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Dr. Tim Spector

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
410 total appearances

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Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

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.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

And of course, plants are nuts, seeds, herbs, spices, different colored plants, they all count. It's not as hard as you think to to get the 30. It's about eating the rainbow, getting the polyphenols in. We used to not know why the rainbow was good, but now we know it's these defense chemicals that actually act as fuel for your gut microbes.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

And of course, plants are nuts, seeds, herbs, spices, different colored plants, they all count. It's not as hard as you think to to get the 30. It's about eating the rainbow, getting the polyphenols in. We used to not know why the rainbow was good, but now we know it's these defense chemicals that actually act as fuel for your gut microbes.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

And of course, plants are nuts, seeds, herbs, spices, different colored plants, they all count. It's not as hard as you think to to get the 30. It's about eating the rainbow, getting the polyphenols in. We used to not know why the rainbow was good, but now we know it's these defense chemicals that actually act as fuel for your gut microbes.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

So your body can't process them, but your microbes can, the majority anyway. And the other one is eating regular fermented foods that feeds your garden. And increasing studies show that having at least three portions a day within a week can actually improve your immune system.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

So your body can't process them, but your microbes can, the majority anyway. And the other one is eating regular fermented foods that feeds your garden. And increasing studies show that having at least three portions a day within a week can actually improve your immune system.

Healing + Human Potential
Heal Your Gut to Boost Mood, Energy + Focus: The Science You Need to Know | EP 84

So your body can't process them, but your microbes can, the majority anyway. And the other one is eating regular fermented foods that feeds your garden. And increasing studies show that having at least three portions a day within a week can actually improve your immune system.