Optimizing Immunity Through the Gut-Immune Axis With Robynne Chutkan MD

On Health for Women

Aviva Romm

Alternative Health, Arts, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

What do sleep, mucus, and, plant diversity have in common? They're all important aspects of a healthy gut and immune system, which is what I connect the dots on today with my guest-friend and sister MD, Dr. Robynne Chutkan. In this episode, Robynne and I dive deep into gut health with some very important and actionable takeaways. Right in time for cold and flu season, and all year round. You'll walk away from this episode with so much knowledge and insight into keeping you and your family's microbiome and immune system healthy! Robynne and I discuss: Dr. Chutkan's experience in medical school and how she became excited to enter the field of gastroenterology Dr. Chutkan's experience having a sick baby and finding the root cause of her ailments by digging into her medical history Advice for mothers wanting to support their children's microbiome Why sleep is SO important for gut health and immunity How the gastrointestinal system works and why it is truly the centre of your immune system Why diet diversity may be one of the most important contributing factors to gut health 6 tips to truly optimize your gut starting today! Dr. Chutkan is an integrative gastroenterologist and the author of Gutbliss, The Microbiome Solution, The Bloat Cure, and The Anti-Viral Gut. A former chair of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), she’s authored dozens of scientific articles and lectured globally on the role of the microbiome in health and disease. She's appeared on The Today Show, CBS This Morning, and other media outlets and is passionate about introducing more dirt, sweat, and vegetables into her patients’ lives! Thank you so much for taking the time to tune in to your body, yourself, and this podcast! Please share the love by sending this to someone in your life who could benefit from the kinds of things we talk about in this space. Make sure to follow your host on Instagram @dr.avivaromm and go to avivaromm.com to join the conversation. Follow Robynne @gutbliss and find her new book The Antiviral Gut at robynnechutkan.com

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0:00.0	And so I started asking the patients in my practice, I see a wide range of things, but
0:10.5	I'm particularly focused on autoimmune diseases in the gut.
0:13.6	And so I started asking my patients who had Crohn's and Ulster Pilitis about their childhood
0:18.9	and was really started to find a lot of a more C-section babies.
0:22.4	They had been not breastfed or limited breastfeeding.
0:25.7	They had been given a ton of antibiotics for various reasons.
0:29.6	And then I started seeing it in the scientific literature.
0:32.0	And then I realized, oh, doctors actually don't know this, like how can we be the last ones
0:36.6	to know?
0:37.6	You know, I'm sure you experience this where the patients are reading and they're learning
0:41.9	and the doctors were just kind of doing what we've always done.
0:49.5	From this stuff your mother never told you to the stuff your doctor never learned, on health
0:54.2	is what happens when a midwife plus a Yale trained MD shares about all things women's
0:59.1	health.
1:00.1	From periods to menopause, sex to reproductive health politics, motherhood to mental health,
1:05.7	join me for taboo busting conversations that demystify and destigmatize our bodies, all
1:11.4	while bridging the gap between conventional medicine and wellness.
1:15.0	Along the way, we'll be exploring the science and wisdom of how our bodies work, what makes
1:19.4	us well, what gets in the way, and how we can live our best lives on our terms.
1:24.9	When it comes to women's health and well-being, there's nothing we won't talk about.
1:28.7	The new medicine for women is here.
1:30.5	I'm Dr. Avivaram, welcome to the podcast.
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