Gut feeling: It doesn’t help if you eat one or two salads a week if the rest of your diet is rubbish

UCC Professor Jens Walter talks to Caroline Hennessy about why we should look after our microbiome and the foods we should eat to keep our gut — and ourselves — healthy

Female and with an illustration on their abdomen of intestines with colourful bacteria. Beneficial gut microbiome

Research into the gut microbiome has flourished in recent years, giving us more insight into our internal world and leading to a different focus on the food we eat. 

Our gut — or gastrointestinal system — includes our stomach, intestines and colon.