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334.How Your Microbiome Controls Your Health with Leo Grady, Founder and CEO of Jona


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Could your gut be the key to solving chronic fatigue, autoimmune issues, or even mental health? Leo Grady, Founder and CEO of Jona, joins the show to explain how AI is unlocking the secrets of the microbiome one stool sample at a time.

From fecal transplants to personalized diet plans, learn how deep sequencing and transparent science are changing healthcare without the guesswork.

 Stream the episode and take control of your health from the inside out.


Episode Breakdown

0:00 – Why the gut microbiome is the missing key to modern medicine  

1:00 – Meet Leo Grady, Founder and CEO of Jona: from AI in radiology to founding Jona Health  

2:30 – The moment AI met biology: how data revealed the gut’s hidden power  

4:00 – Why chronic disease, obesity, and inflammation start in the microbiome  

6:00 – Building an AI model for the human gut: challenges and breakthroughs  

8:30 – From Siemens Healthineers to Jona: Leo’s leap into microbiome medicine  

10:00 – The science behind poop transplants and what they teach us  

12:00 – How diet, stress, and sleep rewrite your gut ecosystem  

14:30 – Using sequencing data and AI to personalize nutrition  

17:00 – What a Jona test actually measures and how results are delivered  

19:00 – Breaking down the gut report: good vs. bad bacteria explained  

21:00 – How AI analyzes 2,000+ new gut studies each month  

23:00 – Key biomarkers linked to fatigue, weight gain, and brain fog  

25:00 – Microbiome diversity: why it matters more than calories  

27:00 – The gut-brain connection: mood, dopamine, and serotonin  

29:00 – Why most gut testing companies get the science wrong  

31:00 – Lessons learned from the uBiome collapse and regaining trust  

33:00 – Building a medical-grade company in the consumer health space  

35:00 – The new wave of evidence-based biohacking  

37:00 – AI vs. traditional medicine: merging two worlds of care  

39:00 – Surprising discoveries from Jona’s real-world patient data  

41:00 – How antibiotics, fasting, and fiber affect the microbiome  

43:00 – The gut as your body’s sensory organ: interpreting internal signals  

45:00 – Top foods that rebuild the microbiome naturally  

47:00 – How wearables and gut data together unlock holistic health  

49:00 – Leo’s daily health stack: protein, recovery, and AI tracking  

51:00 – Final insights: why the microbiome revolution is just beginning  

52:00 – Outro: subscribe, share, and take control of your gut health


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