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🗓️ 18 April 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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The bacterium Akkermansia Muciniphila comprises 1-3% of gut microbiota in healthy adults, and is considered a keystone microbe–some have even referred to it as the potential “holy grail” of improving metabolic diseases. Low levels of Akkermansia are often seen paired together with low levels of secretory IgA, and the reasons behind that demonstrate just how layered and complex our gut health really is.
In today’s conversation, Erin unpacks the reasons why low levels of Akkermansia and SIgA are often seen together, from deficient mucus layers to overall low beneficial bacteria production; the impact of low Akkermansia and SIgA on immune reactions and food sensitivities; how bacteria cross-feed each other and why that’s important for microbiome ecology; and ways to increase Akkermansia to support overall metabolic health.
Today, we’re also announcing the beta program launch of Manifest Your Health™! Learn more on our website at www.thefunktionalnutritionist.com/manifest-your-health.
Timestamps:
(1:22) Manifest Your Health™ beta program launch announced
(8:08) Link between Akkermansia & SIgA
(14:37) How Akkermansia impacts mucus layer of the gut
(17:31) Mucus, SIgA, dendritic cells, and food sensitivities
(20:41) Bacteria cross-feeding in the gut
(24:00) Ways to boost Akkermansia levels
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1:14.4 | Today, we're going to talk about gut health, specifically two different things in the gut |
1:19.1 | that help to keep your gut healthy and strong. |
1:22.4 | Before I get into that, I have a very big announcement to make, which is this. Drum roll a police. My beta launch |
1:30.6 | of Manifester Health program has arrived. It is here. So this is the program where we use |
1:39.6 | your own biology to heal. This is the future of mind-body medicine. It's going to be a five-week |
1:47.0 | program. It's very experiential. Because it's the beta launch, I'm going to keep the group smaller. |
1:54.7 | It's going to be a more intimate container. And you'll learn how to access your own internal pharmacy and activate your true |
2:03.9 | healing potential. So think of it as like self-healing within community. I already anticipate |
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