🎧 The Gut Microbiome and Immune Health with Dr. Heather Zwickey
You are what you eat… or rather what your gut microbes eat! Tune in to learn more about the connections between your gut microbiome and immune health.
New science is emerging on the role of how our food affects the composition of our gut microbiome, and how in turn, those gut microbes influence our health. Our guest this week is Dr. Heather Zwickey, an internationally recognized expert and educator in the fields of integrative medicine, natural therapies, and the immune system. We cover topics like:
How does food affect microbiome health and subsequent immune health?
What do we know about how to 'fix' our microbiome?
How does the way you are born (vaginal or Cesarian delivery) affect your gut microbiome?
What’s the difference between prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics?
There’s lots of wisdom to be gleaned from this episode!
About Heather
Dr. Heather Zwickey is recognized internationally as an expert and educator in the fields of integrative medicine, natural therapies and the immune system. Dr. Zwickey has been leading natural medicine research for 20 years. She has a Ph.D. in immunology and microbiology from the University of Colorado and completed her postdoc at Yale School of Medicine. Heather speaks at conferences world-wide, sharing her enthusiasm for integrative medicine and science. She’s won many awards for teaching and currently teaches at the National University of Natural Medicine, the University of Western States and the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine. Dr. Zwickey’s research focuses on Parkinson’s disease, neuroinflammation, the microbiome, and the gut-brain axis. You can learn more about Heather’s work at her website or you can follow her on Instagram at @hzwickey.
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Yours in health, Dr. Quave
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