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The best video series, films and audio programs on the gut microbiome, collected in one place. Start with the MasterClass series. It's the clearest explanation we've found of how your gut bacteria shape your weight and health.

Start here · Video series · 2024

Gut Health MasterClass

A three-part series that explains how the trillions of microbes in your gut work, why the modern diet starves them, and how fermented foods and fiber help rebuild them. Featuring Stanford microbiome researchers Erica and Justin Sonnenburg, UCLA gut-brain specialist Dr. Emeran Mayer, and fermentation chef David Zilber.

  1. 1 The Microbes Among Us
  2. 2 The Modern Gut Dilemma
  3. 3 Rebuilding the Biome, Mind & Body
Watch on MasterClass Requires a MasterClass membership.

More to watch and hear

Documentary film · 2024

Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut Netflix

A feature-length documentary that follows real people with gut problems while scientists explain how diet changes the microbiome. An easy, visual introduction for the whole family.

Watch on Netflix Audio series · 3 parts · 2018

The Second Genome BBC Radio 4

BBC health correspondent James Gallagher explores why scientists now call our gut microbes a "second genome," and what that means for allergies, weight and disease.

Listen on BBC

Experts to follow

Physician · Visceral fat & MRI

Dr. Sean O'Mara

Uses MRI scans to show patients how visceral fat changes with diet, and recommends pairing fermented foods with protein at every meal. His work inspired this site.

Visit his website

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