Gut Balance Revolution

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pds06
pds06 Posts: 299 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Has anyone heard of it or know anything about it?
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  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
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    Is it a book? Diet?
  • pds06
    pds06 Posts: 299 Member
    edited June 2015
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    I think it's a healthier eating plan. Boosts your metabolism. There is a book. I never heard of it before and was wonderind if I missed something or if anyone knows anything about it?
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
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    He has you drastically cutting out meat and fish and milk. Cheese, yogurt, and eggs are o.k. He encourages fermented foods and has you eating lots of fruits, veggies, beans, and some nuts and seeds.
    Science is not clear yet on how changing the bacteria in our gut helps us.
  • Sarasmaintaining
    Sarasmaintaining Posts: 1,027 Member
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    pds06 wrote: »
    I think it's a healthier eating plan. Boosts your metabolism. There is a book. I never heard of it before and was wonderind if I missed something or if anyone knows anything about it?

    Nope, right there is your clue that it's a gimmicky plan.
  • jddnw
    jddnw Posts: 319 Member
    edited June 2015
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    When the science is unclear, as RodaRose says, it's pretty easy for a self-proclaimed authority to step in to fill the void with their own theories, which are probably snake oil. This author looks to me like he is in the same league as Dr. Mercola and Dr. Oz. But, looks could be deceiving.
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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,585 Member
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    pds06 wrote: »
    I think it's a healthier eating plan. Boosts your metabolism. There is a book. I never heard of it before and was wonderind if I missed something or if anyone knows anything about it?
    Eating food doesn't boost your metabolic rate with any significance. It's a sales gimmick book.

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  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
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    Anything called "Gut Balance Revolution" should be approached with a healthy dose of skepticism.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,585 Member
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    jddnw wrote: »
    When the science is unclear, as RodaRose says, it's pretty easy for a self-proclaimed authority to step in to fill the void with their own theories, which are probably snake oil. This author looks to me like he is in the same league as Dr. Mercola and Dr. Oz. But, looks could be deceiving.
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    He must have gotten tired of other magazines and journals making money off of him, so he decided to endorse his own money making program.

    Don't get me wrong, he seems to be well versed in his background. But like most doctors, he's usually seeing people with issues that need surgery or doctor prescribed attention. Trying to apply recommended programs he uses for people that NEED IT versus people who are already relatively gut healthy and are just overweight is the stretch here.

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  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    edited July 2015
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    I don't follow a specific diet. But recently I had a difficult infection. I was on a lot of antibiotics that were very strong. About 5, over the course of months. And I had a bad allergic reaction to one. I developed a secondary problem from the antibiotics. So, I have been eating a diet to rebuild my flora and internal ecosystem. I eat yogurt, kefir, fermented veggies. Lots of veggies, and my usual diet that also includes grains, nuts, fruit, eggs, chicken, salmon, lentils, cheese, pizza, the occasional burger. And sweets and treats in moderation. I am probably forgetting something to say (it's a regular non restrictive diet that I like). I don't need to lose weight, though. There can be benefits to having healthy intestinal flora, particularly if it was severely disrupted by antibiotics. Science does support that.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
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    I checked out the book. It is good info if you want a healthy microbiome. And sometimes it's good to do some preventative medicine to be healthy before problems become bad. I wouldn't follow it as a diet, but just read it for the info to add into your diet as you would like.
  • CavitaKapadia
    CavitaKapadia Posts: 1 Member
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    RodaRose wrote: »
    He has you drastically cutting out meat and fish and milk. Cheese, yogurt, and eggs are o.k. He encourages fermented foods and has you eating lots of fruits, veggies, beans, and some nuts and seeds.
    Science is not clear yet on how changing the bacteria in our gut helps us.

    In response to this, science does not know everything yet, but science has overwhelming evidence that suggest that gut microbes affect allergies, yeast infections, immunity, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and my personal favorite, depression and anxiety. I researched gut microbes personally for 5 years. Utilizing a probiotic (probio 5 is my go to) should be used if the diet can not completely be changed. Even if the diet is changed, probiotics are recommended.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,150 Member
    edited July 2015
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    Nope, sorry.
    pds06 wrote: »
    I think it's a healthier eating plan. Boosts your metabolism. There is a book. I never heard of it before and was wonderind if I missed something or if anyone knows anything about it?

  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
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    Anything that claims to turn your body into a fat burning machine get the nope from me.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,089 Member
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    Op, sounds like just another doctor trying to sell books....eat at a calorie deficit if you want to lose weight.
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
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    I already eat those foods, except no one is going to make me eat fermented veggies.

    It sounds gimmicky to me. I'm always leery of anything that smacks of "one weird trick" in disguise.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    edited July 2015
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    Anytime there's a catchy sound byte like "The Food MD," or "Join the Gut Balance Revolution!" you can bet that whomever is promoting this product for sale has caved to commercialism which, in my books, pretty much negates any benefit his program may actually offer, if only because I'd never try it for precisely that reason.

    And besides that, he just looks smarmy. Yeah, I know, not scientific, but I'll trust my gut <snork> on this one. B)
  • sheldonklein
    sheldonklein Posts: 854 Member
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    Somewhat off point, but what is a fermented vegetable, other than sauerkraut and certain pickles?
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
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    sheldonklein wrote: »
    Somewhat off point, but what is a fermented vegetable, other than sauerkraut and certain pickles?
    There's a big part of me that just doesn't want to know. LOL!

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