The Random Show — Gut Bacteria, Meditation, Startups, and More (#24)

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Chris Kresser guest post on the gut microbiome?

Ive heard charles poliquin mention the importance of stomach acid for optimal breakdown and absorption of nutrients, increasing faster recovery for optimal performance, and how the efficiency of an individuals stomach acid decreases steadily as you age! Would love to know supplements or natural dietary changes that would keep stomach acid levels at highest performance! Stomach acid naturally should be tinkered with caution I’d say

guys, been doing dynamic mediation. i think its incredible; every senses of yours gets enhanced for a few days (not forgetting the “present moment” of course

Another great Episode – I love the random show!

Kevin – Portland would love to have you. Remember that’s not the opinion of everyone just a small group of people. You only gained everyone’s respect by doing what you did. The new house would have been awesome though.

Great show guys. The Oculus Rift will also be highly leveraged by the porn industry….POV movies. All we need now is a male version of the Sybian…a wearable masturbation machine…combine with Oculus Rift for true “cyber sex”. Maybe a streaming pay service that lets you experience POV with some of the porn superstars out there? (Are you guys interested in funding my male Sybian startup?)

Read the book “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline (being made into a movie now I believe), for a look at where the Oculus Rift is ultimately heading with regard to gaming. It is a great read as well, especially if, like myself, you grew up in the ’80s and enjoy the all the pop culture references from that decade.

Random comments

Hints for Lyme’s: drop dosage of Teasel root tincture, homeopathic Ledum, and material doses of echinacea. In 2007 I saw the bulls-eye, post tick removal, on my leg. I treated myself immediately with those 3 for a week and then forgot about it. No symptoms since. I’m not sure if they’d be just as effective in the phase your in, but worth the research. Research plant medicine – western herbalism, ayurvedic and TCM – at least to support you through your allopathic treatment.

Daria has the best laugh. It made me smile every time I heard it during the video.

Tim, I wanted to let you know I appreciated the email reminder that you exist. I missed your blog. I was distracted with other things and don’t seek you out without the reminder. Mental shift = you’re providing me with something that I like when you send me an email. If/when it bothers me, I’ll unsubscribe. I’m a big girl and can handle that. You don’t need to protect my inbox for me.

Kevin, Stomach and intestinal issues are hugely related to anxiety/stress. The meditation should be helping with both. Your guts have more nerve connections than your brain. (or something like that) I read an amazing article on the connection, but don’t remember the name. (hello luminosity).

I experience that meditation high you were talking about when I do the “kundilini yoga for beginners and beyond” dvd. Plus there’s a section that totally wakes up the pelvis. Lots of squeezes get the juices flowing.

Tim you should check out http://www.bayarealyme.org/ run by friends they are taking this disease seriously and are looking for a cure. Reach out to them or me for a connection to the team.

Tim, Sorry to hear about the Lyme Disease. My parents are both natural doctors in Indiana who have made it their life mission to treat Lyme without antibiotics. (it only makes the Borrelia bacteria dig in deeper). They work with people all over the country to not just manage the symptoms but also get rid of Lyme and all co-infections. If nothing else they would give lots of advice on herbs to take and what you can do to eliminate it from your body.

If you’d like I can pass along their contact info or website address. {My dad, Giuseppe, has a thick italian accent so you might want to either speak with him in Italian or just ask for my mom Aksana. (She is Russian but was born in the states so no accent issues.)}

I hope this helps. Hang in there, my grandfather never got his Lyme treated and had a very difficult time at the end of his life because of it. Its the reason why my parents are so focused on this disease.

cheers

Yuri

Tim, I love the expansion towards writing again. I’ve written a piece that combines the main idea of anti-fragility into areas on creating a “good life” in accordance with prominent, yet traditionally misunderstood dynamics. You mentioned that you were hoping on “finding talent,” and I feel I possess interesting qualities.

If you’re curious >

http://uncoveringsuperman.quora.com/A-19-Year-old-boys-understaning-of-how-to-cultivate-a-Good-Life

Topic suggestions: Information Overload

Information is coming at us in all different directions. There are so many ways we get information now too. It’s not just the TV, Radio and friends anymore. What are the side effects? Oh, and by the way, this notion of social media is also being encouraged in corporate environments. When will our minds have a chance to think for itself?

Tim, sorry to hear about Lyme. I can’t express enough how important it is that you see a Lyme specialist, if you’re not already, rather than a GP or regular infectious disease doctor. One option is Christine Green in the Bay Area. She’s one of the world’s leading authorities. Also, you could contact ILADS for physician recommendations. They are legit.

Unfortunately, my family has a lot of experience with this. A family member started treatment immediately with just Doxycycline, took it for 7 weeks, and when she stopped, the symptoms came back.

