Nutrition expert: 3 ways to identify the best foods for your gut | Prof. Tim Spector

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We know plants are great for our gut. So how can we pick out the best plants to feed our gut microbes?
Jonathan talks with Prof. Tim Spector and legendary chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to find out three practical tips.
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[@marianmarian1209]

The reason some of us discard the outer leaves is pesticides. For those of us who can't afford organic, removing the outer leaves is one way to lessen the load.

[@dickschwanzstein1789]

The Outer leave?

[@annebayliss9886]

Yes it’s a brilliant idea

[@doracsiky]

@@dickschwanzstein1789 One (outer) leaf, two (outer) leaves. Grammar.

[@slim215]

My sister taught me if you don’t like it. Try it at least every five years because your taste buds change and that is so true I love foods. I never thought I would.

[@viviankeh441]

Realy in love wit hCHef Hugh's enthusiasm and perspective - hope you have him on the show regularly! I have been planting and grafting on my plot for over a decade with the goal of consuming fresh fruit I've grown all year round - and I did it! There has been a palpable magic in the whole endeavor - the fruits ARE gifts.

[@KevinAmatt]

I spoke to a mother in my village. She said her daughter had terrible issues with her hands. They were blistering and bleeding. Her doctor asked about her diet. She said she is a vegan. Her told her to eat meat. She did and her hands healed. That’s incredible to hear a doctor asking about a patient’s diet. Many doctors would put her on antibiotics or other medications.

[@RibeyeRob]

That's because the Carnivore diet IS the proper human diet. This channel is nothing more than establishment propaganda. Plants are not food for human beings.

[@martyncox2249]

A lot of vegans don't have a suitable knowledge of food or the ability to cook therefore cannot maintain a healthy diet.. You could be vegan and eat mcplant an fries every day that's not sustainable. However I do believe with the right knowledge you could live extremely healthily as a vegan

[@josiek7589]

i was also very unhealthy as a vegan. i’m not sure why as it seems to work great for many. i was obsessive about getting all the nutrients i needed and i still got sick.

[@RibeyeRob]

I always tell people that if when you see your doctor and tell them your symptoms... if the very next thing that comes out of said doctor's mouth isn't "tell me about your diet" then you need a new doctor.

[@RibeyeRob]

@@martyncox2249 I disagree. Plants are not food for human beings. The perceived health benefits of going vegan are generally short lived and nothing to do with the diet itself. Most people who go vegan come from the SAD diet so they are no longer consuming all the processed junk food and also by eating a diet of plant protein and carbs they have switched off the Randal Cycle for the first time in their lives. These benefits tend to disappear within 5 years of eating that diet as the nutritional deficiencies start to manifest.

[@hamakua484]

In addition to the gut microbiome, polyphenols affect the body through antioxidant action, enzyme modulation, gene expression and cell signaling pathways at least from an AI search. It may help folks to understand and eat more polyphenol rich foods to add these benefits to the Zoe Podcast discussion. Mahalo nui loa for all your efforts in increasing the understanding.

[@AbnehmenmitRosita]

Absolutely stunning content. Thank you for sharing and for all your efforts in and around ZOE🙏💯

[@carinaekstrom1]

Yes, regarding plant toxins, there's this constant tug of war going on between some plants and those who want to eat them, and sometimes the insect, or animal wins, by learning to neutralize the toxin one way or another and use it to our benefit instead. Fruits have sometimes made the excellent choice of offering itself as food to others so as to be able to spread its seeds around. Nature is so varied and wonderful.

[@carinaekstrom1]

Different fruits would have been ripe at different times of the year, so there was probably always sweet foods available to us in the paleolithic. Granted, not all of them would have been as sweet as they are today.

[@Lise-ss8qw]

Yeah!!!,So glad your back love ZOE ❤️ Happy New Year to you all make it a Blessed one 🙏🏻 ✨️

[@cosycarol]

I am British but grew up with an interest in food reasoning, more Asian than British, that plants and herbs have a health purpose, and also ancient Chinese doctrines that says to benefit our health, we must balance eating all tastes, - sweet, salty, sour, bitter. Also it is good to eat with the seasons. In UK we have lost the seasonal cycle because we import all around the year, sometimes forced grown fruit and veg. It would be advantageous if we ate only what is in season. I believe foods then are more nutritious and best for maximum good health.

