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EP 26: What Gut Health Can Tell You
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The gut microbiome and its impact on our overall health and wellness has recently risen to the forefront of the conversation around heath, and Dr. Minni Malhotra dives into this hot topic today. From the definition of gut dysbiosis to the percentages of the good bacteria you want, this episode has it all. We hear which lifestyle factors may be impacting your gut health, and what foods you can eat to help diversify your microbiome. Tune in to find out which markers you can assess to check your gut health, and which two tests Dr. Malhotra advises. We discuss the importance of taking a family history in understanding your gut health, and the link between the innate immune system and the microbiome. Don’t miss out on this bite-sized podcast!
Key Points From This Episode:
- The topic for today: gut health and what it can tell you.
- The two tests that Dr. Malhotra likes to use to assess gut health.
- The definition of dysbiosis and how it causes disease.
- What the important groups of good bacteria are, and the amounts of them you should have.
- The bad bacteria and why low diversity of gut bacteria is a contributor to dysbiosis.
- How to measure gut species richness: Shannon’s index and Simpson’s index.
- Which medical interventions and family traits suggest that you might have gut dysbiosis.
- What lifestyle factors you should change to improve your microbiome.
- The foods containing natural prebiotics.
- What markers of digestive insufficiency you can test for to check your gut health.
- The link between the innate immune system and the microbiome.
- Other causes of poor gut health.
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