⚡ Stress may be the cause of your gut problems. This might be emotional stress, or even physical stress - in fact, worrying about things can even cause problems for your tummy! So what can you do about it?
💬 Dr Emeran Mayer is gastroenterologist and brain-gut microbiome expert. He’s also Executive director of the UCLA Oppenheimer Center for the Neurobiology of Stress. In this episode he explores the science behind the stress/gut connection. And he digs into issues from chronic pain, to rising cases of SIBO.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡ How various forms of stress - and even the expectation of stress - impact your gut
➡︎ How gut disorders can be linked to early life trauma
➡︎ The true extent to which gut bugs control how you behave
➡︎ How you can improve chronic pain symptoms with targeted gut action
➡︎ The real reason SIBO (small bacterial overgrowth) is on the rise
📕 Chapters
(0:00) How stress affects the gut
(2:03) The chronic pain-gut link
(5:00) How quickly can microbes influence the brain?
(7:12) Stress: Is the brain or gut more responsible?
(9:14) How worrying can cause gut problems
(11:57) The role of childhood and early life trauma on gut health
(15:16) Do tummy bugs control our behaviour?
(18:38) The importance of personal connection and sharing microbes
(21:33) How to reduce chronic pain symptoms
(27:56) Improving brain health by eating more fibre
(31:58) SIBO - the new buzzword. Hype or health?
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