Dr. Suzanne Devkota

encourage a more diverse diet going forward and then a diverse microbiome as a result.

And so, yeah, trying to create as much diversity for a baby as possible.

But I think you made a point that I really agree with.

And I always want to, you know, make sure parents don't always feel like they're doing something wrong.

All of this research actually says the opposite.

It's like, take it easy.

If something falls on, let your kid play in the dirt.

Let your kid lick stuff.

Let your kid do stuff that would make you like...

like, you know, go crazy because that actually is giving them the exposure that they probably need to educate their immune system.

It's really valuable information.

And I think the inter-individual differences in the microbiome are sort of the big wrench in all of our studies.

Any person you encounter, you have a different microbiome.

And that makes it difficult to... That's why one size doesn't fit all for anything, really.

But you're your best comparison, ultimately.

So...

Being able, if you have the opportunity to sample yourself over time, you can see what's changing within yourself.

We often use this word dysbiosis in the microbiome field, which means essentially a weird microbiome that's not normal.

But what is that for every... There's no normal for everyone and there's no abnormal for everyone.

And so I always press, define dysbiosis compared to what?