Dr. Stacy Sims

And the high fat intake that comes with it significantly decreases that gut microbiome diversity, which reduces the body's ability to synthesize vitamins, to produce serotonin, to have this conversation between the gut and the brain. And for women, we're already metabolically flexible by the nature of being born with more of those endurant fibers.

And the high fat intake that comes with it significantly decreases that gut microbiome diversity, which reduces the body's ability to synthesize vitamins, to produce serotonin, to have this conversation between the gut and the brain. And for women, we're already metabolically flexible by the nature of being born with more of those endurant fibers.

that there's no reason to try to do a ketogenic diet.

that there's no reason to try to do a ketogenic diet.

So if you're eating a lot of fruit and veggies... Sorry, not fruit.

So if you're eating a lot of fruit and veggies... Sorry, not fruit.

No. If you're eating a lot of fibrous fruit and veg, then that's how we increase the diversity. Taking a probiotic pill just affects the upper intestines. But even that is a little bit suspect because there's only two to three companies that are making all the probiotics that are B2B. So that means business to business. And we don't really know the long-term outcome.

No. If you're eating a lot of fibrous fruit and veg, then that's how we increase the diversity. Taking a probiotic pill just affects the upper intestines. But even that is a little bit suspect because there's only two to three companies that are making all the probiotics that are B2B. So that means business to business. And we don't really know the long-term outcome.

And we can have the overgrowth of some probiotics that, again, can cause some dysbiosis.

And we can have the overgrowth of some probiotics that, again, can cause some dysbiosis.

I don't think so. Not from what I've seen.

I don't think so. Not from what I've seen.

It is, but you also need some protein that comes from a wide variety of different sources. And the amount of fat that is taken in through a true ketogenic diet is 70 to 80% of your total intake coming from fat. And then that will cause the overgrowth of the bacteria that relies primarily on fatty acids, which down-regulates all the good bacteria that relies on our fibrous fruit and veg.

It is, but you also need some protein that comes from a wide variety of different sources. And the amount of fat that is taken in through a true ketogenic diet is 70 to 80% of your total intake coming from fat. And then that will cause the overgrowth of the bacteria that relies primarily on fatty acids, which down-regulates all the good bacteria that relies on our fibrous fruit and veg.

Because you're not going to be able to consume as much fiber as you need on a ketogenic diet to really invoke this diversity. If we're thinking about invoking diversity, you want 30 different plants across the week. And on a ketogenic diet, you're just not capable of being able to eat as much to create that diversity.

Because you're not going to be able to consume as much fiber as you need on a ketogenic diet to really invoke this diversity. If we're thinking about invoking diversity, you want 30 different plants across the week. And on a ketogenic diet, you're just not capable of being able to eat as much to create that diversity.

And the reason why it's really important for women to have that diversity is because we have some gut bugs that are responsible for our sex hormone metabolism. So we think about estrogen, progesterone, people think, oh yeah, well, it's released from the ovaries and the adrenals and it goes and hits our target tissues.

And the reason why it's really important for women to have that diversity is because we have some gut bugs that are responsible for our sex hormone metabolism. So we think about estrogen, progesterone, people think, oh yeah, well, it's released from the ovaries and the adrenals and it goes and hits our target tissues.

But we have this thing called the second pass where our sex hormones will be taken up by the liver bound by sex hormone binding globulin. shot into the intestines through bile, unconjugated or unpacked by these little gut bugs, and then shot back out in the circulation to work.

But we have this thing called the second pass where our sex hormones will be taken up by the liver bound by sex hormone binding globulin. shot into the intestines through bile, unconjugated or unpacked by these little gut bugs, and then shot back out in the circulation to work.