Food Episode 3: Go with Your Gut
May 02, 2019•18 min•Season 5Ep. 3
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Episode description
What does it mean to have a "healthy gut?" Is it worth drinking kombucha or taking probiotics? What about that gut-brain connection? PhD candidates Cary Allen-Blevins and Vayu Maini Rekdal explore how "good" bacteria help us to break down our food – from our “first food” (breast milk) to meat and veggies.
Love this episode? There are more stories about Harvard scientists' research into microbes on the podcast Proof, from America's Test Kitchen.
The Veritalk Team:
Host/Producer: Anna Fisher-Pinkert
Sound Designer: Ian Coss
Logo: Emily Crowell
Executive Producer: Ann Hall
Special Thanks to: Cary Allen-Blevins, Vayu Maini Rekdal, the Harvard Museum of Natural History, and the PRX Podcast Garage.
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