Foods To Avoid For A Healthier Gut
1. Refined sugars
2. Refined Oils
3. Gluten
4. Dairy (for most people)
5. Artificial Sweeteners
6. Beans, Legumes and lentils
7. Processed foods
GLUTEN
Gluten is highly inflammatory for the body, especially when you already have a compromised gut. Many patients are gluten intolerant without realising and continue eating gluten which only enhances already existing inflammation.
Observational studies have linked gluten intolerance with a diverse range of symptoms and conditions, including:
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IBS
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Fibromyalgia
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Dermatitis and other skin conditions
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Multiple sclerosis
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Peripheral neuropathy, myopathy and other neurological disorders
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Schizophrenia
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Depression
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ADHD
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Type 1 Diabetes
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Endometriosis
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Insulin resistance and inflammation
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This list could go on…
For the sake of this challenge and improving your gut health, we are focusing on removing gluten and all gluten containing grains.
This includes:
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Gluten containing oats
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Spelt
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Teff
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Wheat (all varieties)
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White bread, white pasta using white refined wheat flour
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barley
Lactose intolerance is one of the most common food intolerances. A reduced ability to digest lactose is one of the major causes, and this affects 65 percent of the world’s adult population. Many people choose to completely cut out dairy as a way to avoid the gastrointestinal symptoms that frequently come along with eating dairy foods. But is true lactose intolerance really the cause of their digestive distress, or are many people prematurely eliminating dairy because of a perceived inability to digest milk products? And is it possible to cure lactose intolerance, even as an adult?
The main issue with digesting dairy is the lack of the enzyme lactase which is required to breakdown the sugar in dairy lactose.
For the sake of this challenge we are going to focus on removing highly processed dairy and including fermented and pastured raised dairy in small amounts to allow the gut to build a healthy and diverse microbiome.
DAIRY TO REMOVE:
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Standard milk
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Low fat milk
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Low fat yoghurt
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Spreadable butter (due to additives)
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Flavoured yoghurt
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Low fat cottage cheese, ricotta, etc.
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Any products with milk solids i.e. chocolate
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Whey protein isolate
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Soft cheeses
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Organic kefir
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Organic full fat yoghurt
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Organic/ grass fed butter
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Ghee
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Pastured raised/ grass-fed hard cheese
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Raw milk
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Organic or pastured raise full fat milk (in small amounts)
Discover How Love Ya Guts Box Can Help Transform Your Gut Health
- Get to the root cause of bloating rather than just treating symptoms
- Beat Reflux, Heartburn & Low stomach acid
- Soothes the stomach and assist with issues such as IBS symptoms so you can feel comfortable within your body
- Get rid of sugar cravings
- Boosts your metabolism & control blood sugar to make weight loss almost effortless
- Balance hormones so your body can function how it was meant to but also help with having a balanced mood