Your Body Is Home to Millions of Bacterial Pilots | feat. Anders Corbett
About this episode
Gabby Reece interviews microbiome researcher Anders Corbett about the impact of gut bacteria on athletic performance and overall health.
In this episode, I talk with Anders Corbett, microbiome researcher and founder of Craft Microbiome, about how the bacteria living inside us may be influencing far more than we realize — from performance and recovery to cognition, mood, and long-term health. Anders’ journey into microbiome science started at Harvard Medical School, where he sequenced his own microbiome as a former elite rower. What he discovered sparked a much bigger question: do elite athletes carry different microbial patterns than the rest of us? That curiosity led him to study Olympic athletes, UFC fighters, NBA players, endurance competitors, and high-performing executives — identifying how certain bacterial strains correlate with inflammation control, lactate metabolism, testosterone signaling, VO₂ capacity, and stress resilience. In this conversation, we explore the rapidly evolving science of the microbiome and human performance, including: • How the microbiome shifts before and after elite competition • Inflammation-reducing bacteria found in endurance athletes • Growth-hormone–associated strains identified in sprinters • Gut changes after concussive and non-concussive hits • The gut-brain axis and its…
Topics covered
- microbiome
- human performance
- athletic health
- bacterial influence
- cognition
- mood
- inflammation
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