About this episode
Send us a text This week I'm talking to Dr Yug Varma about the micro-biome. As regular listeners will know I am very interested in the micro- and gut biome and there is no better person to speak to about this stuff than Dr Varma. He has 10+ years of microbiome research experience including an extensive background in bio-organic chemistry, microbiology, and synthetic biology. Dr. Varma received his scientific training at several distinguished academic institutions, including Johns Hopkins University (PhD) and University of California, San Francisco. His scientific work has been published in many prestigious journals, including Nature. In other words, this is THE guy to talk to about the micro-biome and I'm very grateful he gave up an hour of his valuable time to talk to me about this. We discussed many things; What the micro-biome is. How our current haircare and washing routines are often working against it. How taking care of your micro-biome is actually very simple and not at all expensive. The causes of a lot of skin care problems and why soo many more parents and children are having eczema and acne. Why a lot of skincare products that claim to have "pro-biotics" in them are just using the phrase for marketing purposes and you're actually just smearing yoghurt on your face. And much, much more. You can find Dr Varma, and Phylabiotics here; http://phylabiotics.com LinkedIn Twitter: phylabiotics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phylabiotics/ Instagram: @phylabiotics YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ZzSy1ZuEzGFfsmG8fve8Q/ In the News This week; This article from the NYtimes which founds that the Covid virus seems to be attacking fat tissue directly, which might explain how some obese people (or "skinny fat" people) have been getting really ill with Covid/Long Covid. This is the study they're talking about Remember to follow us on Instagram and Facebook for the competitions, wisdom and cute videos. Visit healthypostnatalbody.com and get 3 months completely FREE access. No sales, no commitment, no BS. Email peter@healthypostnatalbody.com if you have any questions or comments If you could rate the podcast on your favourite platform that would be a big help. Playing us out this week; "Sunshine" by Dr Delight