The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health
By Emeran Mayer
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Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with the latest discoveries on the human microbiome, a practical guide in the tradition of Wheat Belly and Grain Brain that conclusively demonstrates the inextricable, biological link between mind and body.
We have all experienced the connection between our mind and our gut—the decision we made because it “felt right”; the butterflies in our stomach before a big meeting; the anxious stomach rumbling when we’re stressed out. While the dialogue between the gut and the brain has been recognized by ancient healing traditions, including Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine, Western medicine has failed to appreciate the complexity of how the brain, gut, and more recently, the microbiome—the microorganisms that live inside us—communicate with one another. In The Mind-Gut Connection, Dr. Emeran Mayer, executive director of the UCLA Center for Neurobiology of Stress, offers a revolutionary look at this developing science, teaching us how to harness the power of the mind-gut connection to take charge of our health.
The Mind-Gut Connection shows how to keep the brain-gut communication clear and balanced to:
• heal the gut by focusing on a plant-based diet
• balance the microbiome by consuming fermented foods and probiotics, fasting, and cutting out sugar and processed foods
• promote weight loss by detoxifying and creating healthy digestion and maximum nutrient absorption
• boost immunity and prevent the onset of neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s and
Alzheimer’s
• generate a happier mindset and reduce fatigue, moodiness, anxiety, and depression
• prevent and heal GI disorders such as leaky gut syndrome, food sensitivities and allergies, and IBS, as well as digestive discomfort such as heartburn and bloating
• and much more.
Emeran Mayer
Emeran Mayer, MD, has studied brain-body interactions for the last forty years. He is the executive director of the G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience and the codirector of the Digestive Diseases Research Center at the University of California at Los Angeles. His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health for the past twenty-five years, and he is considered a pioneer and world leader in the area of brain-gut microbiome interactions.
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Reviews for The Mind-Gut Connection
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Some really interesting connections between the health of the brain and the health of the belly. The science is accessible and not too intense.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I could write pages about this book but I will try to just give you an idea of why I found it so fascinating. It is extremely well written so that almost anyone can follow along with the ideas and understand the basic concepts. The language is straightforward and on task.The author's credentials are impressive. And his own example of following his gut instincts or mesages to further his life experience! He could as easily become a confectioner in the family business.I did not feel pressured to adhere to Dr. Mayer's conclusions and viewpoint, in particular regarding self awareness in dogs. Reagrdless of your viewpoint on various issues, I feel the information is here to explore and draw one's own interpretations. Much emphasis is placed on early, even prebirth, biological and environmental influence leaing trace evidence and predispositions in ones emotional makeup, thus afecting physical experience.The book is packed with statistical anecdotes and medical studies, even utilizing dream analysis. I was introduced to discussions of bidirectional communications connecting the gut (aka second brain) and brain and much explanation about the microbiome.If you have an interest in thorough medical discussions, ideas about treatments with less "collateral damage, " or suffer from any brain, emotional or gut area discomforts or illnesses, you will find valuable information in this book. It will give you a great basis for an interesting conversation with your medical professionals.I did receive this book in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Research is proving that "listening to your gut" is more than just a metaphorical saying. The combination of our gut biome and its interaction with the rest of our body creates a second brain, or perhaps a second half of a brain system. The two-way communication works through the vagus nerve, hormones and directly through molecules that make it into our blood stream. Our gut-brain connections are imprinted pre-birth and in our early years. This process includes both brain patterns and the default ecosystem of microbiota. Stress, antibiotics and food influence our gut health and in turn our immune and stress responses. Anxiety, depression and other mental issues can all be influenced by gut health. The balance of microbes reach stabilization points that can be dramatically affected by negative events and also cultivated by healthy behaviors, especially by consuming natural foods low in animal fats and with regular additions of pre and pro-biotic foods
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5It is a good text to learn about the gut, stomach and brain connection. I think it it really interesting.