ARA KATZ Optimizing the Vaginal and Gut Microbiomes with Founder of Seed

Ara Katz is co-founder and co-CEO of Seed Health, a microbiome science company pioneering innovations in probiotics and living medicines to impact human and planetary health.

Ara also oversees Seed's environmental endeavors under SeedLabs and directs LUCA Biologics, Seed Health’s venture addressing unmet needs in women's health through the vaginal microbiome. 

With experience at the intersection of health, consumer tech, media, and design, Ara has garnered acclaim for her contributions to science communication and translation.

Her children’s book, A Kids Book About Your Microbiome, offers the next generation of kids (and their grownups) a powerful new framework to understand their bodies and health.

In this episode, Ara talks about the importance of vaginal microbiome for reproductive health, skin health and beyond. 

Learn more about Seed and use code COACHTARA for 25% off both the gut and vaginal probiotic starter kit here: https://seed.com/vaginal-synbiotic?utm_source=inside_out_health&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=25p&promo_code=COACHTARA

Instagram: @arakatz

CHAPTERS:

0:00 Intro

2:50 Shame around discussing vaginal health

5:45 Vaginal microbiome types & reproductive outcomes

13:13 Oral probiotics don't work for vaginal health

21:00 Vaginal microbiome research & reproductive health

32:09 Different effects of different strains

38:10 How Seed does the testing

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