Science says eating just one meal per day can improve your health. Learn more at https://highintensityhealth.com/OMAD ----- High Intensity Health #79: Tim Gerstmar, ND - Starchy Foods and Mindset Shifts to Reduce Inflammation, Autoimmunity Naturopathic doctor Tim Gerstmar shares his “new model” for treating autoimmunity—no complex immunosuppressive drugs needed. In this episode you’ll learn how your thoughts and emotions affect inflammation, and how the foods you eat impact your genes and the trillions of bacteria (the gut microbiome) that turn inflammation either on or off. We also discuss top nutrients that you can eat to increase the healing powers of your gut microbiome. Show Notes: - Why the conventional model of autoimmunity is a farce - Mindset strategies to overcome guilt, an emotion that may be linked with inflammatory disease - If you’re on medications for a disease, your goal would be to “get off the meds.” Here’s why. - Fiber-free foods that shift your gut microbiome into high gear - Ways to modify your “bad genes” to prevent hereditary diseases and ailments - Why basic nutrition notions can keep you from healing (and possibly make you fat) - Psychoneuroimmunology: your thoughts and feelings create or suppress inflammation—the choice is yours - Key foods that increase mucus-producing bacteria in your gut - Vinegar can help increase diversity in gut bacteria - FODMAPS, GAPS diet, and SIBO—which diet is right for you? - Using enemas with resistant starch to increase growth of colonic bacteria - Do your gut bacteria change over time and with the seasons? Dr. Gerstmar discusses Favorite Nutrient: Curcumin: even if it’s not absorbed, it’s still feeding healthy gut bacteria #1 Lifestyle Tip: People need to realize that they are in the driver’s seat of their health. They have control. Take small steps daily to improve your health and don’t rely on the “healthcare system” to cure you. Take action; focus on progress, not perfection. Think about your mindset and its effects on your health.