Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

So I think there's scientific research, which helps inform us.

And then there's the actual

practical applications of it you know who are you are you someone who is low stress who eats really good food three times a day and is nutrient replete yeah or are you someone who perhaps is trying your best yeah in very challenging situations but is a bit deficient and therefore maybe might benefit from revolting myths in a mineral do you know what i mean exactly yeah that nuance

I think often gets lost online where people say it's either good or it's bad.

It's like, well, it kind of depends in what context.

Are you a fan of increasing plant diversity as a way of nourishing a healthy gut microbiome?

Yeah.

One of my favorite sections in the book was the section on midlife gut health.

And what was really interesting about it and very thought provoking was this idea that

Midlife gut health serves as both a mirror for our past and a compass for our future.

I've never heard it put like that before.

Can you talk a little bit about midlife gut health, why it's so important, why you wrote those beautiful words and also how it interacts with our immune system?

Yeah, I think there's gonna be many people listening, Jenna, who totally resonate with that.

And I think the point you're trying to make, I think is that you might have got away with certain things in your twenties and maybe your thirties, but you're probably not gonna be getting away with them in your forties.

So you're almost making the case that actually this stuff may not be actually starting in your forties.

Your lifestyle,

It may have been driving this possibility in your symptoms for years, but you got away with it because of youth.

I know in the book you split up the human life into four seasons, but you could also, I guess, look at it in two seasons, couldn't you?

You could either go pre-40 and post-40.

Pre-40, you might get away with stuff.