Dr. Alan Desmond on Gut Health and Microbiome

For any of you who haven't had the pleasure of listening to
Doctor Alan Desmond, this is a real treat.


In many ways, we feel he is our 'Father of Gut Health'! A great
friend of ours that we have had the pleasure to work with on a
number of occasions, including on our own Healthy Gut Course.


For over 17 years Dr Al has been studying the gut. Not the
easiest undertaking as you'll hear from this episode. He voices
the connection between your gut, your immune system, your mental
health and how the food you eat is the backbone behind your
overall health.



"What should I eat could be one of the most important
questions of the 21st Century... When you look at any gut health
issue the evidence all points to the same thing, the emulsifiers,
the junk food, the food-like substances that make up 60% of the
food consumed in the western world, these have massive effects on
our gut health and gut microbiome..."




He has an amazing way of distilling information in a tangible and
relatable way. We talk in length about the importance of gut
health, nature, food, and questioning our western approach to
health and our current state of affairs in this pandemic.



"The UN report published last August says the number
one thing we can each do to reduce the risk of a future pandemic is
by removing or reducing the animal protein that we eat every day.
Our current western diets with high consumption of animal protein
mean that we keep hundreds of millions of animals in badly
sanitized closed confined spaces, which is a breeding ground for
future pandemic virus"




In 2019 we had the pleasure of going over to Devon where we
assisted in the South By South West Plant-Based Challenge, a
phenomenal challenge where Dr Al invited more than 70 medical
professionals from the NHS to adopt a healthy plant-based diet to
prove to them it would improve their energy levels, reduce their
cholesterol, and overall make them feel good. It really was an
amazingly rewarding experience that has done a lot of good for
spreading awareness of our broken western health system. However,
we have still so much work to do.


This is an episode that packs a punch! We hope you enjoyed it as
much as we did.





Further Information:


For those interested in learning more about Doctor Alan Desmond,
he has a brilliant book called The Plant-Based Diet Revolution


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