I just watched a Netflix documentary called Mind Your Gut or something like that. I thought the presentation was ok, but the info good enough that I really want to change my eating habits. I had never really known about Microbiomes and how they affect your overall health.
Anyway, I knew I needed to up my vegetables intake
a day. This trip recipe popped up on my FB page, so I thought I’d give it a try. It is absolutely delicious. Recipe is for one person. I’ve never had fresh dill and I used 2 green onion stalks not just one. I can’t make to make it tomorrow for lunch again!
Gut health partially involves keeping processed foods and added sugar to a minimum. I have also heard that medications can harm gut health … it can take many months to recover from a bout of antibiotics.
You really need to watch it. I had no idea the gut and microorganism that live there (bacteria,etc.) had so much to do with our overall health. Really, what we eat, and it’s important to eat a diversely and why. They can change for the better or worse.
One interesting tidbit is cravings. We all think it’s in our heads. It’s not. It’s the microbiomes. They get used to digesting say “sugar”, and want to keep digesting that. Thats when we have willpower and notice our cravings are gone, its nit our minds having power. It’s the bacteria and virus have changed and seek other nutrients.
I posted a long time ago about eating 30 plants a week. I still tend to do that just because most of my diet is plant based and I like a large variety of fruits and vegatables. How many plants do you eat a week?
Something in the doc that I found interesting is ingesting prebiotics. I dobr trcall if they says food, vitamins. They said it’s fairly useless. It’s like throwing a houseplant into the Amazon jungle and expecting it to thrive.
@conmama - just be careful not to eat too much cabbage. I had a work friend that was eating a lot of cooked and uncooked cabbage each day. She had bloating and gas that became so painful she had to go to the doctor!
I am on some expats sites.. (just looking around ) for places like Spain. I have read hundreds of comments of people that once there and buying fresh food, fruit, non processed food, that like most of what was paining them goes away. Many no longer take their pain medications. I just find that fascinating.
I am reading a lot about gut health lately too (I’ll have to watch that documentary). There are different types of gut issues (SIBO, IBS, Gluten intolerance, Candida overgrowth, etc.) and beneficial foods may differ depending on whether one has one of those issues.
For instance, leafy green vegetables are generally healthy, but they remain in the digestive tract longer and take longer to digest. Some people might also have a sensitivity to nightshade vegetables or lectins and some experts warn against using seed oils, which cause inflammation.
Everything I read says supplements don’t do anything but temporarily mask symptoms that won’t ultimately go away unless changes are made in what one eats.
Getting tested for food sensitivities is helpful in determining which foods to avoid. Also doing a food elimination/low FODMAP diet can help.
This cookbook had sections for all of the gut issues, or notes on how to adjust the included recipes for them. I bought it when I was struggling with plant based menus that both DH (low FODMAP) and I (celiac) could eat. The cookbook starts with a summary of the original book “Fiber Fueled”, which is based on gut health.
Just by coincidence my cousin & I were discussing gut health the other day - she has been following this guy Tim Spector and his food program for a year now & swears its changed her life and health for the better - I’ve not had time to dig deep…
) for places like Spain. I have read hundreds of comments of people that once there and buying fresh food, fruit, non processed food, that like most of what was paining them goes away. Many no longer take their pain medications. I just find that fascinating.