In episode 7 we discuss the role of the gut microbiome in weight management, and how weight loss injections like Ozempic and Wegovy are inspired by the body's own hormones.

Chris Damman is Clinical Associate Professor and a practising gastroenterologist at the University of Washington in the Department of Medicine/Division of Gastroenterology and editor-in-chief at Gut Bites MD.  

He is former Initiative Lead of Gut Health in the Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  He holds an M.D. from Columbia University, an M.A. in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry from Wesleyan University, and is board certified in Gastroenterology.  Chris holds research interests focused on food- and microbiome-based therapeutics for metabolic disease. He is a frequent contributor to the press as an expert in gut microbiome.

To connect with Chris:

www.gutbites.org

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-damman

Studies/ Articles  Discussed:

https://theconversation.com/your-body-already-has-a-built-in-weight-loss-system-that-works-like-wegovy-ozempic-and-mounjaro-food-and-your-gut-microbiome-220272

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02750-2/fulltext

https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00754-6