Fermented Food & the Gut Microbiome with Dr. Justin Sonnenburg & Dr. Christopher Gardner

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whether you’re talking kombucha or kimchi, fermented foods are all the rage. They’re taking over grocery store aisles—and being featured in some important clinical trials. Recently, Stanford scientists Dr. Christopher Gardner and Dr. Justin Sonnenburg established that eating a diet high in fermented foods promotes a healthier, more diverse gut microbiome, and lowers inflammation. What does that mean? Why does it matter? In this episode, they chat with Medcan Director of Food and Nutrition Leslie Beck about their groundbreaking new study, the fermentation process, the microbial friends living in our digestive tracts, and how to make sure you’re buying the right fermented foods.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>LINKS</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00754-6"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Study</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">published in</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cell:</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Gut-microbiota-targeted diets modulate human immune status</span></p> <p><a href= "https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/07/fermented-food-diet-increases-microbiome-diversity-lowers-inflammation"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Article</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">from St</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">anford Medicine about the study results </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Justin Sonnenburg’s</span> <a href= "https://www.aiche.org/community/bio/justin-sonnenburg#:~:text=Justin%20Sonnenburg%2C%20PhD%2C%20is%20an,Center%20for%20Human%20Microbiome%20Studies.&text=Justin%20conducted%20his%20Ph.,D."> <span style="font-weight: 400;">bio</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and his</span> <a href= "https://sonnenburglab.stanford.edu/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Sonnenburg lab</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christopher Gardner’s</span> <a href= "https://prevention.stanford.edu/people/Gardner.html"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">bio <