SBS knowledge and health entertainment show 'Three perspectives' takes a close look at 'gut fungus,' which exploits weakened immunity, from three perspectives: history, science and medicine.
On the morning of the 22nd at 8:35 a.m., SBS 'Three perspectives' will focus on how tiny microbes in the gut can affect our brain health and what changes a single tiny microbe can cause in our memory and thinking.
Docent Rhee Chang-yong begins by talking about the final days of Friedrich Nietzsche, a 19th-century philosopher and a great thinker who shook his era with a single sentence. Nietzsche is known to have a record of being hospitalized in a ward at least 20 times for treatments including hemorrhoids, stomach spasms and abdominal pain. Rhee Chang-yong explains, "Nietzsche began to view indigestion and intestinal problems as a single philosophical attitude."
Before starting the scientific perspective, environmental safety engineering professor Kwak Jae-sik prepared a fun mission that made the recording studio burst into laughter. He compares the communication line connecting the gut and the brain to that mission, suggesting that the two organs communicate frequently. In addition, Kwak Jae-sik mentions that "the gut environment can also harm the brain," and compares the gut to a "huge biochemical factory," heightening the sense of alarm.
Pharm.D. Yang Gwa-ja focuses on the close connection between the gut and fungi. "If you don't know this connection, you may miss the chance to prevent dementia," she said, asking whether anyone has ever had a headache in long-abandoned lungs or underground spaces. Actor Kim Seok-hoon recalled when he was receiving treatment inside a cave during filming, saying, "I remember having a headache and feeling unwell throughout the shoot," surprising everyone.
Docent Rhee Chang-yong also said, "When I lived in a house full of flies and mold, I felt suffocated and had headaches," adding, "When I went outside, I could breathe better and my head improved." Internist Lee Dong-hyung reiterated the connection between the gut and the brain, explaining, "Some studies show that fungal components originating from the gut can move to the brain, lodge between the folds and damage our brain," raising tension.
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