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479: Underrated foods for your gut & recovering from antibiotics | Vincent Pedre, M.D.

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The Gut-Brain Connection to Depression

TMA is a bacterial product that gets absorbed and goes into the portal circulation. Depending on your genetic uniqueness, you may have a very high active enzyme called flavan monooxygenase (FMO) If FMO converts TMAO to trimethyl amine converted TMAO, it increases risk for heart attack and stroke by double. High TMAO also increases risk for depression; study shows this can be transferable through fecal transplant.

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