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Episode #144: Dr. Alexis Cowan: The Gut Reset Protocol, Human Milk Oligosaccharides, and the Importance of Gut Health

LONGEVITY with Nathalie Niddam

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The Role of Inflammation in the Development of Bacteria

In the colon, we actually want an acidic environment in order for the bacteria that to be functioning properly and producing the molecules that the colon needs. The obligate anaerobes require low oxygen environments in order to produce butyrate and other short chain fatty acids. So if you're making the pH, you know, higher than normal, which ideally around six, I guess would be considered normal. And even though like people think like acids, bad alkalins good, it's like, never that is a. Yeah.

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