Dr. Brad Leech, Clinical Nutritionist and Herbalist joins fx Medicine Ambassador Lisa Costa-Bir to unpack the intricacies of autoimmunity and the connection to the gut microbiome.

Dr. Leech shares a wealth of clinical pearls for practitioners with autoimmune patients by unpacking the clinical relevance and meaning of functional gut testing markers. Dr Leech examines how practitioners can use testing as a tool to identify inflammatory risk factors associated with autoimmunity and individualise treatment protocols for patients using diet, lifestyle, and supplemental support.

Dr. Leech describes the clinical significance of establishing balance and healthy diversity within the gut using food as medicine, rather than focusing on elimination.

Together, they also explore lifestyle factors that impact the gut microbiome, and how managing stress and using targeted supplementation to achieve a balanced gut microbiome can contribute to lowering autoimmunity risk factors in our patients.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
(00:26) Welcoming Dr. Brad Leech
(02:28) The link between autoimmunity and the gut and modifiable risk factors
(04:49) Dietary interventions for patients with autoimmune conditions
(09:26) Gut dysbiosis in autoimmunity
(15:34) Autoimmunity and gut microbiota species and genus
(22:42) Pathobionts
(24:07) Gut markers for investigations in microbiome testing - zonulin and calprotectin
(32:33) Fibre tolerance and the microbiome
(35:16) Hydrogen sulphide
(39:05) Gut markers for investigation summary
(42:03) Inflammation markers for systemic inflammation
(46:36) Therapeutics for inflammation
(48:00) Saccharomyces bollard for inflammation
(51:42) Other probiotic strains
(53:20) Other beneficial supplements
(54:23) Lifestyle strategies
(59:46) Metagenomic testing
(61:01) Thanking Dr. Leech and closing remarks

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