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The Rich Roll Podcast

Live Dirty, Eat Clean: Robynne Chutkan, MD on Everything Microbiome

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.713.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2015

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

Our bodies are comprised of about ten trillion cells. But our microbiome — all the bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live in or on our bodies – outnumber human cells by a factor of 10. Therefore, it can be said that we are far more microorganism than human. We choose to believe that we are sentient beings, responsible for our health, moods and decisions. But the crazy truth is that to a large extent, our emotional state, propensity for disease and even our specific food cravings can all be traced back to the nature of our gut ecology. Most of these microorganisms are symbiotic. Maintaining a healthy culture of the right microorganisms is fundamental to good health. But should the quality of your microbiome go awry, health havoc ensues. This week on the show we delve deep into the nuts and bolts of this fascinating and quickly evolving field of medicine with respected gastroenterologist, microbiome expert and avid marathoner Robynne Chutkan, MD ( @DrChutkan ). A graduate of Yale, Dr. Chutkan received her medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, where she also did her internship and residency and served as Chief Resident. She completed her fellowship in gastroenterology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and has been on the faculty at Georgetown University Hospital since 1997. In 2004, Dr, Chutkan founded the Digestive Center for Women, an integrative gastroenterology practice that incorporates nutritional optimization, exercise physiology, biofeedback, and stress reduction as part of the therapeutic approach to digestive disorders. Lecturing throughout the United States and Europe, Dr. Chutkan has authored dozens of journal articles; serves as medical consultant and on air talent for the Discover Health Channel; is a member of the medical advisory board for the Dr. Oz Show (where she has appeared as a regular guest); and has also made national appearances on The Today Show, The Morning Show, and The Doctors. Consistently named one of the area's best doctors by Washingtonian magazine, Dr. Chutkan is also the author of two bestselling books, Gutbliss* and most recently, The Microbiome Solution*. Specific topics covered today include: * what is the microbiome? * The regulatory functions of the microbiome * the perils of over-sanitization * why you should avoid a c-section birth * the problem with prophylactic antibiotic prescription * the hygiene hypothesis & modern plagues * the affluence effect & overmedication * the nexus between antibiotics & autoimmune disorders * behavior/cravings influenced by the microbiome * eating disorder impact on microbial makeup * why you should rethink the flu shot * rewilding your microbiome * the efficacy of probiotics & fermented foods * products and environments that disrupt our body’s ecosystems * fecal bacteriotherapy Enjoy! Rich

Transcript

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0:00.0

We really have to rethink what it means to be human and to be healthy and our relationship

0:07.7

with microbes and this idea that the cleaner and the more sterile, the more chemicals

0:12.2

we have in our environment, the healthier we are.

0:14.7

If you go down that road, you will end up in a really bad place as far as your health

0:19.2

is concerned.

0:20.2

That's Dr. Robin Chutcan and this week on the Retro-Ol podcast, it's all about the

0:24.6

microbiome.

0:35.8

What's up everybody?

0:39.8

I hope you're enjoying your commute.

0:41.4

Maybe you're taking the kids to school, you're out running, the gym perhaps sneaking in,

0:45.1

a listen at your work cubicle, making dinner, whatever, wherever, whenever.

0:50.1

Welcome to the show.

0:51.4

Thanks for dropping by.

0:52.4

I really mean that.

0:54.0

My name is Rich Roll.

0:55.0

I am an athlete, author, public speaker, wellness advocate, husband, dad, student, and of

1:00.4

course, podcast host.

1:02.4

This is a show where I commune with the outliers.

1:05.3

The paradigm shifting, big forward thinkers across all categories of positive culture change,

1:11.3

health, fitness, nutrition, academia, tech, consciousness and spirituality.

1:16.4

In the case of today's guest and subject matter, medicine and human biology, the goal is

1:22.4

simple.

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