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Hey, everyone.

Welcome to Dr. Rusho Radio.

This is Dr. Ruscio, and let's jump into another edition of listener questions.

The first is not necessarily one person's individual question, but it is a question that often comes up, which is

a low Fobamp diet harmful because it, quote, unquote, starves my gut bacteria. And there's

potentially a very long answer to this question, but firstly, the opinion or the thought that

it universally starves your gut bacteria or does so in a

significant way has not fully been bore out.

Some studies have shown conflicting results in terms of the impact on the microbiota.

The other, which are far more important in my mind, are really threefold.

One, maybe most important, maybe not, important. I can't say any

one of these is more important than any of the others. But this is important. Two studies the

data have shown that by adherence to a low Fodmath diet, both the cells in the colon and the

cells in the small intestines can actually increase the density of serotonin cells

and become more like that of healthy controls by going on a low phobab diet.

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