Unapologetic Living with Elizabeth Elliott Microbes Matter with Martha Carlin, Founder of Biotiquest
by Martha Carlin August 19, 2024
Martha Carlin is a transformational leader who has leveraged her extensive business experience as a turnaround expert to become a leading citizen scientist in the field of the microbiome. With a focus on improving human health, Carlin founded The BioCollective, a company dedicated to studying the microbiome and its impact on human health. Through The BioCollective, she has conducted groundbreaking research on the gut microbiome and its relationship to diseases such as Parkinson's. Carlin also launched the BiotiQuest brand of targeted probiotics, which offers targeted probiotics to restore lost microbiome function and restore balance. Her innovative approach has earned recognition from the National Institutes of Health and the White House Microbiome Initiative, making her a key figure in the field of microbiome research.
In a recent interview, Chris Wark spoke with Martha Carlin—author of Connected: Love Loss and the Unseen Forces Behind Chronic Disease, microbiome researcher, and founder of BiotiQuest—about her 24-year journey investigating the root causes of neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases.
At the end of August, I flew from Kentucky to Australia for three weeks. By the time I arrived in Canberra, I had crossed the International Date Line, lost an entire day, and completely flipped my normal schedule. I did what I could to prepare. I fasted before the flight, took my Simple Slumber and another herbal sleep supplement, and managed to get some sleep on the overnight flight. Even so, I arrived expecting my body to have absolutely no idea what time it was. What surprised me was how quickly it began to figure it out.
Behind closed eyes, the brain is carrying out a carefully coordinated night shift. And research into the microbiome raises an intriguing question: how might the activity in our gut influence the sleep that gives this work its opportunity?