Alley ward back with another episode. This one is, it's super exciting. You're about to get to know yourself in a way that will shat er how you think of yourself as a beast and as a human. I'm so excited for all of us. Ok? So this ologist has authored so many papers about the inner drama and triumphs of the critters that live in our guts and ostensibly make us us. And i am in very unsubtle, very obvious awe of her work. The ologys instagram has proof. Seek it out. It's really weird. Feel free to tweed about it using the hash tag brain child. Let's just
LOVE YOUR GUTS. 90% of your serotonin is made in your guts and you have hundreds of trillions of friends clinging to you at all times. Microbiologist Dr. Elaine Hsiao is a total badass who runs her own lab investigating the role of the gut biome in behaviors. She sat down to chat about anxiety, depression, elusive fecal transplants, autism, epilepsy, kombucha promises, autoimmune disorders, probiotics and more. Alie fanned out pretty hard and asked all of the questions about how your beloved, simmering insides affect your brain. It's gut-busting, mind-blowing info.
Check out Dr. Elaine Hsiao's lab or follow her on Twitter @pipethero
Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies
OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes!
Follow @Ologies on Twitter or Instagram
Follow @AlieWard on Twitter or Instagram
More links at www.alieward.com
Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris
Theme song by Nick Thorburn
Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies