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Dr. Brad Leech: Advancements in Measuring and Treating the Microbiome

Smarter Not Harder

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How to Measure a Healthy Gut

The Shenan Index is a very validated marker or calculation to identify diversity in the microbiome. We don't want any species dominating the microbiome where it's you know more than 20% of the whole microbiome for example. Other components is we want the microbiome to be balanced, so producing beneficial compounds and low levels of pathogenic bacteria known to be potentially harmful.

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