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Great reading Robyn, you're a great human being.👍🇦🇺

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Glad you found it helpful - that's my primary purpose in writing this substack (the other purpose is venting, but none of my readers seem to mind that too much 🤣.

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Righteous anger aka venting.👍🇦🇺💪

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Yep, that just about nails it :).

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Oct 19, 2023Liked by Robyn Chuter

Informative article.

Thank you.

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Thank YOU for reading, and I hope you found some actionable tips.

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I'm confident the logical conclusion is to transplant poo from someone else's microbiome to my own.

Signed, Allopathic Medicine.

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Oh Shane, you're such a cynic! How could you possibly have formed the impression that medicine is all about money, not about improving people's health?

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Yes, a proud cynic.

Actually, I think most people doing Fecal Transplants really believed in the reductionist explanation, and were genuinely baffled when it didn't make them magically 'healthy'. I don't think piles of money were a major factor in this particular failure. In a way, people interpreted all those mouse experiments 'correctly'. Measure just one variable, get a simple result, ignore the complexity of interacting systems, expect such simplicity in real life.

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As usual Shane, your analysis is incisive. The original fecal transplantation experiments were performed on germ-free mice. These unfortunate creatures are raised in a completely unnatural environment.To think that the results of such experiments would be replicated in humans living normal lives (well, as normal as it gets in 21st century industralised societies), was simply magical thinking.

As Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying always say, "Welcome to complex systems."

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I tried adding turmeric to my food but I get loose stool from it :-(

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You might need to start with a smaller amount! If you still don't tolerate it well, don't worry - there are plenty of other polyphenols that promote gut health.

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OK I will do that. Would you know what the minimum effective/recommended dose is for sprinkling this spice on food? Thanks for all the info you provide which is greatly appreciated.

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There are studies showing benefit from as little as 1/4 tsp per day. You definitely don't need to go crazy with it! It's also not a magic bullet. I suggest using a whole range of herbs and spices because all of them contain polyphenols that are metabolised by beneficial bacteria. Some of my favourites are paprika, saffron, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, chilli, oregano, rosemary and thyme.

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Those bush foods have plenty of prebiotic substances that promote a healthy gut microbiome!

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