Feed Your Microbes - Nurture Your Mind | John Cryan | TEDxHa'pennyBridge

Bacteria in your gut can change your mind? This is what John wants to bring to the forefront of modern microbiology. Understanding the internal biosphere of each individual has in them today can lead to the creation of a simple capsule can cure bowl illnesses.
He is also a Principal Investigator at the APC Microbiome Institute and was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2017. He was a visiting fellow at the Dept Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia, which was followed by postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA and The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California. He spent four years at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in Basel Switzerland, as a LabHead prior to joining UCC in 2005.
His current research is focused on understanding the interaction between brain, gut & microbiome and how it applies to stress, psychiatric and immune-related disorders at key time-windows across the lifespan.
In 2017 he received a Research Mentor Award from the American Gastroenterology Association and the Tom Connor Distinguished Scientist Award from Neuroscience Ireland. He was a TEDMED speaker in 2014 and is currently President-elect of the European Behavioral Pharmacology Society.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@lowbrowrodeo]

After consciously eating various probiotics for the passed 10 years, mainly non-dairy, I recently started drinking raw milk kefir. I think that it’s on a whole other level regarding probiotics and nutrition. My energy is through the roof and my skin looks plump and healthy.

[@suecollins3246]

Oh, _YES_ !!!! No two ways about it. I bought my 'grains' about five weeks ago and when I first start rehydrating them they smelt _really_ horrible - like rotting liquid cheese! Then they settled down and now I can't get enough of the stuff - and like you my energy levels have gone up and my skin looks much better. And I was 65 in November. I also take Cod Liver Oil.

[@chandrika-moon]

So you were okay with dairy then? Were you lactose intolerant earlier on? Thanks!

[@bgbell3049]

Where do you buy raw milk kefir???

[@Oliviawww164]

@@chandrika-moonThe microbes. Live on the lactose and sugars in the milk. Transforming it to Kefir.

[@everhappy6312]

Oh yes!!! Check Dr. William Davis here on YT talking about the different kinds of probiotics healing different health issues.

[@crystlejalbert8889]

The fact that people are commenting on his body, he might be an expert at this because of all the research he is done on a path to his own health.

[@neilbennett9281]

Well said

[@lulu12345678100]

crystle jalbert OK o

[@61gopalprabhulsm70]

Well spotted

[@NoR3m0rs3]

I cant see anyone commenting on his body except for you... why is it relevant exactly

[@hundwyn7530]

Doubt

[@dlight2669]

Wow don't you wish that your doctor would think like this when it comes to diagnosing mental health and that there was some kind of plan and the future for these people that have mental health problems to get on healthy diet because I was particularly interested in when he talked about the myelination of a nerve in the brain is affected by the microbiome and your diet. It'd be nice if Mental Health nonprofits the medical community and psychiatric hospitals world get on board with this

[@chinookvalley]

As long as pharmaceuticals run the planet, it'll never happen. The buck is more important then our health. They treat us as imbeciles and we play along. Who wants to spend $20 on healthy food when a $2 copay will get us the prescription we are told will do the same thing. Few doctors were ever trained in nutrition, so they don't see it as an alternative. Lot of unhealthy doctors out there.

[@foxdylan9536]

Kelly Broggan wrote a good book on this, the link between mental health, diet & big pharma...

[@camogrrl]

The 1% has gotten the world addicted on big pharma. We have zero say in what happens to us. Not enough money for mental health in my country. Yet billionaires use loopholes to avoid tax and buy laws to keep them protected. Humanity failed every political system they tried. Men wired by testosterone to fight and fcuk cannot be trusted to run this world. Absolute power corrupts absolutely

[@BlushedByMalique]

:) I love smart people!! What would we do without you guys

[@Jade-pd3wm]

We are living in a microbial world and i am a microbial girl

[@lynneceegee8726]

Jade 🤣

[@Kurostyle21]

Wrapped in plastic. It's microbially fantastic

[@ethimself5064]

Ha ha - Good one

[@louiealcala3623]

Nice one lol

[@dominic2446]

Barbie Girl by Aqua?

