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Boundless Life

The Fungus Among Us: Why Fungal Overgrowth & SIFO Are A Hidden Health Epidemic (& What You Can Do About It).

Boundless Life

Ben Greenfield

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.65.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Most people understand the importance of a healthy gut microbiome for digestive health and overall wellbeing. But what about the mycobiome―the fungi that live inside our bodies? This podcast introduces this important component of the microbiome and...

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0:00.0

on this episode of the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast.

0:04.3

My name is Dr. Genome.

0:05.6

I'm the centrist who named the Microbiome in 2010.

0:10.9

The Microbiome is an ecosystem of trillions of organisms.

0:15.8

My interest in the study of fungi came about in the 70s

0:19.5

when I noticed people use antivirate.

0:22.3

Both these communities, bacteria and fungi live in our body.

0:26.3

Good bacteria is only half of the story.

0:30.1

Because in our body, we have both good bacteria and good fungus together.

0:35.6

We also have to study fungi because when you disrupt this balance,

0:40.0

you are causing other problems.

0:42.1

So in probiotic, you need to introduce good bacteria and good fungus.

0:46.9

Because what they do is they will address the digestive plaque,

0:51.6

which is made of bad bacteria and bad fungi.

0:55.1

And biome is the only probiotic that can keep it in balance.

1:00.1

All right.

1:03.9

If any of you all are interested in fungus, this is an episode for you.

1:08.1

If you think you might have SIBO or even small intestine fungal overgrowth,

1:12.7

Candida issues, my guest on today's show is a fungus ninja.

1:17.4

This podcast before you listen in, you should know, is very much supported

1:23.4

by your support of some of the work that I do.

1:27.0

And I just launched my new book, Boundless.

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