Interview with Tiny Health CEO, Cheryl Sew Hoy
Recently, Lauren had the opportunity to chat with Cheryl Sew Hoy, Founder & CEO of TinyHealth. Cheryl founded TinyHealth after finding a lack of options for parents to detect early gut imbalances and take actions to prevent chronic conditions. We’ve captured a few key takeaways below. Full video of the full interview at the end of this post.
TinyHealth helps parents take charge of their own and their babies’ gut health, setting the stage for lifelong health.
Establishing a healthy gut microbiome during the first 1,000 days of life can decrease risk of conditions such as allergies, skin conditions such as eczema, even diabetes, asthma, and obesity later in life.
Whether through vaginal birth or c-section, baby’s microbiome is colonized at birth. And which microbes they come into contact with first matters. Babies born through vaginal birth are colonized by the vaginal canal, while babies born through c-section are colonized by the hospital, hospital staff and skin-to-skin contact with family.
Once you know the balance of microbes in your or your baby’s body, you can take action to correct any imbalances and have a real impact long-term.
TinyHealth offers the following simple, at-home tests for parents and baby, plus science-backed recommendations based on the findings.
Vaginal test for mom - Keep your vaginal health in check to ensure you pass friendly bacteria to your baby at birth, and lower risk for pregnancy conditions.
Gut test for mom or dad - Discover if you have the microbes essential for your baby’s immune system and if you are able to pass them on.
Gut test for baby - The first colonizer bacteria can tell if baby had the right start. 3m, 6m, 12m are also important biomarkers to track as their gut rapidly evolve.
