Dr Michael Mosley’s Twitter bio encapsulates all that the 61-year-old stands for: science journalist, TV presenter, self experimenter, the 5:2 guy. There is an inner world in there, with all these alien creatures,” he says, referring to the gut microbiome. “They are essential to gut health and control appetite, mood, sleep by sending out chemical signals,” says Mosley, whose 2017 book, appropriately named The Clever Guts Diet, explores this mind-gut connect. Feed your gut flora right, believes Mosley, who advocates both prebiotics and probiotics for gut health. Losing weight can help you reverse diabetes“I invented the 5:2 diet because I found out that I was Type 2 diabetic.

Source: The Hindu April 23, 2018 07:00 UTC