Fermented foods
Subject in Nutrition
Fermented foods has come up in 3 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including Huberman Lab, The Mel Robbins Podcast. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Chris ThompsonProfessor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of interventional gastroenterology at Mass General Brigham
Thompson argues fermented foods are missing from the Western diet and act as both prebiotic and probiotic.
“I think they're important and they're missing in the Western diet, which is an issue”
Huberman Lab: Best Tools for Gut Health & Weight Loss | Dr. Chris Thompson (Sep 21, 2026) · Listen from 24:11
Andrew HubermanAmerican neuroscientist, professor at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast
Huberman cites a Stanford study finding low-sugar fermented foods reduced inflammatory markers while increased fiber had mixed effects.
“What they saw is that many inflammatory markers were significantly reduced in the low sugar fermented food group”
Huberman Lab: Your Top Health Questions Answered (Jul 27, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:57
Lucia AronicaStanford University epigenetics scientist and nutrition researcher
Aronica cites a Stanford study finding that increased fermented food intake lowered inflammatory markers regardless of starting microbiome.
“when people increase their fermented food intake, the inflammatory markers go down independently of starting microbiome”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Stanford Nutrition Researcher: Eat THIS to Transform Your Health, Stay Young, and Live Longer (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 57:46
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- Huberman Lab · 2 episodes
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
Best Tools for Gut Health & Weight Loss | Dr. Chris ThompsonHuberman Lab · Sep 21, 2026 · 2 h 28 min
Andrew Huberman and gastroenterologist Chris Thompson discuss gut anatomy, fiber and the microbiome, GLP-1 drugs, early metabolic testing, gut permeability, and endoscopic and gene-therapy obesity treatments.
- Your Top Health Questions Answered
Huberman Lab · Jul 27, 2026 · 1 h 44 min
Andrew Huberman answers listener questions on late-night workouts, light exposure, memory, smell, fertility, menopause, surgery recovery and finding a passion.
Stanford Nutrition Researcher: Eat THIS to Transform Your Health, Stay Young, and Live LongerThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Apr 30, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Mel Robbins talks with Stanford epigenetics researcher Lucia Aronica about how specific foods and preparation methods influence gene expression, aging and long-term health.