The Gut is the Gateway to Whole Health!

Food & Microbiome Digests
Elevate Gut & Whole Health
- Feed the Gut Microbiome
- Boost Natural Metabolites
- Energize Cell Mitochondria
Welcome to Gut Bites,
Chris Damman, MD, MA
Clinical Associate Professor of Gastroenterology
Former Gut Health & Microbiome Lead at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Notification of posts on tips for gut microbiome, natural metabolites, cell mitochondria, and gut & whole health.
“All disease begins the gut. Let food be thy medicine.” — Hippocrates, Circa 400 BC
LATEST STORIES
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Happy Microbiomes & Mitochondria, Happy Health
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Spotlight on Gut Health, Let Your Gut Shine
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The Four Lost Nutrients to Restore the Gut Microbiome
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Butyrate: Missing Link From Gut Health To Full Self
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Please Mind the Fiber Gap, Full Stop.
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To Free Fat or Cut Carbs for Life?
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The Four Life Pillars to Lift Whole Health
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Microbiome
The Free Dictionary
“The complete genetic content of all the microorganisms that typically inhabit a particular environment, especially a site on or in the body, such as the skin or the gastrointestinal tract.”
Butyrate
GutBitesMD
A molecule present in low amounts in some foods (e.g. butter) and produced in high amounts by good bacteria in the gut that plays an important role in regulating energy processing by mitochondria and whole health.
Mitochondria “Spherical or elongated organelle(s) in the cytoplasm of nearly all eukaryotic cells, containing genetic material and many enzymes important for cell metabolism, including those responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy.”
The Free Dictionary