The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

She's a lifestyle blogger extraordinaire.

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And he's a serial entrepreneur.

A very smart cookie.

And now Lauren Everts and Michael Bostic are bringing you along for the ride.

Get ready for some major realness.

Welcome to the skinny confidential, him and her.

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What happens to our gut when we're hungover?

So our gut doesn't like alcohol.

Alcohol is, are you surprised?

It's inflammatory, and especially if we drink frequently, it can deplete our good gut bacteria. And, you know, with that, because our good gut bacteria are so important for all these different functions in the body, including liver function and detoxification, it can just take a toll on the gut overall. Okay. So I need to drink up after last night. I had a little too much fun. Okay, this is your second time on the show.

When, I don't remember, I get so confused in the studio, the timeline. When's the last time we saw you?

It was June or July of 2024. So about a year and a, a bit ago. Okay. I want to go back to something

that we got a lot of questions about, which is babies. I now have a baby that I want to

make sure has the best gut health. And I want to start there because it's a good foundation to start with.

The first thousand days determine the foundation of a child's immune system and long-term health.

What does that mean? That makes me sweat. Yeah. So, you know, when

babies are born, they have essentially an undeveloped gut microbiome. So the first 1,000 days,

is what research has shown, really helps their gut microbiome develop and shape, not just how

their gut and their digestion is doing, but because the gut is so closely related to our immune system, to our metabolism, to our gut brain connection, it also trains the immune system, determines our metabolism and can even impact that gut brain axis and how it develops over time. So that's why people say those first 1,000 days in a child's development

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