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

Daragh Morgan on being the fir...

00:06:19

Daragh Morgan on being the first person to swim around Ireland

Moncrieff

00:06:19


Seriously Silly: The Life of T...

00:13:14

Seriously Silly: The Life of Terry Jones

Moncrieff

00:13:14


Are you jumping on the World C...

00:21:22

Are you jumping on the World Cup bandwagon? - Henry McKean Asks

Moncrieff

00:21:22


Should Ireland’s World Cup pla...

00:10:49

Should Ireland’s World Cup playoff come with a national holiday?

Lunchtime Live

00:10:49