Science-based, practical insights on gut bacteria, FMT and the microbiota.
The recipe originally came from Lee, but he lost me years ago at the spicy chicken wings. Even then, I somehow felt that there was a serious gap betwe
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I once believed midlife would be about slowing down. What I didn’t expect was that at nearly fifty, I’d feel more precise, more tuned, and more alive t
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By week thirty-two, he expected answers. A perfected protocol. The blueprint, the map, the control switch. But the further he went, the clearer it beca
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He wasn’t there to win. Not even to prove anything. He was there to complete, not to compete. The first half of the run had felt almost unreal - steady
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He never expected clarity to arrive mid-stride - yet that’s exactly how it happened. Somewhere between the silence of dawn and the rhythm of his feet o
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In his thirties, he chased performance. In his forties, he chased recovery. But as fifty approached, he realized the race itself had changed. It was no
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For most of his life, he thought of immunity as a defense line - soldiers waiting to attack viruses, pathogens, or anything foreign. But as he approach
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Mood, Memory, and Microbes. Before this journey, he thought that mental health was only about neurotransmitters - serotonin, dopamine, GABA.
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Cleaning House with My Gut’s Help. For years, he rolled his eyes at the word detox. It sounded like a marketing trick.
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The Elite Forces of My Microbiota. In the past, he had dismissed probiotics as just capsules of “friendly bacteria” with labels more ambitious than their effects.
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My Microbial Inner Circle. Explaining the microbiota was always a balancing act. People wanted clear roles: good vs. bad, heroes vs. villains.
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The Miracle Molecules. Back in the old days during university, he had thought of digestion in simple terms - calories in, nutrients absorbed, leftovers discarded.
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Cravings Are Clues. For decades, he treated cravings like enemies. Evening sugar, stress-snacking on chips, the strange urge for bread even when full.
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Putting Out the Fire Inside. For years, he thought he was eating enough fiber. A salad here, a banana there, the occasional bowl of oatmeal.
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It wasn’t just curiosity anymore - it was accountability. After months of restructuring his habits, feeding his microbes, and testing the limits of rhythm
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He had always been suspicious of “sweet without calories.” It sounded like cheating nature. And the more he dug into the science, the more he realized that
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He had felt it for years - that creeping fatigue that no coffee could fix. His labs looked fine, his diet clean. But deep inside, he knew something was off.
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He once believed health was mostly about food, fitness, and rest. But the deeper he went into microbiota science, the more he realized another invisible
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He’d eaten sauerkraut before. Occasionally bought kombucha. Maybe spread a little miso into soup. But until now, fermentation had been just flavor. Not
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For years, he thought small indulgences were harmless. A glass of wine, a strong espresso, the occasional painkiller. Not excess, not abuse - just comfort.
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The Testosterone-Gut Tango. He never obsessed over testosterone. But as he neared 50, he noticed things changing. Recovery slowed. Motivation dipped.
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You Are What Grows On You. For most of his life, he treated skin as an afterthought - something to wash, shave, moisturize when dry.
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My Gut and I Went to Therapy. For years, he had brushed off stress as an unavoidable part of life. Deadlines, travel, responsibility.
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He used to think of immunity as something that happened in the blood - T-cells, antibodies, inflammation. But the more he read, the more it became clear:
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Strong Body, Resilient Gut. He had always respected muscle. As a doctor and former thriatlonist, he'd seen firsthand how lean mass predicted everything.
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I Fixed My Sleep, and My Gut Thanked Me. At first, he thought his sleep issues were age-related. He'd wake up at 3 a.m., mind racing.
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Bugs in a Bottle: Friend or Hype? He stood in the supplement aisle of a well-stocked organic market, staring at a wall of promises.
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Feeding the Right Army. He often joked that if the body were a castle, then the immune system was its army – and the gut microbiota was the black-ops unit.
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The Clock That Heals. It wasn't hunger that woke him – it was rhythm. He began rising earlier. Not because of discipline or a new alarm, but because his body
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My Gut Garden Begins to Bloom. There was a time when he thought of nutrition purely in terms of macros. Just as he learned: protein to rebuild, carbs to fuel,
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The Enemies in My Pantry. For someone who had competed in triathlon races, he wasn't expecting to lose a battle to a granola bar. But there it was – half-eaten
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Would You Swallow That to Live Longer? He had done strange things before. Fasted for 3 days. Ran a 42K with nothing but water and salt on a 400m track. But
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The Invisible Organ – Meet My Microbiota. If you asked him twenty-five years ago, just after university what the most underrated organ in the human body was,
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The Beginning: A Gut Feeling. They say knowledge is power. But at 49, sitting at the edge of a trail he once visited as a beginner runner, he wasn't so sure
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Let's run an ultramarathon. Is it possible for a perfectly average middle-aged man to change his lifestyle and, in a short time, reach a level of physical
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