Have you heard people talking about the benefits of a high fat diet and wondered what it’s all about? This week Rebecca is joined by Kirsten Swales to talk about Low Carb, High Fat diets (LCHF). Kirsten is a naturopath, nutritionist and medical herbalist and she’s been on her own SIBO journey, so understands the importance of finding a diet that works for you. Kirsten and Rebecca discuss how LCHF diets can help to increase satiety and reduce inflammation, they also look at how best to build a robust microbiome on this type of diet.

In today's episode we discuss:

• What LCHF stands for
• The difference between a LCHF diet and the Ketogenic diet
• What type of fats are best to consume on this diet
• Which fats to avoid
• Some pros and cons of an LCHF diet
• Who benefits from a high fat diet and why
• Who should avoid a high fat diet
• What eating the LCHF way looks like
• How you can offset some of the potential negative effects of a high fat diet
• Incorporating healthy fats in a good way
• How you feel if you're not processing fats well
• How to find out the effects of your diet on your Microbiome

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