Microbiome Transplants: Tracing FMT's History, Impact on IBD & Parkinson's, and Donor Profiling
Release Date: 03/25/2025
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#306 Guy and I sit down (while the kids are upstairs!) on his podcast "Let It In with Guy Lawrence" to reflect on our 2025—the messy, the profound, and everything in between. We talk about: How we navigate showing up for clients when we're facing our own challenges—Guy facilitating consciousness retreats during intense spiritual experiences, me supporting gut health clients while dealing with rosacea The reality of being practitioners who are also deeply human What it actually looks like to integrate spiritual experiences while parenting two young kids How we support each other through...
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Microbiome Transplants: Tracing FMT's History, Impact on IBD & Parkinson's, and Donor Profiling
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298 is a research scientist, educator, naturopath and Western herbalist with more than 18 years of clinical experience. Jason practices at Goulds Natural Medicine, a 136-year-old natural medicine apothecary and clinic located in central Hobart. He did his Honours and PhD degrees examining the causes of dysbiosis and the capacity of probiotics, prebiotics and herbal medicines to modify the gut microbiome and has written extensively in the medical literature on these topics – including 16 textbook chapters. He is on the Medical Nutrition Council of the American Society for Nutrition and was...
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info_outline298 Dr Jason Hawrelak is a research scientist, educator, naturopath and Western herbalist with more than 18 years of clinical experience. Jason practices at Goulds Natural Medicine, a 136-year-old natural medicine apothecary and clinic located in central Hobart. He did his Honours and PhD degrees examining the causes of dysbiosis and the capacity of probiotics, prebiotics and herbal medicines to modify the gut microbiome and has written extensively in the medical literature on these topics – including 16 textbook chapters.
He is on the Medical Nutrition Council of the American Society for Nutrition and was recently awarded a Fellowship from the American College of Nutrition for his significant contributions to the teaching and practice of nutrition in Australia and North America. Jason is also a Fellow of the Naturopaths and Herbalists Association of Australia. He is Chief Research Officer at ProbioticAdvisor.com, which offers a searchable database that enables easy, evidence-based prescribing of probiotic products and online resources for clinicians, and health-conscious members of the public, to learn more about the human microbiome and how they can positively influence these ecosystems.
In this episode, we cover:
- What the faecal microbiome is made up of
- What faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is
- The history of FMT. Its use dates back to the 4th century in China and the 1950s
- Why it shows promise in inflammatory bowel disease
- Its impact on Parkinson's' disease and Alzheimer's
- The protocol/experience for patients and donors
- Jason's clinical experience with FMT and diet post-FMT
- The Healthy Gut Practitioner course (Naturopathic & Functional Medicine Approaches for GI Disorders Course). A course I am extremely excited to begin. See show notes for a special offer for the Love & Guts practitioner audience
Show notes
- If you enrol in The Healthy Gut Practitioner course (Naturopathic & Functional Medicine Approaches for GI Disorders Course) using the following link https://tinyurl.com/yfy6kykp you will receive a free 1-year annual subscription to the Probiotic Advisor database and free access to one of Jason’s other course Depression, Anxiety and the Gastrointestinal Tract Microbiota. Limited time offer only as there are only a few spaces available.
- To access the free course, please email Helene (helene@probioticadvisor.com) after you enrol in The Healthy Gut Practitioner course (Naturopathic & Functional Medicine Approaches for GI Disorders Course). Helene will provide access to the Depression course and probiotics database as a bonus.
- FMT Shop in the Netherlands discussed in the podcast