The Psychobiotic Revolution (Originally aired Nov. 7, 2017)

Guest: Scott Anderson, Lead Author, "The Psychobiotic Revolution: Mood, Food, and the New Science of the Gut-Brain Connection" There’s a network of nerves around your gut so involved in your physical and emotional well-being, it’s often called your “second brain.” It takes its cues primarily from a huge community of microbes living in your gut. More and more evidence suggests that what you eat determines how happy those microbes are. And how happy those microbes are affects how happy you are. Literally. Bacteria in your gut affect your mental health.