Feed Your Head | Gut Microbiome, Hormones & Midlife Vitality

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Host Heather Reilly-Hiemstra sits down with Dr. Brent W. Laartz, MD FIDSA — infectious disease physician, associate professor at the University of South Florida, and, yes, bestselling spy novelist — to explore the organ that quietly runs everything behind the scenes: your gut.

Think of your microbiome as a sourdough starter (both Heather & Brent craft their own): neglect it and you get hockey pucks; feed it right and it rises to the occasion every time.

If your mood, sleep, hormones, or midlife energy feel like they've gone off the rails, this episode is your road map back — because the…