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Hi CK, you’ve likely heard about, perhaps read about the recognition over the relatively recent past of the outsized role our gut health plays in the regulation of our overall health, including the so-called gut-lung axis. Happily it turns out that actions on our part that foster gut health do the same for overall health. A real “win/win! The ticket: plenty of dietary fiber in the food you chow down. You can amp it a bit more by adding some fermented stuff like unpasteurized sauerkraut and/or kimchi (found in the refrigerator case at the grocery). Amp it even further by ditching all animal protein. Warning: make this change at the risk of becoming as startlingly handsome as me. Don
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Yes! I agree!! I make a big smoothie every morning and rotate some of the good gut choices and lots of organic berries + greens, superfoods...no dairy. (Northwest wild foods has some great berries you probably cannot find in your area, very high in antioxidants ..immune boosting) Avoiding the foods Thumper mentioned can help with inflammation as well!! (which is basically what we are dealing with) All of these changes + many more has helped my conditions and my CT's have even improved. (not expected!) Blessings!
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Don, I concur with the gut-lung axis theory. I have been on a WFPB (whole food plant based) diet for a couple of years now, and recommend it for general good health. We have been trained for decades to believe animal protein is essential to good health, not true in my opinion. There are a couple of good books out there that explains the WFPB diet very well, "How Not to Die" and "The China Study". Also a good documentary is "The Game Changers" on Netflix. Bill