Episode 121: Key Considerations for Microbiome Stool Testing w Dr Brad Leech

In today’s episode Jessica & Carissa are joined by Dr Brad Leech, a PhD-qualified Clinical Nutritionist specialising in chronic autoimmune conditions and complex gastrointestinal disorders. Brad answers some of our listeners questions surrounding functional gut testing and the considerations we need to take in board when using this significant testing tool. Brad, Jessica & Carissa cover:

- How the gut is influenced by external and internal parameters and its transient nature in general

- How these parameters may influence/change what we see with microbiome testing and how quickly

- How much can we expect to see a microbiome test change data wise from day to day with the influence of diet

- Given hormonal fluctuations with woman, what should we consider when doing a stool test and when we do a stool collection

- The validity of microbiome testing with respect to the above and how regularly we should be testing/re-testing when working with gut issues

Plus more!

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Show Notes:

Find Dr Brad Leech at https://drbradleech.com/ and on Instagram at @drbradleech. Find out more about Microba at https://insight.microba.com/

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