Gut health scientist's ONLY diet change after 20+ years of research!

[@jodypagano469]

This is a very sane conversation. No extremes. No scare tactics. Moderation in all. I really came away thinking I listened to an intelligent conversation. Thank you, thank you.

[@thehonestchannel]

Really appreciate this - thank you!

[@tommykeenan4930]

A bit disappointing that I didn’t hear anything that makes me any the wiser than i would be if i hadn’t watched this, I expected more after Lowell over 20 years of study. I suffered ulcerative colitis for more than 25 years and I was told in 2005 by a top Glasgow consultant to have my colon removed, I refused I take very few carbs, I stopped sugar without using an alternative, I am a meat eater, fish, chicken pork etc, I eat a variety of non starchy veg and I stopped fizzy drinks and I have never felt better and have had no symptoms for several years now. This is what worked for me after many years of experimenting with my food 😊

[@wendywitchner7401]

I lived in Alaska for over 11 yrs . I would never look to the Inuit as a picture of radiant health. There has never been a documented case of a strict carnivore living to 100. There is a growing list of long term vegans surpassing that milestone with all their mental faculties intact.

[@mideastgirl8926]

the average age of inuits is 10 years less than in germany where i live and i can tell you that many germans dont eat healthy either but at least they eat vegetables and not only meat.

[@lisapetrison-beautyreviews]

I would like to hear you have discussions with scientists specializing in the microbiome on a few additional topics, including; 1) the possible effects of glyphosate on both the human microbiome and the soil microbiome, 2) the possible effects of living or going to school in a building containing toxic mold on the human microbiome, and. 3) the possible effects of drinking chlorinated water on the human microbiome. Specifically, have these issues been studied sufficiently that the theoretical risks that exist from them have been eliminated from consideration or is this still up for debate and needed research? I do feel that the idea that the goal of eating a whole foods diet is a "privileged' one is concerning here. What we really should be doing is figuring out the extent to which the consumption of processed foods is harming people, including underprivileged people, and then figuring out ways as a society to address that by making healthier foods more available to all if the damage is found to be significant. Rather than just taking the idea that some people are going to be eating processed foods to be a given and thus concluding that we shouldn't be bothering to discuss eliminating them from the diet as even a goal! Unfortunately a lot of universities get enormous amounts of money from pesticide producers and other organizations tied into the processed food industry and that kind of comment makes me wonder what this individual's own conflicts of interests may be.

[@thehonestchannel]

Three interesting areas there and I don’t think we have concrete evidence as yet but I’ve made a note for future conversations. The reference to privilege is not financially motivated but an acknowledgement that for those using food banks/ food donation centers there is not much choice beyond processed foods.

[@lisapetrison-beautyreviews]

@@thehonestchannel As someone with a background in academia (Ph.D., Northwestern University), I think that academic researchers currently have enormous conflicts of interest pretty much across the board, as a result of the enormous amounts of money that industry has made available to finance their research and programs. And therefore that your statement that there is no financial motivation here seems a little more overconfident than perhaps is appropriate.

[@EZLadventurist]

@@lisapetrison-beautyreviewsAgreed, this is a huge issue.

[@vanessac1965]

A placebo effect from carnivore? I'm a scientist and nutritionist, and that is plain medical gaslighting. Can't believe he hasn't done his basic research on several topics. I can think of several studies from pioneers in this field off the top of my head to disprove him on several points. I'm not even an advocate of carnivore, but I do know WHY people can improve and heal on it in the short term, the mechanisms are actually quite mundane. Not to mention he doesn't look good and a person's health shows their degree of knowledge and application.

[@iancormie9916]

Go back and listen to the podcast in its entirety before passing judgement.

[@dorothybutterfield8428]

When I was growing up and I am in my seventies there was no such thing as irritable bowel most people ate an omnivorous diet usually locally grown home cooked as most women were at home bringing there own children up , the trouble is there is obviously a concerted effort to push a vegan diet which unless done properly is an unhealthy diet .

