JOSEPH B. WEISS, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF CLINICAL PROFESSOR ... · JOSEPH B. WEISS, MD, FACP, FACG,...
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JOSEPH B. WEISS, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF
CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Objectives:
Recognize the enteric and central nervous system are in
constant communication
Define the gut microbiome and its influence on human
health and disease
Differentiate that diet impacts human health directly as
well as via the gut microbiome
18 Quintillion Grains of Rice (18,000,000,000,000,000,000)
Selected References:
Mental Health May Depend on Creatures in the Gut, Charles Schmidt Scientific
American, Innovations in the Microbiome,
Feb 17, 2015
Microbes in the Gut Are Essential to Our Well-Being, David Grogan,
Scientific American, Innovations in the Microbiome
Feb 17, 2015
Genes and Microbes Influence One Another Scientists Find, Ruth Ley
Scientific American, Innovations in the Microbiome
Feb 17, 2015
Regulation of prefrontal cortex myelination by the microbiota, AF Hoban,
RM Stilling, FJ Ryan, et al Translational Psychiatry 6, e774,
April 5, 2016
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"Dr. Joseph Weiss' books provide an informative and entertaining
approach to our digestive system and wellbeing"
Deepak Chopra, MD