Fiber Fueled
by Will Bulsiewicz · first published 2020
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Why HN recommends it
Grounded in a review of hundreds of medical studies, it explains how fiber feeds the gut microbiome and links gut diversity to overall health. Suits readers who want the science behind plant-based eating and gut health.
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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.…
on “The Role of Diet on the Gut Microbiome, Mood and Happiness” ↗The book "Fiber Fueled" by Will Bulsiewicz is an excellent source of information regarding the gut microbiota and its importance. I highly recommend it.
on “Modern Hunter-Gatherers Have Thriving Gut Microbiome, Compared with Californians” ↗You might want to read Drop Acid by Perlmutter, stuff about sugar by Robert Lustig and maybe Fiber Fueled by Bulsiewicz. They give pointers to why Alzheimer might happen in the first place and how to avoid it. Those are life-long advices.
on “The Dutch Village Where Everyone Has Dementia (2014)” ↗I’ve been reading, from medical doctors, about how inflammation is tied to diet. There are a bunch of papers on it. “Fiber Fueled” was an interesting book to explain what’s going on. Have you looked at the impact of diet?
on “Inflammation in the gut is encoded by neurons in the brain” ↗…have a very similar diet: mostly plant based. These people aren't breaking hips. A great book that's centered on fact based research of over 600+ medical studies by a renowned gastroenterologist is "Fiber Fueled" [2]. [0] https://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g6015 [1] https://www.verywellhealth.com/blue-zone-diet-foods-4159314 [2] https://theplantfedgut.com/research/
on “Meat-free diets linked with greater risk of breaking bones” ↗I really enjoyed reading Fiber Fueled which basically lays out how all the latest science links our overall health very closely to the health and diversity of our microbiome. It will be interesting to see if new research continues to find…
on “Modern city dwellers have lost about half their gut microbes” ↗…worst to eat to avoid those fates based on reviews of scientific literature. The trend thoughtout is that plant-based diets fare best. Not surprising that this correlates with Blue Zone diets. The book Fiber Fueled looks the science of gut health and what foods are best for gut health. The answer: a variety of plant foods. As a study size of one, I’ve personally been able to recover quickly enough to do 6 26.2+…
on “Chronic inflammation may be a "disease of affluence"” ↗