How many gut health supplements are in your cabinet right now? The probiotic from that Instagram ad, the fiber powder your friend swears by, the multivitamin you've been taking for years without really knowing why. Maybe you even paid for a gut test that gave you a laundry list of foods to avoid, even though you feel totally fine eating them. If you've been wondering whether any of it is actually helping your weight loss, this episode is going to clear up a lot.
When I rebranded the show, I said no outside guests. Then my dad called me with a podcast idea, and for once, it was a really good one. I'm sitting down with Dr. Michael Liss, a surgeon scientist at UC San Diego, a urologist focused on prostate cancer, and the director of clinical trials for UCSD's microbiome innovation center. He studies the tiny friends living in your gut for a living, and he's refreshingly honest about what the science does and doesn't know yet.
We get into what the microbiome actually is in plain English, why he says most supplements just give you very expensive poop, and why probiotics rarely make a real difference while fiber and fermented foods do. We also talk about what at-home gut tests are really telling you (one person sent the same sample to seven or eight companies and got very different results), how stress and bad sleep mess with your gut, and the fiber habit that can help your GLP-1 work better.
If you're tired of spending money on the next gut health fix and just want to know what to put on your plate, this one is for you. Fiber is the new protein. Press play.
xoxo,
Jackie
Connect with Dr. Michael Liss:
Website: drlissmd.com
Company: www.oncobiomix.com
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