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Proof

America's Test Kitchen

Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Probiotics are everywhere, but the science that explains the mechanism of the gut-brain connection still isn't there. Harvard PhD candidate Cary Allen-Blevins is researching everything from breast milk to kombucha to better understand the role of probiotics in gut health. This episode is a collaboration between Proof and Veritalk from Harvard's Graduate School for Arts and Sciences. The original version is part of a series on food that Veritalk produced recently. Check it out at: https://gsas.harvard.edu/veritalk* See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

For the folks designing kitchen tools at Oxo, inspiration can come from anywhere.

0:05.0

Take for example the patented brake design on their salad spinner.

0:09.0

Senior product engineer Mac Moore explains.

0:12.0

The area of the pad that comes down on the ring is larger,

0:16.5

so the breaking force is stronger.

0:19.2

The second really cool feature is that the break doesn't squeak.

0:22.4

The inspiration for that came from actually the way that the

0:25.8

brakes on a bicycle contact the rim.

0:28.0

Spin your greens dry quietly. Shop all products at oxo.com. That's OXO.com.

0:35.0

Oxo, better guaranteed.

0:38.0

Hey thanks to our presenting sponsor Bob's Red Mill. Stay tuned at the break for their quiz.

0:49.0

My gut. That's the thing that prevents me from fitting into my favorite pair of genes, but otherwise I never really think about it.

0:56.0

Maybe I should.

0:58.0

Show your gut some love.

0:59.0

When you're confident in your gut, you feel confident to take on anything.

1:02.0

With the exclusive probiotic, bifidus regularis,

1:05.2

Activia helps regulate your digestive system.

1:07.8

You got that right, Jamie.

1:09.0

There's nothing like it.

1:10.1

Exactly.

1:11.6

Okay, if Jamie Lee Curtis is worried about her gut,

1:14.0

then I should probably pay more attention to mine.

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