26 Quotes by Giulia Enders

Anyone who suffers from anxiety or depression should remember that an unhappy gut can be the cause of an unhappy mind. Sometimes, the gut has a perfect right to be unhappy, if it is dealing with an undetected food intolerance, for example. We should not always blame depression on the brain or on our life circumstances - there is much more to us than that.

Sweetness is not in itself unhealthy, we simply eat only the most unhealthy kind of sweetness.

Faced with a choiced between two different dishes, we make a decision based on what we happen to fancy at that moment.

The brain interprets the nerve impulses to form an image. It is not until that happens that we really see the piece of cake. This delicious news is then passed on to the systems that control salivation, with mouth-watering results. Similarly, the mere sight of a yummy treat also causes the stomach to produce some digestive juices in anticipation.

Almost nothing influences our gut bacteria as much as the food we eat. Preboiotics are the most powerful tool at our disposal if we want to support our good bacteria - that is, those that are already there and are there to stay.

Every day we live and every meal we eat we influence the great microbial organ inside us - for better or for worse.

I'm sometimes shocked by the way scientists huddle behind closed doors to discuss important research results without informing the public about them at all. Academic caution is often preferable to premature publication, but fear can also destroy opportunities.

La salive, c'est du sang filtré, passé au chinois par les glandes salivaires qui retiennent les globules rouges, plus utiles dans nos veines que dans notre bouche.

The world is a much more interesting place if we look beyond what is visible to the naked eye.