Episode 27: Optimizing the Mind-Gut-Immune Connection with Dr. Emeran Mayer

In this episode of The Good Clean Nutrition Podcast, host Mary Purdy, MS, RDN, speaks with Dr. Emeran Mayer, one of the foremost experts on the gut-brain-immune connection, to discuss how to harness the power of the mind-gut connection to take charge of our health. Tune in as they breakdown how the mind-gut connection affects mental health, immune function, along with diet & lifestyle changes to help balance the gut to improve full-body health. 

In this episode we’ll cover:  

(4:47) How the mind-gut connection affects mental health 

(11:01) Impact of non-communicable diseases on the gut & how to resolve through diet 

(17:18) Immune function & it’s response to infectious diseases 

(21:05) How to balance the gut through lifestyle + diet 

Dr. Emeran Mayer is an award-winning gastroenterologist and neuroscientist, and is considered a pioneer and world leader in the areas of gut-brain axis interactions, chronic visceral pain, and functional gastrointestinal disorders. He has published over 400 scientific papers and is the author of the books The Mind Gut Connection and The Gut Immune Connection. Dr. Mayer is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Executive Director of the G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience and Founding Director of the UCLA Brain Gut Microbiome Center. 

For show notes, transcripts, and to learn more about host Mary Purdy, MS, RDN, visit:  

http://healthcare.orgain.com/podcast/episodes/listen/season/3/episode/27.  

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