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This was made possible by viewers like you

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(Lecture 1: Boost Immunity Against COVID)

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Nice to meet you

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How are you doing in these COVID times?

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Everyone is worried about COVID right now

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This isn't just a problem in our country

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It's a global crisis with COVID right now

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However, during these COVID times

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we should reflect on 
God’s desires for us

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As you know, the government is currently

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implementing masks, social distancing,

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quarantine, and vaccines

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However, these are just the first step

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and should be done in the short term

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If we continue for 10 or 20 years

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it could be a problem

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All small businesses will struggle

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and schools can't hold classes at all

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So, this approach does help

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slow the spread in the short term

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Even though everyone talks about vaccines,

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they're not a complete solution 
for COVID prevention

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Why? Because vaccines last temporary

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They’re effective for about six months

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So, you'll need vaccines again next year

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But, if the virus mutates,

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the previous vaccine will be useless

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It looks like we're trying to catch up

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It means it's not a perfect solution

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What do you think God wants 
from us in these times?

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The second approach is that

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as long as the death rate stays low,
even if there are lots of cases,

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it's manageable, like getting over 
a bad cold in a few days

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So, how can we keep 
the mortality rate down?

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God has provided a significant solution

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It's the immunity that God has given us

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You've heard a lot about immunity, right?

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It's all familiar

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Because when we think about immunity,
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all these ideas of 
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It's not that simple, though

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And actually, because of
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a lot of Koreans are living in ways
that unknowingly weaken their immunity

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As you know, we're living well right now

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But, there was a time when we struggled

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and sought to escape hunger and poverty

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Thus, we pushed ourselves too hard

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with too many excesses in our lives

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Many people live unaware that

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their lifestyles lead to lower immunity

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The evidence is that

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the average life expectancy is over 80 now

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Do people have 60th birthday party lately?

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It would be a big deal because

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at 60, you're not considered old

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But why did people throw 60th 
birthday parties 30 or 40 years ago?

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Back then, not many people lived to be 60

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So, relatives held a gratitude feast

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to celebrate living to 60 years old

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Now, our life expectancy has increased

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to over 80 years, which is remarkable

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Here's the thing: according to HHS' stats

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by the time people hit 80,
one out of three ends up with this

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Any guesses?

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Yes, it's cancer

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One out of three 
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Living to 80 years old isn't what matters

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What matters is living well to age 80

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One out of three people 
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What does it mean for one in three?

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In every two households, one has cancer

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Yet, we tend to think lightly about this

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Right now, in our country, there are 
about 45 cases of colon cancer per 100K

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So, out of 184 countries worldwide

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where do you think we rank roughly?

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First place? Any other opinions?

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Third place

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Whoever just said that is underestimating

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For us, it's first place or nothing

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Korea has the highest colon cancer rate

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What's more concerning is that

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men in Korea have

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twice the colon cancer rate of women

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What does that mean?

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Men currently living in Korea

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are ranking

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double the global highest rate

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and yet, men, fathers, 
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They don't care

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Right now, in our country, there are 
about 77 cases of tuberculosis per 100K

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When do people get tuberculosis?

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When their immune system's down

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When they haven't eaten enough

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When they lack nutrients

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It's a disease you see 
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That's 77 cases per 100K people

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Where do you think we rank 
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Right, we really only accept first place

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We rank the highest number among them

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Among the 77 tuberculosis cases in Korea,

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there are many cases in their 20s

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It is all related to immune system issues

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Breast cancer typically occurs with age

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It usually develops after the age of 50

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In the U.S., women under 40

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make up 10-15% of all breast cancer cases

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80-90% are aged 50 to 80

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What percentage of breast cancer cases

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are in Korean women under 40?

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10-15% in the U.S. 
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It's 50%

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Almost half of them are young women

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Young diseases relate to immunity issues

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How can we overcome COVID?

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If your immune system is strong,
even if COVID virus gets into your body

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it might just get taken down right away

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Or, it can turn out asymptomatic

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and could create antibodies and then leave

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But as I mentioned earlier,

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when the immune system weakens,

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people only think about

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health supplements like ginseng

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But immunity isn't just that simple

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Diet, lifestyle, environment,

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and overall health

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need to change to restore

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and maintain immunity

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The common health supplements

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are only temporary solutions

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They don't provide lasting support

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What does that represent?

