The Importance of Being Barefoot
Just about 40,000 years ago, human beings made an elective decision that changed the course of humanity forever.
They started wearing shoes.
Although scientific theories
Just about 40,000 years ago, human beings made an elective decision that changed the course of humanity forever.
They started wearing shoes.
Although scientific theories
Just about 40,000 years ago, human beings made an elective decision that changed the course of humanity forever.
They started wearing shoes.
Although scientific theories
Nobody could afford coconut oil during the war in the 1940s. Although it had been used in European and American, not to mention Caribbean and Filipino, cooking for centuries, Americans lost their access to it, except at exorbitant prices. (If you’re wondering, that’s how soy was able to get such a foothold in our eating practices.)
When coconut oil reentered the market, the national food and health authorities had turned on it – they claimed it was basically lard. Coconut oil is 93% saturated fat, and during the 1950s, there wasn’t a dirtier curse word in the medical community.
We thought it clogged arteries and caused heart disease.
Antibiotics have been a game-changer in modern medicine, saving countless lives by fighting off bacterial infections. However, the use of antibiotics can also have unintended consequences on the gut microbiome.
Biting your quivering lip through a holiday prayer… excusing yourself to the bathroom during a tradition a loved one used to enjoy… banishing the mention of certain names during family gatherings…
Does that sound familiar?
Because the holidays are such a special time for most people.
Almost every family has a set of traditions, across the aisle and from the very religious to the totally secular.
The elements conspiring to rob your gut’s microbiome of its healthy bacteria have a three-fold plan:
Tamper with your digestion
Drain you of your energy
And slow down your metabolism.
Those are the effects of a standard Western diet – empty calories, ready-made meals we zap in the microwave with complex glucose chains already broken down, heavy fats, starches, high sodium…
The hallmarks of our diet choices are log-jamming our digestive tracts.