“10 Things to Know About… Guts” - Is the Gut our Second Brain?

“A gut instinct…”, “misery guts”, “guts for garters”, “gut wrenching”; we’ve been obsessed with it for centuries, but increasing evidence proves a healthy gut plays a crucial role in a healthy body & mind. Many people now take probiotics with beneficial qualities, but it’s actually quite a challenge to get probiotics into our gut as most bacteria die in the acidic juices of our stomach. Teagasc’s Dr Andre Brodkorb swallows a microcam to show presenter Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin how the human digestive function works! Andre’s former PhD student Sinead Blieil started her own spin-out company AnaBio to develop and commercialise encapsulation for industries such as the Infant Formula Producers.