Concerned about gut health vs same daily nutrients

gettingto65

Is eating more or less the same thing for a period of time going to be overly detrimental to my gut health?

For context, I’m trying to lose weight and have noticed I’m better at staying on track when I remove options from my diet.

The daily meal breakdown looks like this - 1600 calories with 130g protein, 100g carbs and 70g fat (give or take a couple grams). Within this I’ll be getting six cups of fresh produce (x5 green vegetables and x1 blueberries) and I’ll be having oats and nuts and whatnot too.

I guess what I’m asking is, if I was to eat a similar way each day for a period of time (maybe 2-3 months) would this be detrimental to my health?

Thanks!

neanderthin

Our microbiome is like a fingerprint and it's unique to you and whether you can influence some of the trillions of microbes by changing some aspect of how you eat, is probably not where your concern should be, simply because what might be good for you might not have a similar effect with someone else. Yes prebiotics help, fiber helps, lots of things help, but it can't be measured in any effective way and trying to control the minutiae is a head banger. I'm more concerned with the microbiome on my arm lately, I've developed a slight rash just above my elbow. Cheers

sollyn23l2

Depends. If you eat only one type of fruit, one type of vegetable, and one type of whole grain (or no grain... come at me keto advocates) then probably, yes, you may negatively affect your gut microbiome. How much this matters is still up for debate.

springlering62

I bet you’re not eating the exact same thing every day, and I don’t think you need to worry in that case.

I have the same exact breakfast every morning (except Doughnut Sundays), and usually have the exact same set of afternoon snacks.

Lunch varies but usually stays within the same four or five sets of meals, and even dessert is pretty much within the same tight range of ingredients.

But dinners vary every day, though they generally also cycle through a moderately small range of choices.

I haven’t died yet and my gut biome is hanging in there just fine.

As long as it’s nutritious, IMHO that’s the most important thing.

I liken it to when I used to worry about sugar free products causing issues, til it dawned on me the eensy teensy risk was far less potential damage than the extra hundred pounds I carried was doing to my health.

Same ole’ foods versus overall better health? Easy decision.

springlering62

And PS, I bet the niggling worry is subliminally coming up from all those nasty “gut health” ads that populate your internet feeds since you’ve been more concerned about weight and health.

Those *kitten* know how to ring your bells.

That and “belly fat” clickbait. Don’t get me started.