Gut health: Is the food on your plate quietly rewriting your brain chemistry?

Scientists are uncovering the surprising power of the trillions of microbes living inside you and how they can shape your mood, your thinking, even your sense of self. How might the health of your gut change the course of serious mental illness? This a deep dive into the mind-body connection offers a glimpse of where the future of mental and physical health might be headed.

Healthy microbiome. Happy brain? was presented at the World Science Festival Brisbane.

Speakers

Gordon Parker

Scientia Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales and founder of the Black Dog Institute

Author of A Gut Mood Solution

Associate Professor Heidi Staudacher

Dietitian and lead of the Diet, Gut and Brain Group at Monash University

Damien Keating

Matthew Flinders Professor of Physiology in the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute (FHMRI) and Head of the Gut Sensory Systems research group

Julia Baird (host)

Award-winning journalist and co-host of the podcast Not Stupid on ABC Listen