How the Microbiome Impacts Your Quality of Life | Seed Co-Founder, Raja Dhir

Raja Dhir (0:00)

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Now, this week's conversation is with Raja Dhir. He's the co-founder and the co-CEO of Seed Health, a microbial sciences company pioneering applications of bacteria to impact human and environmental health.

Okay, some of you might be really familiar with the microbiome, and those who aren't, let me share a brief summary that I think really ties it up well, and it's from Harvard School of Public Health. And as many of you know that I've been fascinated with the microbiome for a long time, and its impacts not only on health, but also for performance. So here's what they had to say.

Picture a bustling city on a weekday morning. The sidewalks flooded with people rushing to get to work or to appointments.