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Ali Miller RD discusses the importance of butyrate for gut health and its role in preventing colon cancer.

Do you know your Butyrate status and why it matters? In this episode, Ali Miller RD, digs into short chain fatty acids and metabolites in the colon with a big emphasis on butyrate. This beneficial compound provides energy for the body while reducing inflammation, protecting your gut barrier, and improving colon cell health. With the rate of colorectal cancer on the rise of 2% increase per year, we need to pause and consider diet and lifestyle strategy. You will learn foods to increase in your diet to support butyrate levels, how to address dysbiosis or gut infection, particular strains of gut flora that aid in production of butyrate, and how to assess your status in a stool test. Ali will discuss the importance of increasing fiber in your diet with a variety of sources and why eliminating or greatly limiting seed oils is key for colon health. This episode also covers the connection of environmental toxicity, considerations of your toilet paper choice, and if it's worth getting a bidet. Links in this episode: Test your stool with a GI Map and get a customized interpretation from Ali Miller RD Shop my Beat the Heat Probiotic Promo Use BEATTHEHEAT26 to buy 2 get 1 50% off Choosing…

People in this episode

Host: Ali Miller RD

Topics covered

• butyrate
• colon cancer prevention
• short chain fatty acids
• gut health
• dietary strategies
• fiber intake
• environmental toxicity

Keywords

• butyrate
• colon cancer
• short chain fatty acids
• gut flora
• fiber
• dysbiosis
• seed oils
• stool test
• environmental toxicity

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