Our gut health impacts every area of our life and health…including our cravings! Tune in today to learn how to achieve the best health for your gut from the Mother of Probiotics, Natasha Trenev.Today we are joined by Natasha Trenev, the Mother of Probiotics. This episode is full of so much incredible information and shines a bright light on the importance of managing and healing our gut. Natasha talks about the connection between disease, addiction and the gut, and how the environmental aspects of our life are impacting our microbiome. She touches on common trends such as juicing, colon cleanses, probiotic supplements and clostridium organisms so we can understand if they are going to make a difference in our gut health. Tune in today to learn all about the microbiome, microbiota, and creating a healthy bacterial environment in your gut. The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.  IN THIS EPISODE: ●  [5:35] Natasha tells us her story and how she became the “Mother of Probiotics”.●  [7:12] Nathasha breaks down the history of the probiotic industry and the issues we are facing today. ●  [11:06] What is the connection with disease and the gut?●  [13:02] What is the connection between addiction and the gut?●  [17:52] What happens when there is a yeast overgrowth in your gut?●  [21:40] How do fermented foods affect your gut?●  [26:39] What is the difference between the microbiome and the microbiota?●  [31:09] Natasha shares what she wants people to know about the different probiotics on the market today. ●  [32:05] What are Natasha’s thoughts on colon cleanses? ●  [34:00] Is juicing healthy or helpful for our bodies and gut?●  [37:14] Why are people looking for clostridium organisms and should people be supplementing with them? ●  [38:55] What are precision probiotics and how do you know what you need? KEY TAKEAWAYS: ●  Your body replaces itself every year. Every 365 days, 50 trillion cells are replaced. About 10 million of those cells we lose every minute. If your body isn’t capable of producing enough quality proteins, and is producing “cheap” proteins, that’s what leads to disease.●  Genes do not switch themselves on and off. What switches genes on and off is your perception of reality, which is determined by the toxins that are either produced by the microbes in your gut or that you ingest through your food, air or water. Those are the only three things that can turn on and off genetic material, whether in the microbiome or in your own genetic setting. ●  Every autoimmune disease has either one or two microorganisms that are causing the problem, which modern pharma has not provided us with answers for. Natasha believes that if the body is given the tools, it can heal itself. But we have to identify what the problem is and treat, not just the symptoms, but treat the root cause of the problem. QUOTES: “By the year 2030, the cases of Autism will be one in two children, and that's going to destroy our social structure, our economy, everything else, so it's a pretty serious problem. And it's being swept under the rug because people really don't want to deal with it.” - Natasha Trenev “Only 7 percent of mothers in North America, when they give vaginal birth and breastfeed their child, are able to give the right microorganism to the child to establish a healthy relationship between the immune cells and the body so that there is a level of tolerance so that the child is not exposed to allergies, to all kinds of problems because the immune system and the microbes didn't establish a correct relationship at the time of birth.” - Natasha Trenev "People develop sugar addictions not only because of themselves but because yeast and