Did you know we are each made up of trillions of microbial cells? And that our relationship with these unseen microorganisms may have a profound impact on our lifelong health? Our guest Toni Harman, is a filmmaker who produced the award-winning documentary Microbirth. She explores the science behind how our bodies interact with our environment, and emphasizes the importance of optimizing the microbiome from birth.

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Toni Harman is a filmmaker, author, course creator and champion of the microbiome.

Toni has produced and directed a number of internationally distributed documentary films including MICROBIRTH about the origins of the human microbiome.

Toni’s extensive research for her film MICROBIRTH led to her co-authoring the books THE MICROBIRTH EFFECT and YOUR BABY’s MICROBIOME.

Toni is also the founder of MICROBIOME COURSES, an online school offering CPD approved courses for health professionals and parents on the infant microbiome, now with over 40,000 registered students.

For a free mini-course explaining the infant microbiome: https://microbirth.teachable.com/p/taster

You can watch MICROBIRTH here: https://microbirth.teachable.com/p/microbirth

You can also watch MICROBIRTH on Vimeo On Demand here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/microbirthfilm

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Links to some other things mentioned in the show:

Lambic beer

Book: “You Are What Your Grandparents Ate”

National Human Genome Research Institute: definition of microbiome

https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Microbiome

Some facts Tara & David mention are from the Human Microbiome Project

https://commonfund.nih.gov/hmp

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produced by Zach Van Dyke