Claudia Marques
Appearances
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
I'm Claudia, I'm a nutritionist and I'm a professor of nutrition and metabolism at Nova Medical School in Lisbon, Portugal.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
So one group drink alcoholic beer and the other one drink non-alcoholic beer. It was one bottle of beer per day. And after four weeks, this consumption increased the diversity of microorganisms that we have in our gut. A good diversity is usually associated to health.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
Polyphenols can be responsible for these effects. Polyphenols are chemicals that we found in plants. We feed the good bacteria instead of feeding the bad bacteria. They can also have other properties such as anti-inflammatory effects.