The Natural Connection: Gut Health and Happiness

Have you ever had guts or butterflies in your stomach?      Has hunger ever changed your mood?      Our guts and brains are physically and biochemically connected in many ways, which means that the state of our gut can change the way we function and behave in our brains, giving a whole new meaning to "thought prompting."


    As a nutritionist, microbiologist and neuroscientist, Ruairi Robertson is passionate about the connection between our gut and our brain.      His research examines how our gut and the microbes in it can affect both physical and mental health, and in particular how our diet affects this relationship.      Ruairi has traveled the world to study food and believes it is the key to global public health.      Ruairi is a PhD student at University College Cork, Ireland, and a current Fulbright Scholar (2015/16) at Harvard University.