Nuts and gut health: Episode 25

About this episode Many factors influence gut health, including age, gender, the environment, antibiotic use and our diets. So, what's the best diet to ensure our gut remains healthy? And are nuts part of this? Should nuts be avoided in you have diverticular disease? And do we really need to activate nuts? In this episode of The Healthy Handful podcast, we speak with dietitian Nicole Dynan, for a deep dive into gut health. Nicole explains how foods and dietary patterns can influence the make up of the gut microbiota, including the evidence behind nuts. She also dispels some common gut myths along the way!  About today's guest Nicole is known as 'The Gut Health Dietitian' as she specialises in gut health and food intolerance. She is one of a handful of dietitians in Australia with qualifications in dietetics and psychology. Nicole loves working with patients to identify the food-related causes of their symptoms, rebuild their gut health and help them achieve a better quality of life. Nicole runs a telehealth private practice and is one of the largest corporate nutrition service providers in Australia and for 'The Good Nutrition Company', which she founded in 2012. Nicole is a guest lecturer for The University of Sydney and University of New South Wales and is a media spokesperson for Dietitian's Australia. She has completed speaking engagements for Dietitian Connection, The Australasian Diabetes Congress, HealthEd, the Singapore Dietitian's Association and Dietitian's Australia. Prior to becoming a dietitian, Nicole managed a chronic disease management program for Merck, Sharp & Dohme pharmaceuticals. Supporting resources Associations of nutritional behaviour and gut microbiota with the risk of COVID-19 in healthy young adults in Poland https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/2/350/htm Nuts and their effect on gut microbiota, gut function and symptoms in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32781516/ Does 'activating' nuts affect nutrient bioavailability? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32199146/ Sign up to NutENews Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn Credits Host: Belinda Neville Contact us [email protected]