The Peter Attia Drive
#283 ‒ Gut health & the microbiome: improving and maintaining the microbiome, probiotics, prebiotics, innovative tr...
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Dec 18 2023 2h 32m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Colleen’s background and current focusChapter 2 7 mins
The basics of the microbiomeChapter 3 4 mins
The study of the human microbiomeChapter 4 8 mins
Categories of bacteria, and the implications on health of the rapid evolution of bacteriaChapter 5 9 mins
Methods for measuring and understanding the microbiome, and key indicators of microbiome healthChapter 6 6 mins
The important role of fiber for promoting gut health through the production of butyrateChapter 7 5 mins
The case for manipulating gut bacteria via fecal microbiota transplant (FMT)Chapter 8 4 mins
Dynamics of the microbiome: the gut-brain connection and how antibiotics, nutrition, stress, and more impact the microbiome's diversity and functionChapter 9 3 mins
Factors that influence the vaginal microbiomeChapter 10 2 mins
The effect of gut microbes on obesity and challenges with fecal transplants in peopleChapter 11 8 mins
Beneficial strains of gut bacteria and strains commonly found in probioticsChapter 12 4 mins
The difference between a probiotic and prebiotic, and how CFUs are a measure of the “active ingredient”Chapter 13 8 mins
Considerations about how probiotic strains are produced, and more on the meaning of CFUChapter 14 7 mins
Mitigating the effect of antibiotics on the microbiomeChapter 15 6 mins
What do we know about the effect of artificial sweeteners on the gut microbiome?Chapter 16 9 mins
Why Akkermansia is a keystone strain with implications for metabolic health and an individual’s response to dietary interventionsChapter 17 2 mins
The essential steps necessary to develop a robust probiotic for optimal health supportChapter 18 17 mins
How Akkermansia helps control blood glucose, and potential implications of Akkermansia in weight loss, diabetes management, and moreChapter 19 6 mins
Pendulum Therapeutics’ commitment to rigorous product developChapter 20 7 mins
Details about the probiotic “Glucose Control” and other probiotics developed by Pendulum TherapeuticsChapter 21 12 mins
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