How You Breathe In The Garden Impacts Your Health

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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You are what you eat and you are what you breathe in. Humans are mostly microbial beings, it is very important that we are mindful about what beneficial organisms we surround ourselves with. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3KbWOhT Book Collection page: https://growepic.co/44RORWI EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/3Y7E9cQ Connect With Dr. Ross Cameron: Dr. Ross Cameron is the Research Director within the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Sheffield. He has published over 70 academic papers/book chapters on landscape plants and urban green spaces. He is co-author of Environmental Horticulture - The Science and Management of Green Landscapes and he wrote the health and wellbeing chapter in Science and the Garden. He is a professional horticulturist and advisor to the Royal Horticultural Society. Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Could you plant things in the garden that impact the human microbiome, your microbiome?
0:18.3	I certainly, maybe TMI, I've had some microbiome issues in my life, I won't lie.
0:23.4	So I'm actually quite curious.
0:25.5	We have Dr. Ross Cameron back on the show, research director at the Department of Landscapes
0:29.9	Architecture at the University of Sheffield, professional horticulturist and advisor to the
0:34.6	RHS, or Royal Horticultural Society.
0:37.5	This is fascinating.
0:38.5	I've studied a lot lately, Ross, just the gut brain connection, that kind of stuff, and
0:45.2	obviously there's some ties to the garden, but I was not aware about the topic of today's
0:50.4	conversation at all.
0:52.0	Yeah, well, you've probably heard the phrase, you know, you are what you eat.
0:55.4	I think we're also thinking, you are what you breathe in, and that we believe that the
1:03.7	rich microbial soup that is in nature tops up some of the beneficials that we have.
1:09.4	So we breathe in microbes that then colonize our gut and then affect the health of that
1:14.4	gut.
1:15.4	And by doing so, the kind of helping us in two different elements of our health, so the
1:21.5	first one is as a child, you're challenging your immune system.
1:25.8	So you're breathing in from things from the natural world, and you're learning what's
1:31.1	good and bad, and your body's building up resistance to the bad ones, and it's kind
1:35.0	of utilising the good ones.
1:37.2	And it's worth just saying that 45% of your body is human, the rest is microbial.
1:42.8	So you're a walking city, you're not a human with your own decisions, there is discussion
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