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Ep. 3: Gut and Digestion Part 2: Ideal Foods For Our Gut — Key Takeaways

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Ep. 3: Gut and Digestion Part 2: Ideal Foods For Our Gut

Jay Feldman Wellness48mApr 14, 2020

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Wait at least 3 hours after finishing a meal before eating again to allow the migrating motor complex to clear the small intestine and prevent bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).

Key takeaways

Dietary fat keeps the small intestine clear of bacteria via multiple mechanisms

Dietary fat keeps the small intestine clear of bacteria via multiple mechanisms

  • Fats stimulate bile acid release, which activates the farnesoid X receptor, strengthening intestinal epithelial defenses and exerting direct antimicrobial effects.
  • Fats also trigger alkaline phosphatase and lipase — both antibacterial — plus cholecystokinin, which stimulates stomach acid and digestive enzymes.

Low metabolic function and hypothyroidism suppress the migrating motor complex, directly causing SIBO

Low metabolic function and hypothyroidism suppress the migrating motor complex, directly causing SIBO

  • Thyroid function is a primary signal for intestinal motility; depressed metabolism halts the contraction wave that clears bacteria from the small intestine.
  • This mechanism explains the well-documented clinical link between hypothyroidism and SIBO — it is not coincidental.

Fructose harms the liver via endotoxin, not fructose itself

Fructose harms the liver via endotoxin, not fructose itself

  • Excess fructose unabsorbed by intestine is fermented by bacteria; resulting endotoxin travels via portal blood to liver — not fructose directly.
  • Most fructose studies feed pure fructose or extreme glucose:fructose ratios never found in whole fruit, making results irrelevant to fruit consumption.

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In this video

  1. 1mintro
  2. 3mthe effects of plant antimicrobials and polyphenols on the gut
  3. 9mpotential issues with fruits
  4. 15mthe effects of fats on our guts
  5. 22mthe importance of the migrating motor complex
  6. 29mthe effects of low-carb, keto, carnivore, and fasting (including intermittent fasting) on our guts

“it's not the fructose that's necessarily damaging the liver it's the endotoxin that's created from the fermentation of the fructose that's damaging the liver”

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