Andrea McBeth, ND

Early Days of Probiotics: Promise and Marketing Hype Modern microbiome science emerged in the 2000s with the realization that trillions of gut microbes form a virtual “organ” influencing health. Early on, probiotics – live bacteria administered for health benefits – were embraced as a simple way to modulate this gutRead

The Leap to Postbiotics – Born of Necessity and Insight Early 2020. COVID-19 brought the world to a standstill, and with it, our fledgling FMT program. Overnight, the idea of transplanting raw stool seemed fraught with new risk – could SARS-CoV-2 be lurking in feces? We lacked reliable tests initially,Read