Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

And when our gut breaks down, when our microbes are damaged, when we don't have enough anti-inflammatory short chain fatty acids, you start to see this gut barrier breakdown. We get what people may call leaky gut. And what leaks is the lipopolysaccharide. This lipopolysaccharide that they were injecting in this study, basically what they were recreating, they were not recreating an infection.

They were recreating chronic inflammation.

They were recreating chronic inflammation.

That comes from a damaged gut.

That comes from a damaged gut.

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The thing about this is I think this is universally applicable and something that every single listener, unless you're on a 100% animal-based diet... Every single one of these listeners can apply this to their life. Increase the diversity of plants in your diet. Where this came from, Drew, is a study called the American Gut Project. That's where it originally started.

The thing about this is I think this is universally applicable and something that every single listener, unless you're on a 100% animal-based diet... Every single one of these listeners can apply this to their life. Increase the diversity of plants in your diet. Where this came from, Drew, is a study called the American Gut Project. That's where it originally started.

The thing about this is I think this is universally applicable and something that every single listener, unless you're on a 100% animal-based diet... Every single one of these listeners can apply this to their life. Increase the diversity of plants in your diet. Where this came from, Drew, is a study called the American Gut Project. That's where it originally started.

And the American Gut Project actually was an international study and included like 52 territories and countries across the globe, especially the United States and the U.K., And it was the first time that they had microbiome samples for over 10,000 people and simultaneously all kinds of information about their diet, their lifestyle. What were they eating? How were they eating?

And the American Gut Project actually was an international study and included like 52 territories and countries across the globe, especially the United States and the U.K., And it was the first time that they had microbiome samples for over 10,000 people and simultaneously all kinds of information about their diet, their lifestyle. What were they eating? How were they eating?

And the American Gut Project actually was an international study and included like 52 territories and countries across the globe, especially the United States and the U.K., And it was the first time that they had microbiome samples for over 10,000 people and simultaneously all kinds of information about their diet, their lifestyle. What were they eating? How were they eating?

What was their dietary pattern? All these different things. And when they did their analysis, this was like purely statistical. This was not some sort of a priori thing they were trying to find. When they did their analysis, this thing jumped out. It jumped out off the charts where they go, whoa, that's the thing. And the answer was eating at least 30 unique plants per week.

What was their dietary pattern? All these different things. And when they did their analysis, this was like purely statistical. This was not some sort of a priori thing they were trying to find. When they did their analysis, this thing jumped out. It jumped out off the charts where they go, whoa, that's the thing. And the answer was eating at least 30 unique plants per week.

What was their dietary pattern? All these different things. And when they did their analysis, this was like purely statistical. This was not some sort of a priori thing they were trying to find. When they did their analysis, this thing jumped out. It jumped out off the charts where they go, whoa, that's the thing. And the answer was eating at least 30 unique plants per week.

So let's break that down. So every single plant has fiber. But also fiber is not just generically fiber. Not all fiber is the same. That would be like saying that the protein in a fish is the same as the protein in a bean. They're not the same. So unique plants have unique forms of fiber.

So let's break that down. So every single plant has fiber. But also fiber is not just generically fiber. Not all fiber is the same. That would be like saying that the protein in a fish is the same as the protein in a bean. They're not the same. So unique plants have unique forms of fiber.

So let's break that down. So every single plant has fiber. But also fiber is not just generically fiber. Not all fiber is the same. That would be like saying that the protein in a fish is the same as the protein in a bean. They're not the same. So unique plants have unique forms of fiber.

Also, every single plant is like slightly different in terms of the chemicals that they contain, which could include things like phytochemicals or could include special polyphenols. There's over 8,000 polyphenols. which are plant-based antioxidant compounds. And the simplest way to look at that is the colors of a plant. So red has certain polyphenols, orange, purple, these are different.