Listen to the episodeAnorexia & the Microbiome
Kenneth Klingenberg Barfod
Kenneth Barfod is a biologist with +15 years of experience in microbiology and animal models.
Kenneth is associated professor in microbiology and fermentation at the Department of Food Science at University of Copenhagen, where he researches in the gut microbiome, FMT and its different aspects on human health.
His recent study has been the connection and effect of the gut microbiome in the eating disorder Anorexia.
About the episode
When someone with anorexia begins eating again, the microbiome does not necessarily follow along. Kenneth Klingenberg Barfod explains why starving the body also means starving the gut microbiome, and why that damage doesn't simply reverse once eating resumes.
He explains why nutritional treatment alone isn't always enough to rebuild a lost microbiome, how fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can help with recovery, and what mouse studies and early human trials are showing about restoring a healthy microbial community after anorexia.
05:00 - How eating disorders is connected to microbiome
12:20 - Changing microbiome through FMT treatment & diet
21:37 - Newest research in disease and restoring the microbiome
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