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The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

#189 - Dr. Megan Rossi: How To Eat More Plants, Love Your Gut, Microbiome Diversity, Horizontal Gene Transfer, IBS & Gut Dysbiosis, Fecal Transplants, Leaky Gut, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5650 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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0:00.0

So microbiota is the actual community of those microorganisms and the microbiome.

0:04.0

It's like the whole collections.

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If you have a very sensitive intestinal lining, your nervous system is hypersensitive.

0:11.0

Because our taste buds are constantly turning over, we can reteach the sensitivity to certain types of flavors.

0:18.0

So there is these six different categories which actually are all providing us with

0:22.6

array of different flavors. This new concept about plant diversity is really the new science that

0:29.1

stemmed from our understanding about Agamacobayota. Welcome to the Melanie Avalon biohacking podcast,

0:35.1

where we meet the world's top experts to explore the secrets of health,

0:40.5

mindset, longevity, and so much more. Are you ready to take charge of your existence and biohack

0:47.4

your life? This show is for you. Please keep in mind, we're not dispensing medical advice

0:53.2

and are not responsible for any outcomes

0:55.5

you may experience from implementing the tactics lying here in.

1:00.0

Are you ready?

1:01.2

Let's do this.

1:03.7

Welcome back to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking podcast.

1:07.4

Friends, I so enjoyed today's conversation with Megan Rossi. I know a lot of people, especially

1:12.8

in my community, in the keto sphere, in the carnivore sphere, can often get a fear of plants.

1:18.8

And also, we can get overwhelmed with confusion about what to eat to support our gut in

1:23.8

particular. That's why I so appreciated everything that we discussed today, all about the

1:28.6

actual role of plants in our gut health. And what I loved about Megan is she was so down to dive

1:33.9

deep, deep, deep into the science. We talk all about the gut microbiome and the concept of good

1:39.1

versus bad bacteria, super cool things like horizontal gene transfer within the gut microbiome, what actually

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