Dr. Stacy Sims

Animal meat does not have fiber in it.

So we know it's not...

So if we want to talk about carnivore diet, things like that is definitely not microbiome friendly for you and not hormonally healthy.

So we really want to really have those whole foods, the fruits, vegetables, the healthy fats, the proteins that are going to be good sources.

And just like we talked about other things, it's not all or nothing.

Red meat every day is probably going to be inflammatory.

Having it on the weekend is probably OK.

And the way I describe this to patients is let's imagine a scale where every decision you make can kind of tick up the inflammatory marker or bring it back down.

If you are making active decisions that are more anti-inflammatory, you can tolerate the glass of champagne, the birthday cake, these little things that we know will cause inflammation in your body.

But your body is meant to respond to inflammation and get back down.

normal.

The problem is when it's constantly challenged.

When 70% of the things that you eat cause this chronic inflammation inside of you, your body can no longer respond appropriately when it's challenged again.

We want to make you first start with food, but not a pill that you're trying to take, but actually the food that you're putting into your body is the best source of all microbiome is fiber.

It's typically about 12 hours of eating and 12 hours of not.

So you're trying to follow that circadian rhythm and work with your hormones.

It can also, when we do have that period of time, which maybe that sounds very intuitive, but a lot of people are eating at 10 p.m., they're snacking on food, then they're trying to go to bed, and then they're getting up.

When you give your body a little bit longer, so at 12 hours time, is when your body will really efficiently be using up all your glucose, really dropping some of those insulin levels.

But it's not so much that it's stressful.

And we're using stress very generically here.