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If you've ever taken a probiotic for weeks, felt nothing, and quietly concluded they just don't work for you, this episode is for you.

You are not wrong that something isn't working. You may just have never been told that the probiotic on the shelf and the probiotic in the research paper are often not the same thing at all.

Why this episode matters

The microbiome is one of the fastest-moving areas in all of health research, and most patients are either taking nothing, taking the wrong thing, or being sold on claims that have no clinical backing. Dr. Mark Su sits down with Ben Myers, an educator and representative for Microbiome Labs, for a conversation that cuts through the noise. Ben brings years of deep education in probiotic science, strain-specific research, and the expanding connections between gut health, mental health, and women's health.

This is not a product pitch. It is a conversation between two people who want you to understand what is actually happening in your gut, and why that matters for the rest of your body.

What you will learn

The difference between dead-strain, live-culture, and spore-based probiotics, and why the category you are taking changes everything about your results.

Why strain specificity is the single most important and most overlooked factor in probiotic selection, and how the same species name on two different bottles can mean completely different outcomes.

The science behind psychobiotics, including how one specific strain has been shown in peer-reviewed human clinical trials to regulate cortisol, shift tryptophan metabolism toward serotonin and melatonin, and change brainwave patterns in people under stress.

How the vaginal microbiome works, why recurring bacterial vaginosis and yeast infections keep coming back after antibiotics, and what precision probiotic therapy is starting to offer as an alternative.

Why fixing the gut first is still the foundation, and how that foundational work connects to skin health, sinus health, mental health, and far more than most people expect.

A moment worth noting

One of the most honest exchanges in this conversation happens early. Dr. Su acknowledges how hard it is for patients to know who to trust in the supplement space, especially when practitioners themselves sometimes have financial incentives tied to what they recommend. It is a rare moment of transparency, and it sets the tone for everything that follows.

Dr. Su's perspective

The goal was never to overwhelm you with strain names and research codes. The goal is to give you enough of the picture that you can stop throwing things at the wall and start asking better questions. The research on the gut is not slowing down. And while we do not have every answer yet, we have more than enough to take meaningful, targeted action.

Links and resources

Microbiome Labs: microbiomelabs.com

About Ben Myers

Ben Myers is an educator and representative for Microbiome Labs with years of experience working alongside functional medicine practitioners. He came to this work through his own health journey and a deep passion for making complex science accessible. This was his first podcast appearance. It will not be his last.

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You've said it before. Maybe quietly, maybe to a close friend, maybe just in your own head.

"I think I might have ADHD."

And then nothing happened. There was nobody to follow up. Nobody to sit down with you and actually explored it. So you kept going, kept functioning, kept wondering.

This episode is for you.

Why This Episode Matters

Adult ADHD, especially in women, is one of the most underdiagnosed conditions in medicine right now. Not because it is rare. Because it looks different than the textbook picture. It does not always look like a kid bouncing off the walls. In adults, and especially in women, it looks like a brain that never really quiets down. It looks like being brilliant in a flow state and completely scattered the rest of the time. It looks like anxiety that nobody can quite explain. It looks like years of wondering why you can be so capable in some moments and so frustratingly inconsistent in others.

Dr. Mark Su and co-host Mary Jo Anderson sit down for the kind of conversation most people have never had with a doctor, honest, unhurried, and grounded in real clinical experience.

What You'll Learn in This Episode

What ADD and ADHD actually are in adults, and why the distinction between the two matters more than most people realize.

Why women are far more likely to have the inattentive type, the one that flies under the radar for decades because it does not look like classic hyperactivity.

What the hyperfocus and flow state experience really means, why it feels like euphoria, and why it is not a contradiction of the diagnosis.

Why ADHD and anxiety so often travel together, and what actually happens to the anxiety when the underlying ADHD is addressed.

How diagnosis actually works, no blood test, no imaging, just a thorough clinical picture and a validated assessment that can be done from home.

Why getting evaluated is not about adding a label. It is about unlocking the potential that has always been there.

Key Moments in This Episode

Dr. Su explains why people with ADHD can hyperfocus for hours on something they love but cannot hold onto a grocery list for three aisles.

Mary Jo shares what it felt like to finally have someone explain her own experience back to her, including the creativity, the noise, the inconsistency, and the years of wondering.

Dr. Su shares a patient story about a junior in high school pulling D's who, after finally getting clarity and support, landed a competitive leadership position at a major national company.

Two long-term patients in their forties, evaluated and treated as adults, both said something Dr. Su says he will carry for the rest of his career. For the first time in my life, I feel comfortable in my own skin.

Dr. Su's Perspective

This is not about pharma versus non-pharma. It is not about conforming to a label or a system. It is about one thing: helping you get the most out of the life you want to live. When the noise quiets down, when the anxiety starts to lift, when you stop dropping the balls and start trusting yourself again, that is not a small thing. That is your life opening up.

If you have spent years functioning below what you know you are capable of, this conversation is worth your time.

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If chronic illness has made you feel like a burden to the people you love, you are not alone, and you are not imagining how hard this is.

Illness does not stay contained to the body. It moves through a household. It strains marriages, tests friendships, and quietly reshapes who you are in relationship to everyone around you. The fear that runs alongside it, the hypervigilance, the late-night symptom spirals, the feeling that you are asking too much, those things are just as real as any lab result. And most practitioners never make space to talk about them.

In this episode, Dr. Mark Su sits down with Michael Schrantz, IEP, for one of the most personal conversations this show has produced. Mike is a certified indoor environmental professional who has worked with thousands of clients on mold and environmental illness, and he is someone who went through it himself. He knows what it feels like to be in that dark place, to watch your partner carry weight you wish you could take back, and to wonder whether you will ever feel like yourself again.

This conversation covers the ground that most appointments never do.

What you will hear in this episode:

Mike talks about the moment he looked in the mirror and decided he was done living in fear, not denial of his illness, but a choice to stop letting fear run his days. He talks about his wife Jennifer, a flight instructor and realtor who held the household together when he could not, and what he learned about showing up for her even when he had very little left to give. He and Dr. Su get into what partners and caregivers tend to get wrong, including the way we dismiss ten concerns because eight of them seem emotional, when two of them are pointing at something important. And they talk about purpose, about why having something to get out of bed for matters in ways that go beyond motivation.

If you are a partner or caregiver listening to this, Mike has something specific to say to you too.

Key themes from this conversation:

• How mold illness and chronic illness reshape relationships in predictable, understandable ways
• What actually helps when someone you love is overwhelmed and scared, and what tends to make it worse
• Why fear-driven thinking keeps patients stuck and what the path forward looks like
• How Mike regulated his nervous system and found his footing during his own recovery
• The role of purpose, faith, community, and presence in healing, the things that do not show up on a lab panel but matter enormously

This is not a clinical episode. It is an honest one, and it may be exactly what someone in your life needs to hear.

About Michael Schrantz, IEP Michael Schrantz is a certified indoor environmental professional (IEP) and the founder of Environmental Analytics. He has worked with thousands of clients navigating mold-related illness and environmentally complex cases, and he hosts the IEP Radio podcast. Michael is a recurring guest on the Functional Medicine Reality Podcast and brings the perspective of both a seasoned environmental professional and someone who has personally walked through chronic illness and come out the other side.

Website: environmentalanalytics.net

Podcast: IEPradio.com

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only. Information discussed is not intended for diagnosis, curing, or prevention of any disease and is not intended to replace advice given by a licensed healthcare practitioner. This podcast and its guests may have direct or indirect financial interests associated with products mentioned.