Gastroenterologist Dr. Giulia Enders outlines the multiple biological mechanisms through which fiber reduces colorectal and metabolic cancer risks.
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Enders: Taking probiotics after antibiotics can delay native microbiome recovery
“Then we see that when you take probiotics after a round of antibiotics, there is Two effects. One is that they can help lower your pH value by, for example, bifidobacteria or lactobacillus, who produce these acids can have a beneficial effect, because, you kno…”
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Enders: Gut health often outweighs genetics in mental and metabolic health
“It's sometimes more potent than genetics.”
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Enders: Food sensitivities often resolve after healing underlying gut damage
“So now, when all these foods come into contact, fructose, gluten, dairy, and so on and so on, the gut always has an issue, but that's more because it has an underlying general issue that you have to first take care of, and then when it's all healed up and doin…”
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Enders: Eating 30 Plant Varieties Weekly Optimizes Gut Microbiome Diversity
“If you have about 30 different types of fruit and vegetable a week, then you're really in a good window where there's so much variety of different foods that there can be a variety of different microbes eating them in your gut, which then contributes to your h…”
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Enders: Substituting dates for refined sugar provides minimal health benefits
“I'm not convinced by these things saying, have a date instead, because that's just The same molecule in it. The fiber of the date might slow down the take up a little bit. But if you have like, you know, dates that have been made to be this big and super sweet…”
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Enders: Lifestyle Drives 80% of Health While Supplements Add 1-2%
“And the bigger picture is the picture that we have so much solid research on, and it's the things your mama told you. It's sleeping well, it's eating well, it's dealing with your stress well, you know having some joy in life also accounts to that movement. And…”