She’s totally fine now, but only after seeing a specialist who subsequently put her on a more aggressive antibiotic protocol for a few months. Someone on here mentioned the Horowitz Protocol, and this is pretty much the gold standard for Lyme treatment currently.

http://www.claritasessentiae.nl/download/why-can't-I-get-better.pdf

It sucks how aggressive this is, but treating less aggressively is quite a risk, as any doctor with experience treating Lyme I’m sure would agree. Let me know if you have questions. Lots of politics and screwiness involved with this disease. Lots of luck!

Hi Tim,

Sorry to hear about the Lyme Disease. One avenue that has been helpful to me is the work of Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker, specifically he has a panel of labs he runs that can give insight into your potential for contracting post-lyme (i.e. after successful treatment by antibiotics, continued problems). These include HLA DR gene tests, which he has linked to post-lyme susceptibility. You’ll find some of his papers in pubmed.

Would be a good insurance policy for you at this point to look into that, in case after initial treatment you find yourself among those with lingering problems.

Great Episode, hope you’re feeling better Tim, nasty obstacle.

Liking Calm, I’ve been trying, getting better, thanks to your recommendations. Part of the reason it was good to hear you’ll be continuing to teach and create even more great content.

I help companies in my smaller town, maybe something along those lines or companies outside of Silicone Valley would be more rewarding than the crowded vc investing, just a thought.

Thanks for all your books Tim, 4hww has improved my productivity insanely.

Regarding your discussion on skin bacteria/washing etc. I wonder if there’s a correleation between beneficial bacteria levels and Vit D synthesis. Some interesting studies done on people not using soap equating to higher levels of Vit D (explains why Hawaiian surfers typically have low vit D status), but I wonder if actual bacteria present could play a role…..Interesting!

Tim & Kevin, check out Sean Croxton’s Underground Wellness – the Digestion Sessions. He’s interviewed the top doctors, like Dr Kharrizian the author of http://brainhealthbook.com/ and natropathic doctors that have studied the most up-to-date research and come up with some startling information on the gut and the gut/brain axis.

Mind blowing stuff. To contact Sean directly via FB https://www.facebook.com/seancroxton?ref=ts&fref=ts

Good luck beating Lymes.

Tim, a post on seeding your gut would awesome! Please do it!! My wife just got done with a round of doxycycline for lyme as well. Looking forward to what comes next!

Hi Tim, after finally recovering after 15 years (Post Viral Chronic Fatigue), I wouldn’t place too much importance on magic herbs and potions. Deal with the cause, not the effect. I would suggest working out what allowed this Lyme infection to come to the surface. Some form of stress compromises the immune system and allows the ‘sleeper’ infection to strengthen. One remarkable man can help here, Roy Masters. His book is packed full of reasons why your brain is ‘like a caged monkey on meth’. “Cure Stress – How Your Mind Will Make You Well” has a lot of answers. It can be a life changer for those who are okay with the truth. If this book makes sense then feel free to ask for more details about what else was successful for me. All The best Tim.

Man you guys have a really good report (my first time watching). I’m really interested in future microbiome/gut posts. Certainly interesting to think about what 30 days no booze might do to your gut flora.

Highlight: Meditation makes you realize that your stream of thought / brain is “like a caged monkey on meth, just like bouncing off the walls.”

Kevin

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Was a nice show. Definitely a thumbs up if the next one is about gut bacteria.

Wow. Your buddy drunk a whole bottle of red in thirty minutes. It is a wonder that he didn’t start playing polishing his clock. Cheers

Would love to hear more on promoting a healthy gut biome. Yes, yes, yes! Will be checking out uBiome next. Thanks!

Very informative episode. I’m glad I found this blog. As far as Lyme goes, I’ve noticed a lot of interesting stuff on the web with regards to Lyme causing a lot of havoc ( http://www.als-cure.com/als-cure/david-martz-cured-his-als/ ). I haven’t dived deep enough into it all to have an opinion one way or another yet, but I’d like to see a lot more research in the area. I’ve spent most my life as an athlete and coach, who also likes to hike. Sometimes I wonder, if there’s more to my chronic joint pain than wear and tear from my profession (BJJ).

The Random Show always gets my brain buzzing with new ideas, so thanks for posting. I’m eagerly anticipating your thoughts on “reseeding” the gut…restoring my microbiota has been a continuous goal of mine over the past 4 years. Probiotics have been a tool in my arsenal (soil based organisms)…so I’m especially keen on learning why you don’t recommend them. I truly believe the gut is the next major realm for medical understanding / exploration. I know your thoughts and analysis won’t disappoint!

Thanks,

Brian

good luck Tim with the Lymes treatment. My sisterinlaw was diagnosed a year ago finally after Dr thinking she had MS. In Australia this disease is also not known much or treated. Luckily in Sydney we found a great GP to treat her. She has been on antibiotics for eight months and after a roller coaster of a ride she is now getting better. She had tag along infections that needed to be treated first. But she still has rough days, but honestly what is the alternative ? Any new info you come across send it on to us all !! This is a disease of the future, big time. Watch Under the Skin the great film on Lymes. This is the beginning of environmental diseases due to climate change…

I always find it interesting to listen to your podcasts, and I find I get caught up on podcasts on the weekends I have 3+ hour drive from Springfield to Chicago. What was really interesting was the fact that I was sitting in a functional neurology seminar this weekend, talking about the neuro-endocrine-immune relationship, and then just happen to choose this podcast to listen to!!

