
#27: Decoding Gut Health to Reverse Chronic Illness (with Linta Mustafa, Co-Founder & CEO at Vitract)
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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. LearnhowVitract 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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