Dr. Emeran Mayer, a leading authority on the gut-brain connection and director at UCLA, dives deep into how our emotions reflect in our bodies. He highlights major inflammation triggers and the impact of dietary choices on gut health. Sugar addiction's effects are explored, alongside the significant relationship between brain and gut in regulating our well-being. Mayer also shares insights on the importance of a plant-based diet and how modern eating habits can disrupt our microbiome. This conversation offers valuable tools for improving both mental and physical health.
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Body's Adaptive System
The body integrates influences from multiple sources, like the brain and environment, to adapt and respond.
This complex system extracts patterns, assesses relevance, and adjusts various bodily systems accordingly.
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Brain-Gut Interplay
The brain and gut constantly influence each other, like a central government and local governments.
The gut, with its immune, nervous, and hormonal systems, significantly impacts emotions and brain structure.
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Self-Identity and Gut Health
Negative self-identity can impact gut health, mirroring emotional states in the body.
The gut microbiome receives messages from the brain, influenced by chronic emotions and self-perception.
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How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health
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In 'The Gut-Immune Connection', Dr. Emeran Mayer presents a groundbreaking perspective on how alterations in the gut microbiome contribute to chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, as well as susceptibility to infectious diseases. The book emphasizes the importance of understanding gut health and provides clear strategies for reversing the rise of these illnesses through nutrition and sustainable practices.
“Any emotions that you experience chronically or frequently have a mirror image in your body.”
Today's guest is Dr. Emeran Mayer. He's one of the world’s foremost experts on the gut brain connection and for over the past 40 years, his research and published work has offered groundbreaking evidence of the critical connection between the brain and the gut. He is the executive director of the G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience and the co-director of the Digestive Diseases Research Center at the University of California at Los Angeles. Our conversation was so powerful that I wanted to split into 2 parts! So look out for part 2 coming later this week!
In this episode Lewis and Dr. Emeran Mayer discuss the biggest triggers for inflammation, the foods we should eat & avoid to improve our gut health, why we’ve become so addicted to sugar & the effects it has on our body, whether our brain or gut health affects our body more, how our digestive system functions, and so much more!
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