Thought for the day ... You don't eat with your gut, you eat with your mouth. The gut is downstream from your mouth. The health of your gut (and gut microbiome) depends on the health of your mouth (and oral microbiome). Stop studying the gut as if the mouth doesn't exist.

The vagus nerve doesn’t supply the gastrointestinal tract, just a bit of it. And there are two of them, not one. And they are left handed (left anterior to right) And the mouth is still more important than this gut-brain axis nonsense. #oralgutbrainaxis

We need a new word for being content and frustrated in equal measure. What's your vote?

Anatomical/embryological thought for the day ... The appendix is an outpouching of the tube of the gut. So are the lung airways! And upstream of the whole gut tube is ... The mouth! (Other gut outpouchings downstream of the mouth are available) #NotJustACakeHole

A new poll of 4000 children found half saw unhealthy food and drink products from either businesses or influencers on social media in the last month. 4 in 10 said they engaged with these posts. Government needs to go further and faster on sugar you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/make…

This!

A note for reviewer 2 … All radiology is retrospective! A bit like all photography is retrospective. (Once the picture has been taken, it is in the past, you see?) Thanks!

A little reminder that we (scientists and other humans) should NEVER talk about the #GutMicrobiome without also talking about the #OralMicrobiome. The mouth is upstream, you see? 👇👇👇 mdpi.com/2072-6643/17/1… #GumDiseaseBacteriaGetEverywhere

No they are not ‘treats’ they are poison* *some poisons kill you slowly