[@asa-mariajonsson4228]

As a nutritionist I was really disappointed by this. I've read countless studies on the benefits of fermented foods, cutting out gluten for healing the intestinal barrier, cutting out alcohol to support liver and gallbladder health to improve digestive health. This sounds like someone who does not like fermented foods himself and likes a pint now and then, so has not bothered to deep dive into both randomized trials as well as anecdotal evidence. As someone who has worked with people with GERD, chronic constipation and things like colitis I think there is so much more that can be talked about on this subject. I suggest maybe get a Functional Medicine Dr on your show to get a bit more nuance on this very important subject.

[@thehonestchannel]

I've interviewed a few nutritionists on the channel now, including a doctor of nutrition and functional medicine practitioner who recommends cutting out alcohol completely. But Professor Walker is a microbiologist not a nutritionist and it's his job to understand and investigate what does and doesn't affect our gut microbiome rather than the impact of cutting out alcohol on the liver etc. He can't speculate based on anecdotal evidence and he makes the point that with thousands of microbes still to be mapped out the overall impact of introducing fermented foods or probiotics is not yet known - as frustrating as that is. He also explained that the effects of consuming individual foods, or cutting out certain foods, will likely vary depending on our individual gut microbe profiles. He has had quite a hard time on here simply for sticking to the concrete facts.

[@carriespackman762]

You have the most interesting guests and conversations

[@sandragill714]

He's right we're all different Someone who is honest I appreciate and not telling us a bunch of bull

[@afeudale]

Thank you for dismantling the b.s. of the carnivore diet. One clarification: even though we like to state that humans are omnivores because we are *able* to eat a wide variety, we are actually herbivores based on our physiology, dental/teeth/jaw, etc. The roman gladiators were notoriously herbivores and eschewed all animal products.

[@3buzzy]

The Gladiators were slaves fed a slave poverty diet. Grains are slave food.

[@4960-j4p]

I feel like i haven't come away with much from this interview to be honest

[@LisaNix2]

Same here

[@disgrapefruit2bitter]

Good interview but these comments are so depressing. I went through horrible dysbiosis and was only able to work because I ate easily digestible foods, especially eggs, meat and dairy. This does absolutely nothing to resolve dysbiosis and recover your microbiome. Save yourself a lot of extended suffering and go straight to fermented foods, diverse cooked veggies and natural antibiotic food like garlic and coconut. I had leaky gut for years because I avoided all of the foods that I knew would trigger bloating. I probably took years off my life because I didn't eat the foods that could actually heal it.

[@davidmangen1912]

L-Glutamine will heal your gut!

[@wiseandwherefores-qs5mk]

It's great that you found a way that worked for you but there are many people who have eaten carnivore/animal based diets for decades and are still thriving.

[@marioques]

In fact, the satiety is also the effect of serotonin, so if a big part of serotonin is created in the intestines, it makes sense that a better microbiota helps also to feel satiated and eat less.

[@biancanicole6290]

The emulsifier he couldn’t say the name of that hasn’t been linked to but damage is Lecithin.

[@solotanya]

how honest is the title, the honest channel?

[@thehonestchannel]

100% accurate title. The professor has changed only one aspect of his diet in 20 years of gut microbiome research just as the title says.

[@chriswilkes2438]

We don’t need fibre!

[@wendywitchner7401]

Never been a documented case of a strict carnivore living to 100. There is a growing list of long term vegans surpassing that milestone with all their mental faculties intact. MRNA vaccines have been in the US pork supply for over 4 yrs and now in most commercial livestock. Our planet is an ever increasing toxic cesspool. All toxins bioaccumulate up the food chain. Give it time🧐☠️

[@simuliid]

Wonderful discussion❤

[@marygaul5681]

Best ever! More please

[@thehonestchannel]

🙏

[@PierBuda-bw3gw]

Wow to dismiss people's gut disbiosys alleviation by going on a carnivore diet down to a placebo affect is so completely wrong I could not listen after he made that comment. Obviously someone sitting in an office doing his research as opposed to being a doctor well versed in assisting people with very real gut problems which is not a figment of their imagination.

