Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

There's a reason why people in the United States are suffering through the health-related issues that they currently have. We need to make changes. If we simply added more fiber to our diet, we would radically transform the health of this country. Really? Yes. And that person who's not necessarily eating a lot of variety but is eating a lot of plants, number one, I give them a standing ovation.

Their diet's great starting point. They're way better off than the average American is right now, right? We all, though, should be looking to optimize. We all have opportunities to do better. So if you take that diet and you add more variety to it, they will reap the rewards of that.

Their diet's great starting point. They're way better off than the average American is right now, right? We all, though, should be looking to optimize. We all have opportunities to do better. So if you take that diet and you add more variety to it, they will reap the rewards of that.

And the reason why is because every single one of these plants has unique properties that are, number one, going to affect our microbiome, right? So these microbes, they're kind of like us in many ways, Lewis. They have personalities, right? Some of them are not nice. They have cliques. They have certain ones that they tend to hang out with and they work together. They also have taste buds.

And the reason why is because every single one of these plants has unique properties that are, number one, going to affect our microbiome, right? So these microbes, they're kind of like us in many ways, Lewis. They have personalities, right? Some of them are not nice. They have cliques. They have certain ones that they tend to hang out with and they work together. They also have taste buds.

They have different food preferences. Not every microbe, believe it or not, likes kale.

They have different food preferences. Not every microbe, believe it or not, likes kale.

You can trade it to like kale but there's going to be a lot of microbes that are going to be hungry if the only thing that you eat was kale. Interesting. Right? So, every single plant is feeding certain families of microbes.

You can trade it to like kale but there's going to be a lot of microbes that are going to be hungry if the only thing that you eat was kale. Interesting. Right? So, every single plant is feeding certain families of microbes.

Yeah. So, satiation, like feeling full, is an important concept these days, right? We have all seen the rollout of Ozempic and these other GLP-1 type agonists. What is this GLP-1 that we're talking about here? This is a hormone. It's a gut hormone already produced by your body, right? And makes you feel full.

Yeah. So, satiation, like feeling full, is an important concept these days, right? We have all seen the rollout of Ozempic and these other GLP-1 type agonists. What is this GLP-1 that we're talking about here? This is a hormone. It's a gut hormone already produced by your body, right? And makes you feel full.

Now I'm not sitting here and going to try to pretend that like what you eat is going to have the same effect on your body that a drug does. That's not what I'm trying to do here. But I want people to understand that here we exist where 95% of Americans, 95% are deficient in fiber. This is our most prevalent nutritional deficiency. And fiber is what actually leads to the release of GLP-1.

Now I'm not sitting here and going to try to pretend that like what you eat is going to have the same effect on your body that a drug does. That's not what I'm trying to do here. But I want people to understand that here we exist where 95% of Americans, 95% are deficient in fiber. This is our most prevalent nutritional deficiency. And fiber is what actually leads to the release of GLP-1.

GLP-1 is what exactly? GLP-1 is glucon-like peptide 1, which is a gut hormone, which is what Ozempic is. Ozempic is GLP-1. Okay. And it has these different effects on our body, including helping us to control our blood sugar and making us feel full.

GLP-1 is what exactly? GLP-1 is glucon-like peptide 1, which is a gut hormone, which is what Ozempic is. Ozempic is GLP-1. Okay. And it has these different effects on our body, including helping us to control our blood sugar and making us feel full.

Which is the reason why Ozempic is used for diabetes and for weight loss.

Which is the reason why Ozempic is used for diabetes and for weight loss.

So... First of all, we have to fully acknowledge that these drugs are highly effective. There is no doubt that they work. They're getting results. They're getting results. But what are the long-term effects of these? We have no clue. Right. We have no clue. We don't have the data yet to say what the long-term results of these are.

So... First of all, we have to fully acknowledge that these drugs are highly effective. There is no doubt that they work. They're getting results. They're getting results. But what are the long-term effects of these? We have no clue. Right. We have no clue. We don't have the data yet to say what the long-term results of these are.

What we do know with complete clarity is that if you stop using the drug, by the way, they're very expensive. They're very expensive. Thousands of dollars per month. Wow. Right? And are we ready to commit to doing this for the rest of our lives? Because when you come off of the drug, you go right back to where you were. Really? Yes. You rebound immediately.