182: The mycobiome, digestive plaque & how we should really be studying autism with Mahmoud Ghannoum, Ph.D.

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 6 February 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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“All over our body—in our gut, on the skin, and in the mouth—we not only have bacteria, but we also have fungi. Imagine them playing together in a sandbox. Sometimes their play helps us, but if they’re imbalanced, we’re in big trouble.” Leading microbiome researcher, Mahmoud Ghannoum, Ph.D., joins Jason Wachob to discuss the mycobiome, how it differs from our microbiome, and the best ways to optimize it, plus: *How garlic saved him from the Gulf War *How bacteria and fungi can create digestive plaque *How to stay healthy while traveling *The best “superstar” foods for gut health Enjoy this episode, and don't forget to subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, or your preferred platform! Comments: [email protected] Sponsorship inquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast. I'm Jason Walkib, founder and co-ceeo of My Buddy Green and your host.
0:07.0	Dr. Mahmood Canum is widely considered the leading microbiome researcher in the world.
0:16.0	With a master's in medicinal chemistry and a doctorate in microbial physiology,
0:20.0	he's the scientist to name the mycobium, not the microbiome, mycobium.
0:27.0	He's published over 400 peer-reviewed scientific papers.
0:30.0	His works been cited almost 18,000 times by other scientists, and he's received
0:35.5	over $25 million in funding for his research from the National Institutes of Health. He's also the founder of Biome and the author of Total Gut Balance.
0:46.0	Fix your mycobium fast for complete digestive wellness.
0:50.0	Dr. Ganum, welcome.
0:53.0	Thank you.
0:53.7	Thanks for having me.
0:54.7	It's great to have you here.
0:55.7	Congrats on the amazing new book, Total Gut Balance, which we're going to talk about.
1:00.4	Thank you.
1:01.4	So a lot of us know about the microbiome.
1:05.0	Kind of a big thing now, lots of great, great content, specifically on Lambity Green
1:10.6	about it, but we're going to talk about today the micobium yes
1:16.2	what is the micobium and why is it so important the micobium it's the fungal community, you know, to teach, when you teach mycology or
1:26.4	fungal infections, it's called mycology.
1:29.4	So I came out with the term mycobaeum to describe the fungal community. So what is the fungal community?
1:36.4	You know, in our body, in our gut, on our body on the skin, the mouth, all over us, we not only have bacteria, but also we have fungi.
1:47.0	And this, they play together, it's like in a sandbox.
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