Dr. Cresci presented “The Gut Microbiome and Health: How Tending to the Health of Your Gut Microbiota Improves Overall Health” at
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Geisinger Commonwealth)  on April 18, 2018.

The majority of the focus of the presentation was on the metabolism of dietary fiber to short chain fatty acids(SCFA) such as buteryate and the causal role they play in our health.

Watch below! Presented graciously by WVIA

https://video.ket.org/video/gail-cresci-the-gut-microbiome-and-health-qcmfke/

Gail A. Cresci, PhD
Gail A. Cresci, PhD, RD, LD, CNSC is a researcher and clinical RD at the Pediatric Institute & Lerner Research Institute, Departments of Gastroenterology & Pathobiology, Cleveland Clinic.

For more information regarding the impact the microbiome has on our health a literature review is available from Dr. Cresci.

Cresci GA, Bawden E. Gut Microbiome: What We Do and Don’t Know. Nutr Clin Pract. 2015;30(6):734–746. doi:10.1177/0884533615609899
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4838018/