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Dr. Martin: Well, good afternoon everyone, and once again, welcome to another live this afternoon. Thanks for coming on. We love you dearly. Listen to this. Toddler gut bacteria linked to childhood anxiety and depression. When they found, okay, so now what's interesting is you can actually measure, count, identify different bacteria through stool and stool analysis and whatever, and we can sort of name the bacteria and they all have their own little identities. We know the difference between acidophilus, for example, and bifidus and lactobacillus and all these Latin names that they give them. But in toddlers, listen to this, toddlers gut bacteria is linked to childhood depression and anxiety. Researchers looked at certain types of bacteria that were more prevalent in children that would have more anxiety and more depression. Leaky gut, leaky brain, the connection between the microbiome, okay?
So certain types of clostridites, clostridites, and lachnospiraceae. If you have more of those and you're a child, you're going to be much more susceptible to depression and anxiety according to research. They found that it was pretty common in these kids. They had these certain type of bacterias that were more prevalent and we call that guys a dysbiosis. Your microbiome guys is like an ecosystem. It's got to be balanced, okay? Has to be balanced. When it's not balanced and you have certain strains that sort of take over the terrain, that causes problems. We talk about that all the time. And you know on this program, we're big on microbiome. We're big on microbiome. Remember during COVID, I think I brought this out. I know I did. They were talking about people that got the virus and they found out those people had no lactobacillus. It was wiped out, and they postulated that your microbiome is a big part of your immune system.
And guys, when it comes to anxiety and depression, remember something, you have more serotonin in your gut than you have in your brain because people think mood and they think brain. But we known this for a long time that you got a lot more feel good hormones in your gut than you have in your brain. Just simple as that. So there's a huge connection. And guys, I bring this back all the time to the importance of your microbiome. One of the things that I talk about a lot is the Trojan horse, fungus, yeast, getting into the bloodstream through the gut, leaky gut, when your border is leaky, okay? When your border is leaky. We talked about that many, many, many times. And what affects the bacteria, because there was another study that I'll just comment on in a shake here.
But let's talk about children, and these might be canaries in the coal mine, but I've said this for a lot of years. I've been very, very adamant on the microbiome being disrupted. And especially when mommy's microbiome gets disrupted, baby's microbiome gets disrupted. And I think that's a huge, huge factor in autism more than, for example, when they talk about. And you know what, I kind of like it. I have read more in the last few weeks on the possible side effects of acetaminophen or ibuprofen. It's really come to the forefront and you just don't take that stuff like candy, like Advil and Tylenol. Just don't take it like candy. And that's sort of been brought out. There was a link to Tylenol and autism. Look, it's not the cause of it, but there's a link to it. And the good thing that came out of that is they were warning people, finally, be careful.
Of course, when you're pregnant, you should be careful taking anything. That's what my takeaway was it. Okay, let's just warn people, especially during pregnancy, you got a headache or whatever, and it ain't no fun having a headache, but you might not take a Tylenol for baby's sake. Okay? Now, why am I saying all that? Because I have been talking for years about antibiotics. Anybody that's listened to me in my radio days, any book I've ever written, I mean it. I've written what, 24, 25 books now. And I never have gone a book, I'm sure of it that I didn't talk about the microbiome, that I didn't talk about antibiotics. The greatest discovery of the 20th century is the curse of the 21st because they disrupt your microbiome. And now we're finding out from depression.
Look, people are asking me this every day, doc, what about ivermectin for cancer? Hey, if I had cancer, I'd be doing it all. And the reason they talk about ivermectin more than anything is just because a lot of people are saying that most cancers are parasites. Well, my experience is I'm not a researcher, I'm a clinician. My research is showing me over the years that it was fungal rather than parasites. But at the end of the day, if it's fungal and you're taking ivermectin, hey, you're taking albuterol. Hey, I got no problem with that. I would do it. But here's the point I'm trying to make. How do you get fungus, parasites to get into the bloodstream? Leaky gut. Leaky gut. That is how it invades the body. It breaks through the unwalled border. Your microbiome is very important to protect your border. You need friendly bacteria, border guards, and that's really important.
Like they're not saying it in this study with children, but there's an invasion of bad species. And the reason is is because you don't have enough friendly bacteria. It's the reason I talk about pro, pro, probiotics all the time. Everybody should be taking a probiotic. You live on planet earth, you should be taking a probiotic. Now, listen to this study, L reuteri, probiotic, L rhamnosus. That means it's lactobacillus. Different strains do different things. They're like tribes and L reuteri, L rhamnosus, they bind onto toxins. I believe, okay, I believe in autism for example. I believe when you have a dysbiosis in these children could have started right in mummy.
And when they do a C-section, for example, I think they're doing it now, but they weren't doing it. They got to take mommy's mucus because baby's not going down that canal, the birth canal. And they put that mucus mum's bacteria in the baby's face, and they should be doing that. But sometimes mummy doesn't have enough good bacteria. Mummy has a dysbiosis. Maybe mummy was on antibiotics. Do you know what I'm saying, guys? And we talk about it almost every week about the amount of plastics and toxins. And this is why I had my patients during pregnancy taking a probiotic. Guaranteed I had them on high vitamin D, I had 'em on probiotics, 100%. I had 'em on high DHA for baby's brain and development. I said, put everything on your side, but you got to take care of the bacteria. You want to put as many friendly bacteria in place as possible.
