My Gut Garden Begins to Bloom There was a time when he thought of nutrition purely in terms of macros. Just as he learned: protein to rebuild, carbs to fuel, fats to balance hormones. But now, after clearing out his pantry, his mindset had shifted. Food wasn’t fuel. It was fertilizer – for the invisible...
The Enemies in My Pantry For someone who had competed in triathlon races, he wasn’t expecting to lose a battle to a granola bar. But there it was – half-eaten on the kitchen counter, smug in its plastic wrapping, listing ingredients that barely sounded like food: glucose-fructose syrup, “natural flavor,” soy isolate, sunflower oil, emulsifiers,...
Would You Swallow That to Live Longer? He had done strange things before. Fasted for 3 days. Ran a 42K with nothing but water and salt on a 400m track. But then he was only 17. Participated in over a hundred fecal transplants. But this was different. This time, the recipient wasn’t sick. This time,...