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One of my students, “Tom,” was a fellow in his late 80s and was otherwise young and amazing.

Then one day he experienced some bleeding from his butt and ended up in the emergency room.

They diagnosed the problem as diverticulitis, and it seems he was in the hospital for a day or so at the very least.

Diverticulitis can be very serious.

And preventing it is the best approach.

That’s why today, I want to talk about how you can prevent diverticulitis.

And I will explain why you should think about it because it can really affect your quality of life a great deal.

First, what is diverticulitis?

Diverticulitis is inflammation that occurs in the digestive system, typically in the colon.

Little inflamed pouches develop and become infected, and these are called diverticula.

Sometimes antibiotics help.

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But sometimes people have worse complications — some are even life-threatening and require surgery.

However, there’s been an explosion in the number of people who have diverticulitis.

There is an increase in the number of milder cases of people who don’t need surgery and those with more severe issues.

A good friend of mine had a routine colonoscopy, and the surgeon showed that she had a little bit of diverticulitis.

He wasn’t concerned about such a mild case, but he pointed it out and told her she should eat more fiber.

There could be a couple of reasons for the increase in cases.

And one of those reasons could be that there are so many more colonoscopies done routinely.

It could be that the screenings are just catching the cases that might never have been detected otherwise.

It’s hard to find anything current.

But this paper showed that the number of new cases diagnosed had skyrocketed in recent years.

And the treatment for diverticulitis remains as it always has been.

For simple cases, doctors prescribe antibiotics — and hopefully, the infection disappears.

They may put the patient on a diverticulitis diet of soluable fiber.

For bad cases, doctors perform surgery.

They cut out the infected part, often inserting a colostomy bag where the patient’s feces comes out.

Then later, they go back in and they close up the colostomy once you don’t need a bag anymore.

Doesn’t that just sound like a lot of fun?

Yeah, I don’t think so, either.

Which is why the best thing is to not need diverticulitis treatment by preventing it.

So how can you prevent diverticulitis?

The first rule is to avoid indigestible fiber.

You want to avoid the worst offenders — raw vegetables.

Raw vegetables are very irritating to the gut.

And they ferment in the gut causing a lot of endotoxins, which you know are highly toxic.

On the other hand, good fiber can be helpful.

This study found that grains are a very poor source of fiber.

In our data, fiber from fruit and vegetable sources, and not from cereal fiber, was associated with a reduced risk of diverticular disease.

So forget bran, forget oatmeal, forget rice.

The best source of fiber is actually ripe fruit or well-cooked vegetables.

Raw vegetables are not helpful in preventing diverticulitis.

The second rule is to increase your calcium, vitamin D3, and vitamin K2 levels.

Our diets are often loaded in phosphorus and very low in calcium.

This combination can increase the chances of diverticulitis.

It lowers your body’s resistance to the infections and endotoxins created in the bowel.

And the third rule is to increase things like vitamin K2 and vitamin D3.

You can eat cooked mushrooms, raw carrot salad and take activated charcoal.

These can all reduce the number of endotoxins in your gut and assist in healing the bowel.

Changing your diet to increase fruit fiber from ripe fruit can be super helpful.

I gave this information to “Tom.”

Hopefully, he’ll start doing a lot better and will not require surgery.

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