Eat These Spices for a Healthy Gut | Dr. Will Bulsiewicz Live Q&A
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 30 June 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Spices can take your gut health to the next level!
Discover the spices that your kitchen needs to help you have a healthy and happy gut when gastroenterologist Dr. Will Bulsiewicz joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room LIVE.
You will learn how certain spices can improve digestion, reduce gas and bloating, and even alleviate painful symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Other studies show they can help your body absorb other nutrients that are critical to your overall health!
Dr. Bulsiewicz is a two-time New York Times bestselling author of Fiber Fueled and The Fiber Fueled Cookbook.
Plus, they answer viewer questions from The Doctor's Mailbag
- Can grains cause bloating?
- Does tea improve digestion?
- Can fasting help heartburn?
- How many different foods should you eat each week?
Also, you'll discover why hot and spicy food improves your health overall. Studies show it may even increase life expectancy!
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Dr. Will Bulsiewicz
Masterclass: https://theplantfedgut.com/masterclass
Fiber Fueled Cookbook: https://bit.ly/FiberFueledCookbook
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theguthealthmd
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Chuck Carroll
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChuckCarrollWLC
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Barnard Medical Center
Appointments
202-527-7500
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21-Day Vegan Kickstart App
iOS: https://bit.ly/VegKStrt-iOS
Android: https://bit.ly/VegKStrtAndrd
Web: https://www.pcrm.org/kickstart
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| 0:00.0 | My favorite thing about spices is they're great for gut health. |
| 0:04.4 | Part of what makes them great is the polyphenol content. |
| 0:08.0 | Many of these spices, they also have unique phytochemicals that you're actually tasting, |
| 0:11.8 | like what you taste. |
| 0:12.8 | It is going to ultimately come in the context we've got microbes and have beneficial effects. |
| 0:22.1 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:25.9 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:29.1 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us coast to coast in the US and in |
| 0:33.5 | more than 150 countries around the world. |
| 0:36.7 | Hello to everyone listening in Peepatch Island Delaware, Cookie Town, Oklahoma, Toastah, England. |
| 0:44.1 | We appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:48.1 | This is episode 50 of season 5, number 349 overall. |
| 0:54.7 | You know, the difference between gut health and gut hurt may already be in your kitchen. |
| 1:01.9 | And I'm not talking about just the food that is already in your refrigerator. |
| 1:07.3 | The key may actually be all of those little jars taking up space on your spice rack. |
| 1:15.4 | Today we will be talking spices and gut health with two-time New York Times best-selling |
| 1:21.0 | author, Dr. Will Bolswitz. |
| 1:23.7 | Of course he is a gastroenterologist and in his latest book, The Fiber Fuelled Cookbook, |
| 1:29.6 | he talks a lot about the benefits of spices and that is what we will be diving into here |
| 1:35.4 | today. |
| 1:36.4 | We're going to be chatting all about it. |
| 1:38.2 | Everything from IBS to nutrient absorption and even spices and how they can reduce gas |
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