Tony Robbins

So the way we look at food selection should be through the microbiome.

So the micro, when you're eating, you're not fueling per se your human cells.

you're actually fueling your microbes.

So when you eat those eggs, what happens is the microbes go in and break it down into different nutrients.

So choline is a great nutrient that's great for the brain from eggs.

It is your microbes that break that food down and make them readily accessible for your human cells.

So the microbes are like the broker.

They're like the one that you bring it in and then they decide what it should change into so it can fuel your body.

So these microbes are also fueling your cravings.

Like they're the ones that are telling you more chocolate, more carbs, more sugar.

Right.

So if you eat the same food over and over and over again, we have trillions of bacteria in our gut.

They all need different foods.

They want diversity of foods.

So if you're eating the same thing over and over again, you're starving out some of those microbes.

They're like, I don't get any food.

And then you're strengthening other ones, and it's what we call a monoculture, where all of a sudden dominant microbes are running your system.

And those microbes may keep fueling cravings.

Those microbes actually fuel your brain.

They tell your liver to make ketones.