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The fundamental aspects of our lives

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must recover for true healing

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and maintenance to occur

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In modern science, it's called genetics

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(Studies genes, heredity, and variations)
Genetics basically says

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that your fate is set by the genes

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inherited from your parents

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One with good genes will live well

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But if they're born with bad genes,

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their life may be difficult

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This is what genetics is all about

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But this theory has already been broken

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Because of epigenetics

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It means, even if someone 
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the way they choose to live

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can determine

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whether those genes are activated or not

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One's life choices can change their fate

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This is what epigenetics is about

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Regarding the aspects related to immunity,

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I mentioned that immunity is a key

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to overcome the COVID

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The first thing to consider is the gut

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Because 70-80% of immune cells

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are located in the gut

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So, poor gut health equals poor immunity

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So how can I know about my gut health?

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First, severe constipation or diarrhea

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can indicate gut health issues

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Next, if a fart or stool smells very foul

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When you eat meat

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the sulfur in it can produce strong odors

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as it transforms into indole and skatole

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But if there's an even worse,

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foul-smelling fart, it indicates that

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there's a problem with the gut

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Why are fart and stool odors so foul?

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The food you eat should be

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properly digested and absorbed

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but it starts to decay in the gut

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It begins to rot in the gut

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The food you ate is rotting in your gut,

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but you don't realize 
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your body is sending signals for help

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It's trying to tell something's rotting

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Do you know what I find most pitiful?

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The foul smell of fart and stool

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among our teens and young adults in Korea

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is very concerning

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Moms focus only on making healthy meals

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but they have no idea

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if that food rots or digests in their kids

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They laugh and joke, not taking it serious

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when this is a serious issue

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Therefore, we need to improve gut health

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To make our guts healthy,

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while there are many ways to do that,

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today I'll focus on

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just one effective method to start with

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When it comes to gut health,

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many viewers, including you, might think

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'Taking probiotics would solve everything'

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Everyone is taking probiotics nowadays

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Probiotics have totally become

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a national health food on trend now

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Will taking probiotics fix it? No

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Today, let's talk about

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the hard truth of probiotics

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The beneficial bacteria generally means

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probiotics

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That's how it's called

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(Good gut bacteria that boost our health)
It's active bacteria

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They're called first-generation probiotics

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It includes Lactobacillus and Bifidus

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About 19 types of 
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are properly mixed together

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5 or 7-8 mixed types are sold commercially

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The first-generation probiotics
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have around 10 billion CFUs

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They're sensitive to temperature and pH

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So even a slight temperature rise,

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stomach acids kill them all

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They also die in bile acids

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So companies coat capsules

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leading to various patents

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This helps them reach the intestines

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The problem is that

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they need to reproduce in the intestines

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Over 100 trillion bacteria live in the gut

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But you consume only about 1-10 billion

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First-gen products have no effect taken

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It means their numbers remain unchanged

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It's like adding a bucket of water

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to a larger one won't show any difference

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They must reproduce, but what is required?

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It needs food, temperature, and humidity

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Everything but the food is available

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The food for probiotics is glucose

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But it fully absorbs in the small intestine

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and doesn't reach the colon

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Why? Because it's fully absorbed already

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in the small intestine before the colon

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A special type is needed for the colon

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A single glucose unit is a monosaccharide
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Two monosaccharides linked together

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are called disaccharides

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They include sugar, honey, and syrup

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But they break down easily and

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are fully absorbed in the small intestine

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What do we call three linked sugars?

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A trisaccharide or polysaccharide

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But sugars linked together from 3-10 are

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specifically called oligosaccharides

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Moms have all heard about them, right?

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That those don't make you gain weight

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because oligosaccharides, with 3-10 sugars

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can't break down in the small intestine

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They pass through intact to the colon

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Since they reach the colon

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without being absorbed,

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they don't contribute to calories

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It's good for weight management apparently

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When 3-10 sugars arrive, they reach

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the ascending and transverse colon,

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break down and release glucose slowly

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Gut bacteria consume it to reproduce

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So, to support probiotics or gut microbes

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you must eat what?

