Is there a connection between your poop patterns and health? Do you struggle with constipation or diarrhea? How is your poop pattern linked to your overall organ health?
On a recent episode of Causes or Cures, I chatted with Dr. Johannes P. Johnson-Martínez about his recent research on how variations in bowel movement frequency (BMF) can impact the gut microbiome, blood metabolites, and overall organ health. We discussed how abnormal BMF patterns are linked to toxins produced by gut microbes that enter the bloodstream and increase inflammation levels and how abnormal BMFs may be early warning signs of organ dysfunction. (This is important, because an “early warning sign” can tip you off, keep a disease from progressing and even save your life.) Finally, Dr. Johannes highlights how diet and lifestyle choices can influence BMF variations and the larger health implications and “take-home” points of this research.
Dr. Johnson-Martinez is a researcher interested in the gut microbiome who conducted this research in the Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington.
Before you listen to this episode, think about what your poop pattern is! I feel the episode will be more helpful to you that way.
Listen to poop patterns and health HERE!
If poop isn’t your think, perhaps snake bites are? ;) If so, you can also check out this informative and entertaining podcast I did with snake expert Bob Ashley.
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Thanks everyone!
xo Eeks