In Episode 191 I sat down with Stanford University Professor’s Dr Christopher Gardner and Dr Justin Sonnenburg to talk about fermented foods, fibre, gut health and immunity. This conversation was organised following the results of their latest randomised controlled trial ‘Gut-microbiota-targeted diets modulate human immune status’ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34256014/ which was published in Cell Press in 2021.

Specifically we covered:

0:00 Intro
3:35 Dr. Sonnenburg’s Story
6:35 Defining the microbiome
15:23 A Healthy Microbiome
20:51 Diversity & Inflammation
28:21 Studying Diet & Microbiome
46:10 Fermented Foods & Live Cultures
51:56 Results of the Study
1:08:15 Supplements vs Fermented Foods
1:12:32 High Fibre Diets
1:21:08 Microbiome Tests
1:25:06 Key Takeaways
1:30:04 Outro

Resources:

Gut-microbiota-targeted diets modulate human immune status [PMID: 34256014](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34256014/)

Dr Gardner on Twitter https://twitter.com/gardnerphd?lang=en

The Sonnenburg lab on Twitter https://twitter.com/LabSonnenburg

Sonnenburg Lab Website: https://sonnenburglab.stanford.edu/

The Good Gut: https://www.amazon.com.au/Good-Gut-Taking-Control-Long-term-ebook/dp/B00OZ0TOV2 by Drs Justin & Erica Sonnenburg

Previous episodes with Dr Christopher Gardner on plant-based meat: https://theproof.com/is-plant-based-meat-healthy-with-christopher-gardner-phd/
and Low versus high carb diets and weight loss: https://theproof.com/low-carb-vs-high-carb-diets-for-weight-loss-with-professor-christopher-gardner/

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