How gut microbes keep us healthy as we age | Tim Spector & Nicola Segata

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Your gut microbiome, a bustling community of microorganisms, is a vital player in your overall health. It doesn’t just impact your digestive system - it has a profound influence on your brain health and well-being.
Jonathan talks with Prof. Tim Spector and Prof. Nicola Segata to find out how this community can keep us healthy as we age.
Nicola Segata is a professor and principal investigator at the Laboratory of Computational Metagenomics, at the CIBIO department of the University of Trento. His background is in metagenomics, machine learning, microbiome research, and microbial genomics. Tim Spector is ZOE's scientific co-founder and one of the world's top 100 most cited scientists.
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@mandyb6088 4 ай бұрын

Is it possible to add a reference list of the research that is being summarised in these fantastic podcasts? I work in healthcare and I talk about the Zoe information a lot at work. My fellow medical colleagues are very skeptical, so providing them with specific research will help this information being accepted, rather than "I just heard it on a podcast".

@jonnydodo7555 4 ай бұрын

Hi Zoe. Please cover research about auto immune conditions?

@is2025-j8y 3 ай бұрын

Granuloma annulare is a nasty autoimmune disease that affects so many women with still no effective treatment, other than experermenting with different diets (e.g excluding dairy, sugar,...)

@pushthetempo2 3 ай бұрын

I'd recommend Dr Gabor Mate's work on the link between trauma, stress, suppressed emotion and auto immune disease. Arguably a bigger impact on those conditions than your gut.

@Treasureoflearning 4 ай бұрын

Great job! This video is really helpful and informative. Your clear and engaging presentation made it very interesting for me. I'm sure I will apply the knowledge you've shared into my daily life. Thank you for your effort in creating such quality content! I’m looking forward to your next videos!

@Red_AIert 4 ай бұрын

Many people have no idea how important this information is. Thanks for sharing. 🙂✌🏽

@Kellysher 4 ай бұрын

I would love to see a video on the facial microbiome. I’m recently diagnosed with Rosacea, and struggling to find holistic treatments. I’m 99% plant based, low processed foods. I drink very little alcohol. I do eat fish@ 2 times a month. I can’t afford tons of supplements, so I work at diversity of plants and take a B12 supplement. There is so much conflicting info on Rosacea. It affects so many people, please address this topic! Thanks.

@eulalia3446 4 ай бұрын

Try a carnivore diet. Plant based leads to many many problems long term.

@BowieFann 3 ай бұрын

I'd like to know this too. My biggest triggers for rosacea flares (facial flares and itchy papules/pustules) are histamine-releasing foods, peanuts, cinnamaldehyde-containing foods, spinach, and gluten. Dairy is not a problem. Drinking tea without milk causes intense nausea. Are these allergies due to a disrupted gut biome? Is this a symptom of an autoimmune disorder? Is it something else? It's frustrating not to be able to eat food that's considered healthy! It also disrupts the ability to eat restaurant meals with friends. I stay home. :(

@KB-jz2zn 3 ай бұрын

Half of people with rosacea are insulin resistant, it is a blood glucose issue. All those plants are not helping you, as all carbohydrates spike insulin. Try eating much more coconut oil, your system needs more fat. Oily fish every other day would also improve things for iron and zinc. Your brain and eyes need crucial DHA from the Omega3 fatty acids in fish and cannot store it more than 2 days, needs constant fuelling. Phytates and oxalates in beans and plants block us from absorbing ENOUGH nutrients and protein so you steadily become deficient. Best wishes

@DawnRK3204 2 ай бұрын

@@eulalia3446how did you come across this video? The gut microbiome becomes much less diverse with a carnivore diet.

