After 12 years on a vegan diet Yanar Alkayat thought she was super healthy — then she saw a gut specialist Celebrities such as Ellie Goulding and Lucy Watson have helped push up the popularity of plant-based eating as well as millennials with a recent Vegan Life magazine survey reporting 42 per cent of all vegans are now aged between 15 and But behind the gloss and glamour of vegan hashtags on Instagram I feel compelled to tell a gut health story that might save people from its potential pitfalls if not approached properly. Only recently results of a study published in Mucosal Immunology added to the evidence linking gut health to obesity. My diet evolved from vegetarian to fully-fledged vegan about 12 years ago for ethical and health reasons. For several years I experienced only positive effects: an abundance of energy, easy weight management, a more balanced attitude towards food and for the first time in about 15 years, fewer symptoms of chronic candida which I had suffered with since I was a teenager. Candida is an infection that arises from an overgrowth of yeast in the gut. But in the last couple of years signs of concern started emerging. Occasional flatulence had escalated to extreme bloating so bad that at the end of every day my belly looked about four months pregnant.
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Vegan diets are most beneficial when they contain large amounts of fbre, research suggests Credit: Getty Images. It really should be, because the best remedy for seasonal allergies might be in these plant-based foods. Indicating the relevance of gut microbiota for cognition, a first human study assessing cognitive tests and brain imaging could distinguish obese from nonobese individuals using a microbial profile Many of you will be trying out a Vegan diet this January as part of Veganuary, the now annual month long campaign to encourage people to try a Vegan diet for January and maybe beyond. Witte, A. This sweet fruit is great when suffering from diarrhoea, because it helps to restore the amount of electrolytes and potassium that are lost during the episode and is loaded with fibre, which aids good digestion. Pre-treatment microbial Prevotella-to-Bacteroides ratio, determines body fat loss success during a 6-month randomized controlled diet intervention.
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