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Top Offenders to Gut Health. Long-term, repeated, or high dose antibiotics Pesticides and inflammatory meat products Processed foods Vegetable oils (often overlooked) Alcohol Pasteurized Dairy. Vicious Cycle. What To Do About It. Adopt a whole foods, primarily plant-based diet
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Top Offenders to Gut Health • Long-term, repeated, or high dose antibiotics • Pesticides and inflammatory meat products • Processed foods • Vegetable oils (often overlooked) • Alcohol • Pasteurized Dairy
What To Do About It • Adopt a whole foods, primarily plant-based diet • Primarily organic whenever possible /feasible • Benefits: • Literature: Significant improvement of symptoms in a variety of gut ailments: Crohn’s, IBD • Decreased inflammatory markers
The Basics • Requires planning and effort • Returning to our roots and using technology responsibly • One step at a time • Drop all fast food. Completely. • Make in bulk (slow cooker, dehydrator)
The Specifics • Cook using non-inflammatory oils (coconut or grapeseed oil, animal fat from a clean source) • Clean 15 / Dirty Dozen • Cooking methods (slow cooker vs dry heat) • Make all food from scratch • Get gluten out of your life (even if not celiac)
More Specifics • Tons of fruits and veggies (if tolerable) – The rule of 12 • Get fermented foods into your life! • It’s all about the source • If you’re going to consume dairy… Go Raw • Grains: gluten, anti-nutrients, lectin
*Homemade Probiotics: Save Hundreds of Dollars* • Tried and tested • Variances in probiotic live organisms • 100s of billions of Lactobacillus • No fillers • See My YouTube video for specifics
How to Shop • Perimeter • Great grandma / pronunciation rule • Fresh or frozen whenever possible • Look for USDA Organic Seal • Non-GMO Project