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Your Gut Microbiome and Optimal Health and Fitness | Amy Shah MD

The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show

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The Gut Microbiome and Weight Loss

When we think about body composition, I personally think about calories in, calories out with an appropriate macronutrient balance. It would be challenging to not acknowledge that the gut microbiome probably plays a role in whether it's calorie absorption or calorie utilization. So what's happening is there's genetic changes that are happening on the epigenetic level. There's hormonal signals that are being sent. And there's these anti-inflammatory, like the short chain fatty acid thing that we were talking about really is a central player and weight as well.

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