[@alayneperrott9693]

Unfortunately, in the UK, only Brussels sprouts are in season in winter. My father was a market gardener. 60-70 years ago, he ran brussel-picking gangs all winter (this was before machines). Other vegetables like potatoes and root veg were kept in cold storage by a technique known as clamping (essentially burying them under an insulating layer of soil). Everything else had to be kept in indoor cold storage or imported.

[@lunchymunchy2984]

…I have a question though… When we introduce a greater variety of foods the variety of types of microorganisms in the gut also increases… Where do they come from? How do they get there? I’m super curious…

[@Annikilou]

I came across this 30 number about 35 years ago. I was told it was traditional Japanese thinking that one should eat 30 foods in a meal. I found that by extending the time to one day, and counting absolutely all nutrients, micro and bulk and everything between, it was perfectly doable. I was trying to lose weight, and evolved menus which I could stick to. Any weight lost has been recycled multiple times since, but I do remain healthy!

[@KevinAmatt]

Notice their hair is grey. It’s a sign that they’re deficient of nutrients. We think it’s about being old. But why did my hair go grey and lost hair when I was 18 years old? I was a vegetarian. Since eating meat the colour is coming back and a lot of hairs are coming up on my scalp. Humans are carnivores.

[@silentwilly2983]

No, humans are omnivores....meat should certainly be part of the diet, but so should plants.

[@martyncox2249]

If what you're saying is right what makes us so different from all the other carnivores on the planet? I havnt eaten meat in 6 years I follow a Mediterranean diet I reckon Im not far off 30 different plants a week tons of extra virgin olive oil. I'm strong, muscular and full of energy. I wouldnt say don't eat meat, but it's certainly not a necessity. For me it's a choice because I love animals and I'm educated enough to live healthily without consuming them. What you do is up to you enjoy you're food, enjoy living a healthy life 👍

[@Liliquan]

@@silentwilly2983 Humans are herbivores. There is no place for meat in the diet. Meat should only be consumed when there is no other option.

[@CK-wn1ik]

As a gardener, I was told not to eat any cucumber if it tastes bitter.

[@greegan37]

Is there anything much in cucumber besides water?

[@ktaylor3439]

You shouldn't eat bitter cucumbers as this is due to cucurbitin a protective toxin that the plant produces when under stress. It is a far more extreme bitterness than the type of things they are discussing here. It's like eating green parts of potatoes, can poison you.

[@jillmartin3951]

Like squashes, bitter cucumber has inadvertently crossed with a wild toxic variety. Cucumber is largely water, but it does contain lots of minerals and useful chemicals, (next query answered)

[@laurakundrotaite5663]

That different. Cucumber or squash naturally is not bitter, so you should not eat it if it becomes bitter. But in case of radish or some kinds of lettuce they suppose to be a bit bitter

[@coffeeli481]

In Asia, there is kind of melon called bitter melon. People like to cook and eat bitter melon is because after the bitter taste, it comes out with feeling sweet and moist in the mouth and the throat.

[@cosycarol]

They also eat this bitter melon in Turkiye and I have seen it used in a pickle, served as a side dish.

[@christinesullivan1229]

I have a salicylate intolerance and sadly have to modify my intake of brightly coloured foods. I am still able to live with enough nutrition. I cam eat peas, cabbages red and white, there are levels of salicylate natural whole foods. People like me can take small amounts from higher levels of saicylate from time to time. It takes about 2 weeks to build up to an overdose of salicylate. The whole foods have a sweet spot being edible. The salicylate and monosodium glutamate protective for plants sometimes the reaction in humans is as if they are a toxin and needs an histamine response. Still a lot to learn and research for these intolerances which are different to a true allergy. A true allergy happens immediately not over time. Very interesting topic. X

[@stevelanghorn1407]

Re Prof Spector's comments about the human gut microbiota (05:40). Insects also possess a complex. multi-species gut microbiome.

[@waynerm401]

Talk more about Oxalates.

[@midiwhale]

Thank you for FINALLY acknowledging Omnivores do not have the plague!