[@israelcanova]

I have a gut feeling this information will help me 😀

[@badeugenecops4741]

I'm having a hard time digesting this information.

[@bethmacodee3859]

@@badeugenecops4741 You are both HILARIOUS!!!!

[@shash071]

@@badeugenecops4741 you need to have some fermented Ted talk for dinner🥴🥴🥴

[@l.w.paradis2108]

@@bethmacodee3859 Agreed. :)

[@mariantea9225]

This guy is really good at explaining this stuff.

[@dodododes]

not at practicing this stuff looks like

[@CathyShea]

This man is one of our heroes in the modern science world. Our teaching at our school is based on his work and Thomas Rau, MD from the Paracelsus Clinic in Switzerland.

[@tarawiselove]

Cathy Shea What school?

[@vikasperskyantivirus9982]

-deserves all the loves from the world

[@aminzakaria2927]

Cathy Shea I agree with you.

[@joseluizm.garcia998]

Excuse me , School of what ? Can you be more specific ? I have never heard of anyone of these two guys.

[@flyinspagettimonstah]

He should himself try the Mediterranean diet 😅👍

[@patticurry565]

Excellent presentation! He touched lightly on much info about the microbiome. If you want to dive deeper into this topic I suggest you get your hands on a copy of 'Fiber Fueled" by Dr. Will Bulsiewicz. As the presenter said. fiber is key. The book, Fiber Fueled, goes into what the latest research shows and foods that create a diverse microbiome. It has helped me so much that I am excited to share with everyone.

[@lindybb]

Thank you! Just bought it!

[@mafiodag2789]

Thanks ❤️

[@beatsodds391]

I heard this once a while ago...but it wasn't explained quite as well as this. Thanks for posting this...

[@annjean8709]

Agreed.

[@caterine4604]

I could listen to him all day long.

[@TheMastertbc]

One big issue is that there are additives in food that makes bacteria unable to grow on it This is obviously bad for us when we eat it

[@nancyayers6355]

Hey, good grief, lay off the guy! I wonder what he would think of YOUR body??!!

[@birchberry9354]

Nancy Ayers what

[@garyh8665]

Marry me.

[@PatsPsychologyMSc]

Professor John Cryan is an incredible researcher. One of my Dublin City University lecturers, Dr Stella Vlachou, predicts that he will a Nobel prize at some stage of his career. I hope she's correct, and that this comment ages well!

[@igorkrejzek8814]

Thanks, very interisting presentation, perfect prebiotics are for example: inuline sources like chicory, burdock, dandelion, scorzonera, or asparagus, kiwi, pomegranate, sourdough rye bread and finally best food for microbes are all edible mushrooms cheers from Prague

[@bioenergytechco.7837]

the presentation did give me some food for thought. Such an exciting new science frontier. I am a producer of natural food supplements. Such presentations are true inspirations for new ways we can help bring about better health support products.

[@kimberlylacroix953]

Great talk... super informative for someone like me that is obsessed with learning about gut health. Thank you!

[@ellenbrotherson4735]

In regard to the silly, unkind comments (reflecting stereotypical thinking) which focus on the presenter's body weight: his diverse and healthy microbiome is likely to help him avoid many, if not most, of the negative consequences of excessive weight. Thinness does not necessarily equal health, nor does obesity necessarily rule it out. We've come to equate thinness with worth and validity when there is no such equation in reality. The problem with superficial judgments is that the judgers never know what facts they do not have.

[@snp9417]

I agree. I am very lean and muscular. But definitely not healthy atm..

[@LordJasonKing]

EPIC RESPONSE. WELL DONE. COULDN'T HAVE PUT IT BETTER MYSELF!!

