Gut-Brain Interaction and Vagus Nerve Role

Struggling with a bloated stomach after eating or chronic abdominal distension? In this episode, I'll explain why dysfunction in three major systems causes bloating and reveal 5 evidence-based microbiome fixes that can help reduce stomach bloating while healing your gut naturally.

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:49 Digestive dysfunction

06:00 Immune system misfiring

07:36 Gut-brain dysregulation

11:05 Low fodmap diet

18:19 Elemental diet

20:15 Probiotics

27:09 Antimicrobials & antibiofilm agents

31:00 Vagus nerve stimulation

Featured Studies

📉Gut-brain interaction in the US:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36961084/

📉FODMAP Restriction & Symptom Response during FODMAP Reintroduction: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37375587/

📉Elemental Diet & Microbial Overgrowth:

https://eposters.ddw.org/ddw/2024/ddw-2024/413102/ali.rezaie.compliance.safety.and.effect.of.exclusive.palatable.elemental.diet.html?f=menu%3D16%2Abrowseby%3D8%2Asortby%3D2%2Ace_id%3D2673%2Alabel%3D27495%2Atrend%3D19514%2Amarker%3D5007

📉A 14-day elemental diet is highly effective in normalizing the lactulose breath test:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14992438/

📉Treatment of Active Crohn's Disease in Children: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37960328/

📉The Crohn's disease exclusion diet: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34739863/

📉Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Patients With IBS-C: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39689011/

📉SIBO in patients with different subtypes of IBS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31750966/

📉Low FODMAP diet in IBS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34376515/

📉High FODMAP diet causes barrier loss via lipopolysaccharide-mediated mast cell activation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34618688/

📉FODMAPs alter symptoms and the metabolome of patients with IBS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26976734/

📉Effect of diet and individual dietary guidance on gastrointestinal endocrine cells in patients with IBS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28849091/

📉Is rheumatoid arthritis a disease that starts in the intestine? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17308218/

📉Probiotics fortify intestinal barrier function: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37168869/

📉Interactions between symptoms and psychological status in IBS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36178333/

📉Mucosal Biofilms Are an Endoscopic Feature of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Ulcerative Colitis:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34146566/

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