Checking In w/ Dr. Sabine Hazan

Checking In with Michelle Williams

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Checking In, Michelle sits down with Dr. Sabine Hazan—gastroenterologist, researcher, and author of Let’s Talk Sht*—to explore how gut health shapes not just our digestion, but our immunity, mental wellness, and even longevity. From the truth about probiotics and processed foods to the science of fecal transplants, Dr. Hazan explains the microbiome’s role in fighting disease, recovering from stress, and maintaining balance in the body. CHECK IN to this episode if you need to change the way you look at what’s on your plate—and in your gut.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.4	Welcome to Checking in with Michelle Williams, a production of IHeart Radio and The Black Effect.
0:17.7	Hey, everybody. Welcome to another episode of Checking in. The reason why I get so excited about
0:24.9	my podcast is because the amazing people that we discover along the way for various topics,
0:33.6	mental health, finance, just your overall physical health, your mental health. And so I'm just
0:42.2	really excited about today's episode, Dr. Sabine Hazen. Now, I don't think, now I'm not saying
0:50.0	y'all I'm perfect, but I don't think y'all have ever, y'all might have heard me say a curse word
0:54.5	once or twice throughout the four to five seasons of this podcast. I'm so excited because she is one of
1:01.5	the authors of Let's Talk Shit, Disease, Digestion, and Fecal Transplant, one of the first gastroenterology fellows at University of Florida. We're
1:14.4	going to get into all of that. But I'm really honored and humble to have with us today, Dr. Sabine
1:20.7	Hazen. Thank you. Thank you for having me, Michelle. I'm excited. Absolutely. How are you doing today?
1:30.3	I'm doing good. It's a beautiful day in California, so I'm doing good. I love that for you. I am in New York City, and we seem to have been
1:38.1	having some of y'all's elemental situations going on, earthquakes within the past couple weeks.
1:45.7	I'm so sorry. I've gone through enough in California to know, yes.
1:52.2	So I'm sitting here like, wait a minute, I thought I'm in New York, not in the state of California.
1:58.5	Well, I'm really excited about our time today. I have definitely been curious about the
2:03.8	topic of gut health, especially, you know, when you're getting older, you're feeling like
2:10.6	you can't digest certain things that maybe you didn't care about as a teenager. You had eight
2:16.3	ice cream sandwiches in a row.
2:18.7	You didn't care that you were bloated, flatulence.
2:21.9	You didn't care about any of that.
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