577: The gut-brain axis, inflammation, & fecal transplants | Charles Akle, M.D.

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 26 January 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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“The linkage between the immune system and the microbiome is the fundamental of everything,” says Charles Akle, M.D. Akle, Chief Medical Officer at immy, surgeon, and leading researcher in immunotherapy, joins us to dive deep into the gut microbiome, covering everything from the gut-brain axis to chronic inflammation, plus: - The gut microbiome & overall health (~1:45) - The impact of modern life (~3:38) - Hygiene hypothesis & mycobacteria (~5:23) - The power of fecal transplants (~8:55) - Diet vs environmental factors on the microbiome (~16:40) - Stress & inflammation (~19:45) - The gut-brain axis (~24:55) - Simple lifestyle adjustments for your microbiome (~30:20) - Akle’s company, Immy (~31:50) - Caring for your immune system daily (~37:38) - Akle’s mission (~43:15) - Chronic inflammation (~44:45) - The future of the microbiome (~26:15) Referenced in the episode: - Check out Dr. Akle’s research (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Akle-Charles) - Learn more about immy (https://immy.co/) - Research on effect of infections on susceptibility to autoimmune and allergic diseases (DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra020100) - Research on Immunity and Asthma Risk in Amish and Hutterite Farm Children (DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1508749) - Research on food, environment, & gut microbiome (DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.07.039) - Bugs as Drugs (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctarc.2021.100436) We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: [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 Wachab, founder and co-CEO of My Buddy Green, and your host.
0:07.3	This episode of the MBG podcast is sponsored by IME. Most of us only start thinking about our immune
0:12.8	system once we're already feeling under the weather. And while a thriving immune system does help us
0:18.0	keep healthy during cold season, it does so and so much more. That's why
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0:26.7	reintroducing healthy bacteria back into your gut microbiome. Healthy immune system plays a huge
0:32.0	role in your overall well-being from better mental health to enhance resilience to improved
0:36.7	inflammatory status.
0:38.2	Emmy's hero ingredient is an ancient bacteria strain we used to have in our microbiomes naturally,
0:43.1	but that's been lost to modern living. It acts as a conductor for our complex immune system,
0:48.3	thereby improving our inflammatory status, supporting the gut brain access, reducing the body's
0:52.7	stress response, and enhancing gut health.
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1:49.3	Did you know your gut microbiome is as unique as your fingerprint and is one of the most crucial aspects of your health? Today we're exploring the fascinating world of the gut brain
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