Your mouth contains 1000's of microbes that are part of your microbiome. These bugs help to digest food, protect your mouth and prevent tooth decay. But like the gut, our behaviors can alter the composition and behavior of these important gatekeepers. In this episode Dr. William DePaolo discusses the oral microbiome, how it contributes to your health, how different behaviors and diets can change these microbes for the worse.

What is a healthy microbiome and why haven't scientists and researchers identified the perfect microbial composition support our physical and mental health? Join Dr. William DePaolo as he discusses the obstacles that stand in the way of defining a healthy microbiome, what must be done to move towards that goal and what you can do to support a healthy gut.

Want to learn more about your guts resident meat-lover, Alistipes? Then join Dr. William DePaolo in this episode of The Gut Academy as he discusses these bacteria and their role in protein digestion as well as implications with intestinal diseases and depression.

The ketogenic diet has been touted as a way to drop pounds fast, reduces seizures in epileptic patients, enhances the performance of pro-athletes, fights cancer and can help prevent diabetes in the prediabetic. But is the ketogenic diet all its cracked up to be and what are the effects on a person's microbiome? On this episode of the gut academy Dr. William DePaolo gives the skinny on the ketogenic diet.

In this episode of the Gut Academy, we discuss a recent survey of 6500 people taken across the globe on the microbiome. Tune in to hear what questions were asked, what the surprising results were and find out how you would score on these questions. Are you Microbiome savvy or a novice... tune in and find out.

Whether it is late night cravings for something sweet or the persistent thoughts of salty potato chips we all have had food cravings but why do we have them. What if you weren't responsible for those cravings but your mind and body were being hijacked by the trillions of microbes inside your gut? Join Dr. William DePaolo as he discusses what is known about food cravings and your microbiome and offers 4 tips to prevent being manipulated by the microorganisms in our guts.

In this episode of The Gut Academy and Dr. William DePaolo will focus on discussing a particular commensal, bacteria called Blautia. This bacteria is responsible for producing important metabolic products like short chain fatty acids and is associated with a healthy gut. Lower levels of Blautia are found in people with colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and it has an interesting association in graft versus host disease. So join Dr. DePaolo on this discussion about this incredible microorganism that plays a important part in your health.

Choosing a probiotic is difficult. There are so many different probiotics on the market in so many different combinations and so many different formulations that it's hard to get your head around what you should be looking for when choosing a probiotic. In this episode of the gut academy Dr. William DePaolo discusses five things that you should look for when choosing a probiotic.

Our gut and brain are two mega-organs that are in direct communication with one another. When we are stressed, anxious, depressed or suffer from a mood disorder this communication has become fuzzy and weak. In this week's episode Dr. William DePaolo will give you 3 suggestions on ways to improve your gut microbiome that will have an impact on the gut-brain axis and lessen your anxiety, stress and depression.

There are 500 million neurons that connect the gastrointestinal tract and your brain. This means that there is a huge amount of communication occurring between these two dynamic and complex organ systems. In this episode of the Gut Academy, Dr. William DePaolo discusses five different ways that your Microbiome can impact the gut-brain axis and describes foods and habits that you can do to enhance your Microbiome and strengthen the communication between your gut and your brain.