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Hey, everyone.

Susan McCauley here from Evolved Nutrition, bringing you this week's fast facts.

Recently, Dr. Rucho was experiencing some negative digestive symptoms, so we made

diet and lifestyle changes to try and rectify this.

Hate to break it to you, but caffeine is a gastriced irritant and can also be a laxative.

Dr. R. decided to step away from everything he knew and made a decision to eat what sounded good.

He lowered his vegetables, which was fiber, and increased his carbohydrates, including gluten.

He noticed positive results right away and now plans to isolate the changes and reintroduce

more fiber and then reintroduced carbohydrates to see if it was one or both that made him feel

better.

People with IBD, IBS, and other gut issues sometimes do better on a lower fiber diet.

You can figure out a lot by listening to your body.

I decided to cycle carbohydrates, fat, and calories within the template of a gluten-free, dairy-free

paleo diet and was pretty amazed with the results.

It's best to avoid dogma when it comes to diet.

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