Gut Health and Longevity: What's the Link?

Your gut is a longevity organ.

We made a 2-in-1 postbiotic to help support it.* It's called Essential Microbiome.

Alongside prebiotic fiber (found in Metabolic Protein) and probiotic support (found in Essential Capsules), Essential Microbiome completes the pre-/pro-/and postbiotic protocol essential for supporting gut health.*

Gut bacteria composition is linked to:

• immune function
• brain health
• metabolic fitness
• healthy aging*

Here is why you should add a postbiotic to your protocol.

Is gut health linked to longevity?

Your gut does far more than digest food. It helps protect your whole body… and several of those defenses weaken with age:

• inflammation: Your gut barrier lets nutrients in and keeps harmful substances out. Age wears it down. Bacteria and toxins get into your bloodstream, triggering chronic, low-grade inflammation, a root driver of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and neurodegeneration.
• immune function: An aging immune system makes less IgA, the antibody that keeps gut bacteria in check. Harmful gut microbes multiply and inflammation builds up.
• cognition: Gut bacteria send chemical signals to your brain and influence cognitive function. Gut microbial health is linked to age-related cognitive decline.
• healthy aging: Beneficial gut bacteria turn the fiber you eat into butyrate. Butyrate is the primary energy source for cells lining your gut. As we age, butyrate-producing bacteria decline.

The encouraging part: your microbiome responds to how you live and what you give it.

What is a postbiotic?

There are 3 ways to support your gut, and they work together:

• prebiotics are the fiber that feeds the good bacteria you already have.
• probiotics are live bacteria you consume to help colonize your gut.
• postbiotics deliver the beneficial end compounds directly.

The catch with prebiotics is that your existing microbiome needs to be healthy enough to ferment the fiber. Probiotics need live bacteria to survive the stomach to do their job.

That doesn't always happen.

A postbiotic supports your gut directly.* It's an emerging frontier in gut science.

What is Essential Microbiome?

Essential Microbiome combines 2 longevity actives for gut health:*

• pasteurized Akkermansia: Pasteurized Akkermansia supports healthy blood sugar, insulin sensitivity, and cholesterol levels already within a normal range.*
• tributyrin: A butyrate-releasing compound. Unlike direct butyrate supplements, tributyrin survives digestion and releases butyrate in the colon, where it supports gut lining integrity and a healthy inflammatory response.*

The Blueprint gut health stack

Essential Microbiome is the final step in the Blueprint gut health stack:

• prebiotics: Metabolic Protein, Raw Macadamias, and Blueberry Nut Mix provide prebiotic fiber.
• probiotics: Essential Capsules contain a probiotic strain of Lactobacillus acidophilus.
• postbiotics: Essential Microbiome delivers Akkermansia and tributyrin for microbial diversity and gut lining support.*

Bryan currently takes 1 Essential Microbiome capsule every morning.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.