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The Role of Diet on the Gut Microbiome, Mood and Happiness

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Re: The Role of Diet on the Gut Microbiome, Mood and Happiness

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Post by thordenmark »

feoren wrote: post #96
stronglikedan wrote: post #27

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I improved mine significantly by just cutting out processed foods. Almost everything I eat is made from whole ingredients, and no artificial or "diet" anything. I'm in much better shape, both mentally and physically, because of it. It also helps with portion control, since I'm getting the maximum amount of nutrients from my food, so I don't "feel hungry later".

> processed foods > whole ingredients These are utterly meaningless terms. You "process" food by cutting and cooking it. Everything is processed. Everything is GMO -- have you seen what corn looked like before humans bred it? Everything is organic. Everything is "whole". Nutrition is too complicated and too individualized for these nonsense labels. > I'm getting the maximum amount of nutrients from my food This is ut…

That's a little pedantic. Of course all foods that aren't fresh picked and shoved into your mouth are "processed". But clearly the term as used here is processed with chemicals and fillers and preservatives and anti-caking agents, and the like.

Since virtually all the food we get at our stores is processed in this way it is leading to serious widespread health problems.

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Post by theonething »

wincy wrote: post #150
Balooga wrote: post #91

I lost about 70lbs in about 10 months by cutting out processed foods, cutting out foods with added sugar, eating foods having a low glycemic index, eating a lot of chicken, whole vegetables, whole fruit. And by not juicing, and not drinking smoothies. I also did a lot of strength training so as to lose fat and not muscle. I didn't try to reduce the amount of calories I was eating, just change where those calories wer…

I lost 80 pounds eating hot dogs and kimchi for about six months. No exercise at all. I don’t know what this means exactly only that people act like I’m crazy when I mention it.

Would love to hear more.

Like you ate mostly just hot dogs and kimchi for six months? Did you do that on purpose to see what would happen or just kind of felt like doing it?

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Post by codyb »

feoren wrote: post #99
Balooga wrote: post #91

I lost about 70lbs in about 10 months by cutting out processed foods, cutting out foods with added sugar, eating foods having a low glycemic index, eating a lot of chicken, whole vegetables, whole fruit. And by not juicing, and not drinking smoothies. I also did a lot of strength training so as to lose fat and not muscle. I didn't try to reduce the amount of calories I was eating, just change where those calories wer…

> cutting out foods with added sugar, eating foods having a low glycemic index, eating a lot of chicken, whole vegetables, whole fruit This is great advice for most people, depending on what "whole" means. Am I allowed to cut and cook my vegetables? Stick them in a food processor? Are they still "whole" then? I've never understood why people even bother to throw this word "whole" into anything. You just mean you didn…

Whole foods is just a common way to say you're buying ingredients then making them yourself. I think you're just arguing semantics for meanings that are fairly commonly used.

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Post by DrThunder »

handzhiev wrote: post #113
DrThunder wrote: post #76

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It's not. It's only controversial if you follow FDA recommendations. Any athlete knows this. Fat and protein are REQUIRED to build muscle and endurance. Carbs are great pre/post workout for energy and recovery. Our society has a massive excess of carbs in our diets that don't get used for energy production and just turn into fat.

Muscle and endurance does not automatically mean a healthy heart and liver though.

Yes it does. Physical fitness is directly related to heart health and easier recover from illness etc.

Explain how one could achieve high endurance, muscle building without healthy organs? Minus some disease I can't think of a way to do this.

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Post by DrThunder »

rrrrrrrrrrrryan wrote: post #173
handzhiev wrote: post #113

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Muscle and endurance does not automatically mean a healthy heart and liver though.

Nor does muscle and endurance in your youth equal longevity. "Health" means different things to different people. An athlete might define health as physical strength, but another person might define health as the successful avoidance of illness and disease. The longest living people who are super healthy in their 90s are not very muscular nor do they really partake in vigorous exercise. They're thinner people who did…

Health and recovery/avoidance of illnesses is DIRECTLY related to physical fitness. This isn't even debatable. You're just making excuses for not needing to be physically fit.

Longevity is a silly game to play but on average physically fit people have more longevity as well. The people you're mentioning are genetic outliers. It's more about being able to actually do things late into life.

There's no connection between eating "little meat" and living longer, this is pure propaganda.

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Post by DrThunder »

mfer wrote: post #145
DrThunder wrote: post #74

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Better, but still carbs. It's just harder to eat a lot of those. I would challenge "whole grains" actually being any better at all. Honestly, I think the whole fiber intake stuff is bs. Anecdotally, I feel much better on a low fiber high protein diet than anything else. So does the rest of my family. My opinion on carbs is that you should only eat them when you're going to burn them quickly. That's what they're for,…

Low fiber can leave you feeling good in the short term but it has long term health implications, I've read. The book Fiber Fueled [1] talks about what happens with fiber in our gut and the impact on our bodies at a high level. The author (an MD GI doctor) provides the scientific background for his claims for those that want it. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Fiber-Fueled-Plant-Based-Optimizing-M...

Could be, but for me it's not worth the discomfort.

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Post by eikenberry »

eurasiantiger wrote: post #167
eikenberry wrote: post #142

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There is no commonly understood definition of processed foods. That is the problem. People throw the term around like it does mean something but they can't define it. Please show me I'm wrong and give a concise definition of what makes some food processed. The internet needs a good definition as these conversations always just end up with hand waving as there is no consensus of what food is what.

My dictionary says ”industrially produced food”, i.e. frozen and ready to eat meals, snacks, confections, etc. The issue is that the plastics and non-stick coatings leach off plasticizers and forever-chemicals which cause hormone and neurotransmitter disruption in humans, which cause obesity, diabetes, autoimmune disorders, cancer and other serious disease.

This is a first. I've never even heard of a definitions of processed foods that is based on their packaging. But what you're saying is that it is not the food or things added to the food but the packaging that makes it processed?

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Post by r_singh »

electric_mayhem wrote: post #4
r_singh wrote: post #3

Has anyone researched the opposite? Like the role of mood and happiness on the gut microbiome. I was diagnosed with Celiac 5 years ago, could never gain weight and had my share of struggles with anxiety etc. I recently found a counsellor who told me to stop overthinking, seeking knowledge and a few other things which after following I gained 5 kilos and became a happier person. I always thought my gut was to blame bu…

Can you clarify on “seeking knowledge”? Is this something you were supposed to stop along with overthinking, or things you were supposed to learn that would help- if the latter, what were those bits of knowledge? And elaborate, specifically, on “a few other things”?

With respect to these things he advised me to

Slow down - deep breath and chant om daily

Seek only that knowledge which helps me in my field of work

Think only the amount that helps me propel towards acting on the next step

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