Investigate the functional content of the microbiome by sequence-based metagenomics before and after a diet shift. Now that she's published her first cookbook, it's time to suit up and figure out her Gladiator nickname - suggestions welcome! Sprinkled liberally with unforgettable facts (burp-barking in zero gravity, why traditional toilets put us in the worst possible posture for pooping, and more) this book will have readers running to friends and family with a litany of "DID YOU KNOW?

Combining her formal education and professional experience in marketing and communications with her passion for healthy eating, exercise, and learning, Ashleigh works in a consulting role for a number of professionals in the health and wellness world, working alongside individuals like Elle Russ, Dr. The experimental work will take place on captive red knots (with which we have ample experience 7-9) offered either a shellfish-based or a seagrass-based diet and changes in gut microbial diversity (16S rRNA gene at DNA level), activity (16S rRNA at RNA level), and functionality (metagenomics) will be monitored which will be linked to the relative composition of carbohydrates, protein and fat in the two food types.In this episode we discuss the power of journaling and the biggest benefit that she’s found from it. Getting real, raw and vulnerable discussing our fears and doubts around having another child after losing our baby boy. Did you know they’ve recently discovered that your stomach has some of the same taste receptors that are found in the taste buds in your mouth? To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Vancouver illustrator Belle Wuthrich’s lighthearted images achieve the same balance of fun and dignity as Gardy’s prose: we get anthropomorphized poops and rainbows in toilets, but the illustrations never feel juvenile, in the negative sense of the term. This kickstarted us trying and failing in our careers and ultimately finding success through our failures.I loved learning how different types of foods are broken down differently in the digestive system, about the relationship between allergies and asthma and initial eating, and all the fast facts about space, animals, bad bugs, the appendix, and the microbiome!