As a colorectal surgeon, Dr. Brian Jerby has spent years dealing with the end-stages of GI diseases such as Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. He now focuses on getting to the root causes for preventing surgical intervention and mitigating long-term medication use. As a functional medicine certified practitioner, Dr. Jerby employs personalized tools to treat these patients such as nutrition, the microbiome, hormonal balance, lifestyle modification, and more – with excellent results.
In today’s episode, we finally hit the topic of inflammatory bowel disease and the functional approach needed to treat these complex diseases. Dr. Jerby also discusses the critical role of stool testing in his practice and his excitement regarding the clinical implications of new metagenomic sequencing technology.
Today on The Lab Report: 

2:45 Meet Dr. Brian Jerby and hear his journey to functional medicine
8:10 Where do we start with Inflammatory Bowel Disease?
14:00 Is there hope for patients with IBD?
16:25 Diet and IBD
20:00 Patient success stories using stool profiles
24:55 Whole-genome sequencing in clinical practice
29:35 The latest on fecal transplants
35:55 Work with Dr. Brian Jerby and his practice
40:45 The Fireball

Additional Resources:
Legacy Health
The Gut Connection Podcast
GI Effects + Microbiomix
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