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Dr. Jonathan Scheiman, PhD on the athletic gut microbiota | decoding the microbiome of elite athletes, bacteria that eat lactate and next generation probiotics to raise human potential
Category: Health
Duration: 01:00:51
Publish Date: 2023-08-31 07:00:00
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This conversation is with Jonathan Scheiman, the co-founder and CEO of FitBiomics, a biotechnology startup that is sequencing the microbiome of elite athletes to identify and develop next generation probiotics that can optimize the health of everyone. 

Jonathan played Division 1 college basketball at St. John’s University and then received his PhD in Biomedicine from NYU. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Wyss Institute at Harvard, where he started a research initiative leading to ground breaking discoveries that focused around one question: How can decoding the microbiome of the fittest people in the world benefit the health and wellness of everyone?  

We cover: 

  • Commonalities between high achievement in sport and academics 
  • FitBiomics - decoding the microbiome of the world’s fittest people 
  • Performance factors influenced by the microbiome 
  • How our gut bacteria create metabolites that directly influence our health 
  • The symbiotic relationship between humans and microbes 
  • A bacteria in marathon runners that metabolizes lactate 
  • Probiotics to enhance human health and performance 
  • The gut-brain axis and athletic performance 
  • How leaky gut influences inflammation and recovery 
  • Bringing the lactate eating Veillonella probiotic to market 

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Theme music by Tyler Gaudon and a special thank you to Wyatt Pavlik for the audio editing and processing! 

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 *Please appreciate that this information is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, always seek the opinion of a physician or qualified healthcare provider!* 
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