[@deprogramme369]

❤️

[@alinemoran8301]

It is not about been thin, obesity is not health.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

I am not overweight but wanted to return to my ideal weight, especially after losing so much muscle tone during the pandemic. Well, I was never heavy and imagined it would be a breeze to lose weight. HA. It has been a huge struggle to lose barely 10 pounds, which was only 6.5% of my weight. I eat very well, in moderation, organic vegetarian, etc., never any added sugar or salt, never any butter. I had to do intermittent fasting to do it, and it took 10 weeks. I'm still feeling as though I were starving, and I'm eating enough. Never make fun of a large person.

[@jeanniecampbell1374]

love his voice and the way he explains things ,did not get too distracted as I sometimes do in other speakers ..thanks ,

[@handsofrhythm3415]

Hello John Cryan from Four years ago, Thank you for sharing your collective knowledge and expanding my understanding of this amazing field of research. I am hunting you down, to see what more you have discovered and how I can benefit from it. I am grateful that you were so passionate about your research you were able to present it in this format. Not an easy task for anyone, let alone on the stage of a TED talk. I am excited as too what you can share with us now!!!!!!!!!,

[@anandramanathan9416]

Excellent. Very useful. Thank you very much

[@fawnwoods51]

Very useful information. Thank you for posting.

[@wondergirl19]

Thank you for posting this video. It is very informative and explained in a way people could easily understand. 🙏

[@bobotto1786]

Thank you so much, I've been studying the microbiome due to gut issues and your well spoken information has helped a lot.

[@annjean8709]

Great and very informative video! Thank you for sharing.

[@samirdave2271]

Thank You Sir For This Precious Information About Our Health , Our Body & Food. With Best Regards. Thanks Again.

[@ave_rie]

Glad to know I wasnt going crazy. Kimchi, pickles, etc. make me happy and improve my mental state!

[@l.w.paradis2108]

Raw garlic and hot foods (jalapenos, etc.) do that for me. I wonder why?

[@ave_rie]

@@l.w.paradis2108 same thing happens to me too! Kimchi stew (hot, spicy, sour) is what I go for when I’m sick and sad. I also have pickled jalapeños (not exactly sure what it’s called) always ready in the fridge for those off days.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

@@ave_rie Oooh, that sounds good!! Thanks!

[@mayarali6580]

Great talk, loved it

[@jessicabrownlow2467]

easy to follow on a very interesting topic which is still so new...

[@ahash8]

Such an Amazing Talk . Genius Dude !

[@simonlevy2154]

Enthralling

[@maruzik]

"In Gut We Trust"...

[@TNTsundar]

Mauricio Tobon couldn’t agree more

[@PaleRider1861]

Ja, sehr gut!

[@hundwyn7530]

Gutt Mit Uns

[@EliteprosoldierMW3]

Philippians 3:19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

[@furleybart]

Well done Sir!!!

[@purple8348]

You open my mind

[@johnreynolds8170]

Be aware of the compounds and additives on store yogurt they will make you gain weight, try to buy organic instead.

[@kauigirl808]

Yogurt has sugar. Avoid.

[@lechenaultia5863]

Fantastic, thank you

[@eyesofmuffin]

In case you missed it "you are what your microbes are eating" :p no thete is some really good information here. I'm very interested knowing even more specifics rather than just the general idea.

[@unstoppablezone4980]

Very good information. Methinks he also needs to take a look at his own diet.

[@thedabbinunicorn5432]

Go Raibh maith agat!! So grateful to you for giving us this Ted talk! Im amazed .. the old way was definitely the right way ❤

[@green_bicycle]

This is really great, they always say listen to the old people they are very wise.

[@paulsmith4448]

Great speaker

[@camgood4884]

I talk about this with people all the time now (for the past 3 years or so). It really revolutionalizes how scientists think about the human body. That is, while we used to teach that the body was a kind of "bug zapper" that simply obliterated all "bad germs", we now realize that our life itself actually depends entirely on colonies of bacteria insidie of us. It's no different than the symbiosis between forests and underground fungi (and cyanobacteria, in some cases)..

[@shiva888lilith]

Amazing;thanks

[@saudiarabia2922]

excellent

[@emilyroseellis]

This is so epic. 💖

[@dlm1166]

His talk is about microbes and BRAIN health, not weight.

