What We Got Wrong About the Gut Microbiome (And What's Actually Right)
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What We Got Wrong About the Gut Microbiome (And What's Actually Right)

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 2, 20261 hr 4 min

We hear a lot about improving gut health through food, probiotics, and supplements. But after more than a decade of major advances in microbiome research, the picture has become both more promising and more complex. In this episode, I’m joined by gastroenterologist and neuroscientist Dr. Emeran Mayer, co-author of the new book The Mayer Model, to explore how our understanding of the gut-brain connection has evolved—and what we may still be getting wrong. We also look at what this growing field could mean for chronic disease and healthy aging. Here’s what you’ll learn...

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But I think to see the microbiome as a master translator in our bodies that translates whatever goes on around us comes into the diet

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The microbes translate this information into the body's own language and if that translation has an end result of a pro-inflammatory neurodegenerative message, then that's what the disease comes in.

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But I think to see the microbiome as a master translator in our bodies that translates whatever goes on around us comes into the diet and which comes to us through our mind because that goes down to the microbes as well. The microbes translate this information into the body's own language and if that translation has an end result of a pro-inflammatory neurodegenerative message, then that's what the disease comes in. Bloating gas, irregularity are often brushed off as minor issues, but they can really interfere with your quality of life.

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I see this all the time with patients who feel uncomfortable after meals, worried about digestion when they travel, or frustrated that nothing they've tried actually works. That's one reason I continue to recommend SEED. Their DSO1, daily symbiotic, was designed differently from most probiotics in the market.

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Many probiotics don't survive digestion, but DSO1 uses a capsule in capsule delivery system designed to help the strains survive and reach a colon where they can actually do their job. It's a 24 strain probiotic and prebiotic clinically shown to improve regularity, reduce bloating, and alleviate gas.

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