The NiMe Diet - Eat Like Our Ancestors For Better Gut Health
💬 Jens Walter is a gut health expert at APC Microbiome Ireland, one of the leading microbiome centres in the world - and helped develop the Non-industrialised Microbiome Restore (NiMe) diet.⚡️In this episode, Jens and I discuss how our microbiomes have been shaped throughout human history - and the foods we can eat to make our healthy microbes flourish. 🎧 Stay tuned to find out:➡︎ Just how different our guts are from indigenous communities and our early ancestors➡︎ What the NiMe diet is and how it can supercharge your gut health➡︎ Why community and culture is just as important as food for gut health➡︎ Why some of our gut microbes have gone extinct➡︎ How pairing meat with the right kind of fibre can increase its benefits📕 Chapters(00:43) How industrialisation has changed our microbiome(02:18) Do personalised diets work for gut health?(05:52) Emerging gut microbe research(07:27) How sharing microbes in communities improves gut health(12:56) Combining the benefits of Western and indigenous lifestyles(15:01) How different our guts are from ancient humans(18:15) Can we regain extinct microbes?(21:35) Exploring the Yanomami tribe(24:11) The NiMe diet(27:14) Should we cut out all dairy?(30:01) Balance vs restriction(32:23) Benefits of pairing fibre with meat(35:27) Best resistant starches to eat(38:36) Ancient vegetables: Are they better for us?📱 Connect with me:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajanYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrKaran TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr📱 Connect with Jens Walter:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jens-walter-b1a1127a/🔥 Get my free weekly newsletter filled with easy to action health tips, interesting facts and science to fill your curiosity: https://drkaran.beehiiv.com/subscribe🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook 🎙️ An OG Podcasts production.