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How to live well: five ideas for better wellbeing

A healthy microbiome is key to wellbeing, boosting metabolism and regulating brain chemistry, says gut health guru Prof Tim Spector. The key is finding the combination of foods that works for your own unique microbiome. For a happy gut, he recommends eating 30 different plants a week – which thankfully includes nuts, pulses, spices and herbs. Prof Lisa Feldman Barrett says emotions are concepts constructed by the brain, rather than innate responses, so we’ve got more control over them than we think.