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Hey, everyone. Welcome to Dr. Ruscio Radio. This is Dr. Ruscio flying solo today with what

will be a short podcast, but regarding a few things that I think are important for us to check in on,

I guess maybe the most exciting news is I officially finished the manuscript for my book,

and it's now started in on the editing process, which has a few different phases to it,

especially because my grammar is still probably that of a 12-year-olds.

And we have a pretty firm launch date for March 1st, and I'm very excited about that.

More specifically to today's podcast, though, I wanted to check in on a couple things regarding the gut microbiota.

Big surprise there, I guess, in terms of topic.

But in terms of testing, there is one test that has recently become available that is really

the first microbiota test that might have clinical utility.

And let me just clarify, when I say microbiota test, what do I mean?

Because we want to, it's kind of a broad term that can be used interchangeably.

So when I say microbiotic test, what do I mean?

When I say microbiota test, what do I mean?

When I say microbiota test, I'm not referring to something like a SIBO test or a test that looks for candida or a test that looks for H. Pylori or G.R.D.A.

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