533: What to eat (& avoid) for a healthy gut microbiome | Tim Spector, M.D., epidemiologist & microbiome expert

The mindbodygreen Podcast

"You can change your gut microbiome within about a week just by altering your diet," says Tim Spector, M.D.

Tim, an epidemiologist, gut microbiome expert, and award-winning scientist and author, joins us to discuss his top science-backed nutrition tips, what to avoid for optimal gut health, plus:

- What we know about the microbiome today (~00:01)

- How to eat for an optimal gut microbiome (~01:11)

- Why there’s no such thing as superfoods (~05:58)

- Tim’s POV on yogurt (~08:07)

- How a carnivore diet impacts your microbiome (~10:39)

- Why low-fat foods are worse for your gut (~15:06)

- How to assess the health of your microbiome (~17:43)

- How often should you poop? (~19:43)

- The link between gut microbiome & healthy weight (~21:27)

- The future of an Ozempic-like probiotic (~24:51)

- The most surprising study Tim has worked on (~26:29)

- What Tim eats in a day for gut health (~29:58)

- How meal timing impacts your gut microbiome (~32:32)

- How microbiomes beyond the gut influence health (~36:35)

- Where gut health science will be years from now (~39:56)

- 3 gut health tips everyone should keep in mind (~43:11)

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Referenced in the episode:

- Tim's book, Food For Life: The New Science Of Eating Well

- Check out ZOE

- Blue dye study and recipe

- A study on obesity & gut health

- A study on twins' sugar & fat responses

- A study on snack timing

- Learn more about ZOE's big IF study

- A study on the gut microbiome & melanoma

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