In 2015 I posted about gut bacteria and its possible benefits to health
Since then there has been a huge interest in the subject (I'm not saying it was just my post)! and I wanted to signpost you to some other really interesting programmes
Three from the briliant Food Programme on the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08wmmwq Hunting with the Hadza
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08x4s4v Hunting with the Hadza 2
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08xxfz5 Sandor Katz and the art of Fermentation
Sandor also features in these great YouTube short films
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4elw9rIs9Y No 1 Mrs Dings Pickles
See the original post below
I have often spoken to my Shiatsu Clients; and any one else who will listen, about our second (I think first, as in earliest) brain in the gut
This fascinating BBC program about digestion features this; (around 37:08 in)
I think really worth a look
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01kpt6c/guts-the-strange-and-mysterious-world-of-the-human-stomach
The section on fecal transplant is interesting, this was filmed in 2011 and my understanding is that many people have been treated with great success.
Our understanding of our own Eco system is so small, its role in both physical and emotional life is just starting to be understood my western science. Traditional Chinese Medicine has been looking into this for a couple of thousand years and has some fascinating ideas in this area.
Wikipedia has this
The concept of treating fecal diseases with fecal matter originated in China millennia ago. Fourth century Chinese medical literature mentions it to treat food poisoning and severe diarrhea. 1200 years later Li Shizhen used yellow soup aka golden syrup which contained fresh dry or fermented stool to treat abdominal diseases. 'Yellow soup' was made of fecal matter and water, which was drunk by the patient
