Lecture Notes: Fasting and Gut Health by Dr. Jin Sung

Introduction

• Speaker: Dr. Jin Sung
• Focus: Relationship between fasting and gut health
• Key Theme: "Clinical excellence meets excellent results"

Benefits of Fasting on Gut Microbiome

Promotion of Beneficial Bacteria

• Acromantia municipalia: A beneficial bacteria that thrives during fasting
  • Role: Produces and degrades mucus in the GI tract
  • Function: Protects enterocytes (gut cells)

Enhancement of Metabolite Production

• Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs)
  • Importance: Feed other gut bacteria
  • Key SCFA: Butyrate
• Dietary Fiber: Critical for SCFA production

Reduction in Dysbiosis

• Fasting helps "reset" the gut
  • Prolonged fasting (1-3 day fasts) gives gut time to "breathe" and heal
• Decreases exposure to inflammatory food proteins
  • Examples: Gluten, dairy, soy, nightshades, lectins

Inflammation Reduction

• Decreases dietary proteins that cause inflammation
• Beneficial for individuals with autoimmune diseases
• Allows GI tract time to heal

Fasting Challenge

Details

• Hosted on membership website
• Discount Offer: January 1st-3rd
  • Regular Price: $43/month
  • Discount Price: $33/month
  • Grandfathered rates

Participation

• Provides information, handouts, and guidance on fasting
• Start Date: January 6th

Gut-Brain Axis

Impact of Fasting

• Fasting improves the gut-brain axis
• Enhances communication between enteric nervous system and brain
  • Crosstalk: Bidirectional influence between brain and gut

Microbial Metabolic Efficiency

• Fasting enhances energy generation and dietary fiber fermentation
• Overall improvement in gut microbiome

Conclusion

• Closing by Dr. Jen Sung
• Encouragement to stay healthy
• Looking forward to next week's session