The Gutology Podcast

In this week's episode, we sit down with consultant dietitian, Sophie Medlin. Sophie began her career specialising in gastrointestinal diseases before moving into academia and delivering lectures at Plymouth University and King’s College London. She now runs her clinic practice City Dietitians in London, designs vitamins and probiotics and has worked on the Channel 4 gut health series, Know Your Sh**. Find out more about Sophie here: https://www.citydietitians.co.uk/team/sophie-medlin ------------------------------------------ Follow Gutology on: Youtube  Instagram  Facebook TikTok Need help with your own symptoms? Chat to one of our experts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Sean Gibbons is an associate professor at The Institute for Systems Biology, specialising in how microbial communities in the gut evolve and adapt to individuals over their lifespans. Find out more about Sean here: https://isbscience.org/bio/sean-gibbons/ ------------------------------------------ References: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00964-21 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/06/13/weight-loss-calories-fiber-microbiome/ https://rdcu.be/cfslJ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/well/eat/microbiome-aging.html https://rdcu.be/cZpgI https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmac075 ------------------------------------------ Follow Gutology on: Youtube  Instagram  Facebook TikTok Need help with your own symptoms? Chat to one of our experts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with computational microbiologist, Dr Tarini Shankar Ghosh, about the role of the microbiome as we age and how different environmental factors can influence our gut bacteria composition, therefore, affecting our overall health. Find out more about Dr Tarini here: https://microbiome.iiitd.edu.in/ ------------------------------------------ Follow Gutology on: Youtube  Instagram  Facebook TikTok Need help with your own symptoms? Chat to one of our experts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandilyn Peters-Samuelson is an epidemiologist and assistant professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, specialising in the role of the human microbiome and how it correlates with chronic diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. In this week's episode, we discuss how these illnesses affect the gut microbiome, as well as how the menopause decreases the diversity of gut bacteria. Find out more about Brandilyn here: https://www.einsteinmed.edu/faculty/16263/brandilyn-peters-samuelson/ ------------------------------------------ Follow Gutology on: Youtube  Instagram  Facebook TikTok Need help with your own symptoms? Chat to one of our experts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices