{"id":1177,"date":"2021-01-19T12:30:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T19:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knightlab.ucsd.edu\/wordpress\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2021-01-19T12:30:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T19:30:16","slug":"a-plant-based-diet-lowers-your-risks-of-diabetes-and-heart-disease-by-boosting-healthy-gut-bacteria-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knightlab.ucsd.edu\/?p=1177","title":{"rendered":"A plant-based diet lowers your risks of diabetes and heart disease by boosting healthy gut bacteria, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/plant-based-diets-lower-heart-disease-risk-good-gut-bacteria-2021-1\">Plant-based diets are linked to plenty of health benefits, and new evidence suggests it may be because they cultivate friendly bacteria in our gut that control blood sugar levels.\u00a0\u00a0The study, published January 11 in\u00a0Nature Medicine,\u00a0is the largest and most detailed to date that looks at gut microbiome, diet, and health.\u00a0\u00a0The key to growing a\u00a0strong gut microbiome\u00a0seems to be eating mainly nutrient-dense whole plant foods, but also steering clear of\u00a0processed foods, refined starches and oils, and added sugar.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plant-based diets are linked to plenty of health benefits, and new evidence suggests it may be because they cultivate friendly bacteria in our gut that control blood sugar levels.\u00a0\u00a0The study,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlab.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlab.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlab.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlab.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlab.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/knightlab.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/knightlab.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlab.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlab.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlab.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlab.ucsd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}