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View the Show Notes For This Episode\nGet Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman\nSign Up for Dr. Hyman\u2019s Weekly Longevity Journal\nGet Ad-free Episodes & Dr. Hyman+ Audio Exclusives\nRaja Dhir is co-founder and co-CEO of Seed Health, a microbiome science company pioneering innovations in probiotics and living medicines to impact human and planetary health. With unique expertise in translating scientific research for product innovation, Raja guides the development of Seed Health\u2019s platform to enable rapid, efficient advancement of microbial research from discovery to market. He also leads the company\u2019s academic collaborations, working with institutions like MIT, Harvard University, Stanford University, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and the National Institute of Health (NIH) to drive innovation across the fields of microbiology, genetics, immunology, and ecology. He co-chairs Seed\u2019s Scientific Board \u2013an interdisciplinary group of leading scientists, researchers, and clinicians\u2013with Dr. Jacques Ravel.\nRaja also oversees Seed's environmental endeavors under SeedLabs and directs LUCA Biologics, a venture targeting the vaginal microbiome for unmet needs in urogenital and reproductive health.\nThis episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Fatty15, ARMRA, and Sweetgreen.\nStreamline your lab orders with Rupa Health. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests and register for a FREE live demo at RupaHealth.com.\nFatty15 contains pure, award-winning C15:0 in a bioavailable form. Get an exclusive 10% off a 90-day starter kit subscription. Just visit Fatty15.com and use code DRHYMAN10 to get started.\nSave 15% on your first order of ARMRA Colostrum and unlock the power of 400+ functional nutrients. Just visit TryARMRA.com/Mark or use code MARK.\nWe could use more Sweetgreens in the world. So check out your nearest Sweetgreen or go to Sweetgreen.com to learn more.\nIn this episode we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):\n\nThe central role the gut plays in our overall health (4:50 / 3:04)\n\nHow the makeup of our gut microbiome comes to be (11:25 / 9:40)\n\nWhy fiber is critical to reaping the benefits of akkermansia (12:59 / 11:13)\n\nThe explosion of research on the gut microbiome (20:22 / 18:44)\n\nMicrobiome testing (29:09 / 25:15)\n\nWhat are probiotics and should you take them? (33:41 / 29:47)\n\nSelecting a probiotic (42:45 / 38:49)\n\nPrebiotics, synbiotics and postbiotics (53:19 / 49:25)\n\nHow antibiotics affect the gut microbiome (58:38 / 54:44)\n\nThe future of microbiome data (1:14:34 / 1:10:40)\n\n\nLearn more about Raja\u2019s work at Seed.\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices