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Podcast Summary: Ten Dinan on Psychobiotics

Ted Dinan on the Psychobiotics, Good Bacteria & the importance of Vigorous Aerobic Exercise - EP7 S https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcF1x9qzzdI

Ted Dinan is a Professor of Psychiatry at University College Cork in Ireland.  He was previously Chair of Clinical Neurosciences and Professor of Psychological Medicine at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London

27:30 - Bifidum Longum - Ted's research found that anxiety was reduced and cognitive function was much improved. To Ted's surprise, humans received the same benefits (i.e., less anxious and improved cognitive function). When they mapped the electrical activity in the brain using EEG showed altered brain function. This specific strain of Bifidum Longum that they used is not commercially available. Is it possible that general Bifidum Longum might have a similar effect? How important is strain specificity? 28:50 - Ted says take prebiotic - Inulin (in foods such as Chicory, Celery, Jerusalem Artichoke); FOS; GOS. This induces the growth of good bacteria. 30:45 - Junk food diet causes a constriction of bacteria in our intestine (Tim Spector at King’s College London). Thus, food is able to alter the microbiome. 31:20 - For good health we need diversity of microbiota. Only way to do this is to have a wide variety in our diet. A diet that is too restrictive is not good for microbiota. 34:55 - Vigorous aerobic exercise improves retention of new material. The only natural way of converting stem cells in the brain into neurons is aerobic exercise.