How to Select a Probiotic and the Future of the Microbiome with Raja Dhir

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Ad-free Episodes & Dr. Hyman+ Audio Exclusives Raja Dhir is
co-founder and co-CEO of Seed Health, a microbiome science company
pioneering innovations in probiotics and living medicines to impact
human and planetary health. With unique expertise in translating
scientific research for product innovation, Raja guides the
development of Seed Health’s platform to enable rapid, efficient
advancement of microbial research from discovery to market. He also
leads the company’s academic collaborations, working with
institutions like MIT, Harvard University, Stanford University,
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and the National
Institute of Health (NIH) to drive innovation across the fields of
microbiology, genetics, immunology, and ecology. He co-chairs
Seed’s Scientific Board –an interdisciplinary group of leading
scientists, researchers, and clinicians–with Dr. Jacques Ravel.
Raja also oversees Seed's environmental endeavors under SeedLabs
and directs LUCA Biologics, a venture targeting the vaginal
microbiome for unmet needs in urogenital and reproductive health.
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Sweetgreen.com to learn more. In this episode we discuss (audio
version / Apple Subscriber version): The central role the gut plays
in our overall health (4:50 / 3:04) How the makeup of our gut
microbiome comes to be (11:25 / 9:40) Why fiber is critical to
reaping the benefits of akkermansia (12:59 / 11:13) The explosion
of research on the gut microbiome (20:22 / 18:44) Microbiome
testing (29:09 / 25:15) What are probiotics and should you take
them? (33:41 / 29:47) Selecting a probiotic (42:45 / 38:49)
Prebiotics, synbiotics and postbiotics (53:19 / 49:25) How
antibiotics affect the gut microbiome (58:38 / 54:44) The future of
microbiome data (1:14:34 / 1:10:40) Learn more about Raja’s work at
Seed.