A Conversation with Aimee Tariq: The Importance of a Healthy Oral Microbiome

In this episode of the podcast, Mikey Peres and Aimee Tariq discuss the oral microbiome, why it’s important and how one can maximize their health by maintaining a healthy microbiome.

Some of the topics discussed:

– What is a microbiome?

– Are they microbes throughout your body different? If so, why did you choose to focus on the oral microbiome?

– Although the microbes throughout our body are vastly different, are they related? How might this relationship help us understand and fight disease?

– How does the oral microbiome have the power to affect the entire body?

– What potential diseases can be influenced by an imbalance in the oral microbiome?

– What are some things we do that negatively affect the oral microbiome?

– What can we do to help achieve a healthy homeostasis?