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EP257: Busting Gut Healing Myths (The Truth About Fiber) with Dr. Ruscio

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Is There a Difference Between a High Fibre Diet and a Hunter Gatherer's Diet?

We can't look at a completely different culture and excise just the diet from that. There are adaptations in the gut of some of these hunter gatherers that allow them to thrive on this lo calory, high fibre diet. In westerners, when they have an overgrowth of the bacteria, it causes constipation, and it's been correlated with weight gain. And so it's why ey ave to be very careful of not just pointing to people who are livi totally different lives on us and eating a different diet.

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