#278 - How your gut microbiome affects gut and overall health | Dr. Will Bulsiewicz & Mike Haney

Your gut microbiome affects everything from your mental health and cognitive function to your immune system and metabolic health. Gut health symptoms, such as bloating, gas, constipation, or diarrhea, could be a sign that you have low species diversity. Dr. Will Bulsiewicz and Mike Haney discuss how the gut and brain communicate, how the gut microbiome affects the gut barrier and therefore your immune system, what to eat to improve the gut microbiome, and what microbiome testing can tell you.

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🎙 What Will Bulsiewicz, MD, & Mike Haney discuss:

9:14 — Gut health takes time to improve

14:49 — Your gut microbiome informs your gut and overall health

18:42 — Lifestyle choices help shape an individual’s gut microbiome

24:20 — A compromised gut barrier affects the immune system

30:51 — Nutritional strategies can improve the gut microbiome and reduce disease flares 

32:46 — The gut and the brain communicate

52:27 — A diverse gut microbiome is a sign of good health

56:45 — Your gut microbiome informs your bowel movements

1:01:46 — When to see a doctor for gastrointestinal symptoms

1:05:32 — Increasing fiber helps the gut microbiome

1:11:41 — The beneficial byproducts of gut microbes are postbiotics

1:14:59 — Eat a wide variety of plant foods to get optimal fiber

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🔗 Helpful links:
Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/iAHOycufGn8

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Will Bulsieweicz, MD, https://theplantfedgut.com/about/

Fiber Fueled: https://www.amazon.com/Fiber-Fueled-Plant-Based-Optimizing-Microbiome/dp/059308456X

The Plant Fed Gut: https://theplantfedgut.com/

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