Ben Greenfield

That doesn't mean that if you're eating eggs every day and you feel like crap, you're not sleeping well, you have gas or bloating or poor energy levels or whatever, and you cut the eggs out and those symptoms go away, maybe you actually were allergic to eggs. But anything that flags on a food allergy profile as an issue, that is also a staple in your diet.

That doesn't mean that if you're eating eggs every day and you feel like crap, you're not sleeping well, you have gas or bloating or poor energy levels or whatever, and you cut the eggs out and those symptoms go away, maybe you actually were allergic to eggs. But anything that flags on a food allergy profile as an issue, that is also a staple in your diet.

That doesn't mean that if you're eating eggs every day and you feel like crap, you're not sleeping well, you have gas or bloating or poor energy levels or whatever, and you cut the eggs out and those symptoms go away, maybe you actually were allergic to eggs. But anything that flags on a food allergy profile as an issue, that is also a staple in your diet.

First, make sure that it's not just because you've been having a lot of it.

First, make sure that it's not just because you've been having a lot of it.

First, make sure that it's not just because you've been having a lot of it.

That is something that would fall into the category of dietary diversity, meaning that the more myopic you are about eating just a select group of foods, the less dietary diversity you will have.

That is something that would fall into the category of dietary diversity, meaning that the more myopic you are about eating just a select group of foods, the less dietary diversity you will have.

That is something that would fall into the category of dietary diversity, meaning that the more myopic you are about eating just a select group of foods, the less dietary diversity you will have.

So the less diverse your microbiome becomes, which can create this vicious feedback loop because by eliminating foods constantly and going gluten-free and lectin-free and then low fiber and then low FODMAP and beginning to get rid of all these foods, your biome becomes weaker and weaker and you paradoxically become... less and less able to be able to digest a wide variety of foods.

So the less diverse your microbiome becomes, which can create this vicious feedback loop because by eliminating foods constantly and going gluten-free and lectin-free and then low fiber and then low FODMAP and beginning to get rid of all these foods, your biome becomes weaker and weaker and you paradoxically become... less and less able to be able to digest a wide variety of foods.

So the less diverse your microbiome becomes, which can create this vicious feedback loop because by eliminating foods constantly and going gluten-free and lectin-free and then low fiber and then low FODMAP and beginning to get rid of all these foods, your biome becomes weaker and weaker and you paradoxically become... less and less able to be able to digest a wide variety of foods.

So the idea of eating the same thing day in and day out, if that also means that you've got low dietary diversity, then the answer is yes, that can create problems long-term because you're essentially starving off your bacteria. But if you were, say, eating eggs every day and you were also, like you hear a lot of these blue zones doing, eating a lot of different herbs and spices and plants and

So the idea of eating the same thing day in and day out, if that also means that you've got low dietary diversity, then the answer is yes, that can create problems long-term because you're essentially starving off your bacteria. But if you were, say, eating eggs every day and you were also, like you hear a lot of these blue zones doing, eating a lot of different herbs and spices and plants and

So the idea of eating the same thing day in and day out, if that also means that you've got low dietary diversity, then the answer is yes, that can create problems long-term because you're essentially starving off your bacteria. But if you were, say, eating eggs every day and you were also, like you hear a lot of these blue zones doing, eating a lot of different herbs and spices and plants and

and fruits and a wide variety of meats and eating seasonally meaning there's certain periods of the year where you're not eating certain things paying the jet fuel to fly the avocados and the coconuts in in an environment where you normally wouldn't have access to that stuff then that's where you can also create an issue right low amount of seasonal eating low amount of dietary diversity eating the same things over and over again which seems easy and convenient but isn't great for keeping the biome healthy

and fruits and a wide variety of meats and eating seasonally meaning there's certain periods of the year where you're not eating certain things paying the jet fuel to fly the avocados and the coconuts in in an environment where you normally wouldn't have access to that stuff then that's where you can also create an issue right low amount of seasonal eating low amount of dietary diversity eating the same things over and over again which seems easy and convenient but isn't great for keeping the biome healthy

and fruits and a wide variety of meats and eating seasonally meaning there's certain periods of the year where you're not eating certain things paying the jet fuel to fly the avocados and the coconuts in in an environment where you normally wouldn't have access to that stuff then that's where you can also create an issue right low amount of seasonal eating low amount of dietary diversity eating the same things over and over again which seems easy and convenient but isn't great for keeping the biome healthy

It's true that if you have a predictable set of meals, I have my yogurt with my berries in the morning and I got my lean protein on my whole grain sandwich for lunch and I eat the same thing for dinner. If you're trying to count and control calories, that makes it very simple and also makes it more likely that you're going to have fewer types of foods around the house.

It's true that if you have a predictable set of meals, I have my yogurt with my berries in the morning and I got my lean protein on my whole grain sandwich for lunch and I eat the same thing for dinner. If you're trying to count and control calories, that makes it very simple and also makes it more likely that you're going to have fewer types of foods around the house.