Episode 135 of the Institute of Performance Nutrition‘s We Do Science podcast! In this episode, Laurent Bannock discusses “The Microbiome” with Dr Jens Walter PhD (University College Cork, Ireland) and Dr Orla O’Sullivan PhD, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ireland).

Discussion topics include:

• The Microbiome: An overview
• Lifestyle-induced microbiome depletion and impact on health
• The “Fibre Gap”: Low-fibre diet as a key driver of microbiome depletion
• Establishing what constitutes a healthy human gut microbiome: state of the evidence and translational issues

• Environmental, clinical, and nutritional factors and the microbiome
• Exercise and associated dietary extremes impact on gut microbial diversity

Key paper discussed / referred to:

• Establishing What Constitutes a Healthy Human Gut Microbiome: State of the Science, Regulatory Considerations, and Future Directions
• The Fiber Gap and the Disappearing Gut Microbiome: Implications for Human Nutrition
• The microbiome of professional athletes differs from that of more sedentary subjects in composition and particularly at the functional metabolic level
• Exercise and associated dietary extremes impact on gut microbial diversity