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Gastroenterology And The Microbiome - Optimising Your Health Through The Lens Of Your Gut With Associate Professor Edmund Leung
Manage episode 403840472 series 1390213
In this weeks episode of Pushing the Limits I interview the esteemed Associate Professor Edmund Leung. A gastro enterologist and surgeon.
What you will learn in this episode:
- What is gastroenterology
- How the study of the microbiome intersects with the gastrointestinal surgery.
- How can we support the health of our digestive system
- The definitions of common ailments from IBD to Crohns to Coeliac
- A deep dive in Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and their impact on the health as a whole.
- Leaky gut, zonulin, Secretory IgA, SIBOT
- The impact of the gallbladder on the health of the gut
- The impact of the gut on mood and behavior
- The function of Butyrate
- The differences between a colonoscopy and a Colonography CT and the pros and cons
- Screening for cancer
- The pancreas and it's role
Our gut it the seat of much of our immune system and understanding your intestinal system and how to improve your health through this lens is crucial to anyone wanting to optimize their longevity and slow ageing.
Bio
Associate Professor Edmund Leung - General Surgeon
Qualifications: MB BS London; CCT (UK) (Gen Surg); DMedSci (Immunology); JAG (Endoscopy); FRCS (Gen surg); FEBS (Oncology)
Edmund came to New Plymouth with his family just before the Covid pandemic from UK. He had been a senior lecturer and consultant gastrointestinal surgeon in UK for many years. Ed graduated medical school in London in the late 1990s and spent his surgical career in middle England, where he obtained his surgical fellowship and research doctorate in bowel cancer. At the end of Ed's fellowship, Ed spent some time in Basingstoke, UK, with Professor Bill Heald and Professor Brendan Moran further subspecialising within the fields of pelvic cancer.
Outside Ed's clinical duties, he is an active Surgical Oncology examiner for European Board of Surgery and a training convenor for the Royal College of Surgeons with now over 80 peer-reviewed publications. Ed has peer-reviewed over 300 medical journal manuscripts. Furthermore, Ed is also the International Ambassador for the British Association of Surgical Oncology, actively promoting better training, delivery of care and public awareness on cancer surgery. In 2019, Edmund was the winner of the British Silver Scalpel Surgeon of the Year.
Interests
- Interventional and diagnostic gastroscopy and colonoscopy
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Hernia (Laparoscopic or open)
- Skin tumours
- Abdominal pain and adhesions
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Haemorrhoidal surgery and other anal conditions: fistulae, fissures, proctalgia
- Pilonidal Surgery: Simple excision to Limberg flap
- Major open and laparoscopic Surgery: Cancer, Diverticular disease and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- TAMIS (Transanal minimal invasive Surgery)
- Pelvic floor disorders: obstructed defaecation, functional incontinence/constipation and prolapse
- Abdominal and groin hernia repair including parastomal hernia repair (open and laparoscopic)
Title or Designation General Surgeon
Post-Fellowship Training - MBBS, MRCS (General Surgery), DMedSci (Molecular immunology), JAG (Endoscopy), FRCS (Colorectal), FEBS (Surg Oncology) - Honorary Associate Professor of Surgery (Auckland)
Personalised Health Optimisation Consulting with Lisa Tamati
Lisa offers solution focused coaching sessions to help you find the right answers to your challenges.
Topics Lisa can help with:
Lisa is a Genetics Practitioner, Health Optimisation Coach, High Performance and Mindset Coach.
She is a qualified Ph360 Epigenetics coach and a clinician with The DNA Company and has done years of research into brain rehabilitation, neurodegenerative diseases and biohacking.
She has extensive knowledge on such therapies as hyperbaric oxygen, intravenous vitamin C, sports performance, functional genomics, Thyroid, Hormones, Cancer and much more. She can assist with all functional medicine testing.
Testing Options
Comprehensive Thyroid testing
DUTCH Hormone testing
Adrenal Testing
Organic Acid Testing
Microbiome Testing
Cell Blueprint Testing
Epigenetics Testing
DNA testing
Basic Blood Test analysis
Heavy Metals
Nutristat
Omega 3 to 6 status
and more
Lisa and her functional medicine colleagues in the practice can help you navigate the confusing world of health and medicine .
She can also advise on the latest research and where to get help if mainstream medicine hasn't got the answers you are searching for whatever the challenge you are facing from cancer to gut issues, from depression and anxiety, weight loss issues, from head injuries to burn out to hormone optimisation to the latest in longevity science. Book your consultation with Lisa
Join our Patron program and support the show
Pushing the Limits' has been free to air for over 8 years. Providing leading edge information to anyone who needs it. But we need help on our mission.
