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Alex Manos: Stop taking probiotics (maybe)
State of Mind is a podcast hosted by Nutritional Therapist, Grace Kingswell, that interviews personalities in the health, wellness, arts and fitness industries talking health, food, state of mind, sustainability and everything in between.
2024
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Grace chats to Alex Manos about the human microbiome, how everything is interconnected and the systemic impact on our general health. They explore probiotic use for specific conditions as well as overall gut health and discuss whether the latter is really needed. They also dive into some really interesting topics such as SIBO, oral tolerance (what impacts and maintains resilience), diet and lifestyle factors for a healthy gut microbiome, how to build acquired resilience, the impact of restrictive diets and how to increase plant diversity for those individuals who struggle to tolerate fibre.
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Leveraging your microbiome for better skin, mood, and brain health, plus why most probiotics suck
Max Lugavere is a health and science journalist, filmmaker, and bestselling author. He is the author of the Genius trilogy of books, including the New York Times bestseller Genius Foods and Genius Kitchen. He hosts The Genius Life podcast, one of the top health and wellness podcasts in the U.S, with an audience of over 1.5 million followers across social media.
2024
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Kiran Krishnan is a research microbiologist who has been studying the microbiome for over 15 years. Prepare to be astounded as he chats to Max all about the human microbiome, how it makes the human species resilient and adaptable but also how decreasing microbial diversity may in turn lead to reduced resilience, genetic capabilities and a decline in the human species. We are basically eating to feed our microbiome to enable us to survive. They discuss quorum sensing where microbes can influence the overall diversity of species in the gut simply by sensing the signals of other microbes. Plus they debate the drivers of SIBO and how it may not actually be a condition but a symptom of dysfunction within the gut, and the importance of urolithin A for cellular function particularly mitochondria repair and how to cultivate this via our microbes. We know that probiotics can play a key role in promoting the growth of gut bacteria, but what happens in the digestive tract, do they survive? Krishnan delves into the probiotic world and highlights how spore based probiotics have been created to mimic nature and may increase their efficacy.
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A simple probiotic protocol to improve IBS & leaky gut
Dr Ruscio is a Doctor of Natural Medicine, Doctor of Chiropractic, clinical researcher and author. His podcast, Dr Ruscio Radio presents cutting edge information in health, nutrition and functional medicine distilled into practical advice that can be used to improve our health.
2024
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Dr Ruscio does a compelling and thorough review of the evidence available (all papers referenced are linked on the podcast) for probiotic use in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). He discusses a 4 point model that he uses to identify the root causes of IBS, namely microbial (SIBO & dysbiosis), lifestyle (predominantly stress), diet, and immune (integrity of the gut barrier i.e. leaky gut). Understanding the root cause of IBS can of course help target interventions which he also covers on the podcast. He suggests a probiotic protocol that could be used to treat IBS symptoms but also highlights the importance of utilizing a food first approach by inclusion of fermented foods such as sauerkraut, kimchi and kombucha if they are tolerated.
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Clemmie Oliver
Nicola Moore is a seasoned nutritional therapist with a forward-thinking approach in the nutrition and lifestyle medicine sector. In her podcast, Healthily, she chats with colleagues and friends from her multiple years in the health industry to find out what it means to them to live healthily.
2024
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Nicola chats to Clemmie Oliver, who set up The Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine Clinic in 2018 having suffered with IBD herself, to improve the quality of life of other people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). They discuss the differences between Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and also how to differentiate with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). A large part of the discussion encompasses dietary interventions for IBD, and how diet plays a part both during relapse and remission. They also touch upon supplements and when it might not be appropriate to recommend probiotics.
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The Vaginal Microbiome with Debbie Cotton from Invivo
State of Mind is a podcast hosted by Nutritional Therapist, Grace Kingswell, that interviews personalities in the health, wellness, arts and fitness industries talking health, food, state of mind, sustainability and everything in between.
2023
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An informative and concise discussion about the vaginal microbiome, how it changes throughout the menstrual cycle and various life stages such as the menopause. They cover urinary tract infections, thrush, and bacterial vaginosis, touching on the differences and similarities between them. The impact of sexual intercourse, swimming, hygiene, sexually transmitted diseases, contraception such as intrauterine devices, blood glucose and Vitamin D levels on vaginal flora is explored, along with suggestions to support the health of the vaginal microbiome using nutritional interventions and probiotics.
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Eating for Migraines with Dr Jessica Briscoe and Dr Katy Munro
Dr Rupy Aujla is an NHS medical doctor who reversed his heart condition using a food and lifestyle approach after diving deep into the literature and learning more about nutritional medicine. He started the Doctor’s Kitchen in 2015, as a way to teach others how they can cook their way to health and showcase that food is medicine.
2022
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Rupy chats with Dr Jessica Briscoe and Dr Katy Munro from The National Migraine Centre, a national charity with a clinic providing evidence based support for migraine sufferers. A diverse conversation covering migraine diet myths, as well as diet and lifestyle factors that can both trigger and prevent migraines. From a dietary perspective, eating regularly and stabilising glucose levels appears to be a primary factor in preventing migraines, but the potential use of ketogenic diets for pain and migraine management is also explored. The evidence around caffeine, exercise, pre and probiotics, sleep, stress management and supplements like Magnesium, CoQ10, and Vitamin B2 are reviewed.
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The role of gut health in psoriasis
Alex Manos is one of the UK’s leading Functional Medicine practitioners who specialises in SIBO and gut-related disorders, as well as mould illness and mycotoxins. He is also very passionate about physical therapy, movement, resiliency, life coaching, nutritional therapy, and biohacking. He is a lecturer at various colleges and institutions including the Institute of Optimum Nutrition (ION) and on the MSc program at The Centre For Nutritional Education and Lifestyle Management (CNELM).
2022
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This is a really informative and concise presentation (with slides) from Alex summarising the research around the role of gut health in psoriasis. He covers dysbiosis, gut microbiome metabolites, gut inflammation, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), leaky gut and also coeliac and gluten sensitivity. He is quick to point out however that the gut is not the only thing that contributes to psoriasis, as there are many factors that can accumulate and contribute to psoriasis including infections, body composition, environmental toxins, medications, poor diet, and stress. He addresses testing options that are available to help determine which aspect of gut health could be targeted using nutrition and supplements to help alleviate the severity of psoriasis.
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Gut Health and why we need to throw out the rule-book with Professor Tim Spector
Since its launch in January 2018, Dr Chatterjee's ‘Feel Better, Live More’ podcast has grown rapidly to become the Number 1 health podcast in the UK. It regularly tops the iTunes charts, has been downloaded over 2 million times and has almost 2000 reviews on iTunes with an average 5 star rating.
2019
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In this episode of Dr Rangan Chatterjee podcast series, Dr Chatterjee speaks to Professor Tim Spector. He is a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at Kings College London, a medical doctor and author of the book The Diet Myth. They talk about the recent interest in Gut Health and why we are learning more now on our gut works than ever before.
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IBS, Stress and Gut Health with Professor John Cryan
Since its launch in January 2018, Dr Chatterjee's ‘Feel Better, Live More’ podcast has grown rapidly to become the Number 1 health podcast in the UK. It regularly tops the iTunes charts, has been downloaded over 2 million times and has almost 2000 reviews on iTunes with an average 5 star rating.
2019
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Dr Chatterjee talks to Professor John Cryan, world-leading researcher on the gut-brain axis and Professor of Anatomy & Neuroscience about how the connection between our gut and our brains affects all aspects of our health, including stress, depression, anxiety and IBS.