Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel
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That'll bring down your ultra-processed food amounts and things like that.
On the pro side, the
Big number one pro in my mind, I'd actually, you're the real expert, I'm just the pretender here, is fermented foods and things like kimchi, yogurt, raw Alpine cheeses.
Those are good for your microbiome.
They're good for your health in all sorts of ways.
And if you added them once or twice a day to your diet, you would go a long way on the positive side.
The other thing, I am sort of a big...
I'm probably out of step with a lot of people, but I'm actually a big believer in dairy.
And, you know, the fat globules and the saturated fat in dairy, we know that it is
Anti-type 2 diabetes.
People who eat a lot of dairy don't develop type 2 diabetes as much.
They lose weight.
The number one weight loss diet item is yogurt.
Again, another dairy product.
We could spend the whole hour talking about challenges with doing food studies.
I totally agree with you.
I think if you do those two things, you go along this.
Now, are there many others?
Yes, my book goes on and on about all sorts of obviously fruits and vegetables.
We now know it's not just all the good nutrients in them, but it's also the fiber and the variety of fibers that are in them that help our body and help our microbiome.