The importance of the gut microbiome with Dr Susan Armstrong - a podcast by Pure Animal

Sue qualified from Cambridge Veterinary School, England in 1984 and worked first in Oxford and then in a partnership in Leeds for 12 years. In 2003 she set up Balanced Being, an alternative veterinary and human medicine practice and in 2016 she established a new human clinic in Boroughbridge.  Sue was a founding member of the British Holistic Veterinary Medicine Association and has written and published many papers, contributed to several books, and lectured and consulted internationally.

Topics include:

• What made Sue turn to Veterinary Science and alternative therapies.


• Why cancer and auto-immune diseases are of particular interest to Dr Armstrong and what treatment modalities she uses for them.


• The role and importance of a healthy microbiome.


• What are we eating that upsets the balance of the microbiome?


• Can a microbiome evolve to require different types of food?


• Do dogs need to be omnivorous?


• Dr Sue explains the difference between microbiomes in different species.


• The importance of prebiotics and probiotics.


• How probiotics can help with respiratory and bladder problems among other conditions.


• Sue’s insights in the use of probiotics in behavioural conditions.


• Can probiotic strains found in human products be useful for other species?

You can reach Dr Sue or find out more about her on www.thetrueanimalplan.com and www.individualis.co.uk

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