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The Denver-based probiotic company, BiotiQuest, was founded by Martha Carlin, whose husband was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2002. She quickly recognized that the current pharmaceutical “treatments” for her husband’s condition reduced phenomena such as tremor, but did nothing to slow or stop progression of the disease. It therefore leads to progressive debilitation, inability to perform routine daily activities, and dementia. She abandoned her real estate career and devoted her efforts to uncovering microbiome solutions to Parkinson’s disease and other conditions. Martha is someone who is not about selling products, but about finding solutions.
Martha partnered with academic microbiologist, Raul Cano, PhD, to advance the science of probiotics. One of the unique insights that Dr. Cano has explored is the concept of microbial “collaboration.” Over many conversations I’ve had with them, I have come to appreciate that they are at the cutting-edge of probiotic formulation.
Microbes are a lot like humans: We don’t live in isolation, but as couples, families, communities. Bacteria in the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract are the same: They don’t live in isolation but associate through collaborative “guilds” or “consortia.” Microbe A produces a metabolite needed by microbe B; microbe B produces something needed by microbe C that, in turn produces something needed by microbe A. Unfortunately, nearly all commercial probiotics ignore this concept and are nothing more than haphazard collections of microbes thought to be beneficial with no effort to take advantage of these collaborative effects.
Dr. Cano is a pioneer in this concept of microbial collaboration. (Among the projects Dr. Cano has pioneered over his career includes “paleomicrobiology,” resurrecting ancient microbes. For instance, he isolated a fungus from the stomach of a 40 million year old bumblebee preserved in amber, characterized it, and then brewed beer from it. He is also a pioneer in bioremediation of soil depleted of its microbiome by application of herbicides and pesticides.) Dr. Cano has incorporated the concept of collaborative guilds into formulating BiotiQuest products such as Sugar Shift and Simple Slumber.
In an informal experience with the Sugar Shift probiotic, 20 non-diabetic members from my DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com Inner Circle were given the product and asked to track fasting fingerstick blood sugars every morning for 4 weeks. The average reduction in fasting blood sugar was 9.8 mg/dl, a magnitude of reduction on a par with agents such as metformin and other drugs for type 2 diabetes (with none of the side-effects of pharmaceuticals). Dr. Cano has also completed a formal human clinical trial with this product that also demonstrated weight loss and other metabolic benefits; he expects to be reporting full results near-future. He tells me that among the reasons why Sugar Shift achieves reduction in blood sugar is that the microbes contained in the formulation collaborate to consume sugars such as sucrose, glucose, and fructose in the GI tract. This formulation also reduces endotoxemia, i.e., the entry of microbial breakdown products into the bloodstream, a fundamental driving process behind insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, hypertension and numerous other conditions.
Their BiotiQuest brand currently has five human probiotic products formulated by following this principle:
Sugar Shift-–to support blood sugar management Simple Slumber—to support sleep Heart Centered—to support factors that are associated with heart health Antibiotic Antidote—to assist in recovery after a course of antibiotics Ideal Immunity—to support a better immune response
They have also released a new product called Yield & Shield for generating healthier soil to support your garden, part of Dr. Cano’s soil bioremediation efforts for soils disrupted by pesticides and herbicides.
The science is ongoing. But BiotiQuest products are at the forefront of probiotic formulation. Members of my DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com Inner Circle community are reporting a number of interesting side-benefits by taking these probiotics, benefits that were unexpected.
To take a look at their products, go to BiotiQuest.com. Enter discount code UNDOC15 (case-sensitive) for a 15% discount for readers of my DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com blog.
Biotiquest is also the newest sponsor of my Defiant Health podcast. My team and I are financially compensated for speaking about their products.