The Resilient Biome Podcast (Rich Maurer)

Guest: Dr. Sameer Sonkusale    Professor, Tufts University

Sameer Sonkusale is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with a joint appointment in the department of Biomedical Engineering and also the department of chemical and biological engineering at Tufts University.  He directs an interdisciplinary research group Nano Lab with research focus on bioelectronics, biomedical devices circuits and systems, nanoscale sensors, lab-on-chip micro systems, point of care diagnostics, analog and mixed-signal computing and brain-inspired machine learning. 

Song: Neon by ZAKAR. If you like bands like Tycho, you’ll love ZAKAR.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check them out⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Spotify.

Keith Bell is the founder of the 12,000 member Facebook group, The Gut Club: Stool Test Discussion Group. It’s a very active group that has personally been very beneficial for my own gut health journey. Keith is an activist for health and a citizen scientist. Keith brings a real passion to how he thinks and acts in the gut health space and beyond.

Check our some of Keith's resources mentioned in the episode.

The Gut Club: Stool Test Discussion Group

Children's Health Defense

#microbiomevaccinesafetyproject

Song: Neon by ZAKAR. If you like bands like Tycho, you’ll love ZAKAR. ⁠Check them out⁠ on Spotify.

Guest: Lindsey Parsons, owner of High Desert Health, Certified Health Coach

Struggling with gut health issues like bloating, gas, constipation, diarrhea, loose stool, abdominal pain or discomfort, heartburn/reflux, indigestion, IBS, IBD, SIBO, candida, or food intolerances or sensitivities? Lindsey likely has a solution for you.

Topics Discussed

• Lindsey’s personal health journey
• Typical success rate with her clients
• The most common diagnostic tests
• The diagnosis and treatment of SIBO
• Two supplements that Lindsey launched

High Desert Health Coaching

Lindsey’s Supplements 

Song: Neon by ZAKAR. If you like bands like Tycho, you’ll love ZAKAR.⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check them out⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Spotify.

My guest today is Cheryl Sew Hoy. Cheryl is the founder and CEO of Tiny Health, a microbiome testing company whose mission is to improve health outcomes of future generations through evidence based insights.

Highlights

• Why Tiny Health's technology and data is the industry leader

• The importance of the infant microbiome for future health

• Why infants and pregnant moms should be tested

• The difference between shotgun metagenomics and 16S gut testing

Song: Neon by ZAKAR. If you like bands like Tycho, you’ll love ZAKAR. ⁠⁠Check them out⁠⁠ on Spotify.

Dawn Whitten ND, BNat (Hons), IBCLC, FNHAA, was my guest on this episode to talk about the critical first 1000 days of a child’s life. Dawn is a clinician at Gould’s Natural Medicine based in Hobart, Tasmania. Dawn recounted her clinical care of an infant who was suffering from gut dysbiosis. Through lactation assistance and eventually the addition of a key probiotic, Dawn was able to help this infant progress from sickness to health.

Topics

• How Dawn combines being a naturopath and a lactation consultant to assist families and children
• The differences between an adult and infant microbiome
• The impact of a c-section and use of antibiotics on an infant’s microbiome
• Why probiotics are usually not the answer for infants
• The typical amount of Bifidobacterium in a healthy infant’s gut
• How Bifidobacterium reduces potentially pathogenic bacteria
• The wonders of HMO’s (Human Milk Oligosaccharides) in breast milk

Song: Neon by ZAKAR. If you like bands like Tycho, you’ll love ZAKAR. Check them out on Spotify.

Guest: Alex Zaharakis

Alex is a licensed and board certified Medical physicist in Radiation Oncology, a scientist with background in physics, mathematics and biology, that has utilized his life experiences to develop an analytical method for quantifying and intervening with intestinal dysbiosis which he believes to be significant in the development and severity of autism and other disease states.

Topics Discussed

• Alex’s personal story with his son’s ASD journey

• How Alex and his team help children with ASD

• Possible reasons for huge increases in ASD

• Testimonials from clients

• How avoid scams in the ASD arena

• The impact of diet and probiotics

• Possible ways to prevent ASD

• Discussion of supplements and gut testing

LINKS for show notes  

START HERE → Gut Balancing LLC

Gains document - messages from parents / patients

Practical Considerations For Microbiome Intervention in ASD & Common Modes of Metabolic Dysfunction

Researched Elements Complete Supplement Catalog

Researched Elements on Rumble

Researched Elements

Thiogenics

How Evivo’s B. infantis colonizes the gut and reduces pathogens–A study of two infants

Song: Neon by ZAKAR. If you like bands like Tycho, you’ll love ZAKAR. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check them out⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Spotify.

My guest today is Carrie McGuckin. Carrie serves as the sales Director at Evivo. Evivo's top product is a groundbreaking probiotic with a specific strain of B. infantis called EVC001.

Highlights

• Why Bifidobacteruim is so crucial for infant health
• How EVC001 reduces inflammation and heals the gut.
• How EVC001 kills off potential pathogens.
• The power of HMO to feed healthy bacteria

Song: Neon by ZAKAR. If you like bands like Tycho, you’ll love ZAKAR. ⁠⁠⁠Check them out⁠⁠⁠ on Spotify.

Biodynamic Farming and the Human Microbiome

Guest: Brian Wickert

Brian has been developing his biodynamic farm for several decades in the beautiful Driftless Region of Wisconsin.

TOPICS

Brian defines Biodynamic farming for us and then notes the differences with organic farming and regenerative farming. We learn that the practice of developing a healthy soil microbiome is thousands of years old. We note the similarities between the necessity of a healthy soil microbiome and that of a healthy human gut microbiome. We discuss a unique way to scale biodynamic farming.

Song: Neon by ZAKAR. If you like bands like Tycho, you’ll love ZAKAR.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check them out⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Spotify.

Guest: Shayne McCarthy–H2 Water Experts

Shayne has been educating people around the world on the benefits of molecular hydrogen for over a decade. He has a strong passion for helping people, making sure they have the best filtration and access to H2 for their family's health.

Find Shayne at H2 Water Experts

TOPICS

• Shayne describes hydrogen water and the amazing health benefits of drinking HW.
• Various methods for drinking or inhaling hydrogen.
• The process for a consumer to evaluate the quality of products that produce hydrogen water
• Hydrogen water's direct benefits to the human microbiome

Song: Neon by ZAKAR. If you like bands like Tycho, you’ll love ZAKAR.⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check them out⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Spotify.

Our guest today is Mike Farrell, PhD who does research at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Mike has done research in microbiology and virology in the private sector, for the government, including the CDC and now in academia. His team seeks to utilize a probiotic E. coli strain to boost the effectiveness of traditional vaccines against influenza, which kills as many as 52,000 people and leads to hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations a year in the United States.

Song: Neon by ZAKAR. If you like bands like Tycho, you’ll love ZAKAR. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Check them out⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Spotify.

Guest: Dr. Clayton Carlson, Trinity Christian College

Dr. Carlson discusses how faith and science are fully integrated to help us clearly see God's hand in creation that can lead us to awe and worship of Him. We dig deep into the wonders of the microbiome, including the gut microbiome, the vaginal microbiome and the oral microbiome.

Song: Neon by ZAKAR. If you like bands like Tycho, you’ll love ZAKAR.⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check them out⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Spotify.