Advertisement

How Your Food Becomes You

You are what you eat. Literally. When you think about it you ingest things from the outside world...

Share this article

12.26 6 Apr 2019


How Your Food Becomes You



Share this article

12.26 6 Apr 2019


You are what you eat. Literally. When you think about it you ingest things from the outside world and they get absorbed through digestion.

They become you. But how does our body do this? The gut is both disgusting and amazing.

Professor of Microbiology at University College Cork, Colin Hill takes us through the anatomy of our digestive system


Read more about

APC Microbiome Ireland Bacteria Digestive System Food Gut Microbiome Nerve Endings

Related Episodes

How to protect your ears at li...

00:10:27

How to protect your ears at live loud gigs!

The Claire Byrne Show

00:10:27


More than 1,000 missing after...

00:05:56

More than 1,000 missing after flash floods hit Nepal and Tibet 

The Claire Byrne Show

00:05:56


Minister for Transport on fuel...

00:17:21

Minister for Transport on fuel cost, SEAI underspend and more

The Claire Byrne Show

00:17:21


The practice of Tai Chi explai...

00:08:55

The practice of Tai Chi explained

The Claire Byrne Show

00:08:55