Dr. Steven Gundry’s List of Unhealthy Foods

1. Tomatoes – Vegetables containing Lectins (including eggplants and potatoes)
2. Beans (can cause food poisoning)
3. Cashews
4. Peanuts (can cause colon cancer)
5. Grains
6. Brown bread (can increase appetite for bad food)
7. Meat products from animals who are fed with antibiotics (can destroy good microbes in your stomach)
8. Diet soda with sweeteners

Good foods – Dark chocolates containing Cocoa (good for heart), walnuts, almonds and coffee with no sugar

Super foods – Prebiotics (for easier digestion), Probiotics (can increase good microbes but not your own in your stomach). Anti-fungal (e.g., PrebioThrive, Bimuno).

Dr. Cary Nelson’s List of Bad Foods to Avoid

1. Bread containing Azodicarbonamide (a flour bleaching/foaming agent and a dough conditioner) which is illegal in Singapore
2. Diet soda containing an artificial sweetener (which kills good bacterium in your gut)
3. Coffee with sugar (can create acid dehydration)
4. Alcohol (can kill good bacterium in your gut)
5. Pasteurized juice and milk (can kill good bacterium)

Suggested food – Fermented vegetables (e.g., kimchi), Probiotics (laboratory level).

To prevent digestive problems, we should maintain the microbe balance in our guts (80% good bacterium, 20% bad bacterium).