This week’s episode is part two of the Functional Foods for Microbiome Balance series. In part one, we talked about how food affects the various parts of the digestive tract and how to heal and restore balance. In this second part, we welcome back our guest, Steph Jackson, a certified nutritional endocrinology practitioner, and an expert in gut health and fermented foods. We discuss the specific foods that affect particular organisms and how restricting certain food groups impacts microbiome diversity. Tune in to learn how to heal your body with the power of the microbiome.

 

IN THIS EPISODE:

 

• [04:00] How to handle a client's intolerance to certain foods or food groups.
• [09:00] Encouraging clients to have a variety in their diets to encourage good bacteria.
• [14:00] How to add bacteria to foods.
• [18:00] How fermentation affects lectins.
• [25:00] Different sources of lectins.
• [30:00] The ultimate goal is to get people to eat fresh, colorful fruits and veggies.
• [32:00] How Quercetin can improve bacterial balance in the gut.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

 

• Restricting our foods can have cascading effects on our gut microbiome because we need the colorful plant chemicals to create postbiotics.
• The main goal for a healthy microbiome is eating a variety of colorful fruits and veggies. Those who can't tolerate specific foods can learn how to create ferments from them.
• If you can get your clients to ferment something with bifidobacteria, they can actually have an oxalate reducing ferment which makes it easier to absorb calcium and iron better.

 

RESOURCE LINKS

 

• Functional Food Guide

• Friendly Flora Collective

• Free ticket to the microbiome mission

 

BIO: 

Steph Jackson, ex-yogurt maker now called the Gut Whisperer by her clients, gives you valuable resources for digestive health. She advocates using probiotic bacteria functionally in consideration of your own biochemistry and the whole digestive bacterial colonies in order to achieve optimal health. After doing the research to build her non-dairy yogurt company she could not keep quiet about some of the things she discovered and is now using her experience in education and curriculum design to put together programs teaching others this unique information. If you suspect your body is out of balance and not getting what it needs you may be surprised how intricately our digestive bacteria are connected to our food and our overall health. She always says she is wishing you vibrant health and the freedom to live it, and she means it.

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