Our first few years of life don’t just shape our memories — they also shape our microbes, trillions of which reside in our gut. The gut microbiome we build as children can influence our immunity, metabolism, and risk of disease well into adulthood. Professor Ng Siew Chien, Associate Dean (Research)from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, tells us more about the development of the gut microbiome from childhood, and what her research on the Asian microbiome database reveals about its impact on long COVID and lifelong health.

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Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek

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Categories:  managing disease,  medical advances

Tags:  the bigger picture,  health and living,  covid-19,  long covid,  gut microbiome,  probiotics,