Here are 6 “gut health trends” I don’t follow: ❌⚠️

1. Fiber maxxing 👉 Dumping 50g of psyllium, inulin, and chia into one smoothie isn’t “healthy” - it’s a bloating disaster. Your microbiome needs weeks to adapt. Slow wins. 2. Cooking everything in beef tallow 👉 Trending hard right now. Tallow is ~50% saturated fat. At high doses it shifts your microbiome toward harmful bacteria and impairs your gut barrier - the research is dose-dependent, but “cook everything in it” is well past the safe zone. 3. Raw milk for gut health 👉 Unpasteurized milk is having a massive moment on TikTok. As a GI doctor I’ve seen what Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria do to a gut. No probiotic benefit is worth that risk - especially for kids and pregnant women. 4. Chlorophyll water for “gut detox” 👉 Your gut doesn’t need detoxing. Evidence for chlorophyll water is almost nonexistent - eat the actual vegetable. 5. The BeanTok challenge (2 cups of beans/day from Day 1) 👉 The fiber is genuinely great - but jumping straight to 2 cups causes bloating for most people. Build up slowly. 6. Parasite cleanses because TikTok said so 👉 Most digestive symptoms in developed countries are not parasites. These harsh herbal formulas irritate your gut and cause nutrient deficiencies. I have spent years studying the gut …and the best things for it are still the least exciting ones Comment “Fix” and I’ll send you the exact GutFix guide I share in my clinic. #GutHealth #bloating #Gastroenterology #drsethi