In Season 9, Episode 4, Marc interviews researcher Dr. Piril Hepsomali, PhD, from Reading University in the UK, to discuss her work in nutritional psychiatry, prebiotics and dietary patterns.   

CONNECT WITH DR. PIRIL

https://www.reading.ac.uk/pcls/staff/piril-hepsomali

EPISODE SUMMARY

3:30 – Dr. Piril’s research background in nutritional psychiatry.

5:30 – Why the shift from studying nutrients to dietary patterns?

6:30 – What is cognitive resilience?

8:50 - How the gut-brain axis impacts mood related disorders.

11:50 – How do prebiotics beneficially impact the gut?

16:05 – The mediterranean diet and impacts on gut and mental health outcomes.

20:05 – Diet quality and frontal cortex structure (which is implicated in anxiety and depression)

22:30 – The evolution of coaching female athletes

28:00 – How gut bacteria impact neurotransmitters- inter-individual difference

30:30 – Where to start with gut health?

34:20 – Future areas of research in this area.