This week on the ETP podcast it is all about gut health and how it affects performance.
Dr Mike T (hey that is me) interviews Dr Michael Ruscio whose knowledge of gut health is amazing. Dr Ruscio is a great friend and my personal doc who I enrolled to get me back on track when I crashed my body post PhD.
Listen in as we discuss:
• Where the friendship began . . . (0:40)
• Professor’s different responses to new information (2:37)
• Seeking support and challenge for hypothesis (4:46)
• Dr. Mike T saw Dr. Mike about gut health after he was burnt out (6:06)
• Dr. Ruscio’s background (6:25)
• Insomnia, depression and brain fog part of digestive issues (8:08)
• Functional and natural medicine updated and researched (11:26)
• Is Dr. Mike T’s journey with gut health the norm of how patients find Dr. Ruscio? (12:53)
• What are common digestive symptoms? (16:02)
• With those symptoms, what kind of follow up? (17:55)
• Is there such thing as over testing in natural medicine? (19:47)
• Is food allergy testing over done?
• Microbiotic testing; what is it? (27:40)
• Pan allergic or parasite (30:15)
• Odds of gluten sensitivity (32:40)
• Sea urchin story; analogy for irritant
• Long term objective is expansion (37:30)
• Stress is a factor in EVERYTHING. (38:40)
• Scaling back training? What? 41:31
• Hormone supports and stress (44:16)
• Bacterial balance similar to GI testing (45:35)
• Probiotics to try (48:27)
• Adrenal support (50:18)
• Top 3 things to do (53:13)
• Diet discussion (55:17)