Times running out…..but there is still a lot left.

I here are 2 things that concern me as a science ‘insider’ on nutrition and underline every thing I do in my dietetic practice.

The first issue is the gradual loss of the ancestral gut biome, driven by the rise in ultra-processed food consumption in the past 50 years and a decline in minimally processed, nutrient-rich foods that support beneficial gut bacteria.

This creates an imbalance in the gut microbiome—characterized by an overgrowth of harmful bacteria and a reduction in beneficial ones.
These conditions act like internal "global warming," creating chronic inflammation within the body that increases the risk of the lifestyle diseases.

The extinction of critical gut bacteria species passed down through generations like a baton from one generation to the next, poses unknown risks to the health and resilience of future generations.

The second is the epigenetic changes passed onto offspring by mums and dads living in a body shaped by our unhealthy environment: too much junk food and not enough exercise.

This increases the risk of adult lifestyle diseases like T2D, fatty liver and a disposition for easier body fat gain in the child.

Both these harms are active now and means the human genome will likely get weaker with each generation.

The knock-on effects could be catastrophic.

I don’t want to us be the handful of pivotal generations that impacted humanity in these negative ways.

This is me! With my WTF!? Face.

I graduated from Sydney Uni in 1984 after 4.5 years full-time study to complete a BSc and Post Grad. in Human Nutrition with Merit. I hold a Cert IV in Training & Assessment for Food Literacy Coaching.