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Podcast: Vitality Radio Podcast with Jared St. Clair
Episode: #583: Gut Feeling: How New Probiotic Strains Are Changing Mood, Metabolism, and More with Max Willis
Description: On this episode of Vitality Radio, Jared sits down with longtime friend and microbiome expert Max Willis, Chief of Research and Development at Solaray, to uncover the next generation of probiotic science. Together they explore how specific bacterial strains can influence mood, metabolism, cardiovascular function, and immune balance, and how new discoveries are reshaping what we know about the gut-brain connection. Max explains how advances in microbiome research are moving beyond digestion—showing how unique strains may support healthy stress response, memory, cholesterol, and healthy blood pressure. He also discusses postbiotics and why even “heat-killed” bacteria may still play a bene...