Emeran Mayer Biological Interconnectedness
b'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:\\n \\n \\nhis interest in mind-body connection;\\n \\nmicrobiome overview & current questions;\\n \\nhow we\'ve inherited systems of communication from microbes;\\n \\ngut-brain connections, and the concept of the "second brain";\\n \\nhow meditation might affect our microbes;\\n \\ngut-immune connections;\\n \\nthe importance of barriers, and what goes wrong in "leaky gut";\\n \\nbarrier compromise as common core of nearly all chronic disorders;\\n \\nstress and diet as key factors affecting our gut permeability;\\n \\nwhat we can do to protect our gut;\\n \\nequity issues around healthy food access;\\n \\nthe gut as a sense organ;\\n \\nreductions in the diversity of microbes on the planet;\\n \\nthe role of antibiotics and environmental destruction;\\n \\ndevelopment of the microbiome in pregnancy and infancy;\\n \\nimplications for our concept of self;\\n \\nbalance between reductionism and embracing complexity in science;\\n \\nand the need for more of the feminine archetype in our world.\\nFull show notes and resources'