Could Reducing Endotoxins Be Why Your Health Improves?
Certain bacteria in the intestines produce endotoxins like 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴, which can be absorbed into circulation and cause a state of 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘹𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢 that leads to low-grade inflammation throughout the body.
One reason the modern Western diet high in starches and fat causes so much health problems is because the 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Perhaps reducing endotoxins is one reason why adopting a low-carb or low-fat diet benefits health?
Less starch on a low-carb diet means less endotoxin production, so there aren’t a lot available to be absorbed from the increased fat intake.
Less fat on a low-fat diet means less endotoxins are absorbed, so it doesn’t matter how much endotoxins you produce from eating more starch.
Either of these approaches have been associated with improved health relative to a Western diet, and less endotoxins 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺.
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