[@joseluizm.garcia998]

It affect everything including your weight.

[@downundertruckerusa4733]

Outstanding

[@outside-man]

Excellent..! But it's a pity they didn't zoom in and show Us the clips on the slide show.

[@paulyd2483]

Key to longevity eat well, exercise daily, sleep well and try to not take medicine if you can. Avoid antibiotics if you can! Most if not all chronic illnesses can be avoided and cured by doing this!

[@Rene-uz3eb]

I know i sound like a broken record but this is my latest theory: Mediterranean diet main difference to other diets: lots of wine, lots of olive oil. What do these contain? Lots of sulfur.

[@rachelwren-vipond6029]

good stuff, more work needed then

[@jhoulder44]

Great video! Great info thanks!! Only one critism, theory of evolution can't explain processes these complex.

[@toni4729]

And about time we heard someone talking about the very reason the western world is sick.

[@toni4729]

@@tims6540 There I simply do not agree when cangers grow to enormous sizes and ourgrow your brain for instance. You can't say the cancer is not in your brain, you can't just remove it. Cancer is one growth that survives without oxygen but what it does love is glucose which is the one thing one must avoid if cancer is in the body. The human body can survive very well with glucose but cancer cannot. Remove all sugars and fruits, breads, cakes, carbohydrsdates from the diet and you have a far better chance of survival.

[@1Sweetsexyflava]

I wish doctors would jump on this bandwagon. My dad has been hospitalized going on FIVE months and has had SEVEN visits to the ICU, smh. He keeps getting infections and of course put on some heavy hitting antibiotics. I've asked the doctors repeatedly to give Dad probiotics etc to replenish the gut flora and with the exception of one doctor at a nursing facility my request gets dismissed. All doctors in every specialty should be required to study what Dr. Cryan is teaching

[@jamessheridan4306]

Yes, that certainly did give me food for "taut." I wonder what kind of fermented foods they eat in Cork.

[@Ghrainne]

and your expertise is?

[@tonyanamakando335]

I don't know about Cork. In Russia traditionally it's variety of " pickles" - tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, even apples n watermelons( just kept in water in barrels over winter), no yoghurt,or kefir- but just sour milk or something like cottage cheese.

[@devbachu7072]

I start feeding my microbis with ferment food yogurt boiled green bananas an feel great 52 yes never took any medicine

[@muthurajapalaniappan8788]

This was my takeaways: Eat more fibers and more fermented food to increase microbiome. Is fermented rice the best source of cheap and easily available fermented food?

[@DuffPaddy79]

Muthuraja Palaniappan Kefir, kombucha, Sauerkraut are all common examples of fermented foods. Insoluble fibres are what you want....They are the prebiotics that feed gut flora.

[@ScheveSneeuwSchuifSchep]

Yoghurt, miso soup also fermente

[@layeredmusic13]

not so much increase microbiome but give microbes complex carbohydrates to digest (found in fibrous foods) and potentially shift your microbiome to have more of these "good" microbes. i would say off the top of my head that vegetables, bananas, and kefir are great. but everyone's microbiome/genetic makeup is different and one food may have a totally different effect in one person in comparison to another. it's up to you to experiment and find what works best!

[@DuffPaddy79]

Leah Kravets And in some cases, these will feed pathogenic bacteria and increase dysbiosis. Inulin quite often does this for eg. We are indeed all different.

[@MoneyStrategiesSOULutions]

Leah Kravets : Bananas not the best example because of high sugar content.

[@jbmurphy4]

How does this research relate to Multiple sclerosis research if gut microbes affect drive demyelination?

[@skinnydee1886]

I think that the foods we thought are nutritious and healthy are anything but....... hence many people are getting very sick today! I buy organic whenever I can; especially the fruits and vegtables that are perishable.

[@elizah9917]

I just started (about 2 weeks ago) taking probiotic and eating live foods, kim chi, kefir and and kamboucha and i feel like my old self, before i got stress and anxiety.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

So happy for you!

