{"id":2267,"date":"2018-04-12T10:36:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T10:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happybellyhealth.com\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2024-09-09T18:46:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T18:46:33","slug":"whats-missing-in-my-paleo-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happybellyhealth.com\/hbh-staging\/whats-missing-in-my-paleo-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Missing in my Paleo Diet?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Hi, I\u2019m Shanti, owner of Happy Belly Health<\/a>, a functional medicine health coach practice specializing in weight loss and digestion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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This week, Luke\u2019s Local\u2019s<\/a> featured paleo meal is Smoked Tri Tip with Green Tomato Chutney and sunchokes<\/a>. The folks at Luke\u2019s Local asked me to share a bit on why I like this particular menu item and how it can benefit you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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The chefs found a delicious and nutritious way to incorporate a very important prebiotic, inulin, that\u2019s often very low, into this yummy paleo meal. Inulin and prebiotics are the very necessary and essential starches that \u201cfeed\u201d our microbiome (gut bacteria). Without enough prebiotics, our bacteria won\u2019t colonize, which isn’t good. We need the right amount of stable and strong bacteria in our gut. In fact, 3\/4 of our immune system is made from this bacteria!<\/p>

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I love the paleo diet for many reasons.<\/strong> First, it really helps regulate blood sugar, and the \u201crules\u201d help people gravitate more towards more nutrient dense food choices that aren’t very processed. It\u2019s also a wonderful diet for people who have an auto-immune dysfunction, as it seems to lessen the inflammation that comes when eating dairy, gluten, and cross-reactive grains.<\/p>

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However, over the years, as much as I love this diet, over and over again, I’ve seen real deficiencies (found in comprehensive stool anaylsis) in butyrate, a short chain fatty acid.<\/strong> We need plenty of butyrate to counter inflammation in the gut. People with very low butyrate have a much higher risk for colon cancer and Chron\u2019s disease. Insufficient levels of this bacteria is one reasons why people might become constipated on the paleo diet.<\/p>

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This particular paleo meal solves the problem and is a great example for how to avoid running too low in butyrate when on the paleo diet.<\/strong> Make sure to get plenty of prebiotic starch, like inulin, found in sunchokes (aka jerusalem artichokes).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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We need starch. We need carbohydrates.<\/strong> We just don\u2019t need refined kinds. Look to keep a more balanced paleo diet – or any diet for that matter – and include starchy vegetables like sunchokes, plantains (especially green), veggies from the allium family (onions, leeks, etc. – the less cooked, the more prebiotics available), flax and chia seeds, and so much more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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And if you get the rumbling tummy or feel \u201cnot so great\u201d when eating any of these prebiotic-rich foods, take it as a sign that you most likely have a bacterial overgrowth in the wrong part of the intestines<\/strong> and set up a time to talk to us<\/a> or your preferred digestion specialist. The long-term solution isn\u2019t to avoid these foods, but rather to address the issue (or root cause). And as we\u2019ve learned, it doesn\u2019t go away on its own.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

One more bonus tip: Savor this meal\u2026 Every single bite\u2026. Take the time you need to chew and enjoy. Remember, it\u2019s not what you eat, it\u2019s what you digest!<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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