# Episode 13- What Is the Microbiome and Why Does It Matter?

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Published: 2024-01-31T16:20:18+00:00
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Welcome back to The Marian Flaxman Network Podcast. On today's episode, Marian presents a basic overview of the human microbiome. She describes what the microbiome is and establishes why it matters not only to individual human health, but to public health, environmental health, the future of healthcare, and social equity. For more information on all of the sources referenced in this episode, please find the links below. Books and Film Missing Microbes by Dr. Martin Blaser Gut Feelings by Dr. Alessio Fasano Microbiomes- A Very Short Introduction by Dr. Angela E. Douglas The Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease edited by Dirk Haller Immunology IV by Dr. Joseph Bellanti The Invisible Extinction Documentary Publications and Articles Cani, P. D., & Knauf, C. (2021). A newly identified protein from Akkermansia muciniphila stimulates GLP-1 secretion. Cell metabolism , 33 (6), 1073–1075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2021.05.004 Chernikova, D. A., Zhao, M. Y., & Jacobs, J. P. (2022). Microbiome Therapeutics for Food Allergy. Nutrients , 14 (23), 5155. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14235155 Foster, J. A., Rinaman, L., & Cryan, J. F. (2017). Stress & the gut-brain axis: Regulation by the microbiome. Neurobiology of stress , 7 , 124–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2017.03.001 Frame, L. A., Costa, E., & Jackson, S. A. (2020). Current explorations of nutrition and the gut microbiome: a comprehensive evaluation of the review literature. Nutrition reviews , 78 (10), 798–812. https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuz106 Varesi, A., Campagnoli, L. I. M., Chirumbolo, S., Candiano, B., Carrara, A., Ricevuti, G., Esposito, C., & Pascale, A. (2023). The brain-gut-microbiota interplay in depression: A key to design innovative therapeutic approaches. Pharmacological resear…

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