#4: Principle 3 - Eat Fibre
14th Dec 2017
Today’s show features my good friend Gut health researcher Dr Megan Rossi from Kings College London who has a specialist interest in the gut.
We discuss what gut health refers to, the microbes lining our digestive system and what effects these have on general health.
In essence the perfect person to give us the lowdown on gut health and what we need to be doing.
We talk about:
- What’s the deal with gut health, is it a real thing and should you be bothered
- An introduction to the microbiome – the population of microbes that live in and around our bodies, largely concentrated in our large intestines
- A whistle stop tour through the research that lead to the microbiome
- What types of microbes are there?
- The difference in microbe populations and associations with diseases
- What are the the future applications of microbiome focused treatments in emergency, community care and autoimmune disease
- Testing our microbiome
- How fibre, rather than protein, is actually much more lacking in diets
- How to spot fibre on the supermarket shelves and where to get sources
- Key ways of enhancing your diet including additional fibre rich foods, approach to medication and lifestyle factors
Episode guests
Dr Megan Rossi, founder of The Gut Health Doctor®, is one of the most influential gut health specialists internationally, and a leading Research Fellow at King’s College London. A registered dietitian and nutritionist for over fifteen years, Dr Megan has an award-winning PhD in Probiotics, which was recognised for its contribution to science, receiving the Dean’s Award for outstanding research.
Dr Megan Rossi founded The Gut Health Clinic in 2019, where she leads a team of gut-specialist dietitians, working directly with clients in their face-to-face clinics in London and Manchester, alongside delivering virtual consultations to an international clientele.
She is also the founder of the multi-award-winning gut health food brand, Bio&Me, which aims to bridge the gap between science and the food industry and, most recently, she has launched a targeted range of clinically-proven live bacteria supplements, SMART STRAINS® to revolutionise how people understand and use live bacterial supplements.
Megan is also the author of multiple Sunday Times bestselling books, including her most recent, Eat More, Live Well (UK, Aus & Europe) and How To Eat More Plants (US & Canada).
