Gut Immune Connection with Dr. Emeran Mayer Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast

Podcast Intro:
Immunity refers to an organism's ability to withstand a specific virus or poison through the use of specialized antibodies or sensitized white blood cells. We prefer to sacrifice healthy selections for the sake of saving time in this fast-paced atmosphere where fast foods are abundant. On the other hand, what are the negative consequences of these actions?
With many businesses competing with one another, and with the high demand for food relative to the continuous growth in population, companies are now churning out processed and cheap food rapidly. The lack of education and the rise of daily expenses on necessities, such as food, allowed people to compromise. Now, the pandemic accelerated and made things worse. What are the factors and effects that unhealthy food consumption leads to? Tune in as Dr. Emeran Meyer discusses the gut-immune relationship in this episode.
What you’ll get out of tuning in:
What is the “One Health Concept” What is the importance of the soil microbiome for plant and human health What are the mind-gut microbiome system and its role in health and disease What is the key to longevity and good health How the microbiome determines the strength of your immune system and your immune resistance. How to increase the abundance of microbes in your gut. How lifestyle determines your chances of surviving pandemics that are about to come in the future. Links/CTA:
Emeran Mayer, MD Instagram: @emeranmayer Youtube Channel: emeranmayermd The Mind Gut Connection book, Harper Wave 2016 The Gut Immune Connection book, Harper Wave 2021 Highlights:
Cate talks about the case of Covid and an Elderly with regards to Microbiome Cate talks about perspective, our beliefs influence how we think and how we solve problems. Cate talks about the direct correlation between chronic systemic inflammation and the severity of symptoms Timestamps:
12:26 - Metabolic Syndrome 16:14 - Science and Practice of Mind-Body Interactions 22:23 - Cytokine Storm 27:10 - The “Gut Immune Connection” by Emeran Mayer 28:55 - Why do people fear when they hear “virus or bacteria” 33:41 - Scientific vs. Empirical Evidence 37:05 - Ancient vs. Modern Concepts 40:53 - Learning from the Ancient Sages Quotes:
“The fact that today, we see this increasing prevalence of autoimmune diseases and allergies and food sensitivities. Many people think it has a lot to do with the altered interaction we have, as infants in a much more sterile environment. Where we have banned microbes from the time of deliveries, or C sections and sterile hospital environments, to antibiotics early on, prematurely born babies ending up in intensive care units being loaded with antibiotics for four weeks sometimes.” “Early in life in terms of the natural exposure, Homo sapiens have had to their environment, including going through the birth canal, and picking up some of the good bacteria in the birth canal, which helps start to build the baby immune system is even like upon injection, right from the mom’s body to then what we do. And if we look back, historically, there was a lot of skin-to-skin contact with newborns. There’s a lot of mixing of the environment with the infant. And that helped create a baseline immune system, an innate immune system that was stronger.” “When we look in any indigenous culture, usually there’s some relationship with a specific type of traditional fermented foods. And so in ayurvedic medicine, it was always considered to pacify Vata, which is the wind force, which creates the issues primarily in the nervous system first, and then the digestive system second, and it’s like the nerves that upset the digestive system, like just being nervous, being anxious, being worried more of the people that are on the lighter side have less consistency with digestive capacity.” “The immune activation happens in the gut. So, these microbes are only microns away from immune cells. And it’s the only separation