“No two guts are the same. So how can their diets be the same?” says Vincent Pedre, M.D.
Vincent, a board-certified internist and functional gut health expert, joins us to discuss everything you need to know about healing your gut, plus:
- What’s new in the world of gut health (~00:15)
- New research that changed Vincent’s perspective on gut health (~08:59)
- The link between gut health & mental health (~16:14)
- What people with the healthiest gut microbiomes eat (~21:25)
- How to recover your gut from a round of antibiotics (~24:56)
- Vincent’s favorite fermented foods (~27:33)
- Should you become a seasonal dairy eater? (~30:46)
- How mindfulness can enhance your gut health (~32:33)
- How to assess your own gut health at home (~36:56)
- How often you should actually be pooping (~38:09)
- The updated science on fecal transplants (~40:53)
- Vincent’s take on stool testing (~45:24)
- The future of personalized health care (~51:00)
- Why you can’t out-diet a stressed out lifestyle (~53:16)

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Referenced in the episode:
- Vincent's newest book, The GutSMART Protocol.
- mbg Podcast episodes #364 and #52, with Vincent.
- A study on fiber vs. fermented foods.
- A study on fiber & stress.
- A study on depression & the gut microbiome.
- A study on Saccharomyces boulardii & the gut.
- A study on sleep deprivation & sugar cravings.
- A study on fecal transplants & metabolic health.
- Taymount Clinic, Genova Diagnostics, Vibrant America, & Diagnostic Solutions Lab.

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