you so much. And you know, Bruce, we 65 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:08.240 started off last week. You set an incredible foundation for 66 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:13.839 really dealing with this stage of life that we all 67 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:17.040 go through. If we get there, you know what I mean. 68 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:21.879 And so many people actually reached out and we're really 69 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:25.720 surprised that the gut health is where you actually start. 70 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.959 So thank you for that. Because I talk about foundations 71 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:32.240 here in the podcast, everyone knows that we start with 72 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:35.360 the foundation and then we stack things because we want 73 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:39.560 to get better faster, sooner. So thank you Bruce for 74 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:42.480 giving us that foundation. We're gonna just jump right into 75 00:05:42.480 --> 00:05:45.319 the questions, if I may, is. 76 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:48.920 That Okay, absolutely, let's start. 77 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:56.240 Perfect and so so really we're telling and everything we 78 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:59.879 talked about last week into the context now of men 79 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:05.160 a pause menopause. So could your gut be making menopause 80 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:08.199 or menopause worse? Oh? 81 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:17.480 I talked about absolutely without Without a healthy gut, you're 82 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:19.839 just not making everything you need to make, as we 83 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:22.199 talked about the neurotransmitters and that sort of thing. But 84 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:24.839 it may be easier if we have a picture to 85 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:27.920 look at. And so I've brought a couple of slides 86 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:30.560 and maybe we'll go straight into them. And the slides 87 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.879 start the reverse. It starts the hormonal cascade and goes 88 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:36.720 to the gut. But it all is interconnected as we 89 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:38.920 talked about last week. So why don't we turn on 90 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:41.920 slide number one and take a look at it first 91 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:46.279 and go from there. Here we go. It's a simple slide. 92 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:50.560 So cholesterol is the top of the hormone cascade, and 93 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:53.519 then everything turns to priang alone and then as you 94 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:55.680 can see to the left, it goes for gesterone and 95 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:58.720 then down to all desterone. This is the this is 96 00:06:58.759 --> 00:07:01.519 the part that we have problems. When cortisol comes up. 97 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:04.360 We'll discuss that later, but right below the priyank loan 98 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:07.959 is the DHA, testosterone and estrogen. So this is a 99 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:13.120 view of a healthy hormonal system. This is the perfect cascade. 100 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:18.319 Now if we go to slide number two, you can 101 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:21.160 see here now that we've got the cortisol in the picture. 102 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:23.360 Now we're in stress situation. We're in fight and flight 103 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:27.839 mode and it's becoming a chronic situation. So you can 104 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:31.040 see the prank alone is feeding the pgesterone, which is 105 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:34.759 feeding the cortisol. And over on the left hand side, 106 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:37.079 you know the al desk drone is not being fed anymore, 107 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:40.319 and down below the DHA is not being fed as 108 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:43.480 well either. So here's the beginning of the problem. And 109 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:45.639 if we move to the next slide, and this will 110 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:51.879 be the final slide. Down here we have the cortisone 111 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:53.879 and then below that we have leaky got on one 112 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:56.759 side and insulin resistance on the other side, which we 113 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:00.000 didn't talk about last week, but instance resistance is all 114 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:02.279 so another thing that comes with cortisol, and that's another 115 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:05.079 reason we get that belly fat and with the weight gain. 116 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:10.519 But the aldestrone, it controls the sodium potassium regulation in 117 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:13.720 the body through the kidneys, and once it stops being fed, 118 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:16.160 we fill up with sodium and we start putting water weight. 119 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:18.879 And you hear that all the time, Oh, I'm putting 120 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:21.519 on this water weight and I don't know why. Well, 121 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:24.120 this is the reason why is because the aldestrone's not 122 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:28.120 being fed properly from the progesterone, because again everything is 123 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:30.959 going into the fight flight mode, and so if you're not, 124 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:34.879 if everything's going progesterone to cortisol, and then the side 125 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:37.679 effects is the leaky got the insulin resistance, and the 126 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:40.919 weight walk, the weight gain. And then on the other side, 127 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:44.399 below the prying loan, we have the DH not being fed, 128 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:47.919 so the testosterone's not being fed and that's your sex 129 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.440 drive in women as well, by the way. And then 130 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:54.679 below the estrogen you have low estrogen, but you're still 131 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:57.799 etched in dominant because you don't have the progesterone to 132 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:02.240 balance with it. So we have low sen low testosterone, 133 