{"id":888200,"date":"2026-09-08T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/888200\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:26:09","slug":"what-should-you-eat-to-improve-your-gut-health-ask-nutritionist-leslie-beck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/888200\/","title":{"rendered":"What should you eat to improve your gut health? Ask nutritionist Leslie Beck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/MNGHUL6I6FFUPEVDJ2DUFP73NE.jpg?auth=dd4b59cf9652e1b713aaa100d7ec70df4f2a31e65161822c767f3e642f1701b7&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Oksana Bratanova\/iStockPhoto \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The Q&amp;A is happening on Friday, Sept. 11. Submit your questions now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Maintaining a healthy gut biome is one of the keys to aging well \u2013 an unhealthy one can be closely tied to various age-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and dementia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">On Friday, Sept. 11 at 1 p.m. ET, registered dietitian Leslie Beck will be answering reader questions about how to make changes for better gut health, which foods to eat and avoid and how to create a lasting dietary plan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Beck, one of Canada\u2019s leading nutritionists, is the Clinical Director of Food and Nutrition at Medcan and author of The Globe\u2019s Food for Thought column.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Submit your questions in the box below or send us an email at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/wellness\/article-gut-health-fibre-nutrition-reader-questions\/mailto:audience@globeandmail.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/wellness\/article-gut-health-fibre-nutrition-reader-questions\/mailto:audience@globeandmail.com\">audience@globeandmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Oksana Bratanova\/iStockPhoto \/ Getty Images The Q&amp;A is happening on Friday, Sept. 11.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[14323,244790,10456,10457,9335,49,48,84,2922,395],"class_list":["post-888200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-ac-community","tag-ac-qa","tag-aud-growth","tag-aud-headline","tag-aud-url","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-noastack","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}