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380: The best & worst grains for your gut | Cardiologist William Davis, M.D.

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

William Davis, M.D.: “Doctors should be experts nutrition and the microbiome.” Davis, a cardiologist and New York Times bestselling author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss the best foods for heart health, plus: - The truth about sourdough & gut health (~09:16)  - Why you should always leave the skin on your chicken (~16:48) - How to tell if you have a gut issue (~30:13) - The best probiotic strains for hair & skin (~41:07) - The future of microbiome research (~47:17) Referenced in the episode: - Davis' latest book, Super Gut.  - Davis' previous bestseller, Wheat Belly.  - A study on vitamin D supplementation and heart health.  - A study showing refined grains and sugars impact LDL cholesterol particles.  - AIRE device.  - A study assessing gut microbiota imbalance in people with fibromyalgia. - MIT studies on Lactobacillus reuteri and healthy skin and hair growth, sexual function, and tissue healing.  Enjoy this episode sponsored by Kori Krill Oil, the omega-3 superfood with superior absorption to support your best whole-body health.* To learn more about the benefits of Kori Krill Oil for your heart, body, and brain, visit www.korikrilloil.com/mindbodygreen.* Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com.   *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Dr. William Davis is a renowned preventive cardiologist and the best-selling

0:06.9

author of the groundbreaking number one The Eric Times Runaway Best

0:12.0

Cellar Wheat Belly. And today he's here to chat about his latest must-read

0:17.4

titled Super Gut. And we're going to go deep on everything from what we're

0:22.4

getting wrong about cardiovascular health, our microbiomes, SIBO, and more.

0:30.8

William, welcome.

0:32.8

Well, thank you. Glad to be here.

0:34.6

It is so great to have you. I read Wheat Belly about a decade ago and in that book,

0:40.4

as many of our listeners know, was a runaway runaway best-seller and had a

0:47.8

transformative effect for millions of people. I joke with you before the show,

0:52.8

you're largely responsible, better for worse for the grain-free and gluten-free

0:57.7

movement. I think I think for better. And so with all that said, I'm curious since it's 11

1:03.8

years, I think since Wheat Belly came out. What's the biggest change you've seen in terms of

1:12.0

the research in your findings in writing this new fantastic book, which everyone should pick up,

1:17.6

called Super Gut, around the consumption of grains and the unintended consequences. What I

1:26.2

think is so also fascinating, you're a cardiologist. People come to you for heart problems.

1:30.8

So what have you seen? What are the biggest changes you've seen in the past decade?

1:36.3

There have been some changes, Jason. They really have made the headlines.

1:39.6

Ironically, a lot of the focus on wheat and related grains as a detriment to human health came

1:47.0

from the psychiatric world. You may recall that some of the early observations were in

1:52.2

paranoid schizophrenia. That is, it was observed that paranoid schizophrenia,

1:56.8

so this was made in several studies, paranoid schizophrenia, which is a very

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