Miscellaneous
With so much talk about the Gut microbiome and the role of gut bacteria in health and disease; we often forget that there are other organisms living in the gut such as archaea, bacteriophages, helminths, viruses, and fungi. In today’s episode we welcome on a world expert in the Mycobiome Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum. We did a great deep dive into the mycobiome, invasive candidiasis, intestinal permeability, biofilm and generally an expansive view of other players in the microbiome! outline of our talk. 00:00 opening 0:42 Show Intro 2:33 Career, overview 7:39 Good Yeast vs. Harmful Yeast 10:35 Candida Pseudoscience 13:08 Fungal Dysbiosis 14:50 Invasive Candidiasis 20:54 Systemic effects of Invasive Candidiasis 22:33 Detecting Symptoms of Dysbiosis 25:04 Risk Factors for Dysbiosis 27:16 The Challenges of Testing and Diagnosis for Yeast concerns 29:28 Metabolomics and yeast markers 33:30 Nutritional approaches to fungal dysbiosis 36:16 Crohn’s Disease -Yeast connection 37:49 Biofilm and Candida 41:26 Closing thoughts About Dr. Ghannoum: Dr. Ghannoum has spent his career study the species of fungi that are living within our body and the role they play in health and disease. Dr. Ghannoum is a tenured Professor and Director of the Center for Medical Mycology at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Medical Center. He is also the co-founder of BIOHM Health, one of the leading consumer microbiome companies in the United States. And he is the author of the book Total Gut Balance which is an outstanding book about the gut mycobiome. #mycobiome #microbiome #candidiasis #inflammation #chronicillness SHOW LESS --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adam-rinde/message