Gut Health Foundations
Why Probiotics & Prebiotics Matter.
The state of American health has been concerning for decades — with diabetes
and heart disease at the top of the charts and cancer not far behind. New
research is showing that the health of your gut is a powerful indicator of your
health overall.
The two most important factors in gut health are diet and
microbiome — the trillions of microorganisms living
within you. Dr. David Perlmutter, author of Grain Brain and
Brain Maker, has helped popularize this understanding.
Probiotics are the beneficial bugs in your gut.
Prebiotics are the food those bugs eat to grow and sustain
a healthy biome. Together, they digest your food and protect your wellbeing.
Candida, while necessary in small amounts, is the number-one threat to that
balance. When it overgrows, it pushes out other gut bacteria and fosters
nearly every symptom you can imagine — setting the stage for the major
health concerns we’re seeing in modern life.
To overgrow, candida feeds on sugar, vinegar, yeast, and fermented foods,
releasing acetaldehyde — a compound that, at toxic levels, makes you feel drunk.
Cutting these foods is foundational not just for candida, but for nearly every
future health concern.