The #1 Worst Food for Gut Microbiome
Summary
TLDRThis video discusses the crucial role of the microbiome in human health, highlighting how it affects immune function and emotional state. It identifies the top seven dietary factors that can damage the microbiome, including industrial fibers, emulsifiers, problematic proteins, seed oils, refined sugars, sugar alcohols, and artificial sweeteners. The script warns of their potential to cause inflammation, bloating, and even autoimmune diseases, and suggests probiotics and the carnivore diet as potential solutions for gut health.
Takeaways
- 🌱 The microbiome is crucial for immune system function, vitamin production, neurotransmitter synthesis, and emotional health.
- 🛡️ A thin cellular lining acts as a barrier between the inside of the body and the colon, protecting against immune reactions and diseases if compromised.
- 🔍 Indicators of microbiome issues include bloating and diarrhea, which may suggest a need for dietary changes or probiotics.
- 🚫 The script lists seven detrimental factors for the microbiome, with industrial fibers like cellulose being the first, as they can't be digested and support harmful microbes.
- 🧪 Emulsifiers in processed foods can disrupt the gut barrier and microbiome, potentially leading to inflammation and leaky gut.
- 🌾 Gluten, casein, and soy protein isolates are identified as problematic proteins that can cause gut inflammation and may contribute to allergies and skin issues.
- 🍽️ Seed oils are highly inflammatory and can lead to leaky gut, allowing pathogens to invade the body and trigger immune reactions.
- 🍬 Refined sugars and starches can rapidly ferment in the gut, feeding harmful microbes, causing bloating, and potentially increasing pathogen numbers.
- 🍬🍺 Sugar alcohols, often found in keto-friendly products, can cause bloating and raise blood sugar levels, impacting the gut microbiome.
- ❌ Artificial sweeteners can alter the relationship between microbes and the host, turning neutral or friendly microbes into harmful ones and causing immune reactions.
- 🛑 Probiotics are suggested as a solution for microbiome issues, with the carnivore diet proposed as a potential method for gut healing by eliminating irritants.
Q & A
What is the role of the microbiome in human health?
-The microbiome plays a crucial role in human health by contributing to the immune system, producing vitamins and neurotransmitters, influencing emotional states, and acting as a barrier against harmful substances and microbes.
Why is the barrier function of the gut lining important?
-The barrier function of the gut lining is important because it prevents food particles and microbes from entering the body, which could trigger immune reactions, allergies, and autoimmune diseases.
What are industrial fibers and why are they harmful to the microbiome?
-Industrial fibers are lab-made fibers, such as cellulose from sawdust, that are often marketed as functional fibers. They are harmful because they cannot be digested by humans or gut microbes and can support pathogenic microbes that degrade the mucus layer, leading to a disrupted microbiome and leaky gut.
What is an emulsifier and how does it affect the gut microbiome?
-An emulsifier is a substance that helps mix two different ingredients together, giving food a certain texture. It can disrupt the gut microbiome, potentially leading to inflammation, leaky gut, and altering the diversity of microbes, which may increase the risk of metabolic syndrome and pre-diabetes.
Why are gluten, casein, and soy protein isolates considered harmful to the gut?
-Gluten, casein, and soy protein isolates are considered harmful because they can cause gut inflammation, are difficult to digest, and may contain enzyme inhibitors that hinder the digestion of other foods. This can lead to bloating, skin problems, and a disrupted gut microbiome.
How do seed oils contribute to gut inflammation and leaky gut?
-Seed oils are highly inflammatory and can cause inflammation in the gut, which may lead to leaky gut. This allows pathogens and certain foods to invade the body, triggering immune reactions and potentially allergies or autoimmune issues.
What is the impact of refined sugars and starches on the gut microbiome?
-Refined sugars and starches can rapidly ferment in the gut, leading to an increase in gas, bloating, and the number of pathogens. They essentially feed the bad microbes and starve the good ones, disrupting the balance of the gut microbiome.
Why are sugar alcohols problematic for some people, even though they're marketed as keto-friendly?
-Sugar alcohols, despite being marketed as keto-friendly, can cause bloating, raise blood sugar levels, and lead to gastrointestinal issues like diarrhea. They may not be suitable for people with sensitive guts or those trying to maintain a healthy microbiome.
