Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Pricing

Aaron Boster

👤 Person
887 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

And so there's some really exciting research looking at trying to manipulate the microbiome with the goal of trying to help the immunity.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

Now, this is very, very fledgling.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

And I'm not saying like for a limited time only, if you take probiotics, it'll slow your MS.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

That's not what I'm saying.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

Mm-hmm.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

But the data is really encouraging.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

And there's actually studies ongoing looking at fecal transplants.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

Yep, yep.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

No, you're right.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

And I routinely recommend probiotics for my patients for gut health.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

So I find that my patients that take probiotics and take prebiotic fiber, they have better regulation of their bowels.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

They have less diarrhea.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

They have less constipation.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

They have better gut motility, et cetera, et cetera.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

But the research looking at the potential to actually impact the immune response is super interesting.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

And it's certainly not prime time.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

It's a long way off.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

But I do think that there's a relationship there.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

I absolutely do.

Ologies with Alie Ward
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

So this is a great series of questions.