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6 New English From BBCLearningEnglish.com Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, the show that brings you an interesting topic,
authentic listening practice, and 6 items of incredibly useful vocabulary.
I'm Dan, and I'm Neil.
Now, a favourite topic today, food.
And how food can influence your mood?
Dan, tell me, what food makes you happy?
Oh, you know, ice cream, chocolate, chocolate always puts a smile on my face.
And a few inches around your waistline.
Sadly, the research we'll be looking at today doesn't suggest you eat more chocolate,
but it does talk about bacteria.
Bacteria Those simple small organisms They make me happy?
Absolutely, the so-called good bacteria do.
We'll get to that, but first we'll look at today's question.
How many bacteria are there in the human body?
Is it a 39 million?
B 39 billion?
Or C 39 trillion?
Hmm, they are pretty small.