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How your gut affects your mental health
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…
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