The Gut Bug 90% of Us Are Missing | Christina O'Connor

The Gut Bug 90% of Us Are Missing | Christina O'Connor

June 18, 2026 · 1h 3m

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Joshua interviews registered dietitian Christina O'Connor about the importance of gut health and the missing microbe Akkermansia muciniphila.

Joshua sits down with registered dietitian Christina O'Connor of Pendulum Life to unpack why the gut is the foundation of immune, skin, metabolic and brain health — and why most people are missing a keystone microbe called Akkermansia muciniphila. They get into leaky gut and the mucosal barrier, butyrate and your body's ability to make its own GLP-1, what CGMs reveal about movement after meals, fasting and resets, parasites and glyphosate, and how to reintroduce probiotics "low and slow." 5...

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