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Podcast: The Thorne Podcast
Episode: New Horizons in Gut Health Technology
Description: Dr. Mary Kay Ross, Thorne’s Chief Medical Officer, returns to the podcast to share how metagenomics is challenging how we look at gut health. Plus, get answers to question like “What is dysbiosis?” and “Which is better: prebiotics vs. probiotics?”
During this episode you’ll learn about:
Mary Kay Ross background – from ER physician to Thorne’s Chief Medical Officer [0:51]
New technologies for studying microbiome health [2:51]
What is metagenomics? A sophisticated standard for measuring the whole microbiome [6:34]
Gut health as not just good vs. bad bugs, but a gut health community [8:43]
How the microbiome acts like a garden [1...