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Gut microbiome in inflammatory and metabolic diseases | Suzanne Devkota, PhD

The Proof with Simon Hill

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The Role of the Microbiome in Metabolic Diseases

The gut is the largest immune organ in the body. And your composition can either amplify or blunt one of those particular factors. Do I think there will ever be a case where the microbiome is responsible for someone gaining weight or losing weight? Yes, could very well be involved, but it's probably not driving. It's working in synergy with something else. That's what we're saying here. We're saying here it's not necessarily the primary, the cause of that pathology, but it could be amplifying or contributing to the process. Yeah.

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