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891 - The (Misleading) Truth About Akkermansia

Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Medical, Health, Functionalmedicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 774 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Have you recently heard about Akkermansia and wondered what it's all about?  

We know it’s a commensal bacteria that resides in the human gut, thriving in the mucus layer, but its popularity in the wellness world has many asking: Are the benefits truly substantial?  

To answer this question let’s go over some common claims and what the research actually tells us.

 

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Timestamps

00:00  Intro 

02:06  What is Akkermansia?

04:29  “Only strain that lives and regulates the gut lining”

05:10  “Major part of the microbiome”

06:49  “Low levels are associated with poor gut health”

07:56  “Good for metabolism & gut health” 

10:30  Beware of “Positive Publication Bias”

12:14  Other probiotics that improve gut health

12:54  Increasing Akkermansia naturally

17:49  Key takeaways

18:54  Recommended protocol

 

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0:00.0

Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, providing practical and science-based solutions to feeling your best.

0:15.4

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0:22.9

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0:30.6

The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat

0:36.4

any disease. Please do not apply any of this information

0:39.6

without first speaking with your doctor. Now, let's head to the show. Hey everyone, let's discuss

0:45.5

Acrimanthia mucanophilia, a new probiotic and go over the claims, sort of juxtapose some of the claims about this probiotic against the evidence

0:57.5

and attempt to come away with a practical, reasonable, and scientifically informed perspective on acrimancia.

1:06.0

And just to share sort of my perspective going into reviewing the research here, I tend to be

1:12.7

constitutionally suspicious. And the reason for this is early my career, I may have had,

1:19.9

you could say, rose-colored glasses on, where I assumed everything in natural health was good

1:26.1

and effective and could do no harm.

1:28.8

And over the years, and upon fact-checking many products, claims, tests, etc.,

1:35.3

I've more often than not become disappointed, which is why the perspective I take with you is one that's more guarded,

1:45.3

certainly open-minded, and wanting to explore any therapeutic that could alleviate suffering and optimize health.

1:51.3

But also seeing how many people can waste money or chase a frivolous diagnosis and suffer

1:58.7

sort of the psychological turmoil that is connected to that,

2:02.4

I try to be scrupulous with fact-checking the things that we discuss and delivering to you

2:08.0

a reasonable and evidenced-informed perspective when we have due evidence. As I've said many

2:15.1

a time, there are some areas in health care where there's not

2:18.3

much research and clinicians are kind of in the trenches, doing the best that they can, and trying

2:23.3

to take anecdotes and use those to inform how to practice. Nevertheless, let's review Ackermansia

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