Episode Highlights With Michael Ruscio
- His own journey into the work he does now and the tough lessons he learned about gut health
- All disease begins in the gut but how to know what is going on
- What gut types are and how this helps explain why people can have such drastically different reactions to gut interventions
- Fungal vs bacterial overgrowth in the gut
- Things that are universally beneficial to the gut: exercise in the right amount, mindset, unprocessed foods, time in nature
- The diet that helps heal you isn’t the forever plan
- His take on parasites and parasite cleanses
- Why parasites are relatively rare but people will see benefit from parasite cleanses for other reasons
- The problem with an overly sterile environment and the fascinating theory around this
- Some signs that you may have a fungal gut type or an underlying fungal overgrowth
- “The better I eat, the worse I feel” and what that might mean about your gut
- Why carnivore might work so well for some people: it's low FODMAP and low carb
- His take on carbs/fiber and the nuance on these as we heal
- The things that are universally helpful and his take on probiotics
- What vector-born infections are and how they relate to gut health
- Why we need more electrolytes and salt when we go lower carb
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