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:06.120 yet you have estrogen dominance and low progesterone. And this 134 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:11.159 is where everything starts causing major problems. And so as 135 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.480 I say, down the bombs of leaky gut, but you 136 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:16.559 can start with the leaky gut and go the other 137 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:19.799 way as well, and the same cascade happens. It doesn't 138 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:22.559 matter which direction, whether you start with the hormones and 139 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:25.320 stress or you start with leaky gut. This is the 140 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:29.360 picture and this is what we want to avoid. Wow. 141 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:33.080 Thank you, Bruce, and I'm sure everyone. By the way, everyone, 142 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:35.759 thank you for your comments. Continue to make your comments 143 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:40.039 and share the link because this is great information. I 144 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:43.240 love how you gave us the picture. So now we 145 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:46.240 have the overall picture as how hormones are tied into 146 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:49.120 leaky got and cord is all which we hear so 147 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:51.840 much about, how it's tied into stress and how it 148 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:56.799 affects all the symptoms that normally people start treating but 149 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:59.120 not really knowing how it works. By the way, I 150 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:01.720 just want to add a aviat here everyone that we're 151 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:04.639 just here talking. It's a lifestyle show. So of course 152 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:10.840 you know, talk to your healthcare practitioner, your primary care practitioner, 153 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:15.759 but here we're just people talking about the things that 154 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:20.480 maybe a little bit complicated. And Bruce, the great man 155 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:23.519 at taking the complicated making it simple, is here to 156 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:31.240 help us through menopause. Menopause. Next question, leaky gut, the 157 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:35.080 hidden reason behind your hot flashes, joint pain, and mood swings. 158 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:36.559 Did I hear that right? 159 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:42.759 I'm so sorry. We're just having a small earthquake here. 160 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:46.879 The house is shaken, so you're just I missed the question. 161 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:52.279 Wow, we are in the okay, Yeah. 162 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:55.159 Yeah, can you rephrase a question for me again? So sorry? 163 00:10:55.480 --> 00:11:01.360 Absolutely, absolutely, I was wondering what the hidden reason behind 164 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:05.480 hot flashes, joint pain, and mood swings are and I 165 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:08.279 thought one of the reasons you mentioned talking about that 166 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:12.759 is leaky gut. Could that be the real reason behind that? 167 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:18.120 Absolutely? So, if you have the leaky gut, it causes 168 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:25.639 high inflammation. High inflammation causes cortisol, cortisol, cortisol. Everything goes 169 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:27.720 from pogesterone to cortisol. So now you have a low 170 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:31.559 progesterone because your body's in flight flight mode. Again, the 171 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.720 perlangolone in our diagram earlier was feeding the pagesterone, not 172 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:41.039 the DHA and down to the the estrogen and the testosterone. 173 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:44.039 And with low estrogen you get the hot flashes. With 174 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:47.720 low progesterone, you get the bad sleep. So right there 175 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:51.320 you've got you've got the problems, and then with the 176 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:54.279 inflammation you start getting joint pain with the inflamation that 177 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:57.639 comes with the leaky gut. So it's all interconnected again 178 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:00.320 and directly connected. 179 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:05.320 Of course, of course, And Bruce, I have to acknowledge 180 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:08.519 just you know, if everyone's out there going, oh, they 181 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:11.919 just kind of went right over that, you know, it 182 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:14.399 seems like everything is okay, Bruce would let us know. 183 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:19.440 So thank you everyone for staying with us here. And remember, 184 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:22.919 one thing that I love about our podcast, or Walk 185 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:26.320 with Wisdom, is if you're looking for a perfect podcast, 186 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:29.559 you've come to well, you've come to a place where 187 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:33.919 we're just living life. Things happen and we roll with it, baby. 188 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:37.120 So thank you Bruce for rolling with that. Thank you 189 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:41.919 for that explanation. Now, with the leaky gut, is there 190 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:46.519 a simple fix for leaky gut that also helps the 191 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:47.559 hormonal balance? 192 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:52.120 Absolutely, If you can fix the leaky gut, you're on 193 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:54.879 your way to fixing the hormonal balance. But there's there 194 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:58.000 is a simple way. It's really a three step process. 