What's Really in Your Gut

And another thing that I'll do in my clinic is I will do what's called a GI-MAP, where we do a stool sample for 3 days, send that into a lab, we get the results back, and I can see exactly what microbes are in your gut. Okay, I can see the good bacteria, I can see the bad bacteria, I can see the yeast, the fungi, the candida, the parasites, certain viruses. I see all of those mapped out there. And then I know the exact right herbs to take. So for instance, if it's a parasite, we want to do wormwood and black walnut. If it's an issue such as candida, right, we might be a little bit more oregano and berberine and focus more on caprylic acid and a very specific type of diet for that. Maybe you're deficient in certain types of bacteria, so then I'll want to hone in on a very specific type of probiotic. The problem is a lot of people today you're guessing because you've never had the right type of bloodwork or GI-MAP, and so you don't even know where to start.