Dr. Tim Spector

And these are all the ZOE members that have consented to do research as well. So it's really a really cool, exciting time to be studying the gut microbes. So sorry if I get overexcited by it all.

I've not seen anything in our data on that. No real difference between tea and coffee. And of course it's difficult because tea has some benefits. particularly green tea may be as powerful as coffee. And the data do suggest that, although it's mainly in Asian green tea drinkers rather than in sort of Europeans or Americans. Matcha looks, it's like you're having a bit of a revival.

I've not seen anything in our data on that. No real difference between tea and coffee. And of course it's difficult because tea has some benefits. particularly green tea may be as powerful as coffee. And the data do suggest that, although it's mainly in Asian green tea drinkers rather than in sort of Europeans or Americans. Matcha looks, it's like you're having a bit of a revival.

I've not seen anything in our data on that. No real difference between tea and coffee. And of course it's difficult because tea has some benefits. particularly green tea may be as powerful as coffee. And the data do suggest that, although it's mainly in Asian green tea drinkers rather than in sort of Europeans or Americans. Matcha looks, it's like you're having a bit of a revival.

Saw quite a lot of matcha in LA recently, although usually it's with so much vanilla and sugar, I can't drink it. But yeah, Very hard to find unsugared matcha. But if you do, that's concentrated green tea. And we think the evidence is building that that's very high in these defense polyphenols, which are good for your gut microbes. And it's also got...

Saw quite a lot of matcha in LA recently, although usually it's with so much vanilla and sugar, I can't drink it. But yeah, Very hard to find unsugared matcha. But if you do, that's concentrated green tea. And we think the evidence is building that that's very high in these defense polyphenols, which are good for your gut microbes. And it's also got...

Saw quite a lot of matcha in LA recently, although usually it's with so much vanilla and sugar, I can't drink it. But yeah, Very hard to find unsugared matcha. But if you do, that's concentrated green tea. And we think the evidence is building that that's very high in these defense polyphenols, which are good for your gut microbes. And it's also got...

some caffeine, but other calming chemicals in there. So we're gonna hopefully look at that next and see if we can find if there's a particular matcha microbe that likes it and is converting the green tea into these good chemicals for your body and your immune system. So for people like you who don't like coffee, I would say try matcha as a health drink that's also quite tasty.

some caffeine, but other calming chemicals in there. So we're gonna hopefully look at that next and see if we can find if there's a particular matcha microbe that likes it and is converting the green tea into these good chemicals for your body and your immune system. So for people like you who don't like coffee, I would say try matcha as a health drink that's also quite tasty.

some caffeine, but other calming chemicals in there. So we're gonna hopefully look at that next and see if we can find if there's a particular matcha microbe that likes it and is converting the green tea into these good chemicals for your body and your immune system. So for people like you who don't like coffee, I would say try matcha as a health drink that's also quite tasty.

As a general principle, you should start thinking about the quality of your food, not the calories or the quantity. And that's a really major step. And that's something I talk about in my books. And that's what the Zoe principle is. We do not discuss calories because calorie counting really doesn't work for the vast majority of people.

As a general principle, you should start thinking about the quality of your food, not the calories or the quantity. And that's a really major step. And that's something I talk about in my books. And that's what the Zoe principle is. We do not discuss calories because calorie counting really doesn't work for the vast majority of people.

As a general principle, you should start thinking about the quality of your food, not the calories or the quantity. And that's a really major step. And that's something I talk about in my books. And that's what the Zoe principle is. We do not discuss calories because calorie counting really doesn't work for the vast majority of people.

And it distracts you from the quality of the food and encourages big food to sell you crappy products. So yeah, I think we ought to be banning the C word, really, from nutrition. And think about quality, not calories. I think generally thinking about food from the point of view of your gut microbes is a really helpful thing to do.

And it distracts you from the quality of the food and encourages big food to sell you crappy products. So yeah, I think we ought to be banning the C word, really, from nutrition. And think about quality, not calories. I think generally thinking about food from the point of view of your gut microbes is a really helpful thing to do.

And it distracts you from the quality of the food and encourages big food to sell you crappy products. So yeah, I think we ought to be banning the C word, really, from nutrition. And think about quality, not calories. I think generally thinking about food from the point of view of your gut microbes is a really helpful thing to do.

So we've always thought of food as fuel, as if we were some empty furnace. just burning it up and using it and seeing what was left over. And I think that is very much the wrong analogy was if we think of ourselves as, you know, we're gardeners and what fertilizer we put in is really important for our inner garden.

So we've always thought of food as fuel, as if we were some empty furnace. just burning it up and using it and seeing what was left over. And I think that is very much the wrong analogy was if we think of ourselves as, you know, we're gardeners and what fertilizer we put in is really important for our inner garden.

So we've always thought of food as fuel, as if we were some empty furnace. just burning it up and using it and seeing what was left over. And I think that is very much the wrong analogy was if we think of ourselves as, you know, we're gardeners and what fertilizer we put in is really important for our inner garden.

And so this is why things like the diversity of the plants you put in the, you know, getting, and we've come up with this slogan about 30 plants a week. which is based on some old research we did about 10 years ago that said that was the sweet spot. It's probably not exactly 30, but it sort of works as an idea.