195 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:01.360 Start with a glutamine and it's a powder you buy 196 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:03.799 in a big tin. And if you do a scoop 197 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:05.879 of glutamine first thing in the morning, you wait twenty 198 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:08.799 minutes before you eat anything. This will really help bring 199 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:12.519 your cells together, plus the mucosal layer of the cells, 200 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.240 so you're building the really the base of the gut 201 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:20.279 with that. And then there's a product called eglicerated licorice 202 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:23.919 and it's a chewable product. And what it does is 203 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:26.039 it does it puts down a muco layer that is 204 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:27.960 supposed to be there, but we wear off, and we 205 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:31.559 wear it off by eating foods that aren't appropriate, by 206 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:35.200 drinking drinks that aren't appropriate, and basically eat stress and 207 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:39.039 life in general. So it replaces that. So you've got 208 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:42.000 the cells coming together. Now, you've got the mucosal layer now, 209 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:45.600 and then in the evening, take a really good quality probiotics. 210 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:49.720 You can start rebuilding that microbiome. And I've seen within 211 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:53.639 a week, I've seen major differences in IBS symptoms. I've 212 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:57.399 even seen differences in crone symptoms. Now, trones you don't 213 00:13:57.440 --> 00:14:01.159 heal this way, but you can help the symptomology with it. IBS, 214 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:04.000 you can clear it up. Assuming you've changed your diet 215 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:07.840 that's causing the problem, right, because if you're still eating 216 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:12.240 the highly prefabricated foods and that sort of thing, you're 217 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:13.559 going to have to do this rest of your life. 218 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:16.120 But if you eating a healthy diet, this will certainly 219 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:18.799 heal your gut. You can do this for six weeks, 220 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:20.919 a couple of months, and you'd be amazed at difference 221 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:23.519 for the next couple of years. 222 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:29.480 Wow, that is awesome, Bruce and everyone I know. This 223 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:35.000 is a lot of information. You can reach Bruce directly 224 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:40.480 through his email which is Bruce Underscore Pollock po l 225 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:43.360 A c K there it is at Yahoo dot ca. 226 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:49.039 A phenomenal and also myself as well. I'm a life coach. 227 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:52.080 I help to interject life where all these things happen, 228 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:54.840 so you can also reach me as well. We'll continue 229 00:14:54.879 --> 00:15:00.240 to talk about that. Bruce. Now you're talking about seeing 230 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:02.919 the gut and the microbiome. You know, Bruce and I 231 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:07.159 know everyone out there. Microbiome is like one of those 232 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:10.879 words that's buzz buzz bus. Can you quickly go over 233 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:16.240 again what the microbiome means, what's a healthy microbiome? And 234 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:19.240 then that will lead into our next question about probiotics. 235 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:25.480 All right, so the microbiome literally means you've got trillions 236 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:29.080 of microbes in your digestion track, You've got good ones, 237 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:31.559 you've got bad ones, you've got neutral ones. To have 238 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:35.840 a good microbiome, you need healthy microbes. And these are 239 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:39.879 we catch phrase them as probiotics, but they're the ones 240 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:43.039 that build the walls between the gut lining and the 241 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:46.120 pathogens that are trying to get through the bloodstream to 242 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:50.600 do us harm. They also they also create short chain 243 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:54.759 fatty acids by eating fiber, which lays down the mucostal 244 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.279 immune system, which again is part of our immune system. 245 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:00.639 And I've said last week that are immune, that our 246 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:03.440 immune system is made up of eighty percent of our microbiome. 247 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:07.159 So if you have a healthy microbiome, not only does 248 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:10.279 the acid kill viruses and things, but so do the 249 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:13.879 so does the microbiome itself if it's healthy, and also 250 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:16.320 if it can't kill it, it'll put a layers. It 251 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:19.879 builds up layers between the gut lining and the pathogen 252 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:23.120 that's trying to get through the bloodstream. So this is 253 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:26.720 in basic terms. And if you have a bad microbiome, 254 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:30.159 now you've got more bad things and good things, And 255 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:33.159 now you've got things going into the bloodstream that just 256 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:37.799 shouldn't be there. The pathogens, the viruses, the unbroken down food. 257 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.879 All this sort of thing is getting into the gut 258 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:42.679 because you have nothing to stop it. You don't have 259 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:47.000 that layer of a positive biome to stop the viruses 260 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:48.360 and pathogens to get through. 261 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:54.519 That's one of the best explanations of microbiome that I've heard. 262 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:57.799 I don't know about you all. I appreciate your comments 263 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:00.559 on that, and it's saying yes to a lot of 264 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:03.679 people because it does get complicated. And this is Bruce 265 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:06.880 like me, We love to take the complicated and make 266 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:10.200 it simple. So how does that tie into probiotics? So 267 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:16.599 my specific question is do cheap probiotics help the microbiome 268 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:22.759 and in turn does that help the menopausals and menopausal symptoms? 