Probiotic Myths: How Spore-Based Probiotics Radically Transforms Gut Health For Families | Tina Anderson - Wellness Force Media (2024)

Wellness + Wisdom | Episode 658

Are your probiotics helping you heal your gut or are you just wasting your money?

Tina Anderson, Co-Founder of Just Thrive, joins Josh Trent on the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 658, to explain why most probiotics are not real probiotics, how spore-based probiotics heal the gut microbiome, why gut health is essential for your mental health and brain function, and what the healing protocol for the gut consists of.

“99.99% of probiotics die by the time they get to the intestines. If a probiotic needs to be refrigerated in order to stay alive, it wouldn't even survive on the store shelf which means it could never survive your body temperature. Spore-based probiotic has this endospore shell around itself which allows it to be a very hardy organism and survive the journey from the mouth through the gastric system into the intestines.”– Tina Anderson

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In This Episode, Tina Anderson Uncovers:

[01:30] Gut Imbalances Are The Cause of Disease

• Tina Anderson
• Just Thrive – 20% off with the code JOSH
• 360 Tina Anderson | Gut Health: The New Probiotic Strain That Changes Everything
• Why people have been taking more control over their health since 2020.
• How every disease is related to gut imbalances.

[05:30] Pharmaceuticals: A Bandage for Symptoms

• Why Tina shifted from litigation to the pharmaceutical industry.
• How doctors are encouraged to prescribe medications even if the patients don't need them.
• Why we always need to identify the root cause of an illness.

[08:50] Spor-Based Probiotics

• How Tina never compromised her family and business but compromised her own needs.
• Why people buy supplements.
• What motivated Tina and her husband to create the first spore-based probiotics.
• Why probiotics don't need to be refrigerated.
• Most probiotic strains die by the time they reach the stomach.

[16:20] Most Probiotics Are Not Real Probiotics

• What helped them decide if they're going to start Just Thrive.
• Why probiotics need to be able to stay alive in the intestines.
• How we used to get spores from the soil.
• Why the two most common probiotic strains are not what the body needs.

[22:05] Return to Nature

• Why doctors in Japan prescribe time in nature to their patients.
• How spore probiotics helped an autistic child to improve his life.
• Reactive and responsive health models.
• Modulation of Gut Microbiota and Immune System by Probiotics, Pre-biotics, and Post-biotics

[27:35] Gut-Brain Axis

• The brain sends signals to the gut and the gut sends signals to the brain.
• 90% of serotonin is produced in the gut.
• How stress sends information to the stomach.
• Why allergies are more common now than ever before.
• How reducing bacteria in the environment causes harm.

[31:50] The Healing Protocol for The Gut

• How our food is being poisoned.
• What we can do to protect and heal our gut.
• How antibiotics lower the immune system function.
• Why meditation is an important factor in healing the gut microbiome.
• How exposure to new types of foods is good for gut health.

[36:55] What Causes Chronic Disease

• Why so many people struggle with leaky gut.
• How spore-based probiotics remove LPS toxins from the gut.
• An imbalanced gut microbiome can lead to autoimmune disease.
• Why inflammation is the main cause of chronic disease.

[41:50] Why Children Are Sick

• Why we shouldn't always listen to the doctor.
• How Big Pharma education is misleading people.
• Why yogurt is not always good for gut health.
• There is an epidemic of children's disease.
• How the mother influences her child's microbiome during pregnancy and birth.
• 638 Tiny Health: Healing Family Gut Dysbiosis + The Missing Link Between Child Chronic Condition Crisis (Cheryl Sew Hoy)

[49:15] New Perspective on Health

• How nature provides healing.
• Why a doctor in Serbia prescribed a girl to go to the sea to heal.
• The importance of applying common sense to our health.
• Why we need to search for new perspectives if we want to heal.

[55:50] Probiotic Myths

• Why the gut is constantly under attack.
• The side effects of Just Thrive are better mood and sleep.
• Why the amount of probiotic strains doesn't mean the probiotics are better.
• The importance of diversity in the gut microbiome.

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Power Quotes From The Show

Most Bacteria Are Good For You

“We have to remember that bacteria is our friend. Less than 1% of bacteria is actually harmful. The overwhelming majority of bacteria is so beneficial, if not critical for our overall health.”– Tina Anderson

Gut-Brain Connection

“The vagus nerve connects from the brainstem down to our intestines. The brain is sending signals to the gut and the gut is sending signals to the brain. Many neurotransmitters are produced in our gut. 90% of our serotonin is produced in our gut, and GABA and dopamine are produced in our gut as well. So there is a total connection between the gut and the brain and the brain and the gut.” – Tina Anderson

Most Probiotics Are Not Real Probiotics

“The overwhelming majority of probiotics on the market are dying by the time they hit the intestines because the stomach acid is killing it. And so we're getting dead bacteria. We could call them metabolic response modifiers but they're not probiotics. They may provide some symptomatic relief but they're not making a true change in the microbiome.” – Tina Anderson

Links From Today's Show

• Tina Anderson
• Just Thrive – 20% off with the code JOSH
• 360 Tina Anderson | Gut Health: The New Probiotic Strain That Changes Everything
• Modulation of Gut Microbiota and Immune System by Probiotics, Pre-biotics, and Post-biotics
• 638 Tiny Health: Healing Family Gut Dysbiosis + The Missing Link Between Child Chronic Condition Crisis (Cheryl Sew Hoy)

Research

• Enteric Nervous System: The Bridge Between the Gut Microbiota and Neurological Disorders
• Oral spore-based probiotic supplementation was associated with reduced incidence of post-prandial dietary endotoxin, triglycerides, and disease risk biomarkers
• Efficacy and safety of spore-forming probiotics in the treatment of functional dyspepsia: a pilot randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
• Probiotic Spore-Based Oral Drug Delivery System for Enhancing Pancreatic Cancer Chemotherapy by Gut-Pancreas-Axis-Guided Delivery
• Spore-Based Probiotic Bacillus subtilis: Current Applications in Humans and Future Perspectives