Defiant Health Radio with Dr. William Davis

We’ve been urged to include plenty of dietary fiber in our daily routines, fibers that come from vegetables, legumes, grains and other plant sources. But there is an animal-sourced fiber that has nearly disappeared from the modern human diet: hyaluronic acid.  Hyluronic acid has nearly disappeared from the diet because it is primarily sourced from animal products, especially organ meats like brain, skin, and tongue. But hyaluronic acid is a fiber crucial for the health of many human organs: skin, joints, uterus, cervix, vagina, arteries. It is also a fiber with significant benefits on the gastrointestinal microbiome that, in turn, yields substantial benefits via microbial metabolites.  In this episode of the Defiant Health podcast, let’s discuss the role of this important fiber and how to bring it back into your lifestyle to obtain its many benefits. _________________________________________________________________________________ For BiotiQuest probiotics including Sugar Shift, go here. [https://biotiquest.com/] A 15% discount is available for Defiant Health podcast listeners by entering discount code UNDOC15 (case-sensitive) at checkout.* _________________________________________________________________________________ Get your 15% Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, low-carb snack bars and other high-quality organic foods here [https://paleovalley.com/promos/dr-william-davis-multi-product-page?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=podcast].* [https://paleovalley.com/] For 12% off every order of grass-fed and pasture-raised meats from Wild Pastures, go here [https://wildpastures.com/promos/get-20-off-for-life?utm_source=google-ads&utm_medium=aw_performance_max&utm_campaign=17737874387&utm_id=x&utm_term=-&utm_content=&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwzJmlBhBBEiwAEJyLu8by5KbU0bzLPwMP_ExZWoBmFuDoOaJQpJWmzOhdosSj7uC93E-pmxoCpq4QAvD_BwE]. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1795054/support] Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight [https://www.amazon.com/Super-Gut-Four-Week-Reprogram-Microbiome/dp/0306846977/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=] Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed [https://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Revised-Updated-Weight/dp/1984824945/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DWKD3MDBADTN&keywords=wheat+belly+revised&qid=1669942130&s=books&sprefix=wheat+belly+revise%2Cstripbooks%2C78&sr=1-1]

LDL cholesterol, apoprotein B, saturated fat, TMAO, statin cholesterol drugs: Over the last 40 years, we have been inundated with misguided advice on how to reduce your risk for coronary heart disease, i.e., risk for such things as heart attack, need for heart procedures such as stent implantation or bypass surgery, or sudden cardiac death, serious and often life-threatening events. Has it worked? 80 million Americans now take statin drugs to reduce cholesterol yet there has been no meaningful reduction in such events and, in fact, I’ll bet some of your local hospitals have added multi-million dollar wings for cardiac care, the number one moneymaker for hospitals and healthcare.  The tragedy of all this is that the focus on issues like cholesterol have taken everyone’s focus off the REAL causes of heart disease that are, in reality, easy to identify and manage. And it involves no pharmaceuticals, no restriction of dietary fat, but draws from a handful of common sense and natural strategies that, time and again, have allowed people to stop or even reverse coronary atherosclerosis.  _________________________________________________________________________________ For BiotiQuest probiotics including Sugar Shift, go here. [https://biotiquest.com/] A 15% discount is available for Defiant Health podcast listeners by entering discount code UNDOC15 (case-sensitive) at checkout.* _________________________________________________________________________________ Get your 15% Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, low-carb snack bars and other high-quality organic foods here [https://paleovalley.com/promos/dr-william-davis-multi-product-page?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=podcast].* [https://paleovalley.com/] For 12% off every order of grass-fed and pasture-raised meats from Wild Pastures, go here [https://wildpastures.com/promos/get-20-off-for-life?utm_source=google-ads&utm_medium=aw_performance_max&utm_campaign=17737874387&utm_id=x&utm_term=-&utm_content=&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwzJmlBhBBEiwAEJyLu8by5KbU0bzLPwMP_ExZWoBmFuDoOaJQpJWmzOhdosSj7uC93E-pmxoCpq4QAvD_BwE]. _____________________________________________________________________________ MyReuteri and Gut to Glow can be found here: oxiceutics.com [https://www.oxiceutics.com/] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1795054/support] Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight [https://www.amazon.com/Super-Gut-Four-Week-Reprogram-Microbiome/dp/0306846977/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=] Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed [https://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Revised-Updated-Weight/dp/1984824945/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DWKD3MDBADTN&keywords=wheat+belly+revised&qid=1669942130&s=books&sprefix=wheat+belly+revise%2Cstripbooks%2C78&sr=1-1]

Go to any supermarket and you will see the impressive variety of products in the dairy aisle labeled "yogurt." You have a mindboggling collection of choices: non-fat, low-fat, full-fat, flavored, unflavored. Single-serve cartons, quart containers, squeezable tubes, jars. Will consuming any of these products change your life in any significant way? Will you be heathier, have better bowel health, skin health, metabolic health, mental health?  Let’s discuss why, no, you will not experience any dramatic life-altering effects from consuming these products. They may be tasty, but they will not change your life in any meaningful way. But, by modifying what we call yogurt, you CAN create something that looks and smells like yogurt but DOES provide substantial life- and health-changing effects.  __________________________________________________________________________ For BiotiQuest probiotics including Sugar Shift, go here. [https://biotiquest.com/] A 15% discount is available for Defiant Health podcast listeners by entering discount code UNDOC15 (case-sensitive) at checkout.* _________________________________________________________________________________ Get your 15% Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, low-carb snack bars and other high-quality organic foods here [https://paleovalley.com/promos/dr-william-davis-multi-product-page?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=podcast].* [https://paleovalley.com/] For 12% off every order of grass-fed and pasture-raised meats from Wild Pastures, go here [https://wildpastures.com/promos/get-20-off-for-life?utm_source=google-ads&utm_medium=aw_performance_max&utm_campaign=17737874387&utm_id=x&utm_term=-&utm_content=&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwzJmlBhBBEiwAEJyLu8by5KbU0bzLPwMP_ExZWoBmFuDoOaJQpJWmzOhdosSj7uC93E-pmxoCpq4QAvD_BwE]. _____________________________________________________________________________ MyReuteri and Gut to Glow can be found here: oxiceutics.com [https://www.oxiceutics.com/] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1795054/support] Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight [https://www.amazon.com/Super-Gut-Four-Week-Reprogram-Microbiome/dp/0306846977/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=] Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed [https://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Revised-Updated-Weight/dp/1984824945/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DWKD3MDBADTN&keywords=wheat+belly+revised&qid=1669942130&s=books&sprefix=wheat+belly+revise%2Cstripbooks%2C78&sr=1-1]

