Giulia Enders: Gut Reaction | The Agenda

Giulia Enders (https://www.ted.com/speakers/giulia_e...) had been working on her Ph.D in Gastroenterology when a presentation on the gut won her the Science Slam prize in her native Germany. Her cheeky treatise on the gut went viral and resulted in her best-selling book "Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ." (https://www.amazon.com/Gut-Inside-Sto.... She visits The Agenda to talk about why the typical gut reaction to this topic is avoidance and what can be learned from understanding the relationship between gut health and overall well being.

0:00 Intro
1:35 1st picture from book
2:40 Details about what’s in your gut
3:15 Bacteria in gut
3:48 Small and large intestine
5:06 Why are we afraid of bacteria?
6:25 Future of cleanliness
7:07 How antibiotics impact the gut
10:20 Gut health and obesity
12:40 Healthy gut and mental health
14:15 Food “intolerance”
17:30 Removing certain food from your diet
18:40 Gut variations around the world
19:25 Alcohol and the gut