[@floridanaturalfarming3367]

Plant fitness is driven by soil conditions and how soil is managed, plant fitness determines how nutrient rich and how many beneficial metabolites said plant is for human health🐸Naturally farmed, without plastic and with less or no human interaction will determine how healthy the mychorhizae network of the soils is and in turn the nutrient potential of any plant

[@JARABACOA3]

The plants we use as Spices are eaten but the philosophy is different. Those plants gained being big crops. So they are alive and have huge fields. So the Types are winning survival.

[@LaMOi1]

Yuck Brussel sprouts are really great then!!!! 💪

[@weedote1]

I would like to hear a discussion between Richard Smith and Tim Spector. 2 sides of the same coin??

[@pdeb70]

Nobody's mentioning LECTINS or OXYLATE TOXICITY. Bitter-tasting vegetables mean they are bad for us.

[@Liliquan]

Lol, just lol.

[@carinaekstrom1]

If the vegans and the omnivores had equally good microbiomes, then how does it make sense that more fiber will lower mortality? Weren't the vegans eating more fiber than the omnivores?

[@Kwippy]

On ZOE, one minute you have proper scientists talking science, the next you have people spouting pseudoscience about free radicals and anti-oxidants.

[@hamakua484]

Free radicals and antioxidants science may have been radical at one time. No longer!

[@carolmorgano7158]

👍👍👍👏👏👏🇦🇺

[@juno6]

So here we have a meat eater chef explaining us, mostly plant based eating public, the variety and diversity of plants. Weird.

[@Bantu1875]

Mostly plant eating? I don't think so.

[@jog1546]

Reduce your risk of dying so early surely? I don’t think we can reduce our risk of dying at all, no one can do that…yet

[@lynnehayward7309]

Fascinating content...but is there poo on Hugh's shoe?

[@RayBurnett-r9l]

Good observation but I believe that they are Vivo Barefoot shoes.

[@Riekie1970]

😂

[@Dranok1]

10:00 Annoyingly faulty comparison, Hugh! A drumstick is different to a pork chop is different to an egg... But these are your _protein_ sources, and a chickpea is similarly different to a kidney bean is different to a soya bean -- pulses are _nowhere near and different_ as the vegetable matter you picked on.

[@sadletrampsscooby]

Disagree many also like bitter black coffee grapefruit vinegar Saurkraut etc

[@Fitzrovialitter]

Zoe is science... but not as we know it.

[@pw4444]

And don't forget your Experimental Vaccine as advised by this man.

[@rtfazeberdee3519]

go buy a tin foil hat

[@pw4444]

@@rtfazeberdee3519 go and get your 8th experimental vaccine.or what ever number you are on,oh and Happy new year you may need all the help you can get.🙏

[@pdeb70]

Eat meat. Just meat. Maybe eggs and dairy too. Nothing else. We are not meant to eat vegetables. They are for times of starvation only. Meat contains every single vitamin and mineral we need.

[@willyj921]

Do you have any evidence for this claim?

[@vatsmith8759]

What do you mean 'we are not meant to eat vegetables'? We evolved to eat any food that's available.

[@TeeGar]

I eat foods that taste good to me, not what some nerd tells me to.

[@vatsmith8759]

Do you eat the foods the food industry has chemically engineered to taste good to you rather than the foods that are good for you?

[@TeeGar]

@vatsmith8759 I eat REAL foods that taste good to me. Why is the assumption that if a food tastes good it must be processed junk? My point was that I don't like being told what or how to eat regardless of what type of food it is.

[@garyroberts3859]

How can a professor be so stupid…oh I know the plant industry pays him to be stupid

[@Riekie1970]

Why would you say that?

[@garyroberts3859]

@ if you watched a few of ZOE videos you’d realize how anti meat the organization is. Whereas meats are the most nutritious foods we have

[@rtfazeberdee3519]

@@garyroberts3859 ROFL..... where are they anti-meat?

[@Bantu1875]

That's why I stopped watching Zoe videos. The anti-meat, pro-plant message is blatant. The clincher for me was the episode claiming seed oils may be good for you.

[@marcdavis2840]

@@Bantu1875 And yet...............................here you are!