Please join our patron community and get exclusive member benefits (more to roll out later this year) and support this educational platform for the price of a coffee or two
You can join by going to Lisa's Patron Community
Or if you just want to support Lisa with a "coffee" go to
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LisaT to donate $3
Lisa’s Anti-Aging and Longevity Supplements
Lisa has spent years curating a very specialized range of exclusive longevity, health optimizing supplements from leading scientists, researchers and companies all around the world.
This is an unprecedented collection. The stuff Lisa wanted for her family but couldn't get in NZ that’s what it’s in her range. Lisa is constantly researching and interviewing the top scientists and researchers in the world to get you the best cutting edge supplements to optimize your life.
Subscribe to our popular Youtube channel
with over 600 videos, millions of views, a number of full length documentaries, and much more. You don't want to miss out on all the great content on our Lisa's youtube channel.
Order Lisa's Books
Lisa has published 5 books: Running Hot, Running to Extremes, Relentless, What your oncologist isn't telling you and her latest "Thriving on the Edge"
Check them all out at
https://shop.lisatamati.com/collections/books
Perfect Amino Supplement by Dr David Minkoff
Introducing PerfectAmino
PerfectAmino is an amino acid supplement that is 99% utilized by the body to make protein.
PerfectAmino is 3-6x the protein of other sources with almost no calories.
100% vegan and non-GMO.
The coated PerfectAmino tablets are a slightly different shape and have a natural, non-GMO, certified organic vegan coating on them so they will glide down your throat easily.
Fully absorbed within 20-30 minutes!
No other form of protein comes close to PerfectAminos
Listen to the episode with Dr Minkoff here:
Use code "tamati" at checkout to get a 10% discount on any of their devices.
Red Light Therapy:
Lisa is a huge fan of Red Light Therapy and runs a Hyperbaric and Red Light Therapy clinic. If you are wanting to get the best products try
Flexbeam: A wearable Red Light Device
https://recharge.health/product/flexbeam-aff/?ref=A9svb6YLz79r38
Or Try Vielights’ advanced Photobiomodulation Devices
Vielight brain photobiomodulation devices combine electrical engineering and neuroscience.
To find out more about photobiomodulation, current studies underway and already completed and for the devices mentioned in this video go to
www.vielight.com and use code “tamati” to get 10% off
Enjoyed This Podcast?
If you did, subscribe and share it with your friends!
If you enjoyed tuning in, then leave us a review and share this with your family and friends.
Have any questions? You can contact my team through email (support@lisatamati.com) or find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
For more episode updates, visit my website. You may also tune in on Apple Podcasts.
To pushing the limits,
Lisa and team
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Manage episode 403840472 series 1390213
In this weeks episode of Pushing the Limits I interview the esteemed Associate Professor Edmund Leung. A gastro enterologist and surgeon.
What you will learn in this episode:
- What is gastroenterology
- How the study of the microbiome intersects with the gastrointestinal surgery.
- How can we support the health of our digestive system
- The definitions of common ailments from IBD to Crohns to Coeliac
- A deep dive in Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and their impact on the health as a whole.
- Leaky gut, zonulin, Secretory IgA, SIBOT
- The impact of the gallbladder on the health of the gut
- The impact of the gut on mood and behavior
- The function of Butyrate
- The differences between a colonoscopy and a Colonography CT and the pros and cons
- Screening for cancer
- The pancreas and it's role
Our gut it the seat of much of our immune system and understanding your intestinal system and how to improve your health through this lens is crucial to anyone wanting to optimize their longevity and slow ageing.
Bio
Associate Professor Edmund Leung - General Surgeon
Qualifications: MB BS London; CCT (UK) (Gen Surg); DMedSci (Immunology); JAG (Endoscopy); FRCS (Gen surg); FEBS (Oncology)
Edmund came to New Plymouth with his family just before the Covid pandemic from UK. He had been a senior lecturer and consultant gastrointestinal surgeon in UK for many years. Ed graduated medical school in London in the late 1990s and spent his surgical career in middle England, where he obtained his surgical fellowship and research doctorate in bowel cancer. At the end of Ed's fellowship, Ed spent some time in Basingstoke, UK, with Professor Bill Heald and Professor Brendan Moran further subspecialising within the fields of pelvic cancer.
Outside Ed's clinical duties, he is an active Surgical Oncology examiner for European Board of Surgery and a training convenor for the Royal College of Surgeons with now over 80 peer-reviewed publications. Ed has peer-reviewed over 300 medical journal manuscripts. Furthermore, Ed is also the International Ambassador for the British Association of Surgical Oncology, actively promoting better training, delivery of care and public awareness on cancer surgery. In 2019, Edmund was the winner of the British Silver Scalpel Surgeon of the Year.
