How to Select a Probiotic and the Future of the Microbiome with Raja Dhir

View the Show Notes For This Episode Get Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman Sign Up for Dr. Hyman’s Weekly Longevity Journal Get Ad-free Episodes & Dr. Hyman+ Audio Exclusives Raja Dhir is co-founder and co-CEO of Seed Health, a microbiome science company pioneering innovations in probiotics and living medicines to impact human and planetary health. With unique expertise in translating scientific research for product innovation, Raja guides the development of Seed Health’s platform to enable rapid, efficient advancement of microbial research from discovery to market. He also leads the company’s academic collaborations, working with institutions like MIT, Harvard University, Stanford University, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and the National Institute of Health (NIH) to drive innovation across the fields of microbiology, genetics, immunology, and ecology. He co-chairs Seed’s Scientific Board –an interdisciplinary group of leading scientists, researchers, and clinicians–with Dr. Jacques Ravel. Raja also oversees Seed's environmental endeavors under SeedLabs and directs LUCA Biologics, a venture targeting the vaginal microbiome for unmet needs in urogenital and reproductive health. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Fatty15, ARMRA, and Sweetgreen. Streamline your lab orders with Rupa Health. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests and register for a FREE live demo at RupaHealth.com. Fatty15 contains pure, award-winning C15:0 in a bioavailable form. Get an exclusive 10% off a 90-day starter kit subscription. Just visit Fatty15.com and use code DRHYMAN10 to get started. Save 15% on your first order of ARMRA Colostrum and unlock the power of 400+ functional nutrients. Just visit TryARMRA.com/Mark or use code MARK. We could use more Sweetgreens in the world. So check out your nearest Sweetgreen or go to Sweetgreen.com to learn more. In this episode we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): The central role the gut plays in our overall health (4:50 / 3:04) How the makeup of our gut microbiome comes to be (11:25 / 9:40) Why fiber is critical to reaping the benefits of akkermansia (12:59 / 11:13) The explosion of research on the gut microbiome (20:22 / 18:44) Microbiome testing (29:09 / 25:15) What are probiotics and should you take them? (33:41 / 29:47) Selecting a probiotic (42:45 / 38:49) Prebiotics, synbiotics and postbiotics (53:19 / 49:25) How antibiotics affect the gut microbiome (58:38 / 54:44) The future of microbiome data (1:14:34 / 1:10:40) Learn more about Raja’s work at Seed.

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