Andrew Huberman· PhD
In terms of the cleanses and the flushes and all this, personally, I think it's a terrible idea. I mean, we know that if... In studies that are being done now to reprogram the gut microbiota to install a completely new microbial community, the first step is to wash away the resident microbial community that's there. So if you're in the process of acquiring a really good microbiota and you know how to do that, then flushing everything out is great. Otherwise, what is happening is you're kind of leaving rebuilding of the community to chance, like what is it? And so what microbes are going to colonize? Who's going to take up space after you do this flush or cleanse? And I think it's a little bit like playing Russian Roulette.