Your Gut Microbiome and Optimal Health and Fitness | Amy Shah MD

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (0:02)
Welcome to The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, where I believe a healthy world is based on transparent conversations.
In today's episode of The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, I sit down with Dr. Amy Shah. I love having other providers on the show because it allows us to discuss what is challenging for patients in real time.
She got her nutrition degree from Cornell. She went on to medical school, did a residency in internal medicine at Harvard, then did a fellowship in allergy and immunology at Columbia University. We had a great conversation and in this episode, we talked about the connection between the gut, the microbiome and mood, how what you eat, how the bugs in your belly dictate how you feel. We also discussed the difference between cravings and hunger. And finally, we cover when you should be eating, what you should be eating to really leverage food for mood and longevity. If you like this episode, please like it, subscribe it. We put out this content for free.
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If you are feeling down, even if you're feeling great and you have life changes, therapy is something extraordinarily important. Head on over to betterhelp.com/dr.lyon. Dr. Amy Shah, I'm so grateful you are in a clinic right now, which is so gracious of you to take a time out of your busy day to come and join us on the show. I'm really excited to talk to you. You know, it's not often that I have people talk about books just because, because I want to hear about clinical experience. We want to hear about some of the latest research. And you and I both know that in writing a book, it takes, I don't know how fast of a writer you are, but it took me two years. Yeah, the information comes out.
It's who knows where it stands. But your book, why am I so effing hungry is what I believe to be on the forefront because it talks all about the gut microbiome. And number one, Dr. Amy Shah, welcome.

**Amy Shah** (5:09)
Thank you. And thank you for saying that, because I feel the same way about books.