Today’s show features my good friend Gut health researcher Dr Megan Rossi from Kings College London who has a specialist interest in the gut.
We discuss what gut health refers to, the microbes lining our digestive system and what effects these have on general health.
In essence the perfect person to give us the lowdown on gut health and what we need to be doing.
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We round up with actionable tips on how you can improve your own health by looking after your gut using food and lifestyle tips.
Megan is a Registered Dietitian with a PhD in gut health from the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Queensland, Australia. Megan’s PhD was recognised for its contribution to science receiving the Dean’s Award for excellence.
Megan leads research at King’s College London investigating nutrition-based therapies in gut health, including pre and probiotics, dietary fibres, the low FODMAP diet and food additives. Megan was the recipient of the 2017 British Medical Journal prize and also the British Nutrition Foundation award for her research.
Megan also leads a gut health clinic on Harley street, works with food industry and is currently writing an evidence-based guide to your gut health, to be published by Penguin Life in 2019.
Series: Series 1
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