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Recover: 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

August 31, 2023 • Cass Warbeck • Season 1 • Episode 27

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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

Shop Nella, The Performance Probiotic: Use code CASS10 at checkout.

Articles:

Nature. 2022: Microbiome dependent gut-brain pathway regulates motivation for exercise
J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2020: The athletic gut microbiota
J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2019: ISSN Position Stand: Probiotics
Nat Med. 2019: Meta-omics analysis of elite athletes identifies a performance enhancing microbe that functions via lactate metabolism

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Shop Nella, The Performance Probiotic: Use code CASS10 at checkout.

Shop Nella, The Performance Probiotic: Use code CASS10 at checkout.

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