Adults should begin colonoscopy screening at age 45 to remove polyps before they have the potential to develop into colon cancer.

“The age is 45. We used to be 50. We started 45. But the thing about colonoscopies is that they're not just screening. Like we have other screening tools. We could poop in a box and we could do like colag guard tests or stool cat tests. We could do a blood test. Those came on the market um recently. ”

Western medicine's reductionist approach is insufficient for understanding the complex, interconnected nature of the human body's biological systems.

“I think you know med western medicine very successful obviously in many aspects but it is based on a reductionistic view of the body not an interconnected not a systems biological”

He asserts that children with autism often suffer from specific, treatable gastrointestinal inflammation.

“The parents were right. And when we treated that inflammation with the kind of medication that we would use for Crohn's or colitis, anti-inflammatories, dietary intervention, removal of gluten, and cow's milk products from the diet, there was a dramatic improvement.”

Endoscopic ultrasound is a precise and necessary tool for observing organs like the pancreas that are difficult to visualize through standard diagnostic methods.

“To see the pancreas by ultrasound, I'm talking about an endoscopic ultrasound. That is, first you do the endoscopy, and when you're located in a portion of the duodenum, you put this ultrasound through there and you see the pancreas better than if you do it from the outside.”

Bowel training in the morning can help synchronize gut activity and prevent constipation.

“you basically like um try to sync up the the the best time to try to go to the bathroom just based on your body's biology, not because it's like better for you, >> is in the morning because your colon basically like goes to sleep at night.”

Physiotherapy for the pelvic floor and anal sphincter can be a life-changing solution for some people with chronic constipation.

“they'll understand how your whole pelvis bowl, how it all moves. And depending that could be the reason for your constipation. They'll do phys different types of physiootherapy and people's constipation goes away >> ba >> from physiootherapy.”