What you eat changes your gut, and your gut affects your metabolism. Host Cristina Quinn talks to researcher Karen Corbin about how your gut and metabolism work together to process certain foods, all while managing your body’s energy. 

Karen Corbin, a nutrition and metabolism researcher at AdventHealth Translational Research Institute, walks us through her latest research on how our gut and metabolism respond to whole vs. ultraprocessed foods. Foods that optimize this gut-and-metabolism relationship allow your body to create and use up energy. To read Corbin’s study, click here. For more on her work, go to her page on AdventHealth Translational Research Institute here. 

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An earlier version of this episode incorrectly stated that each participant in the AdventHealth Translational Research Institute study consumed a 2000-calorie diet. In fact, study participants were given customized menus so that the calories matched each person’s energy expenditure. This episode has been updated to reflect this correction.