Understanding your gut with 'Try This'
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The Washington Post
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🗓️ 4 July 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The gut microbiome acts as a key player in our overall health; but what exactly is it, and how does it work?
In the first class in our course on the gut microbiome, host Cristina Quinn speaks with gastroenterologist Trisha Pasricha about the leading role the gut microbiome plays in our digestive health and how certain foods support its function.
Read more of Pasricha’s work, including eight tips to improve gut health and why probiotics can be a waste of money. For more advice, follow her on Instagram.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there. It's Ella Hey. I hope you're having a great Fourth of July. We have something special for you today. So you might be going to cookouts and eating a lot today. I know I am. So we decided to bring you a show about the gut, you know, that thing that |
| 0:23.8 | processes all that food that we're eating. This episode comes to us from another Washington Post |
| 0:30.1 | podcast. It's called Try This. Try This is a series of short audio courses. It's hosted by my colleague Christina Quinn. |
| 0:39.5 | Christina is hilarious, and she also loves helping people learn how to improve their lives. |
| 0:46.3 | The latest Try This course is all about the gut and the gut microbiome. The whole series |
| 0:52.2 | is both fascinating and practical. On this first episode of the course, |
| 0:57.4 | Christina talks to a gastroenterologist. They break down what is the gut microbiome and how does it |
| 1:04.4 | influence everything from digestion to disease. And after you listen, be sure to follow, |
| 1:10.6 | try this in your podcast app. All right, here's the show. |
| 1:18.4 | Hey, welcome to Try This from The Washington Post. Try This is a series of audio courses to help you take on |
| 1:26.2 | common challenges and learn something |
| 1:28.1 | new without having to make a big time commitment. I'm Christina Quinn, and I'll be learning |
| 1:32.7 | with you, per yuge. In this course, we're going to loosen our belts and unpack the mysteries |
| 1:39.1 | of gut health, specifically the gut microbiome, because at the end of the day, what you put inside your body |
| 1:45.7 | affects everything else. If you're new here, welcome. This course will have three classes, |
| 1:51.5 | a.k.a. three episodes. So in this first episode, we're going to learn what the microbiome is |
| 1:57.7 | exactly, and find out what all those microbes are really up to. |
| 2:02.2 | In the second episode, we'll find out what happens to your gut microbiome when you start |
| 2:06.9 | eating certain kinds of food. And in our third and final episode, we're going to give you |
| 2:11.5 | practical ways to make some changes without causing major upheaval to your life and your |
| 2:16.0 | wallet. And we'll explain why you don't really need to take that probiotic. |
| 2:21.3 | Okay, classes in session. Let's try this. |
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