@eulalia3446 2 ай бұрын

@@DawnRK3204 My personal experience (like the majority of people) is that of becoming exceedingly unwell after some years on a home cooked, whole foods, varied plant based diet. Among many other problems, my autoimmune illness became exceedingly aggressive and my guts were in terrible shape. 18 months on a mostly carnivore diet has healed my guts and has brought a myriad of other health benefits. To me Tim Spector is aging badly - he now looks older than his age and he is starting to look frail. I don't think his plant heavy approach is working very well.

@Mh11786 4 ай бұрын

It definitely will take time, but it's so worth it! I've actually found and added an amazing panented blend of probiotics prebiotics and phytobiotics to my diet to help support the gut microbiome. It's really been a game changer for my menstrual cycle!

@Jupiter_Crash 4 ай бұрын

Thxs for the vid!

@adjusted-bunny 4 ай бұрын

Tim's last comment "floating in the dark" sums it up pretty much.

@junegagnon6506 4 ай бұрын

Yes, a topic that i would love to be covered is a problem that has been lifelong for me. So i was born via caesarian section and my Mom didn't breastfeed me. That was due to tye hospital not bringing me to be nursed as they fed me apparently to there procedures at thst time. The year 1958 i was born. Nursing was being discouraged at that time. So i have had lifelong mental and physical health challenges that have been most overwhelming. I have always wondered if there was anyrhing that could help me have a better life outcome. Insteadd of just throwing antidepressants at me and so on. I have never found any Doctors or even friends .or family who believe or understand bmy health challenges. I would be so happy and appreciative of any science hased information on this or really anything that i could do to have better life functioning!!! Thank-you so much in advance!!

@TerryDowney 4 ай бұрын

Check out Havening. You have lots of stored trauma. Havening can be a game changer for you. Lots of videos on youtube

@keithpp1 4 ай бұрын

Something I've noticed recently, or maybe I've become more atuned, the growing interest in our gut microbes and the desire to learn more. I seem to have become something of a self-appointed gut microbe Ambassador whilst at the same time, learning more about the topic myself.

@lcmlcm2460 Ай бұрын

Amazing ❤

@nas3426 4 ай бұрын

I love Jonathan, very funny 😅❤

@carolynarnold2701 3 ай бұрын

Is Zoe testing ever coming to Australia?

@liquomerlin 3 ай бұрын

Can I ask why you are only offering one microbiome test when you join Zoe? I would be interested to take part if I can see what improvements I can achieve during the time I’m doing it. It would be a great motivation. As you only get one test included, I’ve been hesitant to join so far.

@zoewhite7705 Ай бұрын

I kind of assumed you’d do a test at the start and another after doing the programme for a few months to track your improvement in gut health. Is that not the case?

@doug-q8u 3 ай бұрын

What are the effects of taking PPIs on the gut biome?

@heather1387 4 ай бұрын

What effect does the prep for a colonoscopy have on the microbiome?

@butching6665 3 ай бұрын

I'd say potentially quite a bit, but perhaps depending on how healhty/unhealthy -/dysbiotic ones microbiome is to start with(?)

@theKNI 3 ай бұрын

@@butching6665 I would actually say the opposite, though I have no idea in reality. The medication used for colonoscopy prep only lasts a number of hours and essentially empties most of the digestive system. I wouldn't imagine that it has a huge impact on gut microbiome in the same way that regular bowel movements don't unless you count them across months. I'd say if you were taking those meds regularly then it might have a larger impact but one evening of bowel prep for this procedure is not that much more than a couple of days worth of whatever is normal for someone.

@kateking3953 4 ай бұрын

It's a shame that Prof Spector can't get the message across to his medical peers then, because very few medical professionals will accept that the diet has any role in health or healing, other than in a most simplistic way. And until relatively recently, Prof Spector too would have gone along with his colleagues. He is a recent convert.

@pushthetempo2 3 ай бұрын

What medical professionals are you talking to who say healthy diet does not give you good health 🤨 Dr. Dre? Dr. Doolittle?

