Tina Anderson is the CEO and cofounder of Just Thrive (IG: @justthrivehealth), a supplement company specializing in spore-based probiotics.
Her journey into the world of health had a unique start and some unusual turns. Tina began her career as a trial lawyer following by working for a pharmaceutical company. Frustrated by the many abuses in the pharmaceutical industry, she turned toward the field of natural health starting Just Thrive, and found her life’s work.
Watch the full video version of this conversation below.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Tina’s journey into gut health
- A fever is the body’s natural defence mechanism
- The science behind spore-based probiotics
- Understanding soil-based vs. spore-based probiotics
- A good probiotic doesn’t need to be refrigerated
- What happens when spore-based probiotics make it to the intestine?
- The causes of leaky gut
- LPS toxins = inflammation
- How many different microbes are in your gut?
- Spores act like a gardener of the gut
- Are fermented foods a replacement for probiotics?
- The impact of antibiotics on your gut
- The correlation between chronic diseases and glyphosate
- How to support your gut health
- Intermittent fasting increases the diversity of your gut microbiome
- Eating for diversity
- Spending time in nature is really beneficial to our gut health
- Tina shares what it’s like to work with her husband
- The role of vitamin K2
- Vitamin K1 vs. vitamin K2
- What Tina eats in a day
- Alcohol and gut health
- How to maintain a healthy skin microbiome
- Tina’s thoughts on CFUs in probiotics
- Spore-based probiotics survive antibiotics
- Probiotics for kids
- Babies born via c-section need probiotics
- Probiotic use for pets
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