[@wiseandwherefores-qs5mk]

Yes, the idea that the huge range of benefits very many people have experienced through a carnivore diet is placebo is just ridiculous. Many of us have eaten in the way that 'experts' say we should for decades and have only achieved good health when we moved to a ketogenic or carnivore diet. Where are the studies to prove the claims made about why carnivores will suffer more incidence of colon cancer?

[@keylanoslokj1806]

​@@wiseandwherefores-qs5mkthey don't understand that with carnivore you keep just the microbes that matter. You don't need the ones that break down plant toxins like oxalates and phytates. Thus the two diets are literally incomparable physiological phenomena..

[@marcjames3487]

I found that particularly short sighted since I and many others have cured Crohns' and IBS through a carnivore diet.

[@marcyjackson7577]

If you keep listening, you’ll hear more about the mucus lining and how extreme restriction and antibiotics (while they save lives as well) impacts our gut especially being void of fibre. As a late diagnosed Celiac with Inflammatory Bowel disease and SIBO, I get it, if what you are doing is giving relief…oh man, that feels so good! However, from what I have learned/read it is much more nuanced than just all this diet or nothing on that diet. At the end of the day, if what you are doing feels best for you, then you have the choice to keep in that lane. If at anytime you find yourself not thriving, you may want to step back and filter through the weeds and see if there may be some advantage in trying to broaden your diversity slowly and then track how you feel. I’ve been on strict elimination diets throughout my health journey, felt better for a while, but unfortunately over time things started to unravel again. Now, I just want to be as diverse as my body can handle then find joy and keep active and not make it the soul focus of my life…as best I can. Xxx

[@veronicaspencelocke2003]

To be fair "Placebo effect" doesn't mean "a figment of your imagination" it just shows us how amazing our mind-body connection is. We now know that our brain has powerful effects on the body! It's not a negative or pejorative thing...often it's a blessing... As with skin care or exercise, not one 'size' (diet/regimen) fits all. For health reasons I can't be carnivore, or vegan for that matter, but it's working well for you right now as you're obviously very passionate about it,, and I'm glad you're feeling healthier! Its so true that if you don't have your health you really don't have much. Because you're passionate about it my comment here is probably a bit annoying, if you read it..! The doctor really didn't end up saying much at all about the carnivore diet -- and as he also said, *"nuance* is key!" + He does have a point when he says that the carnivores and the vegans who both claim the exact same benefits from their extreme, and *extremely different* diets should get together and talk about it. I see the same thing and I truly believe that an open conversation, hopefully leading to healthy omnivorous diet plans, could be *really* beneficial for a lot of people - like me personally - who can't go on any extreme diet, carnivore, vegan or any other - but who do have *serious life altering* gut (and/or weight, or even $$$) issues... ** We disagree on the importance, or necessity, of research I think. I believe it's SO important to have good research done to back up any claims. We should be seeing well executed, +longer and longer term as time passes, double blind studies - not studies done merely on rats or mice - done *with humans* that will (or won't 🤷🏻‍♀️) end up backing the anecdotal claims for this diet - and any and every other diet! If men and women have different gut microbiomes, there will certainly be important differences between other species' and human beings microbiomes - like rats and humans. Again, I'm so glad you've been one of the blessed who have been able to find a diet that helps you so much that you're passionate in defence of it!!

[@RoSario-vb8ge]

He may be right, that we are different, but when it comes to sweeteners, chemical substances and medicine he wasn't specific at all. Was it, because he didn't want to get in trouble with industrial lobby?

[@thehonestchannel]

His point re sweeteners and chemicals is we do not yet have concrete human evidence of which ones specifically negatively affect the gut microbiome. Large numbers (thousands) of microbes are yet to be identified. With medications he referenced antibiotics and suggested there are other medications that can negatively impact the microbiome but he is obviously being careful not to put people off taking life-saving therapies.

