4 foods that heal your gut and reduce inflammation (in as little as 24 hours!) | Dr Will Bulsiewisz
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Welcome to ZOE Science and Nutrition, where world-leading scientists explain how their research can improve your health.
heart disease, dementia, depression, diabetes.
Is inflammation always bad?
What do all these conditions have in common? The answer is inflammation. And according to today's guest, we're living through an inflammation epidemic.
What health conditions are linked to inflammation?
Some drivers of inflammation like stress are hard to change, but in many cases, small and simple changes can cause a huge measurable reduction in the inflammatory markers in our blood and supercharge our immune system. Today, I'm joined by Dr. Will Bolshevich, a board-certified gastroenterologist and New York Times bestselling author, who's worked closely with ZOE scientists for the last five years. His new book, Plant Powered Plus, released last week, explores the central role that inflammation plays in health. In this episode, he shares the discoveries that surprised him most and how to manage your inflammation levels by harnessing what he calls the four nutrition workhorses. By the end of the episode, you'll have a clear understanding of what inflammation is, how it can cause damage, and what you can do today to wrestle yourself from its clutches.
How can I identify chronic inflammation symptoms?
Will, thank you so much for joining me today. Oh, my pleasure. Thank you.
Why might doctors overlook the root cause of illnesses?
Well, it's very exciting because you've just released a new book and I am sitting here in a studio in London and the heating has broken. It's absolutely freezing and I'm wearing my coat. So you are in South Carolina and I think you told me you might have been at the beach this weekend.
It's wild this time of year how different the weather patterns could be depending on where you live. So I'm not quite in for it. It's not that nice. But yes, over the weekend, we did have some beautiful weather.
All right. So I'm pretty jealous about that, and I'm not going to even think about it for the rest of the show. Instead, let's jump into our quickfire round of questions from our listeners.
What is 'leaky gut' and why is it significant?
Let's go. Will, is inflammation always bad? No. Can a regular sleep routine reduce inflammation? Yes. Is your immune system most active during the day? No. Can stress impact your gut microbiome?
How does time-restricted eating affect inflammation?
Definitely. And finally, what new scientific discovery about the immune system has most surprised you as you were writing this book?
After three years of research, Jonathan, I am completely convinced that you cannot separate the gut microbiome from the immune system, that they rise and they fall together. We see this in fecal transplant research that's emerging. We see this in cancer treatment where if you support the gut microbiome, it actually improves the response to cancer therapy. So it is a wild time and it is exciting because we have opportunities to heal by healing the gut.
Well, I think that's super exciting. It's a brilliant start to the podcast. And I was thinking about how inflammation has become sort of like a buzzword for people talking about wellness and on social media. And I think that has brought with it like a lot of confusion about what inflammation really is, a sense that maybe the whole thing is a bit hocus pocus and why it matters.
What role do fiber and nutrients play in gut health?
Yeah. So maybe we should start with, why did you decide to write a book about inflammation and the immune system?
Well, just to contextualize, my first book, Fiber Fueled, came out in 2020. It was a surprise success. I was a full-time medical doctor. I did not expect to transition into a career as an author or working with Zoe. And that set the stage for me where I have been blessed with a beautiful opportunity to write books that can impact the health of people that I've never met from across the globe. So as I sat there and considered what do I want my next book to be, it actually was quite clear to me, Jonathan, that inflammation, to me, is the health-related story of our time. I understand that we talk quite a bit about metabolism, obesity, or other health-related conditions. I would actually make the argument that those fall under the umbrella of inflammation.
And as I was researching this topic over the course of three years, I asked a very basic question.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:19
2
Is inflammation always bad?
0:19–0:29
3
What health conditions are linked to inflammation?
0:29–1:28
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How can I identify chronic inflammation symptoms?
1:28–1:32
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Why might doctors overlook the root cause of illnesses?
1:32–2:10
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What is 'leaky gut' and why is it significant?
2:10–2:30
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How does time-restricted eating affect inflammation?
2:30–3:36
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What role do fiber and nutrients play in gut health?
3:36–1:13:31
Speakers
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