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Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory

Why Your Gut Is Your Second Brain | Emeran Mayer on Health Theory

Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory

Impact Theory

News, Business, News Commentary

4.75.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Emeran Mayer, gastroenterologist and author of The Mind-Gut Connection, joins Tom to discuss how our diet impacts our gut, and how our gut impacts our life. SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE EPISODES: https://www.youtube.com/tombilyeu DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: The Mind Gut Connection by Emeran Mayer: https://amzn.to/2pKu7OP Viome: https://www.viome.com/ Naveen Jain on Impact Theory: https://youtu.be/Y_itHlMwrFA SHOW NOTES Why it’s important our body works synergistically [01:36] How stress impacts gut interactions [03:03] The interaction between the “big brain” and the “second brain” [07:40] Can we actually rebuild the diversity in our microbiomes? [10:23] Do fecal transplants work? [12:45] How our diet changes our microbiome [14:15] The gut and brain health [16:19] Tom and Lisa’s experience with the ketogenic diet [17:18] Why gut health is essential for serotonin production [19:57] How our gut influences depression and anxiety [22:24] The impact of meditation on the gut [23:14] Microbiome sequencing and individualized treatment [24:36] The top 3 things that influence our gut health [25:32] How Viome helped Lisa’s complicated gut health [28:32] The Brain Connectome Project [29:57] The ONE thing you should do right now to improve your health [34:33] FOLLOW EMERAN MAYER FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2pJg4tC INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/2pLsSyK WEBSITE: http://emeranmayer.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Impact Theory podcast, your source of empowering ideas and actionable

0:06.0

techniques from the world's highest achievers.

0:09.0

Join host Tom Billiou, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of a billion dollar brand quest

0:14.2

nutrition on a journey to unlock your potential and realize your vision of success.

0:19.9

Welcome to Impact Theory.

0:23.8

Everybody, welcome to Health Theory.

0:25.7

You're here because you believe that human potential is nearly limitless, but you know

0:29.4

that your ability to actually actuate your potential is at least partially based on your

0:33.8

physical body.

0:34.8

As such, both of us are here to learn, and my obsession is with helping people optimize

0:39.0

their minds, and my goal with this show is to introduce you to the people and ideas that

0:43.7

will help you do just that.

0:45.4

I'm Tom Billiou, co-founder of Quest Nutrition and Impact Theory, and today we're joined

0:49.2

by Dr. Emmer and Mayor.

0:50.9

He's a UCLA professor, brain gut microbiome expert, gastroenterologist, neuroscientist, and

0:57.7

Amazon best-selling author of the Mind Gut Connection.

1:01.6

In my quest to solve my wife's digestive issues, I came across his book and I was totally blown

1:06.1

away and wanted to bring him on to see what more I could learn.

1:09.0

So without further ado, Dr. Emmer and Mayor.

1:11.9

Thank you so much for joining us today.

1:13.4

Hi Tom, nice to be in the show.

1:14.4

Absolutely.

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