Gut Feeling

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Arts, Science, History, Food

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Do you get butterflies in your stomach when you’re excited? Feel nauseated when you’re nervous? Get a knot in your gut when you're worried something bad is going to happen? Then you’ve experienced what’s called the gut-brain axis: a powerful connection between your brain and your stomach. And, if you’ve been on wellness social media over the last few years, you’ve probably heard that you can hijack this connection to help heal a whole host of mental illnesses, from taking probiotics for PTSD to treating depression with diet. But how much of this is science, and how much is modern-day snake oil? With the help of gastroenterologists, psychologists, and yes, the U.S. military, Gastropod is here to investigate! The answer involves prescription kefir, a trip to an Army base to play video games, and the trials and tribulations of some very melancholy mice—not to mention lots and LOTS of microbes. Listen in for the scoop on how tweaking your gut microbes can change your mind. (But, for your own health, please don’t drink every time we mention our favorite topic during this episode!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Enemy forces are reported to be armed with stolen small arms, including M16 and AK-47 rifles.
0:08.5	To help maintain security and peace in the area of operations, your mission will involve
0:13.2	manning checkpoints to interrupt the movement of enemy forces.
0:16.5	So it looks like you're in a city here.
0:18.6	And right now I'm trying to figure out if the individual walking towards me is a friend
0:22.8	or a flow based on his camouflage patterns.
0:25.8	I'm going to call that a foe so I'm going to shoot.
0:29.2	I got it right.
0:38.5	That's right, Gastropod has become a military gaming show.
0:43.3	This week Cynthia shoots the enemy and sometimes her friends too.
0:48.1	Watch out worlds.
0:49.1	All my friends should definitely be concerned because I am not so great with a gun even
0:53.3	if it's a virtual one.
0:54.8	But luckily I was not the one who really needed to worry about whether the person advancing
0:59.0	was friend or foe, I was watching the future of the US Army's plans to tweak warfighter
1:04.9	guts so that the soldiers make better life and death decisions.
1:08.5	You might be thinking, well I have no plans to shoot anyone right now and honestly for
1:13.1	that we're grateful.
1:14.7	But this research goes well beyond a battlefield application.
1:18.7	If manipulating our gut microbiomes can really change how we think and feel, that's news
1:24.0	we can all use.
1:25.1	As you listeners already know, gut microbes are something we love here at Gastropod, the
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