What’s Your Gut Microbiome Enterotype?

There appear to be just two types of people in the world: those who have mostly Bacteroides type bacteria in their gut, and those whose colons are overwhelmingly home to Prevotella species instead.



These are part of a new expanded series on the microbiome that I’ll be unfolding in the coming months. Make sure you catch the first four in this series:

Image Credit: geralt via Pixabay.

[safardebon]

My gut feeling is that over the next twenty years, the health of the gut flora will be deemed to be one of the most, if not the most important determinant of total health. Research and discoveries over the last few years are movng in that direction

[luckyrock]

Prevotella on the rise!! Vegan 2 months, Wooh!

[StephMonti]

This was so interesting! Thanks for another great video

[yujik]

3:47 Bifidobacterium were associated with colon cancer? Doesnt that strain of probiotic protects against colon cancer. Its a commonly used probiotic in supplements. Plenty of research states it helps

[mandareyes]

Are there any further studies about other health problems or benefits of having one type or the other? I would be interested to see a video on that also. Keep up the good work Doc!

[greenytaddict]

that's why i stopped eating the S.A.D and back to my nigerian food, we eat mostly greens, and more of a plant based diet and i been feeling better since then but since meat is a big part of african food too, i'm trying to make vegan versions of it or leave out the meat, the food is still good :-)

[ladym.]

So is it better to NOT use bifidobacterium as a probiotic?

[Roosyer]

This nigga does his research. Mad props to him. Respect

[meganc]

This is a great discovery. Thanks for sharing.

[FreeDM]

4:05 Are there seagulls in the background?
Where are you recording your show dr. greger, hawai? ;-)

[WhiteKitta]

this is so fascinating and impressive....love No colon cancer for love being a vegan girl...

[david]

please let the references of those articles available

[winkminer]

Still having difficulty with vegan meal planning. I never have cooked before so it's not like I'm used to food preparation. But, I'm getting there...just refuse to eat anything but plants!

[argenus]

Thank you very much for the information! I was confronted about this informations from other non vegans, but could not give a specific answer. Thank you very much for your education.

[LysgaardLightning]

Amazing information. digging in the the papers now!

[nicevideomancanada]

So does this mean that we may want to take Prevotella Probiotics?

[Morfeusm]

This is most interesting video I have seen since trailer to Force Awakens!

[allencrider]

Which once gain reminds me that so-called 'probiotics' available at the corner drugstore are nonsense.

[SachielxLAEx]

how long does it take for my gut ecosystem to balance out after becoming vegan?

[imbassplayingrandomly]

The wikipedia previtella page says that Bacteriodetes is a phylum, and prevotella is a genus, a genus that is a part of the said phylum. The opposite of bacteriodetes is supposed to be firmicutes. It makes no sense to compare a diverse group, and a smaller, less diverse subset of that group as dietary opposites.