Change Your Mind with New Scientist — Microbiome - Explaining how your Gut affects your Mood

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Microbiome - Explaining how your Gut affects your Mood

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What if the key to a healthier brain isn't in your head at all? This week on Change Your Mind, Health Journalists Cat de Lange and Helen Thomson dive into the fascinating world of the gut microbiota, to ask whether the trillions of microbes living inside us could be influencing everything from our mood and stress…

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