Dr Sandra Kim joins Dr Mike in the PediaCast Studio to talk about the intestinal microbiome. We’ll cover the good organisms and the bad ones. How do one trillion tiny creatures living inside each of us affect daily health? What is their relationship with inflammatory disease and chronic illness? How do we get rid of the bad and replace with the good? All this, plus the hottest topics in the world of gut microbe research.

Topics

Gut Microbes

Good Bacteria

Bad Bacteria

Probiotics

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Microbiome Research

Guest

Dr Sandra Kim

Medical Director, IBD Center

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Links

2013 Pediatric Pearls Conference - Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Pediatric Gastroenterology at Nationwide Children’s

PediaCast 215 - Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Probiotics and Prebiotics in Pediatrics (from the AAP)