The Godfather of Probiotics on Facts Vs Fiction, The Microbiome, & The Power of Microbes To Heal

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Rich Roll

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

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Dr. Gregor Reid is a world-renowned microbiologist, author, and the scientist who defined “probiotics” for the UN/WHO. This conversation explores the world of beneficial microbes and Dr. Reid’s groundbreaking perspective on health, emphasizing probiotics’ power to complement medical approaches. We discuss Dr. Reid’s journey, his scientific philosophy, the potential of probiotics in preventing various conditions, the importance of embracing microbial diversity, the role of fermented foods, finding solutions through microbial interventions, and many other topics. Dr. Reid is a visionary. This exchange is a masterclass in microbial science with far-reaching implications for human and environmental health. Enjoy! Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today’s Sponsors: Bon Charge: Use code RICHROLL to save 15% OFF 👉 boncharge.com Go Brewing: Use the code Rich Roll for 15% OFF your first purchase and get free two-day shipping with 3 six packs or more👉 gobrewing.com On: Enter RichRoll10 at the checkout to get 10% OFF your first order 👉on.com/richroll Waking Up: Get a FREE month, plus $30 OFF 👉wakingup.com/RICHROLL Meal Planner: For customized plant-based recipes 👉meals.richroll.com Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors 👉 richroll.com/sponsors Find out more about Voicing Change Media at voicingchange.media and follow us @voicingchange

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0:00.0	It could be unbelievably impactful if people took robotics. You could significantly reduce the use of antibiotics, the time people are off work, the respiratory infections.
0:13.1	We should be teaching doctors robotics,
0:14.9	nutrition, microbiome, these concepts
0:17.5	that are absolutely integral to our life.
0:21.4	We have a society that is terrific at plowing chemicals into the environment and not great at helping beneficial microbes prosper.
0:30.0	How do we get beneficial microbes into our systems?
0:35.0	Probiotic products are all the rage, but what precisely is a probiotic?
0:44.0	Why are they important?
0:45.0	What do they do?
0:46.1	And what use cases for them await discovery?
0:50.2	And what do we need to know to distinguish a garbage product from an effective one?
0:55.7	Well, who better to ask these questions than the guy who actually helped author
1:01.3	the globally accepted definition of the word itself, the word probiotics.
1:07.0	Dr. Greager Reed is a microbiologist who has devoted his entire career to understanding the microbiology of probiotics and developing
1:16.1	applications for microbes to improve both human and planetary health. As the former president of the International Scientific Association of Probiotics and
1:26.0	Prebiotics, as well as the current director of the Canadian R&D Center for Human Microbiome and Probiotics, his contributions to this field are extraordinary.
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