Flashback Friday: Gut Dysbiosis - Starving Our Microbial Self
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2021-04-16

Inadequate consumption of prebiotics—the fiber and resistant starch concentrated in unprocessed plant foods—can cause a disease-promoting imbalance in our gut microbiome.

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This is one of the reasons I recommend three daily servings of legumes (beans, split peas, chickpeas, and lentils) in my Daily Dozen (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/book-trailer-for-how-not-to-die/) checklist.

The microbiome connection may explain the extraordinary results in the study I featured in this video: Is it Worth Switching from White Rice to Brown? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/worth-switching-white-rice-brown/).

More on the musical fruit:
• Beans and the Second Meal Effect (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/beans-and-the-second-meal-effect/)
• Canned Beans or Cooked Beans? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/canned-beans-or-cooked-beans/)
• Increased Lifespan from Beans (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/increased-lifespan-from-beans/)
• Beans, Beans, They’re Good For Your Heart (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/beans-beans-theyre-good-for-your-heart)
• Cooked Beans or Sprouted Beans? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/Cooked-Beans-or-Sprouted-Beans)
• Diabetics Should Take Their Pulses (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/diabetics-should-take-their-pulses/)
• Slow Your Beating Heart: Beans vs. Exercise (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/slow-beating-heart-beans-vs-exercise/)

More on the microbiome revolution in medicine:
• Treating Ulcerative Colitis with Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-ulcerative-colitis-with-diet)
• Microbiome: The Inside Story (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/microbiome-the-inside-story)
• Prebiotics: Tending Our Inner Garden (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/prebiotics-tending-our-inner-garden)
• What’s Your Gut Microbiome Enterotype? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/whats-your-gut-microbiome-enterotype)
• How to Change Your Enterotype (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-change-your-enterotype)
• Paleopoo: What We Can Learn from Fossilized Feces (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/whats-your-gut-microbiome-enterotype)

More on bowel health in:
• Dr. Burkitt’s F-Word Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dr-burkitts-f-word-diet/)                                                                                                                                               
• Breast Cancer and Constipation (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-and-constipation)
• How Many Bowel Movements Should You Have Every Day? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-many-bowel-movements-should-you-have-every-day)
• Should You Sit, Squat, or Lean During a Bowel Movement? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/should-you-sit-squat-or-lean-during-a-bowel-movement)
• Best Foods for Colon Cancer Prevention (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-foods-for-colon-cancer-prevention/)
• Benefit of Dates for Colon Health (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefit-of-dates-for-colon-health/)

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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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