Functional Foods for Microbiome Balance Part 2 With Steph Jackson
IN THIS EPISODE:
[04:00] How to handle a client's intolerance to certain foods or food groups.
[09:00] Encouraging clients to have a variety in their diets to encourage good bacteria.
[14:00] How to add bacteria to foods.
[18:00] How fermentation affects lectins.
[25:00] Different sources of lectins.
[30:00] The ultimate goal is to get people to eat fresh, colorful fruits and veggies.
[32:00] How Quercetin can improve bacterial balance in the gut.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
Restricting our foods can have cascading effects on our gut microbiome because we need the colorful plant chemicals to create postbiotics.
The main goal for a healthy microbiome is eating a variety of colorful fruits and veggies. Those who can't tolerate specific foods can learn how to create ferments from them.
If you can get your clients to ferment something with bifidobacteria, they can actually have an oxalate reducing ferment which makes it easier to absorb calcium and iron better.
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