The infant microbiome and how it helps to shape lifelong health - a podcast by Bio-Practica Nutraceuticals

1. Look at the lifelong effects of early life microbial development.

2. Explore the latest evidence on when and how our unique microbial “fingerprint” is established.

3. Discuss the pre-natal and ante-natal factors that influence how our microbiome develops.

4. Examine the window of opportunity for optimising an infant’s microbial fingerprint.

5. Review strategies that can be used to ensure infants have a healthy microbiome.

Dr Sirin Guven is a gastroenterologist and clinical researcher with a special interest in children’s health and how probiotics can help improve childhood health. Dr Guven graduated with a medical degree from Varna Medical University, Bulgaria, and worked for many years in the Zeynep Kamil Maternity & Children’s Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.

She was then the Head of the Peadiatrics Department at Umraniye Hospital in Istanbul for 10 years, and has recently taken on a teaching and research-focussed role at the University of Health Sciences in Istanbul, where she is an Associate Professor of Paediatrics. Dr Guven has authored or co-authored numerous papers on the benefits of probiotics for children and the importance of the microbiota for maintaining digestive health.