Uploaded January 2013 | Updated September 2026, 16 minutes ago

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"If you can cook, nothing can happen to you, because whatever you find, you will try to transform it."

" conquo ergo sum" "i eat therefore i am"

Did you know you have functioning neurons in your intestines -- about a hundred millions of them? Food scientist Heribert Watzke tells us about the "hidden brain" in our gut and the surprising things it makes us feel.

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