What Role Does our Microbiome Play in a Healthy Diet? - with Tim Spector

This is one of the best videos I have seen on this channel.

I am a retired physician studying Whole Food Plant Based nutrition where the amount of prebiotic fiber is pivotal for the bugs. Wonderful presentation, indeed a timely insight to many recent publications but with personnel (n=1), clinical and research data. The 'soil food web' is yielding similar recognition as to soil health. New vistas! Thanks.

Very interesting and helpful. Professor Tim Spector has been researching for many years and I am proud to have been a part of his research over the many years previous with my twin sister. They are still asking for more volunteers all the time. Especially with this gut research, as this will help us understand how our body works towards what we eat and drink and were we live and our life style. I hope in the coming future there will be more help and understanding for our wellbeing. Well done to you Tim Spector.

Prof. Spector, as an ex-NHS biomed scientist who majored in microbiology (UCH & HTD St Pancras) I could not resist watching this. When I trained there were 'normal flora' (= harmless so ignore) and pathogens (= do something, identify which antibiotics should work). This was a real eye-opener regarding how far microbiological knowledge of 'normal flora' has advanced, and how far it still has to go. I was enthralled, thank you.

This and fasting are the two major players in health hands down. If I can do these two consistently, I know I will be set for life. Hopefully, mobile and active in my later years and then when it's my time to go, just go peacefully in my sleep.🙏🙏🙏

Globe artichoke are a member of the thistle family , which is not the one you need. The artichoke you are looking for goes by various names , sunchoke, sunroot or earth apple, they are the root vegetable of the sunflower , they are packed with inulin and should be added to your diet gradually as they cause excessive farting . The vegetable looks like a gnarly potato, they can be eaten raw , boiled , roasted etc . Hope this helps .

I love vegetables and beans for weight loss.

Tim Spector's book "The Diet Myth" was actually my first real encounter with the world of the microbiome. I am hooked since then!

Best response to the diverse reactions we all have from eating the same stuff. Fad diets will hopefully be a thing we look back upon in dismay.

There’s so much drivel on diet on YouTube, it’s becoming a delight to find something as good as this. Well done sir! You summarise the cultural dietary landscape pretty well. Variety is the spice of life, and the source of good mental and physical health.

27:17- - "kefir", Кефир- was (and still is) a very popular milk product in post-soviet countries.

Brilliant! This has made me rethink my diet even more than becoming vegetarian/vegan. I did that anyway, but I now realise I don’t eat diversely enough!

Thanks… you gave me the information I'm looking for about where my diet is off because I eat the same thing almost everyday so my belly fat seems permanent until now that I know to embrace diversity in my food choices.

Brilliant to see the love for your work. Thanks for sharing this. I found Prof. Sector's book fascinating too.

I find myself wanting to get my doctor to watch this video. Fascinating and actually full of helpful and non extreme advice. Excellent presentation. Thank you.

I really liked the conference, very well explained and with very nice pictures, congratulations.

Amazing video! Making so much sense! This is the most inspiring video I have seen in long time. Thanks.

Awesome video! We love talking about the gut microbiome, as the gut hosts about 70% of our immune system!

I'm so glad this video found me. I live in China where diet diversity is huge and obesity is less than the West. I would be interested to know about their overall microbiomes.

Such an excellent explanation and everything is not as simple as it looks. Thanks Doc