Dr. Trisha Pasricha

If you have constipation, it'll soften it up.

So it's great for your gut.

Your bacteria like it.

It was just this shortcut that freed me up and

is a no-brainer because I'm not adding any extra time.

One teaspoon of psyllium gives you about four grams of fiber.

So if you have two teaspoons, you're like a third of the way there.

So even on the days when I'm meeting my fiber goals, I just like get an A plus on my report card because I exceed them that day.

And on the days that I don't, I still get an A plus because I've met them because I'm just doing the laziest possible thing and it works.

I want people to remember that the gut is a brain.

Remember that

We treat the brain in our head like it is the most important organ in our body, and we do everything to protect it.

But if you think about your gut as a brain, and that's what it is, then you should treat it like your most precious organ.

Like if you were going to go play football, there is no way your mom would let you run out there without a nice thick helmet every single day.

You would wear a helmet if you rode your bike in downtown Boston traffic to work.

But ask yourself, what have I done to protect my gut today?

And not only that, not only do we not really protect it, but we treat its distress signals as inconvenient and we brush them aside.

And it's not a coincidence at all that so many of the things that I tell my patients are good for their gut health, minimizing ultra processed foods, cutting down on alcohol, eating more fiber.

That's incidentally the same list of things that will reduce your risk of dementia.

That's not a coincidence.