Please excuse me for resending you my 4 most recent Generation Fit posts. I changed web hosting for my site and in the process lost the links for these posts. I’ve resent these in case you still wished to read them. Thank you! IS OUR BEHAVIOR INFLUENCED BY OUR GUT MICROBES? I’m fascinated with the possibility that microbes in our gut can influence our brains. I’ve posted twice on this: Gut Reactions in May 2019 and Your Gut Microbiome can foretell your future in December 2015 Now, I read that gut microbes may directly influence our behavior. Here are excerpts...
YOUR GUT MICROBIOME CAN FORETELL YOUR FUTURE I just finished finishing reading Brain Maker [2015, Little Brown & Co., $28 ($12 at Amazon)], a fascinating book by David Perlmutter, MD. Its subtitle, The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain—for Life, pretty much explains its subject matter. You are home to some 30 to 50 trillion microscopic creatures, mostly bacteria, both inside and outside your body. These bacteria create a micro-ecosystem called the microbiome (along with fungi, viruses and archaea). Your gut hosts by far the most bacteria Dr. Perlmutter, one of the nation’s leading neurologists, explains...
GUT REACTIONS This week I’ve been reading about the gut-brain connection. It seems that having a “gut-wrenching” feeling is no joke and that the gastrointestinal tract is indeed sensitive to emotions. Anger, sadness, anxiety, joy and others can trigger symptoms in the gut. But your brain can also react to signals from your stomach. Thus, your stomach or intestinal distress can be the cause or the product of anxiety and stress. The gut includes every organ involved in digesting and processing food. The lining of your gut has been called your “second brain” and communicates back and forth with your...