[@l-bird]

Thank you. Great conversation

[@thehonestchannel]

❤️

[@natashakharitonova]

👎👎👎👎👎 Shocking and heartbreaking that a SCIENTIST says he can't say processed foods and artificial sweeteners are bad for health because that is coming from a privileged position! OMG 🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀ I don't even have words to describe my frustration with this interview. Worst one on this channel so far and a complete waste of time, sorry. That crap is only cheap because it's heavily subsidized by the governments and guess why they do that - it's a CHOICE! They choose to subsidize artificial sweeteners producers and with such "scientists" like this one the governments have plenty of "backed by science" claims that sugar/cigarettes/BPA/etc. are good for you (aka "no studies to prove it's bad for you")! Who are the main sponsors of such studies? Jeeeeeeez!

[@thehonestchannel]

He didn’t say processed foods are not bad for health he said they lack fibre which we do know is bad for health. When it comes to food additives and sweeteners he explained we do not have the human studies to specify as yet which ones harm our gut microbiome - it was the impact on the gut that was the focus of our conversation. He raised privilege because of the number of people who rely on food donations who don’t have a choice not to eat processed food.

[@simuliid]

That's not what he said! As a person who had to use a food bank in my past, I heard him say some nutritional value might outweigh risk of processed due to what's available. Be aware of this fact the poor often can't choose.

[@montgomerysmom]

He's being so careful about what to say that he's saying almost nothing helpful at all. Disappointing interview on the whole. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@natashakharitonova]

@@montgomerysmom My thoughts precisely.

[@LB-W]

@@thehonestchannelit was how he went about it. That which was not said. Who is funding him?

[@jillpotts7472]

thanks!

[@thehonestchannel]

Thanks Jill!

[@ArthurPurves-rh3zy]

Great questions

[@ellie0058]

Very interesting interview

[@Scottlp2]

He has a normal gut, so what he does is irrelevant for those of us who don’t. Decade antibiotics (age 3-13) and after coupla years still working on my gut: glutamine + kitchen sink various prebiotics + probiotics (prescription healthy bacteria) + sauerkraut juice.

[@Nattkatt-o8t]

Excellent interview!

[@wienernanny8670]

Thank you! Very informative.

[@dinapawlow1622]

Thanks, informative and impactful.

[@summits100]

What a refreshingly balanced and not fear based discussion about the ever-fascinating microbiome. But I will add that many things that do exist have no studies to support them and with that, we must do/take what provides positive results for each individual.

[@solotanya]

"ONLY diet change" ?

[@nvb455]

The carnivores are completely right. Has also been my experience. Many of the smartest people on the planet are doing that diet for a reason. To anyone who likes hard hard facts to check out Bart Kay or Eddie Goeke.

[@Faith5883]

💯 I'm carnivore now for 32 weeks. Check out Dr. Shawn Baker, MD and Dr Anthony Chaffee. on youtube as well. More women are going carnivore. 🥩 You get all the fiber you need with red meat without getting the oxalates that cause kidney, and gall bladder stones, from plants. Do your own research !

[@ac8191]

Red meat especially that raised with antibiotics and supplements, not free grass fed is not healthy. Of course many economic interests are involved with cattle raising....

[@annebust5077]

I don't agree with this expert, 🙄

[@dr.samierasadoonalhassani2669]

To summarise all podcasts eat fibres..

[@daniellubowa595]

It is the simplistic false dichotomy of good and bad microbes....

[@DrShambo]

People feel initially better on vegan as they generally get rid of the processed food and it is cleansing. However, most cannot stay on long term as it is not nutrient dense and nourishing. More and more data is supporting carnivore, particularly in completely resolving inflammatory bowel disease. I am an MD in clinical practice, and I cannot ignore the significant benefit in my patients who have switched to carnivore. It is certainly not placebo.

[@vgloveforlife]

This is false

[@jonfreelove]

Definitely agree the important thing we do now is to be getting our fibre in

[@ΒικτωριαΓιαλυρη]

❤

[@frankasafscimone3920]

Unhealthy baloney touted by an unhealthy person.