Fiber Fueled

And while we’re on the topic, have you ever wondered why we kiss? It’s actually an expression of love to share your microbiome with another person. Every time we kiss we exchange eighty million microbes with our partner, and vice versa.

Yes and no. Fasting benefits the gut microbes because they get a break to reset, and anything but water interrupts that. But the fat-burning metabolic benefits continue if you drink coffee and avoid solid food. I personally have had great success with twelve hours of strict water fasting followed by coffee and delaying my first solid food for a few

If you permanently remove a food group, the microbes that thrive on that food will starve into extinction. They are procreating so quickly that the food choices you make in twenty-four hours will alter the evolution of fifty generations of microbes. It doesn’t take days or even weeks to change your microbes; it only takes one bite. But you control

But not every microbe eats the same food. Each dietary choice you make will empower a specific group of microbes, while others will languish.

Diversity of plants is the number one predictor of a healthy gut microbiota

There are a few other sources of plant-based omega-3s to be aware of—walnuts, firm tofu, and edamame have a decent amount of ALA, although much less than flax or chia. Beans and Brussels sprouts have a small amount, as well.

It’s all about the cruciferous veggies, specifically broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, and kale. But there is one food that dominates all others in terms of offering more sulforaphane: broccoli sprouts. These are essentially immature broccoli, where the seed has just recently hatched and we have the earliest thing beyond a seed. The

More than 99 percent of your DNA comes from microbes. Yes, your genes are less than 1 percent human! Further, our human genomes are virtually identical—up to 99.9 percent the same. But our microbiomes may be as much as 90 percent different from one person to the next.

It’s all about the cruciferous veggies, specifically broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, and kale. But there is one food that dominates all others in terms of offering more sulforaphane: broccoli sprouts. These