The gut microbiome, the community of bugs, many bacteria, but also little viruses and parasites

and little goodies down there that are generally looking after your health and working with you.

And they break down the fiber and it's basically an eye fertilizer for them and they convert that into chemicals

that they send out from the gut and they have big impact on all the nerves in your gut because that's where your second brain is

and also your immune system, which is mainly

in your gut.

Welcome to The Whole View.

I'm Stacey Toth, I'm Real Everything, and I'm here each week to dive deeper into how we can

find happiness and health, inside and out of yourself, love, body positivity, and discovering

new ways to be our of ourselves.

Before we get started, a reminder that this podcast is for general educational purposes and is not

intended to diagnose advice or treat any physical or mental illness. And while today's guest

is a medical doctor, he's not yours. So we always recommend that you see a licensed top

professional accordingly. That's it. I would love and am excited to welcome Tim Specter, MD, professor of epidemiology at King's College, London, which means, yes, listeners.

We got the pleasure of a non-American accent on the show today.

He is one of the original pioneers of my microbiome research and is among one of the top 100

most cited scientists in the world. He is also the best-selling author of the diet myth, spoon-fed,

Food for Life, and the Food for Life book. And I'll note an early adopter of the idea that health

needs our bio-individual and being scientific in its approach, and also the co-founder

of Zoe, the science and nutrition company, with a focus on cutting edge science. You were also,

Tim, honored with an officer of the order of British Empire, which I had to Google what that even meant for

her impactful work fading COVID-19. And Tim stands at the forefront of his field. Today,

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