THE GUT NERD CARIBBEAN

Welcome to The Gut Nerd Caribbean Podcast – I am your host Romanie Gunness, a physician on a mission to help you turn your meals and snacks into weapons against disease.
In today’s show we discuss MENOPAUSE and your Gut…

Welcome to THE GUT NERD CARIBBEAN podcast . I’m your host Romanie Gunness, a physician on a mission to turn your meals and snacks into weapons against disease. In today’s episode we share some remarkable findings on why the organisms in your gut , your Gut Microbiome, could help you build muscle mass, improve stamina and gain the momentum needed to take your exercise aspirations to the finish line !

Welcome to The Gut Nerd Caribbean Podcast – I am your host Romanie Gunness, a physician on a mission to help you turn your meals and snacks into weapons against disease. In today’s episode we discuss Hypertension or High Blood Pressure- the Silent Killer …and arm ourselves with the best weapons for taking back control – you may not be a fan of the 1983 Movie Scarface- but you can say hello to my little friend -The Gut Microbiome!

Welcome to The Gut Nerd Caribbean Podcast – I am your host Romanie Gunness, a physician on a mission to help you turn your meals and snacks into weapons against disease. This week we look at the forces that nudge us towards unhealthy choices for our families , the sludge that makes it hard to access better ones and why Childhood obesity doesn’t have to be a runaway train…even when the Gut Microbiome is crying out for help!

Welcome to The Gut Nerd Caribbean Podcast – I am your host Romanie Gunness, a physician on a mission to help you turn your meals and snacks into weapons against disease. Author and Poet James Baldwin once said “ Not everything that is faced , can be changed…But nothing can be changed until it is faced”… If we are looking for solutions to our health problems, ignorance of the reality becomes the enemy of success… So let’s look at some very sobering statistics…as we face what needs to be changed as we turn back the clock and use our creative minds and skills for the rebirth of the East Indian menu into one that feeds our Gut Microbiome so we can reduce and prevent the diseases that rob us of a quality life with our loved ones.

Welcome to The Gut Nerd Caribbean Podcast – I am your host Romanie Gunness, a physician on a mission to help you turn your meals and snacks into weapons against disease. In this episode we look at the connection between your mental health and your Gut Microbiome and offer some very practical strategies for your roadmap to resilience!

Welcome to The Gut Nerd Caribbean Podcast – I am your host Romanie Gunness, a physician on a mission to help you turn your meals and snacks into weapons against disease. In this episode we dig deep to look at Ground provisions and your health!
As a widely used staple in Caribbean cooking, how do they impact our health? Which among them is preferred when you are managing diabetes or want to lose weight? Does the method of cooking change their effect they have on the body? And last but not least, are they a friend or foe to the Gut Microbiome?

Welcome to The Gut Nerd Caribbean Podcast – I am your host Romanie Gunness, a physician on a mission to help you turn your meals and snacks into weapons against disease. This week we SPILL THE BEANS with a VERY SPECIAL GUEST- Distinguished Nutrition Researcher, Professor Dan Ramdath, as he shares the FACTS and PRACTICAL TIPS to making LEGUMES A FORMIDABLE FOOD IN YOUR QUEST FOR BETTER HEALTH!

Welcome to The Gut Nerd Caribbean Podcast – I am your host Romanie Gunness, a physician on a mission to help you turn your meals and snacks into weapons against disease. In this episode we look at a very sensitive and challenging problem for many couples - If you’ve been struggling with INFERTILITY or you’ve been diagnosed with POLYCYSTIC OVARIES - listen to this week’s podcast as we chat about the emerging science suggesting that YOUR GUT HEALTH has an important role in YOUR REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS!

Welcome to The Gut Nerd Caribbean Podcast – I am your host Romanie Gunness, a physician on a mission to help you turn your meals and snacks into weapons against disease. In this episode we do some escaping… to the land of fairy tales…as we look at dietary fiber and the Cinderella story and see if we can find our way from Once upon a time to Happily ever after…

Welcome to The Gut Nerd Caribbean Podcast – I am your host Romanie Gunness, a physician on a mission to help you turn your meals and snacks into weapons against disease.
In today’s show we look at Prebiotics, Probiotics and Caribbean food and learn about the magnificent art of CHUNKAY! We also have a special guest from the UWI who will share a recently published study about obesity and the gut organisms of children in Trinidad .

Welcome to The Gut Nerd Caribbean Podcast – I am your host Romanie Gunness, a physician on a mission to help you turn your meals and snacks into weapons against disease. It’s GUAVA SEASON - no better time to join me on this journey as we ELEVATE GUAVA to its rightful place on the throne !