@kateking3953 3 ай бұрын

@@pushthetempo2 I worked in NHS hospitals in London and Oxford for over two decades. In Neurology, Rheumatology and Oncology, and Gerontology, all specialties where you would consider diet to play an important part, patients are often told what they eat makes no difference to outcomes and to eat what they like. Inpatient diets in most hospitals are nutrient deficient and pretty grim, and long stay patients often leave much depleted and with weight loss because of the white bread, limp lettuce and over-boiled veg+mince diet. Professor Spector is a fairly recent convert to the idea of diet as a addendum to better health, and as he says himself nutrition is given no weight in medical training.

@pushthetempo2 3 ай бұрын

@@kateking3953 @kateking3953 okay I though you were talking about your standard GP who would usually tell you to eat healthier - more fruit and veg, drink less alcohol, basic stuff I know. Maybe they don't stress it enough though yes. Well thats quite shocking to hear in oncology, they dont talk about diet. The specialists have access to all the same information we do; I assumed most informed people knew the Mediterranean diet is the best for preventing cancer, that idea has been around for a while now. Or the Japanese and all the studies and evidence show that and they are clearly the healthiest and longest living people on the planet. I retract the sarcastic tone of my previous comment. Hopefully they are telling patients smoking and alcohol and stress are a big factor too 🫣

@emmabaldock861 3 ай бұрын

It is a pity Microbiome Tests are so prohibitively costly I have done mine twice pre COVID years.

@helenmorgantrio5203 Ай бұрын

What about people who have had a hemicolectomy (half the colon removed due to cancer or other bowel disease) or all the bowel removed?

@henrydale9762 3 ай бұрын

There has never been anything as complex as a human being: genetics, lifestyle, core beliefs, recent experiences, micro biome, disease history, upbringing, education, diet… phew!

@arckocsog253 4 ай бұрын

18:00 what is gutnhealthy food

@Kellysher 4 ай бұрын

Diversity of plants. Legumes: beans and lentils. Barley. You can eat so much wonderful plant based foods. I love flavorful foods. Asian, Mexican, Italian, Middle eastern. Eating plant based isn’t punishment, it’s very satisfying!

@tonibrisby2421 4 ай бұрын

What does it cost to have the gut misrobiome tested?

@blissghmedia 4 ай бұрын

I don’t think there’s a way to directly test it lol pay attention to your body when you eat something

@Dirtboxlife 4 ай бұрын

Stool testing typically: ~$400 USD

@pushthetempo2 4 ай бұрын

Zoe do it for like £100 something like that

@Nehra432 4 ай бұрын

Use best probiotic, it's best for gut

@keithpp1 4 ай бұрын

Join Zoe, part of the initiation is gut microbe testing. I think it costs £300 (check on their website).

@Caladcholg 4 ай бұрын

11:27 'junk food _meat'_ diet. Just couldn't help themselves.

@BarbaraDettori 4 ай бұрын

I suppose from the accent that Nicola is Italian, in which case he was too polite not to tell you pronounced his name wrong. You pronounced it like the English female name.

@keithpp1 4 ай бұрын

What is the time scale for microbes to double? Five minutes, an hour. A dormant microbe, feed the food it likes, we will see a result in a day. On the other hand, if we' lack a guy more, it could take weeks to acquire.

@AboveAverageAngler 4 ай бұрын

Does Whisky and Spirits effect gut bacteria 😅

@SpindlyScoundrel 4 ай бұрын

Let's hope not!

@pbond9405 4 ай бұрын

Salt yes. Salt damages gut microbiome.

@telstar4772 4 ай бұрын

@@pbond9405 I`ve never heard that before

@EvaSanchez-yn6oi 4 ай бұрын

They absolutely do.

@AboveAverageAngler 4 ай бұрын

@@EvaSanchez-yn6oi does it make em happy🤞

@dianemcinnes8272 4 ай бұрын

Born 1957, not breast fed, tonsils removed age 6 and appendix removed age 21. Is it possible to compensate for those things at this stage of my life , age 67, and have a healthy microbiome