⚡ 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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