Mind & Life

Emeran Mayer – Biological Interconnectedness

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In this episode, Wendy speaks with gastroenterologist, author, and microbiome researcher Emeran Mayer. Emeran is a world renowned expert in the connections between the gut and the mind, and brings a biological lens to the concept of interconnection. This conversation covers many topics, including:

  • his interest in mind-body connection;
  • microbiome overview & current questions;
  • how we've inherited systems of communication from microbes;
  • gut-brain connections, and the concept of the "second brain";
  • how meditation might affect our microbes;
  • gut-immune connections;
  • the importance of barriers, and what goes wrong in "leaky gut";
  • barrier compromise as common core of nearly all chronic disorders;
  • stress and diet as key factors affecting our gut permeability;
  • what we can do to protect our gut;
  • equity issues around healthy food access;
  • the gut as a sense organ;
  • reductions in the diversity of microbes on the planet;
  • the role of antibiotics and environmental destruction;
  • development of the microbiome in pregnancy and infancy;
  • implications for our concept of self;
  • balance between reductionism and embracing complexity in science;
  • and the need for more of the feminine archetype in our world.

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