shelley262
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2 (in remission!)
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- Diet only
Interesting re the Tim Specor 30 different plants as you say its relief to find out herbs and spices included as I use so many of them.I’m interested in your fermentation projects @shelley262 I hope both work well. I only ‘cook’ The IP yoghurt for 8.5 hrs as I find it gets a bit too tart for my taste the longer it’s on, but from what you’ve said I guess it could be the different bacteria fermenting at different rates. I just use a dollop of Yeo valley as a starter. I also strain through muslin to remove the lactose containing whey and make it like Greek yoghurt. (I freeze the whey in ice cube trays and give one to Dennis now and then - he loves them, I bet Cooper would too)
I’m trying to follow Tim Spector’s recommendation about eating 30 different plants a week to improve gut microbiome diversity. It sounded daunting to begin with but as herbs&spices, coffee, tea and dark chocolate are included, it’s turning out to be easier than I thought and it’s making me be more adventurous. If I’m not careful I stick to the same known meals for ease.
Dr William Davis is slightly different as he says part of the issue is that certain bacteria we need are no longer in the gut and need to be deliberatley re introduced specific ones like the Lactobacillus Reuteri is never in any commerical yoghurt or food as it is killed off by heat and needs human body temperature. It seems that all of us - as a human - did have it naturally at birth/via breast milk but these days often even the mums dont have it to pass it on as it is wiped out by anitbiotics, modern diet and sugars and an inbalance of bad bacteria take over and kill off the other stuff. If you are intersted take a look at the You Tube talk with the Fat Emperor
William Davis MD on "SuperGut" - how to Optimize your Health and Resilience! - YouTube
That intrigued me so I bought his new book
super gut Dr William Davis
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Super-Gut-Four-Week-Reprogram-Microbiome/dp/1399701819/ref=sr_1_1?crid=376P5YWDYF83X&keywords=super+gut+william+davis&qid=1644312043&s=books&sprefix=super+gut,stripbooks,61&sr=1-1
It is a challenge to take it all in as lots of information but Im working on it. If you do decide to go ahead on the repopulation of gut bacteria give me a shout and I can let you know where to source the right live bacteria - as the book is American so I had to do some UK research to find them. I am trialing my batch of Reuteri at the moment and will see if it works before recommend as some gut bacteria you buy are not always at their best! Once you have got going though you can use the batch of yoghurt to keep the mix of bacteria you want going in future yoghurts. Trouble with using current commercial yoghurts is that they dont h ave a wide range of bacteria He does have a reciepe using a kefir as that has a broader range of live bacteria but again I gahter you use an initial one and then you can make your own!! I now have an image of my fridge being full of different types of yoghurt and kefir!!!
EDIT @DJC3 just read about your tooth issues on the other thread and wanted to send some hugs to you - I have a lot of empathy for you, so many tooth issues. My implant is really settling down and to be honest I don't feel it at all its like having a proper tooth BUT the price and the proceedure is so eyewatering.
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