In this episode, Angela is talking with Dr Megan Rossi ‘The Gut Health Doctor’, one of the most influential gut health specialists internationally. A practicing Dietitian and Nutritionist for the last decade with an award-winning PhD in gut health and leading research fellow at King’s College
They discuss why you need to nourish not only your cells but also the trillions of micro-organisms in the body and how the diversity diet is the key to optimising your microbiome
With five key principles, it’s about what you can add to your diet and the impact of diversity in plants optimising your gut health to support your body
 
KEY TAKEAWAYS

The diversity diet is a practical diet and is about adding things in to support all aspects of good health. Enjoy mostly plants and make it diverse
Science shows those people who have more plant diversity in their diet have better gut health
Eat whole not refined, where you can and think about the community aspect of food – tasting, pausing, and enjoying
Think about what you are including versus what you are excluding
The more healthy food you eat the more you crave it
Eating dietary fibre means your gut bacteria can break it down and access chemicals that are beneficial across the body
If you are struggling with hormones adding more plants to your diet can help to bring back balance
There is good evidence that, if there is a family history of eczema, taking a specific probiotic during pregnancy and for a period beyond can significantly reduce the likelihood of eczema
Stress can be a trigger for many inflammatory conditions including gut symptoms
People who include gluten in their diet have a more diverse range of bacteria than those who restrict it unnecessarily 
If you are cutting something from your diet you need to think about what you are replacing it with
Many food additives are now being retested as our knowledge of gut microbiomes has increased
Having the whole food is always preferable to something processed
Adding more legumes into your diet can increase your life span by around two years

 
BEST MOMENTS
‘Food should be enjoyed, and studies show, if we have pleasure in food we are likely to live longer and stick to healthy eating principles’
‘Enjoy your favourite foods and add in plant foods’
‘Those who eat at least thirty different plants have better gut health’
 
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The Gut Health Doctor
 
ABOUT THE GUEST
Dr Megan Rossi
 The Gut Health Doctor is considered one of the most influential gut health specialists internationally. A practicing Dietitian and Nutritionist for the last decade with an award-winning PhD in gut health, she is also a leading research fellow at King’s College
 London, where she is currently investigating nutrition-based therapies in gut health, including pre-and probiotics, dietary fibres,