269 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:24.599 So it's a two part quest. 270 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:34.200 Okay, you know what difficult. Yeah, the there are a 271 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:38.640 lot of probiotics out there that are not well studied, 272 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:45.640 so we honestly don't know what they're doing. And this this, 273 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:49.640 this means that potentially they don't do any good. You 274 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:54.880 need well studied probiotics. The next thing is is they say, oh, 275 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:58.039 you need intert coded probiotics. Well, the problem with an 276 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:01.880 intert cod coded probiotic is it breaks down six eight 277 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.680 ten feet into the small intestine. But it's the first 278 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:07.119 two feet that you need the floral to make these 279 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:10.400 hormones and the neurotransmitters we've been talking about. So if 280 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:13.680 you have an enterra coded probiotic, it's breaking down past 281 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:17.960 the place where you really need the floral. So mostly 282 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:21.480 I say make sure they're really well studied, and there's 283 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:26.599 documented studies and published studies and third party published studies. 284 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:29.440 There's one group I was working with and they actually 285 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:32.319 give theirs two universities and they say, no matter what 286 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:35.759 you find, publish it. So if it's good, it's bad, 287 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:38.119 it's ugly, publish it. We don't care. We want to 288 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:42.519 know the truth about our probiotics. There's other ones that say, oh, 289 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:45.400 this strain has been studied, but it was actually someone 290 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:49.400 else's and the strain was the same, but the actual 291 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:52.799 the actual type, the actual type of probotic was the same, 292 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:56.519 but the strain was different. It's for example, there's dogs, 293 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:58.480 and if you've got a dog sled, you don't want 294 00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:02.279 a bunch of chiahuas pulling it. But they're dogs, so 295 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:06.160 you can say Lactus bacillis. The studies say it does this, 296 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:10.119 but it was Lactus bacillis something something something, and so 297 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:13.119 this other Lactus bacillis probably will do nothing for you. 298 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:19.480 So you're looking for well studied probiotics. And if you 299 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:21.920 get a well studied probiotic, you're going to have to 300 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:23.640 pay a little bit more for it because you're paying 301 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:27.920 for these studies. And as you know, probiotics don't have 302 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:30.640 big drug companies behind them that have millions and millions 303 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:34.799 of dollars. But there are well studied probiotics. Just if 304 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:36.759 you're looking at a study, make sure the strain they're 305 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:41.039 talking about is the strain you're buying, because there's many 306 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:44.400 people who use other people's studies that don't really agree 307 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:49.559 with the strain they're actually selling you. So back to 308 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:54.880 the question and inexpensive probiotic. I haven't seen good studies 309 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:57.759 on That doesn't mean they're not there. Just make sure 310 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:00.200 you're looking at well studied probiotic before you buy it. 311 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:04.039 And if you go to someplace where some some reputable 312 00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:08.680 vitamin store or pharmacy where they know what they're talking about, 313 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:11.920 they can show you these things. They're they're available. 314 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:16.480 Absolutely, thank you, Bruce. And the reason why I brought 315 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:20.240 that up is with respect to microbiome. Probiotics help to 316 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:24.240 give you that good balance in the microbiome, and that 317 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:29.119 will help relieve the symptoms of menopause and menopause correct. 318 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:33.359 Which which which also absolutely because if you have if 319 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:36.119 you're taking the right probiotics and they're florrowing your gut, 320 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:39.799 they're adding to that microbiome. Then you're adding to that 321 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:43.519 that defensive mechanism to stop everything going through to your 322 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:47.039 to your bloodstream. So you're you're going to kick down 323 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:49.319 the inflammation, which will keep down the cortisol, which will 324 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:52.640 keep up the progesterone, which will keep right. So again, 325 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:57.640 it's that whole cascade. So absolutely. Now people also kind 326 00:20:57.640 --> 00:21:00.240 of worry about how much probiotics, like they say, oh, 327 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:04.599 fifty billion, that's that's way too strong a probiotic. But 328 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:07.079 if you think about it, they say, there's about six 329 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:11.279 pounds of microbiome. Six pounds of these microbes make up 330 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.160 our microbiome. 