On Lyme, I’ve heard some interesting things lately. One, because of it’s spirocheate nature, Lyme may not solely come from a tick bite. As it resembles syphillus, it has the potential to be passed in the same way. I don’t have the research for that directly, but the doc who shared that with me recently is one of the lead research gathers in Chiropractic, and he pulls from reputable sources. I’m liking the herbal suggestions, and I will be looking into it further for myself.

On the neuro-endocrine-immune (NEI) relationship, when you look at the gut, they call it the second brain for good reason! This NEI is directly controlled by the autonomic nervous system, and getting that balanced will help in the long run with your recovery. Since you’re in the Bay Area, I would recommend Dr Tom Forest in Pleasanton, as he is one of the top Upper Cervical doctors in the world. He’ll be able to get your ANS balanced so the NEI can come back up to speed as you recover (note, not saying it’s a treatment for Lyme’s, but rather for establishing good support). The added bonus will be keeping your structure balanced better so you can get back to beast swings ASAP (I know it helps my kb swings!!)

Finally, on the gut biome stuff, I’m sure you’re talking with Dave Aspery on some of this. He and a couple of others were talking about resistant starches recently, and 3 different probiotics. The one I gravitated towards is PrescriptAssist, which is reasonably priced overall, has an immediate calming effect on my GI (N=1 et al, but they have some good research on using it for travelling abroad w/o getting the runs), and is temperature stable, so you can throw it in your luggage & go!

Hope that helps!!

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Look into taking witch hazel xylitol and lactoferrin on an empty stomach.

Those are the three enzymes that help dissolve biofilms which are the reason lyme can be reoccurring.

There’s a doctor who is successfully keeping people from needing amputation because of diabetes with these three substances with a 90 percent success rate

It turns out diabetes allows formation of massive biofilms at a certain point that lead to the need for amputation.

Other stuff might help but those three can actually destroy biofilm internally just mix them together and take 2 or 3 times a day on an empty stomach.

Experiment with amounts but go easy on the witch hazel it makes it about 10 times stronger.

Hey Tim,

I went through a nasty 2-year battle with Lyme Disease myself and experienced many of the same symptoms (aching joints, memory loss, etc.). I now run a company that helps people lose weight, reverse disease (like Lyme), and stay fit and healthy for life! I’ve coached people around the world and helped them overcome the unwanted sides of chronic Lyme and I’d be happy to help you get back to 100% as fast as possible. No charge or anything. Let me know if you’d like to link up and see if we can get you back to a hundo asap…

Talk soon,

Anthony

Hey Tim,

My wife has had Lyme Disease since she was ~18mos old. She was originally diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. She went ~34yrs with this misdiagnosis, and countless medications and treatments, until finally an ‘alternative’ doctor tested her for Lyme last year. She was put on a course of antibiotics for more than a month, something she really didn’t want to do but felt there was no other option. He also gave her several supplements, probiotics, and vitamins.

This turned out to be no help.

Ultimately, someone recommended she go to a Homeopathic doctor. We live near National University of Health Sciences, which is focused on alternative medicines. She went to a professor of Homeopathic medicine, who is also an MD.

He spent 2hrs with her for the first visit, asking her tons of questions, ultimately coming up with an appropriate remedy, as Homeopathy calls it, and a course of action. Within days of starting this remedy, which only cost $10 for a month’s supply, she started to feel better.

Within 2mos, she was riding an exercise bike 9miles/day, 5days/week. She’s also now able to go on hour long walks when for years she could barely walk around the block and even a mile on an exercise bike was too much to think about.

Her chronic fatigue is now gone, joints no longer hurt and are no longer swelling (we have pictures of her knee being the size of a softball and now totally normal with no swelling whatsoever), and many other symptoms have completely gone away. Her thyroid has even suddenly started producing TSH, which she’s had to take medication the previous 12+yrs for because her Thyroid was killed with radioactive iodine.

Lyme disease is scary stuff and can do terrible things to your body and life.

I know from your last podcast that you feel Homeopathy is really just a placebo effect, but if you continue to struggle with Lyme after your course of antibiotics, since there are no side effects, there’s really nothing to lose if you give it a try. I’m happy to put you in touch with my wife’s doctor (we get nothing for referrals, you wouldn’t even need to mention I recommended him).

Your books, articles, and podcasts have helped me to go from working 70/80hrs/week to ~40hrs/week and a $20k/year job to 6 figures/year (a pretty sweet change) so I would absolutely appreciate an opportunity to give back to you.