“How do we work with gravity to be healthier and stronger?” explains Brennan Spiegel, M.D.

Brennan Spiegel, M.D., a physician and professor whose work is focused on how emotion, physical experience, and the mind-body connection shape health, joins us today to explore the emerging field of biogravitational medicine and what it reveals about our relationship with gravity, the body, and health.

- What is biograviational medicine? (~3:30)

- The connection between health & biogravitational forces (~4:45)

- How Spiegel got interested in this topic (~6:40)

- How gravity affects IBS (~8:15)

- What is EDS? (~12:00)

- Holistic approach to gut health (~14:10)

- The role of the microbiome & biogravitational medicine (~18:20)

- The overarching role of gravity in our health (~24:00)

- How to optimize your health through gravity (~26:00)

- The effect on mental health (~31:10)

-  A protocol for mental resilience (~34:00)

- His current research (~35:30)

- Accessible ways to improve your health through gravity (~39:35)

- The mind-body connection (~41:45)

- The role of HRV (~43:35)

- Spiegel’s dream study (~45:40)

- The future of the field (~48:50)

Referenced in the episode: 

- Follow Spiegel on Instagram (@brennan_spiegel) 

- Learn more about Spiegel (www.BrennanSpiegelMD.com) 

- Pick up his book, Pull: How Gravity Shapes Your Body, Steadies the Mind, and Guides Our Health (https://www.amazon.com/Pull-Gravity-Shapes-Steadies-Guides/dp/1250371384)

- Check out his podcast (https://thegravitydoctors.com/) 

- What’s my Gravitype Quiz: https://virtualmedicine.org/pull/

- Research on gravity’s effect on the gut (DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002066) 

- Research on mental gravity (https://doi.org/10.3390/e25091275) 

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