So where are we now? Unlocked? Loaded? Nearer the ludicrously named “Freedom Day”? Buying masses of lube for the forthcoming summer of love? Moaning about holidays? Don’t ask me. I just look at data not dates, as robotic ministers intone. The data I value most does not correlate to graphs. It comes from within – though not in any mystical sense. It is about watching ourselves
BBC health presenter Dr Michael Mosley breaks down the science of mood-improving, microbiome-boosting psychobiotic foods into one easily-digested explainer.
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: You may think you have a healthy diet But if you re not nourishing the vast population of bugs in your gut, you could be putting on weight and becoming at risk of type 2 diabetes.
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