Diagnosis Dysbiosis: Is Your Microbiome Really Out of Balance?

“You have dysbiosis.”

A medical-sounding phrase that quickly comes across as a clear diagnosis. But what does dysbiosis actually mean in scientific terms? The term is used frequently in doctors' offices, literature, and public discourse. At the same time, it often remains unclear what it specifically refers to.

This episode provides some clarity: What is a “healthy” microbiome anyway? Is there a universal standard? What different patterns of dysbiosis are described in the specialist literature? And in which clinical situations is the term actually reliable? From butyrate and diversity to the ecological dynamics of the gut microbiome, a distinction is made between data, interpretation, and terminology.