Gut Bites MD

Why Whole Foods “Hide” Calories

How food structure and processing shape the calories we absorb

May 27 • Chris Damman, MD

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Metabolic Flexibility: Why Humans Are Built for Both Plants and Meat

The body’s remarkable ability to shift between carbohydrate and fat-based metabolism as food environments change

May 12 • Chris Damman, MD

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April 2026

How Did We Miss the Microbiome in Nutrition?

What we overlooked in a system built on single nutrients

Apr 29 • Chris Damman, MD

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Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

Healthy nutrition is about adding back what is missing, not taking away what you love

Apr 21 • Chris Damman, MD

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The Biology of Food Pairing

Why What You Eat Together Matters More Than You Think

Apr 14 • Chris Damman, MD

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March 2026

Beyond Food Scores: Measuring Diet as a System

Why individual food scoring can miss the bigger picture, and how context, balance, and combinations better reflect health.

Mar 24 • Chris Damman, MD

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Are Additives the Real Problem With Ultra-Processed Foods?

The gut microbiome reveals a deeper issue: not just what gets added to food, but what industrial processing removes.

Mar 18 • Chris Damman, MD

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GLP-1 is Changing Medicine. Food Quality Matters More Than Ever.

Powerful new drugs amplify one gut satiety signal. Quality food activates the whole system, including a key appetite-regulating system called the ileal…

Mar 10 • Chris Damman, MD

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February 2026

Why Diet Wars Miss the Point

Your Personal Microbiome May Be Deciding Which Foods are Best For You

Feb 24 • Chris Damman, MD

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Smarter eating starts with food quality

Nutrition advice has never been louder, or more confusing.

Feb 16 • Chris Damman, MD

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November 2025

Ultra-Processed Foods: What the Media & Consumers are Missing

Christopher Damman, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington. Editor-in-Chief of Gut Bites MD.

Nov 12, 2025 • Chris Damman, MD

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Why Colorectal Cancer is Rising–The Microbiome, Diet & How to Lower Your Risk

Christopher Damman, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington. Editor-in-Chief of Gut Bites MD.

Nov 2, 2025 • Chris Damman, MD

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