February 2025.

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About this episode

Nicole Dynan, dietitian and gut health expert, joined us on the podcast for a conversation in 2022. The topic was gut health, and it turned out to be a VERY popular episode!

Today, the importance of good nutrition for a healthy gut remains as relevant as ever, so we’re revisiting our ‘Nuts and gut health’ episode, during Gut Health Month, which runs across February.

In this fascinating deep dive into gut health, Nicole shares how food and dietary patterns influence the gut microbiota, and what the best diet for gut health looks like. And she busts some common gut-health myths along the way.

Of course, we had questions about nuts too.

What does the science tell us about nuts and gut health? How do nut nutrients impact the gut microbiota? Should you avoid nuts if you have diverticular disease? Do you need to activate nuts before eating them? Plus, more.

It’s an easy listen to get up-to-speed on what remains one of the hottest topics in nutrition and health.   

About today’s guest

Nicole is known as ‘The Gut Health Dietitian’ as she specialises in gut health and food intolerance and is one of a handful of dietitians in Australia with qualifications in dietetics and psychology. She loves working with patients to identify the food-related causes of their symptoms, rebuild their gut health and help them achieve a better quality of life.

Nicole runs a telehealth private practice and is one of the largest corporate nutrition service providers in Australia and for ‘The Good Nutrition Company’, which she founded in 2012.

Nicole is a guest lecturer for The University of Sydney and University of New South Wales and is a media spokesperson for Dietitian’s Australia. She has completed speaking engagements for Dietitian Connection, The Australasian Diabetes Congress, HealthEd, the Singapore Dietitian’s Association and Dietitian’s Australia.

Prior to becoming a dietitian, Nicole managed a chronic disease management program for Merck, Sharp & Dohme pharmaceuticals.

Supporting resources

Effect of nuts on gastrointestinal health

Nuts and their effect on gut microbiota, gut function and symptoms in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Associations of nutritional behaviour and gut microbiota with the risk of COVID-19 in healthy young adults in Poland

Does ‘activating’ nuts affect nutrient bioavailability?

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Host: Belinda Neville

Contact us: admin@nutsforlife.com.au