How Stress Destroys Your Gut Health with Dr Emeran Mayer

⚡ 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?📱 Connect with me:TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajanYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrKaran Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr📱 Connect with EmeranInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/emeranmayer/ Website: https://emeranmayer.com/ 🔥 Get my free weekly newsletter filled with easy to action health tips, interesting facts and science to fill your curiosity: https://drkaran.beehiiv.com/subscribe🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook 🎙️ An OG Podcasts production.