Hormones.  Skin.  Hormones and skin.  What a match these two are!  Think about it for a second.  When your hormones do what they do (especially the sex hormones and other hormones related to reproductive... stuff) skin often freaks out and takes on a life of its own.  Acne.  Dry skin.  Oily skin.  Angry skin. Confused skin.  It's all related to hormonal changes!  

My guest today is an expert in bio-organic chemistry, microbiology, synthetic biology, and skincare and he's here to talk about his innovative probiotic acne system and skincare line, Phyla.

Yug Varma, PhD, is the Cofounder & CEO of Phyla, the world’s most advanced probiotic acne system.

He has 10+ years of microbiome research experience including an extensive background in bio-organic chemistry, microbiology, and synthetic biology. Dr. Varma received his scientific training at several distinguished academic institutions, including Johns Hopkins University (PhD) and University of California, San Francisco. His scientific work has been published in many prestigious journals, including Nature.

Dr. Varma’s mission is to change the way we treat chronic bacterial diseases, and is working tirelessly to achieve this goal with a microbiome-based technology platform. He is passionate about promoting scientific literacy, and devotes a significant amount of time demystifying microbiome research and making the latest research accessible to the general public.

Here’s a quick glimpse at this episode:

•Yug shares his background in bio-organic chemistry, microbiology, & synthetic biology.

•We talk about how he and his co-founder came up with the idea of Phyla and why it was so important to them to create this incredible line.

•He tells me about how Phyla works and the science behind probiotics and acne.

•Who he'd invite to his dream dinner party and who have been the most influential people in his life.

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Find Dr. Varma & Phyla:

On the Web:  www.phylabiotics.com

Instagram:  @phylabiotics

Facebook Group:  www.facebook.com/phylabiotics

Exclusively for listeners of The Hormonal Mama Podcast:  Get 20% off all Phyla products when you use coupon code:  mama20

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