Sound Health Radio: Martha Carlin's Microbiome Mission: The Research Quest that Could Help Many
by Kevin Danielson August 03, 2025
Martha Carlin's remarkable journey from concerned spouse to microbiome specialist, exploring the vital connection between soil health and our gut ecosystem. She'll will discuss how environmental toxins in everyday products disrupt our gut bacteria and effect brain health, and examine the complex relationship between our environment and chronic diseases. Martha will also discuss exciting emerging trends in microbiome research that could revolutionize how we approach health and healing.
In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Brian Lenzkes welcomes microbiome researcher and entrepreneur Martha Carlin to explore how our inner ecosystem shapes metabolic, neurological, and emotional health.
Martha shares how she discovered the connection between gut bacteria and Parkinson’s symptoms, developed probiotics that significantly improved her husband’s condition, and is now working on therapies for Crohn’s disease and post-antibiotic gut restoration. She also reveals the hidden dangers of glyphosate, explains why the “magic bullet” approach fails for complex diseases, and discusses the future of microbiome medicine.
In this episode, we discuss the surprising link between gut health and Parkinson’s, how glyphosate impacts your body on a cellular level, the microbiome’s role in chronic disease, and so much more.