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Celebrity chef and TV personality Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is encouraging people with his new book to eat 30 plants a week.

He also highlights the importance of a healthy gut microbiome.

Speaking to 5 Live鈥檚 Nihal Arthanayake, he said there are 鈥渂illions of bacteria that live within us but they鈥檙e not us. We are their hosts, but we can鈥檛 live without them. If we look after them, they look after us鈥�.

鈥淗ealthy gut microbiome is so closely associated with mental health, as well as physical health.

鈥淭he vital neurotransmitters, those brain chemicals like oxytocin, dopamine and serotonin, they鈥檙e not made in the brain. They're distributed in the brain or released in the brain, but they're synthesized in our gut.

鈥淚f our gut microbiome is not functioning properly, we struggle to produce the right brain chemicals to keep us mentally well.鈥�

This clip is originally from 5 Live Nihal Arthanayake on Tuesday 14th May 2024.