Measures of malabsorption like stool elastase, calprotectin, and lactulose mannitol tests are more clinically relevant indicators of gut health than microbiome composition alone.

“what's the static writ which is a measure of malabsorption in your gut what's your pancreatic elack's elastase what about calprotectin what about zhonya lean stools on Yulin is maybe not the best measure but we should there are other measures of gut health right so we can look at the bacteria in your gut but I can also go into your guide figuratively not literally and and say how much information is in your god I can look at cow protected I can look at a peg 400 tests and tell you how leaky your gut is or I can do a lactulose mannitol test and tell you how leaky your gut is or I can use stools on even as a measure of that that's what we should be doing”