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You need to eat oligosaccharies

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with the most fructooligosaccharides

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(Onion, garlic, yacon, banana, bean)

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You need to eat them as side dishes

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This is how we refer to them as

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the food for probiotics

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You can't just take probiotic

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You need to eat their food along with them

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What should you eat as a side dish?

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Onions, garlic, yacon, banana, and beans

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But, 3-10 unit sugars can't reach the anus

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Earlier, we mentioned that Korea has

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45 out of 100K colon cancer patients

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Most have rectal cancer above the anus

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There are almost no bacteria in the rectum

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All 3-10 sugars are eaten upon entry

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They can't reach the end

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To reach the end, you need sugars

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linked together in chains of 20-30

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And those chains are

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called Inulin
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The foods highest in inulin are

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burdock, balloon flower root, 
yam, sunchoke, chicory

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These all are root vegetables

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Do Koreans, including children, eat them?

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Root vegetables exist in this world

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for one reason

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For your gut health

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God created every plant in this world

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with its own unique function

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What are the features of modern foods?

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As people stop eating root vegetables,

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the number of beneficial bacteria,

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especially in the rectum, decrease

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This lead to fewer immune cells,

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reducing immune function

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Weakened immune activity causes problems

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like constipation and low immunity

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So, what should you eat to restore health?

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The combination of fructooligosaccharides

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and inulin is called

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third-generation synbiotics,

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blending probiotics and prebiotics

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The best option is fourth-gen

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First and second-gen are mixed

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along with probiotic metabolites

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The best in fourth-gen probiotics is

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traditional fermented foods from Korea

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Traditional fermented veggies like kimchi

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Fermented beans: 
cheonggukjang and soybean paste

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Among kimchi, other types that

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don’t use chili powder or salted seafood

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Next, soybean paste is also salty

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Cheonggukjang has a sticky, slimy texture
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a byproduct of probiotic metabolism

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Cheonggukjang already contains probiotics

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Soybean also has fructooligosaccharides

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What is that slimy substance?

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It's a metabolic byproduct, which includes

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many beneficial substances for our body

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So, actually, traditional fermented foods

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from our ancestors, like kimchi

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have become popular worldwide

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It's the same idea

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What is the best treatment for viruses?

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It's Korean traditional fermented foods

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Kimchi and cheonggukjang give us

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a powerful weapon against COVID

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To boost immunity, gut health must be good

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and the best food for gut health is

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traditional fermented foods from Korea

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That’s why I’ve been giving many lectures

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on cheonggukjang and kimchi

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Since I only give lectures

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many people ask for recipes

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so I dressed up as a chef and cooked

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I've taught how to make various kimchi

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and how to prepare

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and enjoy cheonggukjang

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I majored in analytical chemistry

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and one year, the Korean FDA analyzed

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all commercial cheonggukjang products

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consumed by Koreans

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After the analysis, I found it hard

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to encourage people to eat cheonggukjang

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The recipe for cheonggukjang in Korea vary

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There aren’t any companies of huge size

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that properly make cheonggukjang

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Most are nearly home-based businesses

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So, families just make it casually

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and as I traveled around the country,

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the methods for fermenting cheonggukjang,

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environments and the bacteria all differ

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Among them, the most well-known method is

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using straw when fermenting cheonggukjang

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Meju is also hung on straw, right?

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Are there only good bacteria in straw?

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There are also bad ones too

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Good bacteria promote fermentation

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but, bad bacteria cause spoilage

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So, everyone thinks cheonggukjang

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should have a very strong smell

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That smell is actually from spoilage

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Cheonggukjang should never smell bad

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If it smells bad,

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it means it has spoiled

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Commercializing it is entirely personal

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Since it was mostly mothers

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who fermented in traditional heating areas

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many products contain harmful substances

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like biogenic amines that shouldn't exist

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And because of the smell

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it has become a taboo food

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Koreans especially started to avoid it

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However, Korea is

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the native land of soybeans

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Soybeans were made in
the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria

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spreading worldwide

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so we have a deep history with soybeans

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During the Three Kingdoms period,

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women brought Meju as part of their dowry

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We had advanced fermentation technology

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that we taught it to the Japanese

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But they extracted only the good bacteria

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and patented it as natto

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They standardized the fermentation method

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by managing temperature, humidity, and time

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Natto is praised as a superfood worldwide

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European and American hotels serve natto

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in round containers at a breakfast

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But in Korea?

