Everything You Need To Know About Your Poop | Gut Surgeon Explains : 1533

0:00What do you think of the new fiber maxing trend?

0:02If you're eating 30 grams of fiber from just chia seeds,

0:05you're not doing yourself a favor.

0:06Psyllium husk has a role and it's good at bulking your poop.

0:09Psyllium husk does not have a prebiotic effect.

0:13It causes rapid fermentation and bloating,

0:16which is counterintuitive to gut health.

0:18I gained 20 pounds in one week of bloating.

0:21Literally my gut, like just systemic inflammation.

0:24It was horrifying.

0:24People always love to catch onto a trend and do it maximally.

0:28So if you're not used to eating fiber and then you fiber max and then you get bloated, that's on you.

0:33You need to go slow.

0:34I wish people spoke instead about fiber maxing because different fibers do different things and feed different bacteria.

0:44You're listening to The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey.

0:52Every week someone asks me, what's the best peptide?

0:55There isn't one.

0:55peptides are signals different peptides send different instructions to your body some affect