What are the effects of artificial sweeteners on the gut microbiome?
-Artificial sweeteners can change the relationship of microbes in the gut from friendly or neutral to unfriendly or pathogenic. They can cause immune reactions and reduce fermentation, negatively impacting the gut microbiome and potentially leading to skin issues and other health problems.
How can probiotics help with issues related to the gut microbiome?
-Probiotics can help restore the balance of the gut microbiome by introducing beneficial bacteria. Regular consumption of probiotics may alleviate issues related to gut health, such as bloating and diarrhea, and support overall gut function.
What is the carnivore diet and how might it help with gut healing?
-The carnivore diet is a dietary approach that involves consuming only animal-based foods, eliminating many irritants and potential inflammation-causing foods. It may help heal the gut by reducing inflammation and allowing the gut lining to repair, which can improve various gut-related health issues, including skin conditions.
Outlines
🌱 The Impact of Unhealthy Food on the Microbiome
The first paragraph discusses the crucial role of the microbiome in human health, including its involvement in immune function, vitamin and neurotransmitter production, and emotional state. It highlights the importance of the mucus barrier and how breaches can lead to immune reactions, allergies, and autoimmune diseases. The paragraph introduces the concept of industrial fibers, such as cellulose from sawdust, and their negative impact on the microbiome by supporting pathogenic microbes and contributing to leaky gut. It also touches on the issues with emulsifiers, which can disrupt the gut barrier and lead to inflammation and metabolic issues.
🍽️ Dietary Factors Causing Gut Microbiome Imbalance
This paragraph delves into specific dietary factors that can harm the gut microbiome, including gluten, casein, and soy protein isolates, which can cause gut inflammation and allergies. It also addresses the problems with seed oils, which are highly inflammatory and can lead to leaky gut, as well as refined sugars and starches that spike blood sugar and promote pathogen growth. The paragraph mentions sugar alcohols, particularly xylitol, which can cause bloating and raise blood sugar levels. It also refutes common misconceptions about the negative effects of red meat and saturated fats on the gut, suggesting that these recommendations may stem from flawed studies.
🚫 Avoiding Artificial Sweeteners for a Healthy Microbiome
The final paragraph focuses on the detrimental effects of artificial sweeteners on the gut microbiome, explaining how they can turn neutral microbes into harmful ones, leading to immune reactions and inflammation. It suggests that chronic consumption of artificial sweeteners may be linked to facial redness, indicative of gut microbe alterations. The speaker recommends probiotics for those with gut microbiome issues and mentions the potential benefits of the carnivore diet for healing the gut by eliminating inflammatory foods. The paragraph concludes by encouraging viewers to learn from others' mistakes and to seek more information on the topic through a provided video.
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Keywords
💡Microbiome
💡Immune System
💡Barrier
💡Industrial Fibers
💡Emulsifiers
💡Gluten
💡Seed Oils
💡Refined Sugars
💡Sugar Alcohols
💡Artificial Sweeteners
💡Carnivore Diet
Highlights
80% of your immune system involves the microbiome, which is crucial for making vitamins and neurotransmitters.
Microbiome has a significant influence on emotional state and immune reactions, including allergies and autoimmune diseases.
Bloating and diarrhea can indicate problems with the microbiome.
Industrial fibers, like cellulose from sawdust, are not digestible by humans or gut microbes and can harm the microbiome.
Resistant dextrin and other synthetic fibers support pathogenic microbes and contribute to leaky gut.
Emulsifiers, such as maltodextrin and zanthin gum, disrupt the gut barrier and microbiome, potentially leading to inflammation and leaky gut.
Vegetable seed oils are highly inflammatory and can cause gut inflammation and leaky gut.
Specific proteins like gluten, casein, and soy protein isolates can create gut inflammation and are difficult to digest.
Refined sugars and starches rapidly ferment, feeding bad microbes and causing bloating and gas.
Sugar alcohols like xylitol can cause bloating and raise blood sugar levels, despite being marketed as keto-friendly.
Alcohol, antibiotics, chlorine, and glyphosate are non-food factors that can destroy the microbiome.
Red meat and saturated fats have been misunderstood in their impact on the gut, with healthier sources like grass-fed meat being beneficial.
Artificial sweeteners can alter the relationship of microbes, making them unfriendly and leading to immune reactions.
Probiotics can help address microbiome issues, but severe inflammation may require a more restrictive diet like the carnivore diet.
The carnivore diet can heal the gut by eliminating foods that cause inflammation and irritation.
Chronic consumption of artificial sweeteners may lead to visible symptoms like red noses or cheeks, indicating gut microbial alterations.
Transcripts
today we're going to talk about the
number one worst food for your
microbiome 80% of your immune system
involves the microbiome and without
these microbes you cannot live they make
vitamins they make neurotransmitters
that allow the brain to work correctly
there's a huge influence between the
microbiome and your emotional state and
it also is important for your immune
system and you also have a thin lining
of cells that act as a barrier between
the inside of the body and the inside of
your colon if any food stiff or microbes
get through that barrier then you start
having an immune reaction you can start
developing allergies you could start
developing autoimmune diseases and other
conditions especially on your skin and
one big way that someone knows that they
have a problem with the microbiome is
they get bloating diarrhea and I'm going
to give you some solutions if you have
any problem with the microbiome but let
me first cover the seven worst things
that you can be exposed to or consume
that ends up destroying your microbiome
and the seventh one is the worst thing
number one industrial fibers it's made
in some type of lab that are now
advertised as functional fibers like
good for your body when in fact they're
not very good for your body and one
would be actually the byproduct from the
lumber industry which someone had this
crazy idea hey what are we going to do
with all this sawdust hey I have a great
idea let's put it into the food supply
so basically turn saw AUST into this one
fiber called cellulose so when you see
the word cellulose that is sawest
usually and it's in a lot of foods too
like this one right here now the thing
about cellulose is that we can't digest
it even our gut microbes also cannot
digest it so some other fibers and again
we're not talking about vegetable fibers
we're talking about things like cble
corn fiber or tapioca fiber here's a
product um
at the store you can get that has
resistant dextrin now what are the
problems with these fibers well number
one they support pathogenic microbes
that cause more degrading of that mucus
layer because you're basically feeding
the bad microbes that actually end up
eating that mucus layer because that's
their food that's their protein Source
all this Alters the microbiome and
eventually creates leaky gut number two
emulsifiers now what's an emulsifier an
emulsifier is something to help mix two
things together and this gives that food
a certain texture and that's so
important especially if you're trying to
sell alter processed foods you have to
make it mouth friendly one of the MiFi
believe it or not is maltodextrin I've
talked about this in other videos
multidex is a type of carbohydrate that
really spikes your blood sugars more
than sugar then you have something
called zanthin gum and another one
called
monoglyceride we're talking about the
vegetable seed oils right we're
combining those in a way to help a mulfy
other ingredients so an example of
something that would have that would be
right here Pringles after you buy this
you know off the shelf it's been sitting
there for several months and you look at
the chip and it still looks fresh it
maintains its crunchiness another good
example of emulsifier would be something
called propylene glycol that's an
ingredient also in antifreeze but they
put in the food supply as well but
what's the problem with these
emulsifiers well number one they disrupt
the microbiome in your gut they also
disrupt the wall that is your barrier in
your gut potentially leading to
inflammation and a hole through that
wall called leaky gut they also alter
the diversity of microbes which can then
lead to an increased risk of metabolic
syndrome and pre-diabetes insulin
resistance ETC number three very
specific types of proteins gluten in
wheat which by the way gluten is the
only protein that our bodies cannot
digest we also have uh casine which is
the protein in milk and then we have the
protein in soy as in soy protein
isolates they're industrial proteins and
they create a lot of gut inflammation a
lot of people are either allergic to
casine and gluten as well as soy the
thing about the soy is it's high in
Fates and Fates have Inhibitors of
enzymes so when you're consuming all
this soy protein isolate you're
inhibiting your ability to digest
certain things and what's going to
happen is not just bloating in your
colon you're probably going to notice
problems on your skin and that's how
they coming from the gut of course you
go to a dermatologist and what are they
going to do they're going to topically
treat it with some steroid cream they're
going to not make the connection between
things going on in your gut and then
you're chronically just going to have
that problem number four seed oils okay
this is huge it's in a lot of our Foods
it's highly inflammatory so it's going
to create inflammation in your gut
eventually leading to leaky gut where
now certain pathogens and certain foods
