#189 - Dr. Megan Rossi: How To Eat More Plants, Love Your Gut, Microbiome Diversity, Horizontal Gene Transfer, IBS & Gut Dysbiosis, Fecal Transplants, Leaky Gut, And More!

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12:30 - The Downsides Of Being Carnivore

15:20 - Megan's Dietary History

17:20 - The Downsides Of Being Vegan 

21:35 - The Argument For Eating 30 Plants Per Week

23:15 - The Super Six

24:30 - Do We Have All The Microbes To Digest The Super 6

26:00 - Teaching Microbes To Digest New Fibers

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28:20 - Horizontal Gene Transfer

28:55 - Quorum Sensing

31:00 - Is There Good And Bad Bacteria?

33:00 - Where To Start If You Have Gut Dysbiosis?

34:30 - Fecal Transplants

37:00 - The Donor Process

38:00 - The Turnover Of Taste Buds

41:40 - SIBO

43:45 - Bowel Massage

44:40 - The Migrating Motor Complex

47:50 - Leaky Gut

50:30 - Exercise Making The Gut More Permeable

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54:15 - Gluten, Fructans And Being Gluten Free

1:03:50 - Functional Gut Disorders

1:04:30 - IBS And Hypersensitivity

1:07:20 - Following The Point System In Megan's Book

1:09:15 - Imperfect Produce

1:09:40 - Herbs And Spices

1:12:20 - Hormones In Herbs

1:13:15 - The Problems With Soy

1:17:40 - Healthy User Bias And Processed Diets