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How your gut affects your mental health by ZOE

How your gut affects your mental health

from ZOE Science & Nutrition

by ZOE

Published: Thu Nov 10 2022

Show Notes

In a lab in Ireland, a group of scientists stand around a stainless steel table. One of them is holding a device, not unlike a small turkey baster. His free hand plunges into a box on the table and retrieves a mouse.

Using his device, he administers the brown solution within…rectally.

This unfortunate soul has just received a fecal microbiota transplant. The donor was not another mouse but a human being. And the person in question had symptoms of severe depression.

Jonathan speaks to John Cryan, author of the study that showed a relationship between gut and brain. In this episode, we learn more about his fascinating research, how microbes may affect our brain, and to eat to appease your gut bugs.

  • John Cryan is a professor at University College Cork and a world-leading researcher into the relationship between our brain and our gut microbiome.

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Timecodes:

- Introduction

- Quickfire questions

- Are there links between the gut and the brain?

- The gut-brain axis

- How do gut bacteria affect our brains?

- Why does John call the microbiome “the chamber of secrets”?

- Does the microbiome explain drug side effects?

- Are there links between our microbiomes and mental health?

- If we improve our microbiome health can we improve our mental health?

- Can food help improve the microbiome and thus improve mental health?

- Microbiome’s effect on behavior

- Actionable advice

- Microbiome in adolescence

- Summary

- Goodbyes

- Outro

Episode transcripts are available here.

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This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions.