Center for Digestive Health & Nutritional Excellence (CDHNE)

Fantastic conference on medical nutrition, the microbiome, food sustainability and the environment, and it's free!

I'll save you the hassle: Broccoli, Avocado, Legumes, Coconut Oil, Oatmeal, Artichokes.

Mushrooms are deceptively good for you. They feel so light and airy, but they pack a nutrient punch. Their prebiotic benefit helps regulate blood sugar. Lots of ways to incorporate them into dishes.

Interviewed by Good Day LA on Wednesday, 8/1/18, for their Wellness segment on natural and functional approaches to treating indigestion and heartburn. So important to avoid taking medications called acid-blockers long-term.

Bottom line is that fiber also works indirectly, by feeding our microbiome, which affects us systemically. Lose weight, decrease inflammation, and live healthier and longer by increasing your fiber intake through veggies, fruit, nuts, seeds, legumes, lentils, and whole grains.

Mediterranean, Japanese, French, Indian, even west African, all are considered healthier than the American diet. There is a chart on slide 11 that really captures how our diet is different. Close the gap between the American diet and the rest of the world and a lot of good will result.

Food doesn't only impact your health directly, it also does so indirectly, by affecting your microbiota.

"Increased intakes of specific minimally processed foods, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, fish, vegetable oils, and decreased intakes of salt, processed meats and sugar-sweetened beverages appear to be key relevant priorities for dietary and policy recommendations".

That's about 667 million chickens! In one day! Can't be healthy. And then we reach for antacids and swim in cheap beer. God bless America and the health problems we create for ourselves.

Just in time for the Super Bowl. Worth digging your fork into this one. :)

While not everyone will agree on the one best diet, I like to focus on the elements of a diet that contribute healthfulness: Richness of vegetables with focus on lycopene, beta-carotene, and vitamin C, healthy fat and seafood, slow cooking and low-heat cooking, moderation and variation.

Very important documentary. About 80 minutes long.