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May 2021
16m 21s

Psychobiotics with Scott Anderson

HEIGHTS
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Scott Anderson, science journalist and author of The Pyschobiotic Revolution, has found that mental health issues and the gut can be connected. What started as research for the well-being of animals, has developed into a revolutionary discovery of the gut/brain connection that affects our mental health through psychobiotics.

Today, Anderson shares his research on these beneficial bacteria along with how nutrition and diets affect our mental health. We discuss epigenetics, the Mediterranean diet and the revolutionary angle of psychobiotics.

We talk about:

  • Psychobiotics research in animals
  • What made Anderson write his book
  • Defining Psychobiotics
  • The revolutionary angle of Psychobiotics
  • Epigenetics
  • How diet can affect mental health
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