Part three of personalized nutrition:
If you take the gut biome test from VIOME (at home stool test you mail in) then you will receive interesting information on your gut biome diversity as well as foods to avoid, indulge and your specific superfoods for your gut health.
Did you know about the gut-brain connection?
For every one signal from the brain to the gut- the gut sends back seven signals?
So who is in charge of our body systems and well-being?
Our brain or the gut?
They are both essential to our health as well as living so why don’t we take care of our gut to optimize health and prevent common diseases? Why don’t we look at the root cause…the WHY for various dysfunctions and illness that we have in our society. Instead most people take a prescription and medicate the problem.
I believe doctors can sometimes help us- even mental health therapists but we need to work together with other practitioners in the industry. If we could improve the health of our gut biome and strength of our gut wall lining then we could improve many other illnesses outside of the digestive system including the brain.
This month, I am reading a book by Dr. Tom O’Bryan after listening to him speak at a few conferences and online summits. Learn more at his website https://thedr.com/books/you-can-fix-your-brain/ but also start working with a nutritional therapist to improve your digestive system and gut biome.
We should avoid gluten, dairy and sugar to strengthen our gut instead of irritate it and create a permeable gut wall lining (leaky gut syndrome). Also we need to eat right for our ancestry background and our microbiome. As I shared in the last blog post – my results for superfoods and foods to avoid. As you can see they are healthy foods but not healthy for my microbiome.
VIOME: foods recommended to eat a lot or avoid based on my gut health and biodiversity:
- Superfoods
- Black beans
- Cilantro
- Eggs
- Filberts or hazelnuts
- Flax oil
- Kale
- Lamb
- Pumpkin seeds
- Radish
- Sunflower seeds
- Tarragon
- Yogurt (plain)
- Foods to Avoid:
- Almonds
- Bell pepper
- Brown rice
- Coffee brewed and organic
- Lobster
- Pistachios
- Plum
- White rice
Get started by taking some of the online labs that are affordable and easy to do… then I can help you with your results to determine the right nutrition program for you with Nutritional Therapy assessment and The WHOLESTIC Method coaching program.
- 23andMe
- AncestryDNA
- www.viome.com/thewholeathlete
- https://www.toolboxgenomics.com/thewholeathlete
- https://wellness.arivale.com/
Let me know if you want to learn more plus tune in to my weekly podcast THE WHOLE TRI-ATHLETE to learn more ways how to improve your performance in LIFE and SPORTS! 
Let’s improve the aging process with THE WHOLESTIC METHOD!
Debbie Potts