Interests
- Interventional and diagnostic gastroscopy and colonoscopy
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Hernia (Laparoscopic or open)
- Skin tumours
- Abdominal pain and adhesions
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Haemorrhoidal surgery and other anal conditions: fistulae, fissures, proctalgia
- Pilonidal Surgery: Simple excision to Limberg flap
- Major open and laparoscopic Surgery: Cancer, Diverticular disease and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- TAMIS (Transanal minimal invasive Surgery)
- Pelvic floor disorders: obstructed defaecation, functional incontinence/constipation and prolapse
- Abdominal and groin hernia repair including parastomal hernia repair (open and laparoscopic)
Title or Designation General Surgeon
Post-Fellowship Training - MBBS, MRCS (General Surgery), DMedSci (Molecular immunology), JAG (Endoscopy), FRCS (Colorectal), FEBS (Surg Oncology) - Honorary Associate Professor of Surgery (Auckland)
Personalised Health Optimisation Consulting with Lisa Tamati
Lisa offers solution focused coaching sessions to help you find the right answers to your challenges.
Topics Lisa can help with:
Lisa is a Genetics Practitioner, Health Optimisation Coach, High Performance and Mindset Coach.
She is a qualified Ph360 Epigenetics coach and a clinician with The DNA Company and has done years of research into brain rehabilitation, neurodegenerative diseases and biohacking.
She has extensive knowledge on such therapies as hyperbaric oxygen, intravenous vitamin C, sports performance, functional genomics, Thyroid, Hormones, Cancer and much more. She can assist with all functional medicine testing.
Testing Options
Comprehensive Thyroid testing
DUTCH Hormone testing
Adrenal Testing
Organic Acid Testing
Microbiome Testing
Cell Blueprint Testing
Epigenetics Testing
DNA testing
Basic Blood Test analysis
Heavy Metals
Nutristat
Omega 3 to 6 status
and more
Lisa and her functional medicine colleagues in the practice can help you navigate the confusing world of health and medicine .
She can also advise on the latest research and where to get help if mainstream medicine hasn't got the answers you are searching for whatever the challenge you are facing from cancer to gut issues, from depression and anxiety, weight loss issues, from head injuries to burn out to hormone optimisation to the latest in longevity science. Book your consultation with Lisa
Join our Patron program and support the show
Pushing the Limits' has been free to air for over 8 years. Providing leading edge information to anyone who needs it. But we need help on our mission.
Please join our patron community and get exclusive member benefits (more to roll out later this year) and support this educational platform for the price of a coffee or two
You can join by going to Lisa's Patron Community
Or if you just want to support Lisa with a "coffee" go to
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LisaT to donate $3
Lisa’s Anti-Aging and Longevity Supplements
Lisa has spent years curating a very specialized range of exclusive longevity, health optimizing supplements from leading scientists, researchers and companies all around the world.
This is an unprecedented collection. The stuff Lisa wanted for her family but couldn't get in NZ that’s what it’s in her range. Lisa is constantly researching and interviewing the top scientists and researchers in the world to get you the best cutting edge supplements to optimize your life.
Subscribe to our popular Youtube channel
with over 600 videos, millions of views, a number of full length documentaries, and much more. You don't want to miss out on all the great content on our Lisa's youtube channel.
Order Lisa's Books
Lisa has published 5 books: Running Hot, Running to Extremes, Relentless, What your oncologist isn't telling you and her latest "Thriving on the Edge"
Check them all out at
https://shop.lisatamati.com/collections/books
Perfect Amino Supplement by Dr David Minkoff
Introducing PerfectAmino
PerfectAmino is an amino acid supplement that is 99% utilized by the body to make protein.
PerfectAmino is 3-6x the protein of other sources with almost no calories.
100% vegan and non-GMO.
The coated PerfectAmino tablets are a slightly different shape and have a natural, non-GMO, certified organic vegan coating on them so they will glide down your throat easily.
Fully absorbed within 20-30 minutes!
No other form of protein comes close to PerfectAminos
Listen to the episode with Dr Minkoff here:
Use code "tamati" at checkout to get a 10% discount on any of their devices.
Red Light Therapy:
Lisa is a huge fan of Red Light Therapy and runs a Hyperbaric and Red Light Therapy clinic. If you are wanting to get the best products try
Flexbeam: A wearable Red Light Device
https://recharge.health/product/flexbeam-aff/?ref=A9svb6YLz79r38
Or Try Vielights’ advanced Photobiomodulation Devices
Vielight brain photobiomodulation devices combine electrical engineering and neuroscience.
To find out more about photobiomodulation, current studies underway and already completed and for the devices mentioned in this video go to
www.vielight.com and use code “tamati” to get 10% off
Enjoyed This Podcast?
If you did, subscribe and share it with your friends!
If you enjoyed tuning in, then leave us a review and share this with your family and friends.
Have any questions? You can contact my team through email (support@lisatamati.com) or find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
For more episode updates, visit my website. You may also tune in on Apple Podcasts.
To pushing the limits,
Lisa and team
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