Fibre is crucially important to the long term health of our microbiome and therefore our entire body, but did you know that if our gut is already in a bad state, eating high-fibre foods can actually make us worse?
The respected Journal of Neuroscience called it a ‘paradigm shift’ of enormous magnitude that upsets hundreds of years of neuroscience. What were they talking about?
As far as we’re concerned the current hype about fermented foods is absolutely justified. In fact these foods have been around for as long as humans have. It’s just we kinda forgot about them for a while, and our health suffered as a result.
Sugar is everywhere! It’s such a huge part of modern life that we don’t even notice it. The amount we consume can be a big factor in the health of our microbiome and, as we now know, anything that harms our friendly gut bugs harms us too.
When food is processed the result is a nasty hodge-podge of chemicals, many of which are harmful to the body, which is then wrapped in brightly-coloured packaging and presented to us as ‘food’.
Depending on the current state of your gut, you may need to stop eating dairy products, but ideally this is only a temporary measure while our gut heals. In the long run, dairy is not only delish but also offers real health benefits, particularly when fermented.
