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How Your Food Becomes You

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

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12.26 6 Apr 2019


How Your Food Becomes You



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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


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APC Microbiome Ireland Bacteria Digestive System Food Gut Microbiome Nerve Endings

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