Ep. 2: Gut and Digestion Part 1: Our Gut and Energy Balance

07 Apr 2020 Ep. 2: Gut and Digestion Part 1: Our Gut and Energy Balance

Posted at 10:07h in Podcast by Jay Feldman 2 Comments

What ideal gut function looks like for humans
What the differences between our guts and those of other apes tell us about our diets
Why certain gut toxins may be some of the main factors holding our health back and blocking our cellular energy production
Which compounds in foods are harmful to our guts (and lead to bloating, indigestion, and gut inflammation) and which ones support a healthy gut
Why many of the conventionally "healthy" foods are terrible for our guts

1:39 – ideal gut function and comparative gut physiology, and what this means for our ideal diet

17:38 – relationship between our gut, our microbiome, and energy balance

28:41 – healthy and harmful compounds in foods and how they affect our gut

Gorillas are actually on a high fat diet due to short chain fatty acid production in the gut (1)
Genetic starch-digesting adaptations in humans (1, 2, 3)
Relationships between metabolism and the gut/digestion (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Damaging metabolic and gut effects of endotoxin (1, 2, 3, 4)
Endotoxin as a cause of sepsis (1)
Grains and Legumes and Antinutrients, Oh My! (article)
Expensive tissue hypothesis (1, 2)