Episode Details

Welcome back to The Marian Flaxman Network Podcast. On today's episode, Marian presents a basic overview of the human microbiome. She describes what the microbiome is and establishes why it matters not only to individual human health, but to public health, environmental health, the future of healthcare, and social equity.

For more information on all of the sources referenced in this episode, please find the links below.

Books and Film

Missing Microbes by Dr. Martin Blaser

Gut Feelings by Dr. Alessio Fasano

Microbiomes- A Very Short Introduction by Dr. Angela E. Douglas

The Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease edited by Dirk Haller

Immunology IV by Dr. Joseph Bellanti

The Invisible Extinction Documentary

Publications and Articles

Cani, P. D., & Knauf, C. (2021). A newly identified protein from Akkermansia muciniphila stimulates GLP-1 secretion. Cell metabolism, 33(6), 1073–1075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2021.05.004

Chernikova, D. A., Zhao, M. Y., & Jacobs, J. P. (2022). Microbiome Therapeutics for Food Allergy. Nutrients, 14(23), 5155. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14235155

Foster, J. A., Rinaman, L., & Cryan, J. F. (2017). Stress & the gut-brain axis: Regulation by the microbiome. Neurobiology of stress, 7, 124–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2017.03.001

Frame, L. A., Costa, E., & Jackson, S. A. (2020). Current explorations of nutrition and the gut microbiome: a comprehensive evaluation of the review literature. Nutrition reviews, 78(10), 798–812. https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuz106

Varesi, A., Campagnoli, L. I. M., Chirumbolo, S., Candiano, B., Carrara, A., Ricevuti, G., Esposito, C., & Pascale, A. (2023). The brain-gut-microbiota interplay in depression: A key to design innovative therapeutic approaches. Pharmacological research, 192, 106799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106799

https://gutbites.org/2024/01/17/how-food-stimulates-natural-glp-1-through-your-gut-microbiome/

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