The practice of immersing your body in ice water is growing in popularity based on claims of improved mood and well-being, muscle recovery after exercise, even longevity. But this ignores the well-established fact that sudden cardiac death is a real risk due to coronary spasm, causing heart attack, and unstable heart rhythms due to a situation called autonomic conflict. There are a growing number of lawsuits that have been filed for the many sudden cardiac deaths that have occurred. So let’s discuss what we know about this concept of cold water immersion and why it is such a dangerous practice.  • Immersion in water around 15°C/60°F triggers dangerous physiological responses • Cold exposure causes coronary arteries to spasm, potentially leading to heart attack • Most adults have some degree of endothelial dysfunction, making them vulnerable • "Autonomic conflict" occurs when both nervous system branches activate simultaneously • Multiple lawsuits have been filed over deaths from ice baths and polar plunges • Safer alternatives exist for achieving the claimed benefits of cold exposure • Cold showering (starting warm and gradually cooling) may offer similar benefits with less risk ________________________________________________________________________________ For BiotiQuest probiotics including Sugar Shift, go here. [https://biotiquest.com/] A 15% discount is available for Defiant Health podcast listeners by entering discount code UNDOC15 (case-sensitive) at checkout.* _________________________________________________________________________________ Get your 15% Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, low-carb snack bars and other high-quality organic foods here [https://paleovalley.com/promos/dr-william-davis-multi-product-page?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=podcast].* [https://paleovalley.com/] For 12% off every order of grass-fed and pasture-raised meats from Wild Pastures, go here [https://wildpastures.com/promos/get-20-off-for-life?utm_source=google-ads&utm_medium=aw_performance_max&utm_campaign=17737874387&utm_id=x&utm_term=-&utm_content=&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwzJmlBhBBEiwAEJyLu8by5KbU0bzLPwMP_ExZWoBmFuDoOaJQpJWmzOhdosSj7uC93E-pmxoCpq4QAvD_BwE]. _____________________________________________________________________________ MyReuteri and Gut to Glow can be found here: oxiceutics.com [https://www.oxiceutics.com/] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1795054/support] Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight [https://www.amazon.com/Super-Gut-Four-Week-Reprogram-Microbiome/dp/0306846977/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=] Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed [https://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Revised-Updated-Weight/dp/1984824945/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DWKD3MDBADTN&keywords=wheat+belly+revised&qid=1669942130&s=books&sprefix=wheat+belly+revise%2Cstripbooks%2C78&sr=1-1]

Over 50% of Americans are, at any one time, trying to lose weight. So it’s understandable that the GLP-1 agonist drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro have become so popular, given their spectacular upfront results. Others have used reduced calorie diets in their various forms: counting points, assigning foods red, yellow, or green lights, meal replacement products, etc. Or bariatric procedures like lap-band, jejunoileal bypass, or gastric bypass. But there is a lot that people are not told about these methods. The near-term prospect of losing weight is so enticing to people and so profitable to doctors, the healthcare system, and the pharmaceutical industry that is simply no incentive to tell you the full story.  So let me fill you in on the real story, the full details about why cutting calories, regardless of the form it takes, can be so dangerous.  _________________________________________________________________________________ For BiotiQuest probiotics including Sugar Shift, go here. [https://biotiquest.com/] A 15% discount is available for Defiant Health podcast listeners by entering discount code UNDOC15 (case-sensitive) at checkout.* _________________________________________________________________________________ Get your 15% Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, low-carb snack bars and other high-quality organic foods here [https://paleovalley.com/promos/dr-william-davis-multi-product-page?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=podcast].* [https://paleovalley.com/] For 12% off every order of grass-fed and pasture-raised meats from Wild Pastures, go here [https://wildpastures.com/promos/get-20-off-for-life?utm_source=google-ads&utm_medium=aw_performance_max&utm_campaign=17737874387&utm_id=x&utm_term=-&utm_content=&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwzJmlBhBBEiwAEJyLu8by5KbU0bzLPwMP_ExZWoBmFuDoOaJQpJWmzOhdosSj7uC93E-pmxoCpq4QAvD_BwE]. _____________________________________________________________________________ MyReuteri and Gut to Glow can be found here: oxiceutics.com [https://www.oxiceutics.com/] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1795054/support] Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight [https://www.amazon.com/Super-Gut-Four-Week-Reprogram-Microbiome/dp/0306846977/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=] Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed [https://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Revised-Updated-Weight/dp/1984824945/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DWKD3MDBADTN&keywords=wheat+belly+revised&qid=1669942130&s=books&sprefix=wheat+belly+revise%2Cstripbooks%2C78&sr=1-1]