Did you see the recent article with a statement from the AHA (American Heart Association) saying that coconut oil isn’t healthy for us because its a saturated fat? Apparently they’re still recommending the low fat, high carb diet that sent obesity and diabetes to epidemic levels. Like when the ADA recommended our diet be 60-70% carbohydrate in 1994 and…
90% of the bacteria in our gut is made up of two major types: Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes. The populations of these two types of bacteria make up our F/B ratio. The Firmicutes bacteria absorb more calories from our food than Bacteroidetes, AND trigger the storage of calories as fat. Bacteroidetes don’t absorb as many calories and allow more of the…
You may not realize this but you’re out numbered even when you’re by yourself. You have 10 times more bacteria living in and on your body than you have human cells. Most of these bacteria reside in your gut, living on what you eat, so as you would imagine, what you eat determines the type of bacteria,or probiotics, are living in your gut.