FOOD, MOOD AND BUGS IN THE GUTS: HOW BACTERIA SHAPES OUR BRAIN

As part of the Free for Locals Day at the Museum of Tropical Queensland on Tuesday 12 November, hear from Harvard Medical School graduate and James Cook University Professor Zoltan Sarnyai when he talks about the how what you eat affects your mental health.

Food and mood are intimately connected - and they are likely to be connected through our gut, hence the term “gut feeling”, where trillions of bacteria live happily in a mutually beneficial relationship with us, the host organism.

The talk will introduce the audience to the cutting edge science of “psychobiotic revolution”, our new understanding of how food influences the brain through the gut microbiome and will show how mental health can be maintained by carefully tending our home-grown gut bacteria.

This talk is free to attend.

It’s a free entry day for Townsville residents at the Museum of Tropical Queensland on Tuesday 12 November - and there is heaps to see, do and explore!

There will be a variety of exhibition talks and tours throughout the day, as well as a Little Explorers discovery session at 9.45am which is ideal for all children aged 3-6 years.

As part of the Museum's Discover More talk series hear from from Harvard Medical School graduate and James Cook University Professor Zoltan Sarnyai when he talks about the how what you eat can affect your mental health in a special talk at 12pm.

Entry is free to the Museum on Tuesday 12 November for Townsville residents as part of 'Free for Locals Day'. Proof of residency required.

Thanks to the support of their council's residents from Burdekin, Charters Towers and Hinchinbrook receive free entry every day. Entry is also free for Annual Pass holders.

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