Improve Your Gut Health | The Vital Role That Probiotics Play In Your Body
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Zack Abbott returns to the podcast to discuss the importance of probiotics – and how bacteria can be used for various health and wellness applications. As the CEO and Co-founder of ZBiotics and the inventor of ZBiotics' proprietary technology, Zack has used his unique background to achieve something fascinating: the production of the world's first genetically engineered probiotic.
Zack has a Ph.D. in microbiology & immunology from the University of Michigan, where he studied bacterial gene regulation in Legionella pneumophila. Now, he is on a mission to leverage bacteria for good, rather than combat them for bad…
What gives probiotics the unique ability to improve our daily lives? Join us now to find out!
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why the vast majority of bacteria are actually beneficial to humans.
- The valuable functions that bacteria perform in and on our bodies.
- How systemic inflammation impacts the immune system and cell health.
- How alcohol consumption can affect how the gut operates.
You can learn more about Zack's work with ZBiotics here!
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| 0:24.6 | field, sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets and more. Here come the geniuses. |
| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | That is Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | I returned guests from a long time ago, Dr. |
| 0:43.0 | Zach Abbott, he's the CEO and co-founder of ZBiotic. |
| 0:46.1 | Zach has a PhD in microbiology and immunology from University of Michigan. |
| 0:50.0 | He has a bachelor's from UC Berkeley. |
| 0:51.6 | He double majored in immunology and classical art and archaeology there. |
| 0:55.0 | We're going to talk about his product, Zebiotics, and what's it's use, and why, and all the nuances of that. |
| 1:01.0 | So, Zach, welcome back. |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah, great to be back |
| 1:02.9 | I'm proud of me excited to chat with you well good for people that haven't heard before |
| 1:05.8 | tell me a bit about your background and how you got into the world of you know probiotic |
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