These Are the Best Foods & Supplements for Gut Health

In this video, Rhonda Patrick discusses:

• Fermented foods that improve gut health
• Why sauerkraut and kimchi are a double whammy when it comes to improving gut health
• Foods that increase butyrate-producing bacteria in the gut (and in turn, drastically improve gut health)
• Why you should try to eat a diverse array of foods
• Why green apples and tart blueberries benefit gut health
• How foods with organic acids, like citrus fruits, improve gut health
• If apple cider vinegar benefits the microbiome
• Recommended probiotics (and if she supplements with any)
• How glutamine can improve gut health (and an important caveat about who should and shouldn't supplement)

This clip is a segment from one of our live Members-only AMAs with Rhonda, hosted every month. Join in on the next one by signing up here:

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[Mike]

on bloating caused by sauerkraut: if this occurs with other plants in the brassica family, like broccoli, you should try a small amount of dry yellow mustard (say 1/8-1/4 teaspoon) sprinkled on just before eating (not cooked in). It's cured this problem for my wife.

[Michael-ykk]

I appreciate all your hard work to relay this health knowledge to us all. My favorite health legend!

[stretchingbythebay]

A lot of times bloating is back up in the system — i’m with the Glucose Goddess on starting the meal with the fermented vegetables, but I’m also a big fan of extracting as much nutrition from yesterday‘s meal and dumping it daily! Learning food combining, and getting regular allows my system to enjoy the healthy foods :)
Proportion/amount, of course matter but prepare and nurture your body into accepting the healthy foods – don’t give up because there’s a reaction! Figure out what you need to adjust to enjoy them ;) Dr Rhonda Rocks!❤

[cajunbargod]

What are your thoughts on methylene blue and the effects it has on mitochondrial function and gut health?

[msagoo]

Kefir yogurt every day has done miracles for my gut health.

[cryptkeeper]

This is golden information. Thank you ❤

[Baribrooks]

Love the info! Love the hat/casual look!

[lawrenceweinzimer]

Dr. Rhonda's is undoubtedly the best, most impressive, informative, persuasive roundup. Might plausibly recommend:
a) Ginger, fermented or not, at sushi sections of markets; and,
b) Unfiltered honey - Manuka, if affordable, for the gut. An aside: Went to work and Grad school simultaneously. Know the deal !

[cajunbargod]

Follow up... what are your thoughts on oxolate in vegetables and the collection that happens throughout the body?

[dennissvensson]

You can also take a teaspoon to a tablespoon potato starch and mix it with cold water and just drink it before or after having a meal.

[rosepal]

I used to eat kimchi daily to regulate me, but then I discovered chia seeds, and that works even better.

[kencarey]

I love oatmeal, beans, flaxseed, mushrooms, and cooked and cooled sweet potatoes

[jjjames]

Malic acid yes been keeping that in my pre workout but not sure mechanism but studies showed MPS benefit with citruline malate via NO & as a longevity supplement, but specifically citruline to produce the arginine with no RCT for malic acid other than correlative mitochondrial ATP benefits so good to know it’s beneficial for microbiome as I do 3g a day to match the performance stats of RCTs for hypertrophy, thanks as usual dr Patrick for an amazing episode!❤️🙌

[lillymargaret]

Thank you Rhonda! What would you suggest for those who have had non-cancerous colon polyps to prevent more polyps?

[Yonen]

b Glycans
Oats
Mushrooms.

Pectins
Blueberry
Rasp
Straw
Citrus Peels

Gums in seeds
Pumpkin seeds

Inulin
Onion
Garlic
Artichoke

Resistant starch
Legumes
Green banana
Cooked cooled Potato

[bradrandel]

What about the sugar and kombucha? How much should you consume a week?

[bshef]

Citrus Peel ("Zest") is delicious and easy to incorporate into most any meal

[andremdm]

Dr Rhonda, it'd be great if you made a video to clarify the link between glycine and cancer. It seems it is, like serine, used a lot by cancer cells.

[Tommy_]

Hi Rhonda. Another great and informative video 🙂What do you think about the dairy product Skyr?

[Itsme-ej]

Thank you for all the useful information.