Food & Gut Bacteria Balance + Carbs & Brain Health w/ David Perlmutter, MD

Science says eating just one meal per day can improve your health.

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David Perlmutter, MD is back to discuss recent updates in gut bacterial metabolism and our metabolic health and updates on carbohydrate intake and brain health.

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01:30 ButcherBox Sponsored Message
04:00 Staying Healthy while living on a boat
05:00 Is the carnivorous diet likely to have been followed year-round by our ancestors?
06:34 We need to nurture the gut with plant based foods and plant fiber and fewer animal products.
06:48 There is no dietary fiber in meat.
07:47 Plant RNA influence the RNA expression of our bacteria.
08:44 Genetically modified plant genomes may have a larger impact upon us than previously thought, since consuming the plant affects our gut bacteria and our gut bacteria affect our genome.
13:34 Food is information for your body. Humans suddenly, in evolutionary terms, shifted to a diet favoring carbohydrates.
14:27 In 2 to 2.5 million years ago until the development of agriculture, the human brain increased in size 3 fold. Since the development of agriculture, the human brain has shrunken by 10%.
14:56 Ancient ancestors had beautiful teeth.
18:47 Glucose levels in the 70 or 80s is optimal.
20:10 Insulin plays a huge role in the health and functionality of the brain.
26:35 Weight of Americans continues to rise even though carbohydrate consumption is slightly declining.
27:17 Weight is impacted by the use of artificial sweeteners that are not considered carbs.
28:00 When you taste sweet, it tells you that winter is coming and to store fat, stop fat burning fat and create more fat.
31:26 Your behavior is dictated by the foods you eat.
39:05 Much olive oil in the US is adulterated with other oils, even high end restaurants.
45:08 Hope is not a strategy. So something.
47:11 A single course of antibiotics can make permanent changes in gut bacteria.
51:21 Our brains are hardwired to look for sweet.
56:39 Dr. Perlmutter is writing another book called Brain Washed.
59:55 Creativity is important in re-establishing connection to dormant parts of the brain.
01:01:15 Failure is a good teacher.
01:07:53 There is something every day that you can do to demonstrate how grateful you are, even something as little as picking up a piece of paper.

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[BrandoEats]

If you think your olive oil is not 100% pure, you can put some in the fridge and see if it separates. Polyunsaturated fats will remain liquid, monounsaturated will turn partially solid, and saturated will turn totally solid.

[steelcathedrals]

I could listen to David Perlmutter all day, he is willing to listen to and evaluate all points of view which is the only way all of society can move forward

[mellowEsko]

I'm going to listen to this at least 2 more times. Amazing conversation and insightful wisdom!

[alba]

I've been living in Italy for nearly seven months now. Before I moved here I was living a low carb lifestyle. I did an experiment with pasta, pizza, and bread the first month here in Italy. I sadly gained nearly all the weight I lost on keto six months prior to my move. Granted, pasta in Italy is nearly always served in a much smaller portion than what is served in American restaurants. I rarely reached for the bread basket during dinner and on average ate pizza twice a month. I just can't eat refined wheat daily like Italians do; and that's alright by me. I'd rather have a wheat free belly any day.

[SiimLand]

Great talk! I think the environmental aspect of what you eat is so important. Most people are so distanced from what they eat

[tuleralph]

if vegetables are the answer, vegans would be the epitome of health .

[MonteSanoMTBer]

Starting to lean more towards the crowd that high fiber veggies are overrated. After going through some GI issues from a major antibiotic dosage, getting ride of high fiber veggies (especially raw) and upping my meat intake helped a lot. My digestion is starting to get back to normal, but I'm not sure I'm going to go back to eating greens - I'll try to reintroduce some, but don't feel like I'm missing out. I mainly eat animal products and potatoes now w/ some fruit. I think there is a reason our ancestors moved towards processing out large amounts of fiber from their food.

[lindaguerra]

Excellent interview, Mike. Don’t change a thing. I can’t wait for his book coming out!

[getter_done]

Always really enjoy your shows with Dr Perlmutter. Another excellent show!!! Thank you Mike!

[rufuscusack]

Thank u Mike! Grateful ur channel & each & every video! And thanx 2 Dr. Perlmutter 4 all his work.

[louisag]

One of the reasons I believe why folks going to Italy, Greece etc and eating lots of pasta and not feeling the same effects as in US, is that the pastas are mostly (used to anyways) freshly made pasta.... and not the dried up products we have here....and more and more whole grain varieties that are harder to digest...

[TomTheMaleMan]

I appreciate this dude's time, as I heard him Bulletproof recently too, but when he begins the conversation stating the benefits of eating like our ancestors, but later mentions drinking a litre of olive oil a week... My spidey senses start tingling.

[joshuamcdonald]

I was raw vegan 5 years, super foods, kale, spirolena(??), chlorella, turmeric, fruit of all kinds, herbs of every kind, (maca, lucuma, matcha, camu berry, astragalus, tulsi, gotu kola, etc..) goji berries, blue berries, mushroom, reshie, turkey tail, lions main, cordyceps, no sugar (refined) even did raw honey and bee pollen as well as soil based organisms. Nuts (every kind in raw form) my health started degenerating at the end, herbs kept me going mentally(to a degree) one meal a day worked for a while but that ended in me sleeping 13 hours a day. Raw meat is healing me like nothing I've ever experienced. And now my stomach issues are gone and I didnt even realise they were issues, I thought my terrible mental reliance on food was just saying. For me, more meat is better, not vice versa

[coachlaurita]

First off, the way you edit the first minute of your videos with the teaser for what's coming up and the crescendo of the music...SO AWESOME! SO POWERFUL! Secondly, please give a specific brand of olive oil that is pure. Thx!

[CynthiaTheHealthExperience]

Love Perlmutter but we likely didn't drink 1 litre of olive oil per week in our 3 million years of evolution >_< Grain Brain still one of my favs of all time

[patriknn]

It would be really interesting to hear D.P. commenting on the work of Paleomedicina, Hungary.

[Tommy]

A great conversation. Clear explanations about the background to issues make it very worthwhile to listen to all the way through. Even have a look at the Transcript via the three dots at the bottom right of the video screen. A better microphone would be a good investment at some point.

[ironmanix]

Such an amazing conversation and scientific information on the gut micro biome. Thanks so much to the both of you!

[aleph]

As always fantastic questions. Wonderful answers. Adorable human beings. Grateful for your work!

[jackiebaucom]

Amazing!! He is so spot on when he talks about seasonal veggies and sweets. I truly believe it.