“How do we work with gravity to be healthier and stronger?” explains Brennan Spiegel, M.D.
Brennan Spiegel, M.D., a physician and professor whose work is focused on how emotion, physical experience, and the mind-body connection shape health, joins us today to explore the emerging field of biogravitational medicine and what it reveals about our relationship with gravity, the body, and health.
- What is biograviational medicine? (~3:30)
- The connection between health & biogravitational forces (~4:45)
- How Spiegel got interested in this topic (~6:40)
- How gravity affects IBS (~8:15)
- What is EDS? (~12:00)
- Holistic approach to gut health (~14:10)
- The role of the microbiome & biogravitational medicine (~18:20)
- The overarching role of gravity in our health (~24:00)
- How to optimize your health through gravity (~26:00)
- The effect on mental health (~31:10)
- A protocol for mental resilience (~34:00)
- His current research (~35:30)
- Accessible ways to improve your health through gravity (~39:35)
- The mind-body connection (~41:45)
- The role of HRV (~43:35)
- Spiegel’s dream study (~45:40)
- The future of the field (~48:50)
Referenced in the episode:
- Follow Spiegel on Instagram (@brennan_spiegel)
- Learn more about Spiegel (www.BrennanSpiegelMD.com)
- Pick up his book, Pull: How Gravity Shapes Your Body, Steadies the Mind, and Guides Our Health (https://www.amazon.com/Pull-Gravity-Shapes-Steadies-Guides/dp/1250371384)
- Check out his podcast (https://thegravitydoctors.com/)
- What’s my Gravitype Quiz: https://virtualmedicine.org/pull/
- Research on gravity’s effect on the gut (DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002066)
- Research on mental gravity (https://doi.org/10.3390/e25091275)
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