Sep 24, 2021
Guest Name and Bio:
Emeran Mayer, MD
Dr. Mayer is a Distinguished Research Professor in the
Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at
UCLA, Executive Director of the G Oppenheimer Center for
Neurobiology of Stress & Resilience and Founding Director of the
UCLA Brain Gut Microbiome Center.
He has been one of the pioneers in the science and practice of
brain gut microbiome interactions with applications in a wide range
of diseases in gastrointestinal, psychiatric and neurological
disorders. He has published more than 388 scientific papers and
co-edited 3 scientific books. He is the recipient of the 2016 David
McLean award from the American Psychosomatic Society and the 2017
Ismar Boas Medal from the German Society of Gastroenterology and
Metabolic Disease. His current research interest is focused on the
role of brain gut microbiome interactions in human diseases,
including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, autism spectrum
disorders, obesity and inflammatory bowel disease.
In addition to his academic interests, Mayer has a longstanding
interest in ancient healing traditions and affords them a level of
respect rarely found in Western Medicine. He has been involved in
documentary film productions about the Yanomami people in the
Orinoco region of Venezuela, and the Asmat people in Irian Jaya. He
has recently co-produced the award winning documentary “In Search
of Balance” and is working on a new documentary “Interconnected
Planet”. He is a strong believer in Buddhist philosophy, was a
member of the UCLA Zen Center for several years, and got married in
a Tibetan monastery by Choekyi Nyima Rinpoche in Kathmandu. He
regularly pursues meditative practices.
He has spoken at UCLA TEDx on the Mysterious Origins of Gut
Feelings in 2015 and have been interviewed on National Public
Radio, PBS and by many national and international media outlets
including the Los Angeles and New York Times, Atlantic magazine and
Stern and Spiegel Online. He is the author of the 2016 bestselling
book The Mind Gut Connection published by Harper&Collins and
translated in 16languages.
In his recent book, The Gut Immune Connection, Mayer proposes a
radical, unifying concept about the chronic disease epidemic we are
finding ourselves in. He discusses how changes in our diet,
lifestyle and the way we interact with the world during the last 75
years have led to a profound dysregulation of the community of
trillions of microbes living in our gut, resulting in a progressive
chronic activation of our immune system. This aberrant immune
system activation is emerging as the root cause of our current
epidemic of interrelated chronic diseases affecting every part of
our body. In addition, it makes us more vulnerable to viral
pandemics. He uses the One Health concept to explain the intricate
interconnectedness between the microbes living in our gut, in the
soil, the health of our plants and our own health. He proposes a
solution to the chronic disease epidemic, which emphasizes the
implementation of major lifestyle changes, and focuses on a
radically different approach not only to our diet but to the
world.
What you will learn from this episode:
1) How the gut is connected to the immune system
2) How the gut is actually our first brain, not our second
brain
3) How changes in the gut microbiome can lead to conditions like
Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s disease
4) How the gut microbiome can impact mental health
5) How the serotonin in our gut microbiome can influence our health
and how we feel
How to learn more about our guest:
emeranmayer.com
uclacns.org
microbiome.ucla.edu
Facebook:
@emeranamayer
IG:
#emeranamayer
Linkedin:
@emeranamayer
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