Dr. Shebani Sethi

And you got about two pounds of poop in there of microbes in your GI tract. So what do these microbes do? Well, they help you digest your food. They produce vitamins. They regulate hormones. And they help you get rid of toxins. It interacts with your whole enteric nervous system and central nervous system. So the microbiome is a whole other thing that's involved, right?

And you got about two pounds of poop in there of microbes in your GI tract. So what do these microbes do? Well, they help you digest your food. They produce vitamins. They regulate hormones. And they help you get rid of toxins. It interacts with your whole enteric nervous system and central nervous system. So the microbiome is a whole other thing that's involved, right?

And you got about two pounds of poop in there of microbes in your GI tract. So what do these microbes do? Well, they help you digest your food. They produce vitamins. They regulate hormones. And they help you get rid of toxins. It interacts with your whole enteric nervous system and central nervous system. So the microbiome is a whole other thing that's involved, right?

You don't just have your brain brain and your second brain. You have your microbiome brain, let's call it, right? It's really important. And it helps regulate everything in your body. And it regulates mood particularly a lot.

You don't just have your brain brain and your second brain. You have your microbiome brain, let's call it, right? It's really important. And it helps regulate everything in your body. And it regulates mood particularly a lot.

You don't just have your brain brain and your second brain. You have your microbiome brain, let's call it, right? It's really important. And it helps regulate everything in your body. And it regulates mood particularly a lot.

Now the composition of your gut microbiome, and I'm going into this because it's important to understand if you're going to understand what to do about fixing your gut and how this all works, because I want you to understand the importance of understanding your gut as it regulates, regulating your mood and brain health and pretty much everything else.

Now the composition of your gut microbiome, and I'm going into this because it's important to understand if you're going to understand what to do about fixing your gut and how this all works, because I want you to understand the importance of understanding your gut as it regulates, regulating your mood and brain health and pretty much everything else.

Now the composition of your gut microbiome, and I'm going into this because it's important to understand if you're going to understand what to do about fixing your gut and how this all works, because I want you to understand the importance of understanding your gut as it regulates, regulating your mood and brain health and pretty much everything else.

So the composition of your gut flora, it varies from person to person. It depends on their diet, right? So if you're a hunter gatherer, and eating meat or bison all the time, or if you're a vegan, all that changes based on what you're eating. It changes based on your lifestyle, stress, toxins, genetics, all regulate the microbiome.

So the composition of your gut flora, it varies from person to person. It depends on their diet, right? So if you're a hunter gatherer, and eating meat or bison all the time, or if you're a vegan, all that changes based on what you're eating. It changes based on your lifestyle, stress, toxins, genetics, all regulate the microbiome.

So the composition of your gut flora, it varies from person to person. It depends on their diet, right? So if you're a hunter gatherer, and eating meat or bison all the time, or if you're a vegan, all that changes based on what you're eating. It changes based on your lifestyle, stress, toxins, genetics, all regulate the microbiome.

Now there's a large research project going on called the Human Microbiome Project. It helps map out the gut microbiome of individuals who are healthy and who who are sick to understand better their gut bacteria species. So what defines a healthy gut? What defines a sick gut? And how does that relate to different diseases?

Now there's a large research project going on called the Human Microbiome Project. It helps map out the gut microbiome of individuals who are healthy and who who are sick to understand better their gut bacteria species. So what defines a healthy gut? What defines a sick gut? And how does that relate to different diseases?

Now there's a large research project going on called the Human Microbiome Project. It helps map out the gut microbiome of individuals who are healthy and who who are sick to understand better their gut bacteria species. So what defines a healthy gut? What defines a sick gut? And how does that relate to different diseases?

Now what's amazing also to me, this blew my mind when I learned about it, is it a third to a half of all the metabolites in your blood, All the thousands of molecules floating around your blood that regulate everything in your body are not human. They're from your gut microbiome.

Now what's amazing also to me, this blew my mind when I learned about it, is it a third to a half of all the metabolites in your blood, All the thousands of molecules floating around your blood that regulate everything in your body are not human. They're from your gut microbiome.

Now what's amazing also to me, this blew my mind when I learned about it, is it a third to a half of all the metabolites in your blood, All the thousands of molecules floating around your blood that regulate everything in your body are not human. They're from your gut microbiome.

In other words, these molecules produced from bacteria in the gut are absorbed and then impact your whole biology, including your brain and your mood. There's still a lot we don't know about what makes a healthy gut or a sick gut, but we know a lot. Now, your gut microbiome can produce healing metabolites that keep your gut and immune system healthy. Things like short-chain fatty acids.

In other words, these molecules produced from bacteria in the gut are absorbed and then impact your whole biology, including your brain and your mood. There's still a lot we don't know about what makes a healthy gut or a sick gut, but we know a lot. Now, your gut microbiome can produce healing metabolites that keep your gut and immune system healthy. Things like short-chain fatty acids.