Kat sits down to chat with Dr Will Bulsiewicz, MD, MSCI to break down the hot topic of gut health and explain the buzz words like the microbiome and leaky gut. Episode 11 “ Gut health 101 and a fibre fuelled microbiome” aims to make the topic of gut health a little more digestible. Dr B is a board certified award winning Gastroenterologist. He is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine and chief medical resident at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and chief gastroenterology fellow at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. He also earned a masters of clinical investigation from Northwestern and did an epidemiology fellowship at the UNC-Gillings School of Global Public Health. Dr B is also a best selling author, publishing the amazing ‘Fiber Fueled’ , a plant based gut health program for losing weight, restoring your health and optimizing your microbiome.

Topics discussed:
•Who is Dr B and how did he start his journey doing the amazing work he does today.
•Dr B’s admits his tool box after 12 years of study ( including medical school) were pills and procedures. These were not the tools he needed to fix his own health issues and discovered he needed to look at his own diet and the food he was raised on, “ convenient tasty food”, was the source of this problems.
•Dr B’s Instagram account Will Bulsiewicz MD MSCI (Dr B) (@theguthealthmd)
•Kat’s first experience discovering Dr B’s work and previous interviews on podcasts.
•Dr B’s first book Fiber Fuelled, New York Times Best seller.
•Dr B’s new book with 125 recipes with information embedded to help reverse and fix food intolerances, how to ferment food and bring you health. Low FODMAP diet information and low histamine diet. A overall tool kit for gut health.
•The role of our microbiome, the biggest scientific breakthrough of our time.
•The ecosystem inside of us.
•Adding more plants to your diet
•The damaging impact of chemicals and the concerns around their use in processed food.
•Plant foods and gut diversity
•What is the microbiome, it’s functions and how to optimise it.
•Short Chain Fatty Acids, their importance and connection with exercise and anxiety and depression.
•Leaky Gut and the recognition of dysbiosis.


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