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The Importance of Gut Healthy | Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

30 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment Dr. Will Bulsiewicz argues that a healthy brain cannot be achieved without a healthy gut. He emphasizes that the human gut hosts roughly 38 trillion microbes whose composition changes rapidly in response to daily dietary choices. These microbes influence the entire body, especially brain health, affecting memory, focus, daily functioning, and long‑term cognitive conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. He calls for intentional, proactive management of diet and lifestyle to shape the microbiome positively, rather than passively stumbling into health outcomes.

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So can you have a healthy brain if you have an unhealthy gut? To have the healthiest brain possible, it is essential to have a healthy gut. I think that we need to be quite intentional about the way that we go about these things because we can kind of just stumble into our health or we can wake up and see that here we are and we have 38 trillion microbes. They're constantly evolving and changing. The food that you eat today will change your microbiome by tomorrow. And with those choices, you are shaping the microbiome and that microbiome will affect health throughout your entire body including your brain, including your ability to function, including your ability to maintain memories, including your ability to focus and get stuff done, and your long-term cognitive health, which includes things like Alzheimer's and things of this variety.