@drgreghealth: Here are three foods I tell every woman who comes into my practice to stop eating. I've been a functional medicine doctor for more than 25 years, and these aren't trendy eliminations. They're the three with the clearest research behind them. Food number one: Processed and deli meat. The World Health Organization classifies it as a group one carcinogen, the same hazard category as tobacco. Pooled data showed an 18 percent increase in colorectal cancer risk for every 50 grams eaten daily, roughly one hot dog or six slices of deli meat. Food number two: Added sugar, and all of its disguises. It's the single biggest driver of insulin resistance, inflammation and fatty liver I see walking through my door every day. Number three: Conventional wheat and refined gluten products. Research on zonulin, the protein that regulates the tight junctions between your gut cells, shows that gluten triggers its release, loosening those junctions and increasing intestinal permeability. For anyone with an autoimmune tendency, that's the open door the immune system needed. I'm not asking you to fear food. I'm asking you to stop eating the three things doing the most damage. Find the root. Heal the whole.

Dr. Greg

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