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The Inquiry: What’s wrong with our guts?

What’s wrong with our guts?

07/09/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, What’s wrong with our guts?

Why do we spend billions of dollars each year soothing our stomachs?

When we put food into our mouths, how much thought do we give to how our stomachs might cope?

How much do you think about your gut?  Are you taking a probiotic or prebiotic?  If so, you’re not alone as globally we spend billions of dollars on soothing our stomachs.  

Our guts do so much more than just digest our food and there’s a very special connection to our brain.  

So how exactly does our gut work?  And what do we need to do in order to keep it healthy?

Presenter: Tanya Beckett
Producer: Louise Clarke
Researcher: Matt Toulson
Sound engineer: Nicky Edwards

Contributors:
Geoff Preidis, a gastroenterologist at Baylor college of medicine at Texas children’s hospital in Houston 
Dr Jane Foster, Professor of Depression Research and Clinical Care at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Martin Ham, Business Development Manager, NIZO
Dr. Gail Hecht is Professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology, and Gastroenterology and Nutrition


(Photo: Man bites in to cheeseburger. Credit: Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images)

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