are going to invade the body there's
going to be an immune reaction and a
potential allergy or an autoimmune issue
I used to consume so much seed oil when
I was in college and in my early 20s
that I was constantly bloating and of
course I knew nothing about nutrition or
healthy foods at all it's pretty weird
to look back on how much I did not know
about health I mean I was like my worst
patient I was actually worse than my
worst patient I always had abdominal
pain and a Severe uh sludge of bile that
was backing up into my liver because I
always had right shoulder pain more than
a decade and I had that even back in
high school really bad I had no idea I
thought it was muscular but it was all
diet number five the refined sugars high
fructose corn syrup and also the refined
starches okay like maltodextrin modified
food starch it's in all these Foods it's
especially in foods like this one right
here which I used to live on now here's
the problem with these refined sugars H
fructose corn syrup and the starches not
just to spike and blood sugars but they
create rapid fermentation so the
microbes in your gut are rapidly
breaking down this sugar because it's so
refined and you're going to have a lot
of things like gas bloating and a Severe
spike in the number of pathogens so when
you eat refined sugar you basically feed
the bad guys and you starve off the good
guys number six the sugar alcohols the
sugar alcohols are in uh things like the
so-called ketofriendly
bars and the ketofriendly
drinks this has nothing to do with
alcohol it's just a type of sweetener
that is supposed to not raise your blood
sugar but this one does called mtol it's
the worst it's in a lot of sugar-free
candy like this one right here I don't
know if you've ever seen this product
right here stay away from that that's
pretty much worse than even eating sugar
because it's going to create a lot of
bloating it's going to raise your blood
sugars I don't I don't even know why
it's a sugar alcohol a much better sugar
alcohol would be a rol combined with
monk fruit or Stevia allulose is not
necessarily sugar alcohol but it's a
better alternative sweetener but the
point is that if you consume a lot of
these sugar alcohols because you're
consuming these so-called ketofriendly
products you're going to get a lot of
gas bloating diarrhea it just might be a
good idea to learn from other people's
mistakes before I get to number seven I
just to mention there are other things
that greatly destroy your microbiome
that aren't necessarily foods like
alcohol antibiotics chlorine which is a
chemical in water an herbicide
glyphosate now when researching this
topic two things kept coming up red meat
and number two saturated fats but when
you pull the string behind where these
two recommendations come from they're
from rat studies and a lot of these rat
studies the fat that they're using is
corn oil which is unsaturated it's not
saturated so it's it's very confusing
and to my knowledge there is no study
that shows that consuming like healthy
saturated fats from grass-fed meat for
example has any negative aspects for
your gut in fact I think it's just the
reverse because the way that a lot of
people heal their guts is with the
carnivore diet when you see things like
avoid red meat or saturated fat they're
probably talking about processed Meats
maybe the saturated fats in junk food
they're not talking about the grass-fed
meats or the healthy eggs or the healthy
cheese I mean even in like this junk
food right here there's not a lot of
saturated fat it's seed oils it's a lot
of unsaturated fat in alter processed
food next one is number seven artificial
sweeteners I'm not talking about sugar
alcohols I'm talking about like
aspartame sucrose things like that these
artificial sweeteners have been used by
millions of people for years little do
we know that these artificial sweeteners
create a big problem for a microbiome
they actually have the ability to change
the relationship of your microbes being
friendly or neutral to now unfriendly
let's take the eoli bacteria eoli is
really a neutral or a friendly microbe
we have eoli in our guts when you
consume artificial sweeteners these eoli
become unfriendly and they become
pathogenic this is going to start
creating an immune reaction we also get
less fermentation which makes less food
for your colon cells overall this
artificial sweetener creates a huge
shift I also noticed some people that
chronically consume artificial
sweeteners as in diet sodas that type of
thing end up having kind of either a red
nose or red cheeks that is an alteration
in the gut microbes now if you have a
problem with your gut microbiome you
should start taking probiotics and on a
regular basis and see if that doesn't
handle the problem if things get worse
it could mean that you have severe
inflammation in your gut in which case
you'd probably benefit from doing the
carnivore diet for a while so you can
heal your gut with the carnivore diet
you're going to eliminate so many things
that irritate and Destroy and create
inflammation in the gut lining so if you
have some type of skin rash or
inflammation things are going to get a
lot better if you want more information
about that topic you should watch this
video right here
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