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What you’ll get out of this episode
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Linta Mustata about the impact Vitract is making on chronic illnesses with strong ties to gut health, and the future of personalized nutrition thanks to advances in at-home testing and diagnostics. Vitract’s mission is to reverse chronic illnesses that are strongly tied to the gut, including digestive, metabolic and mental illnesses. Learn how Vitract is accomplishing its mission by building the most advanced and comprehensive at-home gut test that decodes the gut microbiome.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- Over 60% of Americans have at least one gut-related issue. Digestive, metabolic, and mental illnesses can all be tied back to the patient’s gut. These problems all systematically connect to dysbiosis within the gut microbiome.
- How hidden in the walls of the digestive system, our “second brain” is revolutionizing medicine’s understanding of the links between digestion, mood, health and even the way we think.
- The NIH funded almost $1 billion to research regarding the gut microbiome. Vitract’s mission is to use that research and make it an actionable lens in healthcare.
- How Vitract’s unique insights will enable alternative care providers to deliver highly personalized nutrition recommendations and high quality care for patients with chronic illnesses.
- Why Vitract targets providers, and the importance of testing multiple channels in at-home testing solutions in a crowded consumer health and wellness market.
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Recommended Resources
- Check out Vitract’s free 8 Steps To Improve Wellness PDF Guide (Vitract)
- Speaking of Psychology: Episode 78: The mind-gut connection (APA)
- Watch Linta’s episode on Finding Genius with Kunal Mehta (Finding Genius)
- The Brain-Gut Connection and the Enteric Nervous System (Johns Hopkins)
- Learn more about dysbiosis, an imbalance of microbial species and a reduction in microbial diversity within certain bodily microbiomes. (Osmosis)
Join the Conversation
“Provider burnout is real. When your compensation is tied directly to billable hours, you are inching close to burnout by default.
Everything from medical compensation, insurance reimbursement models, licensing restrictions, lack of interoperability, siloed patient information, and lack of communication between care providers is causing frustration that’s DRIVING the wellness market.
Often investors and founders struggle to grasp the breadth of solutions/their impact and place in the medical system if they’re straddling the line between medical care and wellness. The at-home testing market is a great example of that.
Industry trends show us that we are headed towards a convergence and interconnectivity between what is now viewed as separate fields. In my opinion, if you’re building in health tech, its worthwhile to consider how your solution leverages this industry transformation. “ @Linta Mustafa on LinkedIn
About Your Host
Tim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA.
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