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Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Michael dons some gardening gloves and gets grubby. It’s no surprise that digging, hoeing and heaving bags of soil around is great for our physical fitness. But Michael learns how gardening can also impact our microbiome from Dr Hannah Holscher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She explores how gardening can boost the gut microbiome, benefitting our health and wellness. Our volunteer Caspar, tests his green fingers by growing some kitchen herbs and visiting a community garden.

Series Producer: Nija Dalal-Small Science Producer: Catherine Wyler Researcher: Sophie Richardson Researcher: Will Hornbrook Production Manager: Maria Simons Editor: Zoe Heron A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio 4.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds.
0:02.0	Hello everyone, it's Michelle Vassage, and welcome to my podcast Rule Breakers.
0:06.0	But you sit down and be bright.
0:08.0	Celebrating women's voices.
0:10.0	You're very welcome to now you're asking with me, Marion Keys Keys and me Tara Flynn.
0:14.8	This is juicy. No limits, no limits.
0:17.2	Celebrating women.
0:18.8	Where to be a woman is the podcast celebrating the best of women's well-being. We're on a quest to find out
0:24.4	where in the world women are living their best lives. Celebrate yourself.
0:28.8	Lesson on BBC Sounds.
0:40.0	BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts.
0:39.4	We would all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health.
0:43.0	But we're inundated with often conflicting advice.
0:46.0	So if you're going to try just one thing to improve your mental and physical well-being,
0:52.0	what should it be?
0:54.0	Maybe some green tea to boost your brain power,
0:56.9	or doing a plank to lure your blood pressure.
1:00.4	How about some small acts of kindness to benefit your immune system?
1:05.0	I'm Dr Michael Mosley and this is just one thing where each episode will explore one thing
1:12.1	you can start doing today to improve your
1:15.0	health or life in ways you might not expect. I'm in my garden right now and it's not looking at its best, but I'm going to do something
1:26.7	that could improve my brain health, my memory and my physical fitness.
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