[@johncronin7481]

Go to store and buy a jar of horseradish with no sugar in it, swallow a teaspoon before every meal, already fermented good to go

[@markkindell7761]

You need to feed your microbiome the right food, and you need right amount of stomach acid and enzymes to do the work

[@LadyJay882]

I think this would’ve benefited from a definition of microbes at the beginning...or at any point

[@MrGyftario]

Every single Greek,smokes and drinks. Although,we live until 90 years more or less. This video explains the maths

[@legendoctane5732]

Best 👍

[@Viv8ldi]

I am a glutenfree sugar free vegan. Since my teens I only ate 100 percent cocoa chocolate. Suddenly I developed asthma and histamine issues, if I eat dark chocolate, I get short of breath.

[@kauigirl808]

Chocolate is not good for you.

[@Viv8ldi]

@@kauigirl808 why do think so?

[@supermasterpip]

University college cork,manufactures probiotic pills,,,,called Zenflore and Alflorex,which I take from time to time.Pity that they are so expensive though,

[@tubetime39]

A pity that 60 minutes did a show that experts say they don't work. Geez, what next? They never actually said what does work other that a drink made with soy, peanuts, chickpeas & banana. Saw last night. I been taking probiotics of all kinds for yrs. Top rated ones. I've seen no results. Yogurt, Keifer etc nothing. 🙁

[@maribrunnsteiner9621]

Your healthy gut can fed a healthy " thought". In German language Gut ist gut is good.

[@markdemell3717]

Elie Metchnikov won a Noble prize for Immunology and then was later dismissed as , OUT THERE! For lack of a better term.

[@ArtistAllanWest]

Perhaps it should be, "You are what you feed."

[@savantdisgrace4581]

It takes a special kind of small underdeveloped mind to focus on a presenters body and not his message.

[@martini1179]

I get what you're saying, but I think that the the message of "you are what you eat" would be better received if the messenger showed evidence that he practiced what he preached. Still, the science of the gut microbiome stands on its own merits and there is a lot of useful information in this TED talk, which I have viewed several times.

[@staceyann5993]

@@martini1179 To gain a better understanding you might want to watch the Ted Talk - Rob Knight: How our microbes make us who we are

[@travisbrown6814]

@@martini1179 It is also more complex that your simplistic view. Your genes also dictate how your body develops. It is not JUST your microbes.

[@martini1179]

@@travisbrown6814 Awww Travis did you strawman my argument just so you could lash out at me? That's cute. Never did I say, nor would I, that the microbiome is the only thing that "dictates how your body develops."

[@neilbennett9281]

@martini1179 Applying your dizzying IQ, would you please share your results on Stephen Hawking. Could you also include a full body photograph, your real name and your qualifications. For the satisfaction of your audience. Ted Talks might like to contact you for an up and coming presentation.

[@melodytomlinson7882]

Is it better to take sugar or sweetener in coffee for the microbiome?

[@lynneceegee8726]

Melody Tomlinson neither!

[@snlvl]

Deffinitely not. Sugar can damage the gut microbiota actually. So the less sugar you use the better. (White sugar at least).

[@Viv8ldi]

So does the fruitfly start to tend to the sugar because yeast was mixed into the sugar? Does that mean the steak is only attractive to the fly because it contains yeast?

[@shakirm2807]

What is the diet good for gut microbiome?

[@thomasp.3842]

Raw meat fermented meat, and some fruits. Look up aajonus vonderplanitz , he wrote a book called we want to live and has many hours of lectures

[@MLouah-gp9ef]

More importantly I believe one should eat once a day

[@Viv8ldi]

Do you have any tipps to endure that?

[@jeanforsland1312]

@@Viv8ldi Read up on intermittent fasting and calorie restriction.

[@turbodan78]

Tried that when weight training and found it too much in one go, just eat for 6 to 8 hours a day now.

