Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

The Truth About 'Normal' Diets_ A Hard-Hitting Reality Check | Is Gut Microbiome Testing Helpfu

29 May 2025 · 1 min

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Aaron Hartman, MD argues that returning to a typical American diet after treatment isn't the goal. Instead, patients should maintain better eating habits and address common digestive issues like dysbiosis or low stomach acid before spending money on advanced gut microbiome testing.

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When can I go back to a normal diet? My interpretation of that is we're going to go back to my standard American diet that's making most people sick and unhealthy. And the answer is, well, we're going to keep the games. You can't go back to bad lifestyle choices. You have to maintain your diet. You have to maintain your lifestyle. And so if you're doing that, that's when additional gut testing can be helpful. But the reality is most of us have some form of dysbiosis, of over growing bacteria, of digestive issues, of insufficiency, whether it's a stomach acid or of pancreatic enzymes. And trying to do some basic support first before doing an advanced test can be helpful. We all should be eating better, we all should be having better lifestyles.