Most replayed moment: The hidden battle inside your gut | Tim Spector & Nicola Segata
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Most replayed moment: The hidden battle inside your gut | Tim Spector & Nicola Segata

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 1, 202615 min
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  • Health

Today we’re talking about gut microbes. Professor Tim Spector often refers to the microbes in our gut as ‘mini pharmacies’. This is because they provide us with powerful chemicals that help support our health. But not all gut microbes are on our side. In fact, there’s an ongoing battle in our digestive system between the beneficial bugs and those that wish to do us harm. I’m joined by Tim Spector and microbiome researcher Nicola Segata join me to explore this microscopic war, and explain how simple changes to your diet could help...

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Hello and welcome to Zoe recap where each week we find the best bits from one of our podcast episodes to help you improve your health. Professor Tim Specter often refers to the microbes in our guts as mini pharmacies. This is because they provide us with powerful chemicals that help support our health. But not all gut microbes are on our side.

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In fact, there's an ongoing battle in our digestive system between the beneficial bugs and those that wish to do us harm. I'm joined by Tim Spector and microbiome researcher Nicholas Agata to explore this microscopic war and explain how simple changes to your diet could help tip the balance towards the good guys.

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Gut bacteria are trillions of single microorganisms present in our gut, thousands of species more or less in each of us, and they are part of an ecosystem that are an interface between the food we eat, our environment and our health. So the diet, the food we eat is broken down by gut bacteria,

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