[@TrevorPhillips2024]

Nah

[@TrevorPhillips2024]

It’s not for everybody and most people aren’t at their best they can be eating OMAD than they would eating 2-6 meals a day

[@devbachu7072]

Love it ferment foods probiotics drinks booied green bananas

[@niamhkelly6018]

Woowh Cork! ❤️

[@x_x5009]

so many uploads ? how ? did you people record all this at once ?

[@XedGeneral]

Multi Gaming TEDx is by independent TEDx talks, so different institutions and organizations make TED style talks on their own and accord to Rules set by TED. They then submit the recorded video to TED HQ and arrange for approval and finally video uploading. Hope this helps!

[@XedGeneral]

What a great talk! Going to grab my nearby yoghurt drink now!

[@foxdylan9536]

Clever man. Ahh my microbes made me do it....

[@tonyabrumbaugh2981]

Dr. Poff Says, “_____ Key tones___ are actually the only other primary energy substrate for the brain aside from glucose.”

[@shiddy.]

what would be the effect on the gut microbiome if a human baby nursed from several healthy women?

[@hopeforthefuture8680]

If I eat more prebiotic and probiotic foods and eat less non nutritional foods while keeping up Heathy living might it be true that I would shed less beneficial microbes into the toilet? If elderly are put into the care homes (hospitals as well) did you know that the state guidelines require the boiling/washing/ peeling of vegetables before they are cooked to kill any “harmful pathogens”, basically reducing the population to sick and depressed individuals. Did you also know that in healthcare facilities they use quat-4 cleaners to reduce HAI’s which are health care acquired infections, which get into a persons body through all systems, and kill the micro biome on and in those systems?

[@LTD-7]

*Man you gotta dollar my microbes are hungry*

[@devbachu7072]

Feed the microbes boil green bananas rice boiled an reheat the next day etc

[@darlenemullis6105]

How to help with gas

[@unitedkamp270]

Kefir. Not from the supermarked but from the organic store. Will help people with that big time. Build up gradually.

[@ZeeMoviesDhamaka]

I'm suffering from ibs ...😞😣 Can anyone help... how to fix gut bacteria balanced ??

[@kauigirl808]

Buy probiotics/prebiotics is pill form.

[@XX-gy7ue]

the man is brilliant , but so much of what he says has been said for millenia in old Italian proverbs and sayings !

[@gm7304]

Hunter and gatherer 🤣I'd have been a goner and starved to death

[@wellbodisalone]

Probiotics promote health benefits.

[@martepruis2206]

Polly phenol 🤣 this guy is funny

[@wpduke]

Good presentation although I am concerned about his health.

[@lynneceegee8726]

Paul Duke I’m sure he thanks you for that.

[@drjohndicenced.l.lilavois4077]

I would like to know all Physicians PH D in health medicine , and also all Universities master/ doctorate who worked in youtube for thr research. Thank you all my name is John Dicence Dixon Lincolm Lilavois master / doctorate writer medicine student MPHG@W distance learning master /doctorate.

[@marlybarrososouza1362]

TRADUZIR SIMULTANEO

[@johnstewartvet]

Great presenter. I see comments from others re his being over weight. Can you have an optimal micro biome and be overweight ?I imagine a high fibre diet ( vegetables and fruit) is what he eats so surprised that he is obese

[@dontatmeev3r]

Quick someone healthy and happy give me your poop......it's for science I swear

[@TrevorPhillips2024]

It really would work tho just get some poop pills, probiotics, and fermented food.

[@maferdash]

Eat less, eat organic. Organic food have no additives, no chemicals, no antibiotics. Say goodbye to processed food, to sweets, to dairy, to gluten.

[@everhappy6312]

L-Reuteri bacteria is wonderful. Helped me be more loving from a bi.tch I've been 😅

[@Nutri-syeon_art]

7:20. polyphenoms

[@cyrushomes7512]

I really listen to the health advice given by guys as wide as a football field.

[@yuliaboychuk4088]

Mechnikov is an Ukrainian scientist!

[@davydew1094]

What has he been eating?

[@allisond.46]

Hey, did anyone read the description? There could be a capsule that can cure bowl illnesses! Wait, what's that?