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It's completely become a taboo food

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I tried to address this issue

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Sunchang County is the most well-known

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for fermented foods like gochujang

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I met the county mayor and said that

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while fermented gochujang is good,

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we need to create fermented cheonggukjang

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to boost immunity and help the teens

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Let's develop an enjoyable cheonggukjang

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At first, they laughed at me

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Sir, even adults don't eat it
How can they?

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After several years of persuading them,

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I sent a research proposal to the government

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I applied for a project with Sunchang

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and with five universities and three labs

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got 4.5 billion in funding over five years

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We're currently conducting

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significant research on cheonggukjang

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It's incomparable to natto

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Natto is made by importing natto bacteria

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from Japan and mixing with Korean soybeans

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We're finding and using native bacteria

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from 1,000 year old gochujang to ferment

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made by grandmothers in rural Sunchang

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So, I am conducting extensive research

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on modernizing, standardizing,

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and scientifically improving

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traditional fermented foods in our country

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The government is showing great interest

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Like K-food, right?

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During this time of COVID,

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exporting foods that can help

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combat the virus would greatly benefit us

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These foods are wise gifts from God

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and from our ancestors

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so starting today

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I'll try to eat

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more cheonggukjang and kimchi

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to boost my immunity and fight COVID

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I also encourage you to 
start from this tonight

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I've received many questions

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about the lectures I've given

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So, I'll pick a few from those

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and answer them for you today

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First question

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I'm in my 30s and working full-time

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I want to eat foods good for my immunity

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but due to my busy work schedule

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I end up grabbing a lot of 
takeout or quick meals

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I know they're not the healthiest

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but is there any way to make these meals

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 just a bit better for me?

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That's a common concern

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You know they're not good for you

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so you should avoid them

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but you still end up eating them

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Generally, delivery or convenience foods

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tend to be high in carbohydrates and fats

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Too much protein would increase the cost

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so they can't add it in excess

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Instead, they have excessive fats, carbs

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and are often spicy, salty, or sweet

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So, when ordering delivery,

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try to eat only half of the usual portion

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Start by reducing the portion size

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Next, when ordering food

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it's better to choose boiled options

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rather than fried or stir-fried ones

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Second question

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With the prolonged COVID pandemic

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many people are depressed and annoyed

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It's important to maintain physical health

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as well as mental well-being

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Are there foods that can help with both?

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What should we keep in mind to ensure

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that what we eat is good for our mental?

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What methods of eating are beneficial?

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Try to enjoy it

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If you eat in anger or frustration

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the food turns into poison for you

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Because when we're angry

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our body releases fewer digestive enzymes

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Then, if the food isn't fully digested

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what does it turn into in our body?

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It turns into poison

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Not all food becomes beneficial to us

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Only when enzymes are released properly

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to digest it well as we eat

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it would help us

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Undigested food is all poison

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That's why there's a saying here:

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"Don't bother even a dog while it eats"

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So, how should we eat our meals?

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Eat with joy, whatever the food may be

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But no food alone can bring true joy

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What bring joy in eating?

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Eating food you love, something delicious

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But what's even more important than that?

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It's the atmosphere while you eat

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When you eat with joy and happiness

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the food become nourishing

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like in Eden from the Bible

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How does that happen?

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When you eat in a state of frustration,

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anger, or stress, all becomes poison

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Please keep this in your mind

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Third question

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I've heard that fine dust reduces immunity

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So I'm interested in foods

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that help remove it like seaweeds

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Do these really help with removing them?

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Seaweed, kelp, and kombu

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contain a sticky substance called alginate

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Alginate effectively absorbs heavy metals

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and helps remove them through stool

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Also, the vegetables and fruits you eat

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have dietary fiber, absorbing heavy metals

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and increase the chances of excreting them

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So if you've consumed a lot of fine dust

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eating seaweed and fiber-rich foods

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will help significantly boost

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the chances of removing heavy metals

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(Next lecture is about 
the two faces of nutrition)

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It's good for removing fine dust

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I've answered all three questions

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With that, I'll finish this 
first lecture about immunity

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Thank you