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Food for thought: How your belly controls your brain | Ruairi Robertson | TEDxFulbrightSantaMonica

May 01, 2020
Our health depends not only on nourishing ourselves, but also on nourishing different types of bacteria and microorganisms within us, which means that addressing and treating chronic diseases in the future, including our mental health, may depend on attacking or feeding intestinal bacteria. As it turned out later, Ilya Mechnikov discovered this in 1892. At the beginning of his life, he was married, but his wife soon fell ill with tuberculosis and died. The trauma led Ilya Metchnikoff to overdose on opium. Thank God he didn't die. He remarried, and when his second wife fell ill with typhoid fever, he injected himself with a deadly tick-borne disease.
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Thank God, he survived again. After this happened, Ilya Metchnikoff began studying and evaluating intestinal bacteria. He moved to Paris to work at the Pasteur Institute, where he hypothesized that the correct balance of microbes in the intestine could help prevent disease. He published several lectures and books explaining how to achieve this balance for a longer life. Despite the stress and mental confusion he experienced early in his life, he dedicated the rest of his life, obsessed with researching how to prolong human life. He began studying people from Eastern Europe who lived long lives. He noticed that they ate fermented milk bacteria daily and surmised that this was what prolonged his lifespan.
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Interestingly, he began eating these bacteria and lived a healthy life free of the stress and mental disorder that he experienced at the beginning of his life. Maybe it's just a coincidence. Ilya Metchnikoff described his stay in Paris as the happiest of his life. In 1916, Metchnikoff died in Paris at the age of 71. At that time, the average age was 40 years. As humans, we must value the bacteria we carry inside. The war we waged against bacteria over the last century led to the elimination of bacteria and the rise of the plague epidemic. I'm here at Fulbright University looking for a way to restore our relationship with microbes and how we can use it to fight and treat disease.
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But I believe we all have the responsibility and the potential to follow in Ilya Metchnikoff's footsteps. Not only to revive his scientific discoveries that we have lost over time, but to embrace his desire to prolong human life. Whether by educating ourselves about the risks and benefits of cesarean section, reducing unnecessary antibiotic use, or adopting a healthy diet and lifestyle, we can all support the life of our microbes. Imagine with me, imagine that you ate a piece of chocolate, or you won the lottery, or you are about to take an exam, or that you were fired from

your

job, imagine that

your

thought

s, feelings, actions and health are controlled by an organ hidden that you know little about.
food for thought how your belly controls your brain ruairi robertson tedxfulbrightsantamonica
Ilya Metchnikoff fought not only for the extension of human life, but also for the healthy life of microbes. I believe we can contribute to this fight for our health, but more importantly, for the health of future generations. Restoring the relationship between humans and microbes. Think about it. Thank you so much. (applause)

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