A blueprint to fertilize the garden called “bowel flora”
This is a repost from a blog from July 2014. Now that the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox is on sale for preorders, I’m glad to present this information again with the book as a blueprint for taking on the life-changing challenge of improving your bowel flora.
I like to think of bowel flora, the thousand or so species of microorganisms that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract, as a garden. Probiotics, i.e., anything that provides microorganisms believed to be among the desired inhabitants such as the various Lactobacillus or Bifidobacteria species, are like planting seeds for peppers and zucchini in your garde...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 23, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Bowel flora Bowel permeability Fiber intake Grains News & Updates Weight loss Wheat Belly 10-Day Detox butyrate microbiota prebiotic resistant starch Source Type: blogs
Ginger Chicken Stir Fry Over Shirataki Noodles for prebiotic fibers
The Wheat Belly Cookbook introduced several recipes that used non-grain shirataki noodles. While shirataki noodles are best suited to be used in Asian dishes, you can also use them in Italian or other dishes. Here, I stick with an Asian style.
Interestingly, shirataki noodles are rich in the fiber, glucomannan (a polymer of glucose and mannose), sourced from the root of the konjac plant. Several studies have demonstrated that glucomannan exerts prebiotic fiber effects, such as reduction in blood sugar, apoprotein B (a superior test compared to LDL cholesterol, but tracking roughly the same thing), and improved bowel heal...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 16, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora glucomannan gluten grains konjac prebiotic fiber resistant starch stir fry Source Type: blogs
Loading up on galacto-oligosaccharides
I previously discussed how galacto-oligosaccharides, or GOS, may provide unique or outsized benefits in cultivating healthy bowel flora, particularly bifidobacteria. Enriching bowel flora in bifidobacteria has been associated with a wide array of health benefits ranging from decreases in insulin to improved mental health. If you are interested in GOS and obtaining the beneficial effects of prebiotic fibers, note that these are strategies that should only be pursued if you are wheat/grain-free, have been taking a high-potency probiotic (e.g., 50 billion CFUs per day), and do not have dysbiosis. (Prebiotic fibers will make d...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 8, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bifidobacteria bowel flora gluten grains metabolic microbiota prebiotic resistant starch Source Type: blogs
Human Ingenuity and the Future of Food
A recent article in Business Insider showing what the ancestors of modern fruits and vegetables looked like painted a bleak picture. A carrot was indistinguishable from any skinny brown root yanked up from the earth at random. Corn looked nearly as thin and insubstantial as a blade of grass. Peaches were once tiny berries with more pit than flesh. Bananas were the least recognizable of all, lacking the best features associated with their modern counterparts: the convenient peel and the seedless interior. How did these barely edible plants transform into the appetizing fruits and vegetables we know today? The answer is huma...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 8, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Chelsea German Source Type: blogs
Trash or Treasure? Repurpose Would-Be Wasted Food to Feed the Hungry & Create Jobs
If I offered you a brown banana at the end of a buffet line, you probably wouldn’t be interested. But what if I offered you some banana ice cream on a hot summer day? I bet you’d find that a lot more appealing. And what if that “ice cream,” was just pureed frozen bananas—handled well, at peak ripeness and nutrient quality—with no added ingredients and requiring minimal labor.
It was this simple observation that inspired a new model, called the FSSM, Food System-Sensitive Methodology, for recovering would-be wasted – or surplus – food and repurposing it to feed hungry people, generate revenue and even create...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - September 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Food Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Chocolate Coated Green Banana Bites
Green, unripe bananas are an excellent source of prebiotic fibers that are crucial for your bowel flora management program. But they are tough to eat due to their chalky texture when truly unripe. You can conceal that texture by including a green banana in your smoothie or shake, or you can make these simple but tasty little Chocolate Coated Green Banana Bites. If each banana is cut into 6 pieces, each Bite can yield as much as 4-5 grams of prebiotic fibers to add to your daily goal of 20 grams per day.
Purchase bananas as green as possible and store in the refrigerator, where they will stay green for around 5 days. Once ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 3, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes bowel flora gluten grains Inflammation microbiota prebiotic fibers resistant starch wheat Source Type: blogs
Quit your pushing: A cutting-edge guide to constipation
Here’s an update to an earlier Wheat Belly Blog discussion about constipation.
I really don’t like talking about constipation, since it makes me wonder whether I’m starting down that inevitable decline towards the day when all I want to talk about is having a “good bowel movement.”
But the C word–constipation–continues to come up regularly when people go wheatless and grainless. “Won’t I lack fiber?” many ask. For example, in response to the Wheat Belly Blog post, The Wheat-free “Movement,” Janne posted this comment:
I am very happy on a no-wheat regi...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 29, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel habits constipation fiber magnesium microbiota prebiotics probiotics Source Type: blogs
Data Druggies
By PHILIP ALLEN GREEN, MD
We are data druggies.
We spend our days like desperate junkies crawling the carpet, sifting through the shaggy strands of patient histories with shaky fingers in search of facts. Every word our patients utter we feed to the never-ending demands of the electronic chart.
