These Are the Best Foods & Supplements for Gut Health
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January 20th 2025
(5 months)
Parent Episode: Q&A #39 with Dr. Rhonda Patrick (9/03/2022)
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In this video, Rhonda Patrick discusses:
- Fermented foods that improve gut health
- Why sauerkraut and kimchi are a double whammy when it comes to improving gut health
- Foods that increase butyrate-producing bacteria in the gut (and in turn, drastically improve gut health)
- Why you should try to eat a diverse array of foods
- Why green apples and tart blueberries benefit gut health
- How foods with organic acids, like citrus fruits, improve gut health
- If apple cider vinegar benefits the microbiome
- Recommended probiotics (and if she supplements with any)
- How glutamine can improve gut health (and an important caveat about who should and shouldn't supplement)
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