And those L reuteri, L rhamnosus that we have in our immune boosting formula in our probiotic, those are specific strains that pick up toxins. And I believe these little canaries in the coal mine, these autistic children, that's what happened. Maybe vaccines had some effect on it. And I know one thing for sure. One thing for sure. They had leaky gut. Babies had leaky gut a hundred percent, and they had a dysbiosis. And every autistic child that I ever tested in my office had a major fungal overgrowth in their body. And if it was in their blood, it was in the brain, it crossed the blood brain barrier. Okay? And remember, I brought this to you before. You got two borders in your body. You have your southern border, your gut, your blood gut barrier. That's your southern border. You need to have a lot of friendly bacteria to protect the southern border.
But you have a northern border. You're thinking Canada, US. No, no, I'm talking about your blood brain barrier. That's your northern border. You need border guards here and those border guards made up of bacteria. And as long as you have more good guys than bad guys, you win. And the connection between the gut and the brain when it comes to autism, depression, anxiety. And remember now you have another connection. You have your cranial nerves, you have your 10th cranial nerve, your vagus nerve, not Las Vegas, your vagus nerve, your 10th cranial nerve that connects your gut to your brain. Very important. And so make sure you have enough friendly bacteria.
What kills these bacteria? Plastics, one and a half credit cards of microplastics a week on average. All the pesticides and the herbicides, all the toxins. Mercury, lead, cadmium. Remember in my office, guys, I used to test for that. I used to test for mercury. People were shocked they had mercury in their system. People were shocked that they had lead in their system. People were shocked that they had cadmium and aluminum in their system. What? I tested your urine, your peeing out lead, your body's trying to get rid of it. And my detox always, always start it with emptying the liver because if your liver is empty, your liver produces glutathione, and glutathione will go through your bloodstream and it's like Velcro.
It will attach itself to all the heavy metals and all the plastics and everything else that could be in your blood, and it takes it back to the liver to process it. But not if your liver is full of fat. You don't want your liver full of this, right? I'm showing you a pound of fat here. A lot of people have it in their liver. They have no idea that they're getting that. They have no idea. Okay? So L reuteri, L rhamnosus, very important. They bind onto toxins. What else kills your friendly bacteria? Okay, what kills it? Well, antibiotics. You know what? Diet soda? I remember, guys, you have to go back with me, a long, long time ago, okay? I was asked about diet soda and the first guy ever drank diet soda in my recollection was my father because he used to drink soda.
I think my dad liked ginger ale or whatever, and go back into the 1960s, he found out he was the diabetic, and guess what? He said, I can't drink ordinary soda anymore. And then they had these new sodas coming out that were sugar free. I think the first one was Fresca. Ooh, I tried it one day. I said, Fresca, it tastes like urine. What are you drinking that stuff for? He said, well, I can't drink sugar anymore. So my dad was very smart, okay? Now, he wasn't thinking about in the 1960s about a disruption of the microbiome, but studies are showing that, that that's one of the issues with diet soda. Guys, why do you think I have you drinking water?
Drink water, and God's giving you another gift, okay, a lot of people, you say water, what can I flavor it with? I can't drink water. Just water. There's no taste to it said most men that I had to give a kick in the butt to get 'em to drink water. Okay, you big baby. I said, drink water. You're going to have a heart attack. Your blood is thick as molasses and you'll thank me later. Start drinking water. I don't want to talk about it. I was a nice guy, but I was pretty adamant. Okay? And then God gave you a gift of coffee. So drink water and coffee and you don't have to drink anything else. You want to drink Dr. Martin's perfect smoothie? Well, you can have that too. Other than that, I don't want you drinking anything. Oh, Dr. Martin, what about tea? Okay, okay, you can have a tea, but it's full of oxalates, so don't drink too much.
Okay, anyway. So guys, what kills friendly bacteria, antibiotics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories, NSAIDs, they disrupt the microbiome. Now, maybe not to the extent an antibiotic does, but they still do. So be careful. Some of you are on painkillers or whatever. Well, you make sure you're taking probiotics. Renew, replenish, renew, replenish with bacteria, you got to. Sugar, sugar affects your microbiome. You know why? Because sugar feeds the bad guys. That's why. Sugar feeds the bad guys. Sugar don't feed your good guys. They feed the bad guys, including the third army, the Trojan horse that came into your system, yeast or fungus, they live on sugar. You don't need that stuff. This is what kills your friendly guys and regenerates your bad guys. You don't want that. Okay?
And we already talked about chemicals and stress. Stress is another thing. Stress can kill your friendly bacteria, prolonged stress, cortisol, that can have an effect on friendly bacteria. Okay, guys, we did a little bit of a shorter version today. Tomorrow is Q and A. So send your questions in to info@martinclinic.com. info@martinclinic.com. Okay? And guys, we love you. We love you dearly. Sincerely, thanks for coming on. I know a little bit smaller audience, but we'll pass this around. It'll get back to normal numbers. We love you and talk to you soon.
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