We find a fact and we enter it. The database grows. Someone somewhere adds another question we are supposed to ask our patients. We get back on our hands and knees. We start sifting once again.
Have you been to the continent of Africa in the last twenty-one days? Click. Do you or a loved one feel threatened at home? Click. How was ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: THCB Data Philip Allen Green Source Type: blogs
5 Reasons to Eat This Fruit You Probably Never Tried
Disclosure: I attended a “sneak peak” event for Zespri SunGold kiwifruit at Ketchum’s D.C. offices on May 19, 2015. I work with Zespri on media. I was not compensated to write this blog.
Chances are you have never had a SunGold Kiwifruit from New Zealand. It is a new variety of kiwifruit with a tropical flavor and beautiful yellow color.
Some Things Are Worth Waiting For
It took Zespri 10 years to create this unique cultivar. SunGold is finally ready for the U.S. (ask for it in stores if you don’t see it by June!)
Top 5 Reasons You Will Love Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit
1. VITAMIN C!!! SunGold kiwifru...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - May 21, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: eating healthy food fruits nutrition zespri sungold kiwifruit Source Type: blogs
Day 5: A Day in the Life of my Food Choices
Today’s topic is Foods on Friday. Taking a cue from Adam Brown's recent post, write a post documenting what you eat in a day! Feel free to add links to recommended recipes/shops/whatever. Make it an ideal day or a come-as-you-are day – no judgments either way. (Thank you, Katy of Bigfoot Child Have Diabetes for this topic.)Welcome. You have now entered the No Judgement Zone.(aka it's so good to be with friends,although if you are a telemarketer intent on immeadietly sending me a email of the latest super food product please don't. I don't really need it. Also I hope thi...
Source: The D-Log Cabin - May 14, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Authors: HVS Source Type: blogs
How Do You Feel About Being Called A "Mid-level"?
Hello all,It's been a while since I've posted. First off, an update on my sister Denise who is doing well and made it back home due to a few donations on Go Fund Me. I really appreciated the donations. Keep them coming if you have an inkling.Back to the subject at hand.. How many of you NPs are bothered by the term "mid-level". It personally drives me bananas! I think we need to come up with an alternate term. My collaborating MD asks why I'm bothered by it since that's what I am...I just wonder if I am "mid-level, who's the "low level provider"? I don't feel that I give "mid care" to my patients.Some NPs don't mind the la...
Source: The Nurse Practitioner's Place - April 27, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Anonymous Source Type: blogs
How Do You Feel About Being Called A " Mid-level " ?
Hello all,It ' s been a while since I ' ve posted. First off, an update on my sister Denise who is doing well and made it back home due to a few donations on Go Fund Me. I really appreciated the donations. Keep them coming if you have an inkling.Back to the subject at hand.. How many of you NPs are bothered by the term " mid-level " . It personally drives me bananas! I think we need to come up with an alternate term. My collaborating MD asks why I ' m bothered by it since that ' s what I am...I just wonder if I am " mid-level, who ' s the " low level provider " ? I don ' t feel that I give " mid care " to my patients.Some ...
Source: The Nurse Practitioner's Place - April 27, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Anonymous Source Type: blogs
How Do You Feel About Being Called A "Mid-level"?
Hello all,It's been a while since I've posted. First off, an update on my sister Denise who is doing well and made it back home due to a few donations on Go Fund Me. I really appreciated the donations. Keep them coming if you have an inkling.Back to the subject at hand.. How many of you NPs are bothered by the term "mid-level". It personally drives me bananas! I think we need to come up with an alternate term. My collaborating MD asks why I'm bothered by it since that's what I am...I just wonder if I am "mid-level, who's the "low level provider"? I don't feel that I give "mid care" to my patients.Some NPs don't mind the la...
Source: The Nurse Practitioner's Place - April 26, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: NPs Save Lives Source Type: blogs
Commercial prebiotic fiber supplements
Our efforts to obtain prebiotic fibers/resistant starches to cultivate healthy bowel flora means recreating the eating behavior of primitive humans who dug in the dirt with sticks and bone fragments for underground roots and tubers, behaviors you can still observe in hunter-gatherer groups, such as the Hadza and Yanomamo. But, because this practice is inconvenient for us modern folk accustomed to sleek grocery stores, because many of us live in climates where the ground is frozen much of the year, and we lack the wisdom passed from generation to generation that helps identify which roots and tubers are safe to eat and whic...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 22, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle acacia fiber bowel flora grains microbiota PGX prebiotic fibers Prebiotin resistant starch Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly for athletes
Many people have fallen into the trap of believing that carbohydrates are necessary for exercise. This is why you see marathoners and triathletes hosting pasta dinners the night before an event, while sponsors of high-sugar sports drinks and energy bars line up to tell them that their products enhance performance. But carb loading or carbs during exercise are not only unnecessary, they have harmful effects that eventually catch up with you—-despite years of engaging in the healthy practice of exercise.
It all started about 50 years ago when exercise researchers noted that, when athletes following an unrestricted diet wer...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 21, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle exercise gluten physical performance grains low-carb Source Type: blogs
