307. Did You Know You Have A Vaginal Microbiome? Dr. Jacques Ravel on Female Health Innovations
Be Well by Kelly Leveque
Kelly Leveque
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2024
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Today’s episode is all about the vaginal microbiome, and I’m joined by Dr. Jacques Ravel, a leading expert in microbiology and immunology. Dr. Ravel has been deeply involved in research on the vaginal microbiome and co-chairs the Seed Health Scientific Advisory Board. We dive into the science behind Seed’s new VS-01™, a vaginal symbiotic probiotic that introduces Lactobacillus crispatus to promote a healthy vaginal environment.
Dr. Ravel explains why vaginal acidity is key to preventing infections and how a balanced microbiome can help prevent common issues like bacterial vaginosis and UTIs. We also touch on how everyday practices like douching, lubricants, and even antibiotics can disrupt the delicate balance of the microbiome. Dr. Ravel also explains how supporting the vaginal microbiome during and after pregnancy can offer long-term benefits. I’m so grateful to Dr. Ravel for pioneering safer, more effective treatments for women’s health!
We also cover:
(00:01:39) Vaginal Microbiome 101
(00:10:08) The Most Common Vaginal Health Disruptors
(00:21:10) A New Approach to Preventing UTIs & Yeast Infections
(00:35:26) VS-01™: A Breakthrough in Vaginal Health & Microbiome Balance
(00:53:18) Research Behind VS-01™ & How it Supports Vaginal Health Pre & Post Pregnancy
Resources:
• Click here for full show notes
• Visit seed.com/bewell and use code 25BEWELL for 25% off you first month on any Seed product
• Website: ravel-lab.net
• X: @jacquesravel
• Website: Seed Health
• Website: Ravel, Jacques | University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today's podcast is all about your vaginal microbiome and today's guest is Dr. |
| 0:16.0 | Jacques Ravell, an acting director at the Institute for Genome Sciences and a professor |
| 0:20.8 | of microbiology and immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. |
| 0:26.0 | He also serves as the co-chair of the Seed Health Scientific Advisory Board. |
| 0:30.6 | Today we'll discuss his background, the importance of the vaginal |
| 0:33.8 | microbiome and the research that led to the creation of the vaginal symbiotic. |
| 0:38.2 | This is a suppository style vaginal probiotic that has the ability to seed lactobacillus, chrispatus, into your vagina, |
| 0:49.5 | and you're going to learn all about why that is so so important on today's podcast. |
| 0:54.8 | All right everyone welcome back to the show. |
| 0:57.0 | Today I have a special guest Dr. Jacques Ravel. |
| 1:00.8 | And as you know if you've been listening to the Bewell by Kelly |
| 1:03.7 | podcast you know we've talked a lot about the gut microbiome on the show but |
| 1:07.2 | today we're going to talk about the vaginal microbiome. So today's expert is |
| 1:12.4 | the most educated and researched in this space and I'm so |
| 1:16.1 | excited to have him as a guest. It's been a little bit getting our schedules to |
| 1:20.0 | align but today he is here and I have so many questions. So Dr. Jock |
| 1:26.4 | thank you for being here and sharing all your knowledge with our audience |
| 1:30.6 | about the vaginal microbiome. Well, thank you. |
| 1:34.0 | It's very happy to be here and be able to answer questions and help people. |
| 1:39.0 | So let's start with the 101. |
| 1:41.0 | What is the vaginal microbiome all about? Why should we care about it and why |
| 1:47.1 | should we be thinking about it? Yeah, that's actually a really good question because it's possible that I mean obviously your |
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