Diet swap experiment reveals junk food's harm to gut

cwolfman13

Need2Exerc1se wrote: »

Barbs2222 wrote: »

And research shows a high intake of dietary fibre, particularly cereal and whole grains, reduces bowel cancer risk, while eating red and processed meat increases the risk.

Always pushing the cereal and whole grains aren't they. Looks to me like the African diet's fiber came from legumes.

I too wonder why whole grains are touted for fiber more often than legumes. Legumes have much higher fiber.

Yeah, when I bumped my fiber up I started making beans a regular part of my diet...I eat oats here and there, but there's a lot more bang for your buck with legumes if you're trying to increase your fiber intake. It doesn't take much either...

Mr_Knight

cwolfman13 wrote: »

As someone who "cleaned up" his diet I can attest to having far fewer incidents of heart burn and indigestion.

I have no idea about the underlying mechanics but yeah - similar experience here. I know my dad has always struggled with pretty bad heart burn when eating sugary foods, so I assume there's a genetic component.

techgal128

999tigger wrote: »

techgal128 wrote: »

"The diet swap was also fairly drastic whereas we know that making small changes you can stick with long-term is far more effective to maintain a healthier lifestyle."

The article itself is biased and a little ridiculous (of course if you feed rural African volunteers nothing but french fries and burgers they will get sick) but this sentence right here ALMOST makes up for it.

Not really seeing why yoou object so much.

Why is the article biased?
Why is it ridiculous? looks like they are just reporting on an American experiment. The experiment was set up by the scientists and not the journo who was writing the story.

What's so significant about that sentence? It's just a quote from someone who has nothing to do with the BBC or the people who ran the experiment. All he said was making small changes has more chance at sticking than drastic changes.

I revoke the biased part, fair enough. I just think it's silly to feed someone a totally different diet and then be like, "ERMAHGERD THEY ARE SICK!" I've heard of people travelling to other countries like India and getting sick from the food there because they aren't used to it. It's not that the food is bad, it's just they aren't adapted to it. Eating a whole ton of fast food is hard on your gut but you can get used to it (I know from experience). That's why you hear about people feeling sick after eating junk food for the first time in years.

Just seems like a waste of science. In terms of that sentence, I'm saying it's good because it relates to diets overall (not even referring to the article). Always make small changes to improve your lifestyle rather than doing something drastic and expecting to stick with it.

But hey, if this science is what people need to start eating healthier foods on a regular basis, I'm all for it.

Sarasmaintaining

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Iron_Feline

isulo_kura wrote: »

Iron_Feline wrote: »

My god - breaking news, eating all your meals from a fast food restaurant when you've never had that food before is going to cause issues.

*headdesk*

Maybe read the abstract and actually see what they were looking at rather than leaping to conclusions. The way to learn about things is to study them and any study even small can add to overall knowledge. I always find it funny that people so often discount research just because it may challenge their preconceived ideas. MFP is rife with that

They were interested in certain Cancer markers and any possible changes in such and possible cancer risk.

It sounds like an interesting study though I would like to read the full text

the food changes resulted in remarkable reciprocal changes in mucosal biomarkers of cancer risk and in aspects of the microbiota and metabolome known to affect cancer risk, best illustrated by increased saccharolytic fermentation and butyrogenesis, and suppressed secondary bile acid synthesis in the African Americans.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25919227

Assuming much?

I did read the abstract. But I did enjoy your condescending post.

You enjoy judging all MFP members.

PeachyCarol

jofjltncb6 wrote: »

I eat Chipotle nearly every day for lunch. I had Taco Bell for the first time in a very long time last night with disastrous yet entirely expected results.

I'm apparently Chipotle-adapted but not Taco Bell-adapted.

Nonetheless, to draw any conclusions based on this particular incident would be ridiculous. I can recreate the same results with the first fresh cantaloupes of the season.

In a similar vein, if I were to eat broiled chicken breast after not eating meat for the past five years, I'm sure I'd have disastrous results too.

I dislike these sorts of experiments where it seems as if they sort of have their conclusion already in hand and set out to prove it in retrospect.

jofjltncb6

mamapeach910 wrote: »

jofjltncb6 wrote: »

I eat Chipotle nearly every day for lunch. I had Taco Bell for the first time in a very long time last night with disastrous yet entirely expected results.

I'm apparently Chipotle-adapted but not Taco Bell-adapted.

Nonetheless, to draw any conclusions based on this particular incident would be ridiculous. I can recreate the same results with the first fresh cantaloupes of the season.

In a similar vein, if I were to eat broiled chicken breast after not eating meat for the past five years, I'm sure I'd have disastrous results too.

I dislike these sorts of experiments where it seems as if they sort of have their conclusion already in hand and set out to prove it in retrospect.

Harm to gut. Clearly.

PeachyCarol

jofjltncb6 wrote: »

mamapeach910 wrote: »

jofjltncb6 wrote: »

I eat Chipotle nearly every day for lunch. I had Taco Bell for the first time in a very long time last night with disastrous yet entirely expected results.

I'm apparently Chipotle-adapted but not Taco Bell-adapted.

Nonetheless, to draw any conclusions based on this particular incident would be ridiculous. I can recreate the same results with the first fresh cantaloupes of the season.

In a similar vein, if I were to eat broiled chicken breast after not eating meat for the past five years, I'm sure I'd have disastrous results too.

I dislike these sorts of experiments where it seems as if they sort of have their conclusion already in hand and set out to prove it in retrospect.

Harm to gut. Clearly.

I don't know about harm, but I bet I'd be pretty rumbly down there.