Posts in Gut Health
Episode #281: Martha Carlin: Gut Microbiome Solutions for Parkinson's + The LPS-Chronic Disease Connection

Could the root cause of Parkinson's disease be hiding in your gut? In this Longevity Podcast episode, I am joined by Martha Carlin, founder of The BioCollective and BiotiQuest, to explore the role of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) – cellular debris from harmful bacteria – in Parkinson's disease and other chronic conditions. We dive into the importance of the microbiome in overall health, the connection between constipation and Parkinson's, and the potential impact of probiotics in mitigating LPS-related issues.

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Episode #148: Kyal Van Der Leest: Liver Health, Gut Health, and Detoxification

I’m joined by Kyal Van Der Leest, founder of LVLUP Health. We’re discussing everything you need to know about how to optimize your liver health, how it connects to the health of your gut, and how our body detoxifies itself. We also dive into the skin issues that can arise from the body releasing toxins, and how if your detox pathways aren't optimized, your skin is ultimately not going to look as good as it could.

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Episode #144: Dr. Alexis Cowan: The Gut Reset Protocol, Human Milk Oligosaccharides, and the Importance of Gut Health

I’m joined by Dr. Alexis Cowan, Director of Scientific Content at Layer Origin Nutrition. She dives into three specific ingredients the gut reset consists of and why they are so beneficial for healing and how anyone can benefit from this protocol regardless of their symptoms. We also discuss the benefits of human milk oligosaccharides and why focusing on your gut health can help heal other systems in your body. 

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Episode #136: Ultimate Gut Health with The Gut Goddess

My guest this week is none other than The Gut Goddess, Dr. Grace Liu, of The Gut Institute. She is a pharmacist turned gut-goddess-guru through many years of extensive biohacking and research in evidence-based medicine to better understand the connection between chronic disease and the microbiome. 

We talk all about the microbiome; the gut-heart connection, testing, potentially dangerous strains on the market, what probiotics are better, FMTs & caveats, the best foods to feed the good microbes, and of course…. PEPTIDES!- her favorites including some sun derived forms…stay up-to-date on microbiome health with episode 136. 

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Episode #124: How to Fix Your Gut: From Antibiotics to Mental Health

In this episode, Kiran Krishnan and I discuss how to fix your gut and how the microbiome affects every aspect of your health, including the health of others in your household (pets too)! We talk in depth about how to support and repopulate the gut post antibiotics to the emerging science of psychobiotics for mental health and wellbeing. The many clinical trials Kiran discusses are incredibly eye opening too, from the effects of over sterilization among populations to having an overly leaky gut! And, no gut conversation is ever complete without talking about poop, personal care, lifestyle stress, or environmental exposures either!

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Episode #116: Does the Perfect Gut Supplement Exist?

In this episode, Kyal Van Der Leest of LVLUP Health, and I discuss one of my favorite topics, peptides! And specifically BPC-157 and how it works synergistically with other ingredients to improve results. Does your gut impair your life? Curious as to why BPC-157 is so effective? Are you recovering from chronic illnesses like mold or cancer? Want to learn about 3 supplements that mitigate EMF radiation?, or, What are the root causes of acid reflux? We talk about all of that and more in episode 116.

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