• Your Guide To Gut Health, Getting To The Root Cause Of Gut Issues & How To Achieve Optimal Digestive Wellness: In Conversation with Dr Robynne Chutkan, MD

  • Apr 18 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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Your Guide To Gut Health, Getting To The Root Cause Of Gut Issues & How To Achieve Optimal Digestive Wellness: In Conversation with Dr Robynne Chutkan, MD

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  • In this week's episode, Kelsey is joined by Dr Robynne Chutkan - board certified integrative gastroenterologist, microbiome expert, and best selling author of her books, Gutbliss, The Microbiome Solution, The Bloat Cure, and The Anti-Viral Gut.

    Dr. Chutkan received her bachelor’s from Yale University and her medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and has served on the faculty at Georgetown Hospital since 1997. In 2004, Dr. Chutkan founded the Digestive Center for Wellness, an integrative gastroenterology practice dedicated to uncovering the root cause of GI disorders.

    With three decades of medical practice, and having performed more than 17,000 colonoscopies, Dr Chutkan is a leading expert in the world of digestive health, nutrition and the gut microbiome.

    Providing the ultimate guide to all things gut health - Dr Chutkan speaks to Kelsey about the gut microbiome, importance of digestive wellness, the gut and immune system connection, the mind gut connection, and the impact stress can have on our gut microbiome. Dr Chutkan also shares ways we can all optimize our microbiome to help our immune system, reduce inflammation, and protect and improve our overall health.

    Your gut will not want you to miss this one!

    • Read Dr Chutkan’s books - https://robynnechutkan.com/books/
    • Read Dr Chutkan’s gut guides: https://robynnechutkan.com/health-topics/
    • Follow Dr Chutkan on Instagram: @gutbliss

    0:23 - Introduction
    2:48 - What is the gut microbiome
    13:10 - Signs of an unhealthy gut
    16:15 - The gut & immune system connection
    21:25 - Why we are seeing an explosion of autoimmune diseases
    22:30 - Difference between pre, pro & post-biotic and if you should take them
    27:00 - Do green powders work & should you take them
    38:00 - Doctors aren't trained in wellness
    47:00 - What is IBS & how can we help our symptoms
    50:50 - Mind & gut connection
    53:30 - Stress & the impact on gut health
    58:10 - Tools to help with stress
    1:00 - Changing your microbiome & internal chemistry
    1:03 - What makes a healthy gut microbiome
    1:07 - Importance of getting vegetables in our diets
    1:08 - Dr Chutkan’s final thoughts
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