Professor Tim Spector has given his advice on what people should be eating more of to improve their gut health and reduce inflammation in the gut, with the Zoe co-founder pinpointing one food type as a must-include
Renowned health expert Professor Tim Spector is championing the incorporation of two pivotal components into one’s daily diet for enhanced gut well-being.
The Zoe co-founder has continually stressed the pivotal role gut health plays in overall wellness. To bolster this crucial aspect of our health, he advocates introducing a specific food category into our daily consumption, citing: “Fermented food, has been shown thanks to a study from Stamford to have anti-inflammatory affects.”
Expanding upon this recommendation, Professor Spector shared during the Zoe podcast: “Which means we get this boost of extra microbes that are in food and the probiotics in food, if you have them regularly, and we’re talking at least probably three times a day you’re getting a sample of it, can dampen down inflammation, keep your immune system in much better shape.”
Professor Spector pointed out the beneficial impact of fermented foods on reducing gut inflammation. In support of this, Healthline previously reported that whenever the gut becomes inflamed, various health problems can emerge, including persistent constipation, tiredness, and menstrual irregularity.
Furthermore, Professor Spector shared an additional insight for improving gut well-being. He suggested that even though completely eliminating ultra-processed foods from our diets may be challenging, a concerted effort to restrict their consumption is beneficial, reports Gloucestershire Live.
He proposed that we should be striving to reduce our consumption of ultra-processed foods to below 10 per cent of our diet, stating: “Because we know that there’s a pro-inflammatory reaction when you’re having a lot of these (ultra-processed) foods and it causes problems for your gut microbes as well as depriving them of fibre and normal nutrients.”
In addition, he elucidated: “So that is what everyone should be aiming at is to shift more towards real food, you know less fake foods in their diet, plus getting more different fermented foods in their diet.”
The adverse effects of ultra-processed foods on health are no secret, with a hefty amount of research over the years indicating strong associations between diets rich in ultra-processed foods and grave health concerns such as heart conditions and certain cancers.