331 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:13.559 That's a lot. 332 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:20.240 The fifty billion is a little little capsule, right. So 333 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:23.720 the only the only problem with some probiotics if you 334 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:26.400 get bloated in gassy it's just because you're there. They're 335 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:30.279 killing the bad microbes, and the bad microbes are are 336 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:32.920 dying off and they're they're creating gas and stuff, and 337 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:36.000 this is why you would get gases gas gas. You 338 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.720 might get a little bloating, you might get a little 339 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:41.119 pain for short term if that does happen. Pick up 340 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:44.160 some DGL which we talked about earlier, dichlosoid licorice and 341 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:46.799 just eat it and that'll help soothe all that away. 342 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:48.920 Why you're why you're killing off the bad things, but 343 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:52.720 you actually want that that killing off to happen because 344 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:54.920 you don't want those bad microbes there to begin with. 345 00:21:56.240 --> 00:22:02.480 Fantastic, fantastic, Bruce, incredible in every one. Thank you for 346 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:08.599 listening intently and making the comments. And again, Bruce, you 347 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:12.680 can reach him at Bruce Underscore Pollock at Yahoo dot 348 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:17.519 ca A. He's available for counseling and consulting on the 349 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:21.920 things that we've talked about, and myself also Wisdom uh 350 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:25.680 WI walk with Wisdom dot ca that's the best email 351 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:29.440 Wisdom at Walk with Wisdom dot ca A. We're going 352 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:32.400 to go into the next section, and remember everyone, we 353 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:35.319 started this last week. Now we're putting it all together 354 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:40.160 and Bruce is now going to talk about stress, sleep 355 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:46.000 and hormones. So feeling more anxious and stressed than ever 356 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:49.960 here's why take it away, Bruce. 357 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:55.480 Okay, So if we go back to that, go back 358 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:58.039 to that diagram we had, and we're talking to the cortisol, 359 00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:02.720 that's your that's your dress chemical, and high courtisol will 360 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:06.960 cause anxiety, thank you, will cause anxiety, and it will 361 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:08.759 also cause you to wake up the middle of night. 362 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:11.680 Oftentimes people will say, I wake up at two o'clock 363 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:15.079 every single night. This is cortisol. It's coming into your system. 364 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:17.519 Cortisol's supposed to come into your system first thing in 365 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:19.720 the morning, when the sun comes up. And if it's 366 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:21.400 coming into your system middle of the night, it's because 367 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:23.920 your drenals are out of whack and they're putting into 368 00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:26.799 the cortisol when it's not supposed to be there. But 369 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:29.000 high court as all as I say, it causes anxiety 370 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:33.000 and it causes sleeplessness. So that's high courtisol. But when 371 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:35.440 you get to stage where your body's actually not producing 372 00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:39.839 enough cortisol again, you have problems. This time instead of 373 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:42.480 waking up and a high cortisol personal wake up in 374 00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:44.440 the morning, they'll feel really good and they'll have lots 375 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:47.200 of energy because their body be full of cortisol. But 376 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:51.039 about three o'clock, four o'clock the afternoon, they crash because 377 00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:54.440 they've run out. If you have low cortisol, then every 378 00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:58.240 morning is Monday morning. And those people when you say 379 00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:59.519 to them, when you wake up in the morning, is 380 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:01.720 it like money morning every day? And they say, oh, yes, 381 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:03.759 you have to drag your butt out of bed every morning. 382 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:07.319 Oh yes, this is low cortisol. And it's the same issue. 383 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:11.799 It's just further down the hormonal line. You've you've done 384 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:15.000 your adrenals under Now now they're not producing enough cortisol. 385 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:18.200 So now you really need to peek your cortisol, pick 386 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:20.839 your adrenals up so that they get back up to 387 00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:25.000 working order. So there's two there's two symptoms of the 388 00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.759 same problem. 389 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:31.200 Right. Wow, But Bruce, thank you again. You broke it 390 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:34.599 down for us, took the complicated and made it simple. 391 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:38.680 And I like to say, you know, you're tired but wired. 392 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:42.440 That's very very common with menopausea and menopause and that 393 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:49.000 has to do with cortisol. The next question, should you 394 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:54.720 fix your guts then before taking hormones or trying to 395 00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.680 fix your hormones. 396 00:24:58.319 --> 00:25:00.960 That's a very good question. Now, if we're talking about 397 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:05.279 going to adopt and a doctor gives you. It gives 398 00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:08.400 you hormones to take take them. Fix your gut while 399 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:12.279 you're doing it, you know, because you're obviously in needer 400 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:14.519 they wouldn't be giving it to you if you're trying 401 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:16.960