You are what you eat…..
Actually, you are what your microbiome eats. Every food we eat either feeds gut health or can feed into gut health issues.
Splurge on a good broth and start cooking with it. This can be a great way to support a leaky gut.
Eat a rainbow of colors on your plate.
Every single plant also has its own unique kind of fiber, which will feed specific microbes in the colon. "These microbes are picky eaters," he says. "They only like the fiber from specific foods."
Meaning, one microbe may eat up the fiber from kale, but another may rely on fiber from tomatoes, onions, or other more "average" plant sources. "You can eat two pounds of kale, but that won't be a healthy diet for your microbiome," he says. A diverse diet of average foods is superior to a diet that overemphasizes one or two superfoods."
Adding a variety of plants to the diet ensures a balance of nutrients, even beyond fiber, which is critical for overall health.
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New research out of Switzerland and Italy has confirmed not only that gut bacteria is a key factor in the development of Alzheimer's, but subsequent inflammation in the blood may be the bridge between the two that triggers the disease.
The more we come to understand gut health, the more we discover how important it is to have healthy, diverse microbiota. And based on this research, published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, we all have one more reason to mind our microbiome. -mind body green.com
VIOME gives specifics on foods that are good and bad for you as an individual. I found out celery and pineapple are actually trigger foods for me. I have tried healthy eating for years and its a blanket approach to a systemic problem.
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