The Gut Sense: Sensory Neurobiology and Food Perception

06/10/2025 22 min Temporada 2 Episodio 67

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Three things you will learn in this episode:What are NeuroPods?Gut response to real vs artificial sugarGASTRONAUTS: a scientific community —--------------------------The BIO5 Institute’s Amy Barber talks with member and one of the University’s experts on the gut biome Dr. Maya Kaelberer. Dr. Kaelberer is working to understand how the gut senses and responds to the complex composition of food, going beyond traditional calorie counting. The lab’s main goal is to “decipher the nutritional code" by which the gut identifies and reacts to various nutrients, shaping our food preferences and potentially influencing long-term health.—--------------------------Check out some of our previous episodes in relation to gut : brain science!Episode 41: Embracing the mind-body connectionEpisode 19: Drugging the “undruggable” targets in GI cancers—--------------------------Connect with us!Instagram: @uazbio5LinkedIn: uaz-bio5-instituteFacebook: @UAZBIO5Website: BIO5.org

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