Emeran Mayer, MD

NEW Mind-Gut Conversation Podcast: The SIBO Myth: What Clinicians & Patients Should Know w/ @EmeranMayerMD – SIBO is real but rare – Breath tests are flawed and overused – Rifaximin relief doesn’t mean cure

Emerging science shows that cultural factors play an important but often ignored role in diet and microbiome. A shift back towards ancestral diet patterns (whole foods, few chemicals, low sugar) are expected to reduce the mismatch and immune activation, causing beneficial…

Mental and physical health can’t be separated. Did you know that men and women have different patterns of brain connectivity between the brain stem which manages body functions like breathing, heart rate and emotional regulating networks? In episode 97 of the Mind-Gut…

The current, chronic, non-contagious disease epidemic has unfolded over the past 75 years, with the gut microbiome playing a central role. Although our microbes are good at quickly adapting to lifestyle changes, human biology evolves over a much longer span creating a major…

3 Gut Health Tips I recommend to my patients. #GITwitter #MedTwitter

Chronic stress doesn’t just affect your mind—it disrupts your gut, hormones, and immune system too. Modern life is flooding our bodies with psychological and dietary stress. What’s one habit that helps you manage stress and protect your gut?

Imagine your entire gut is on fire and your doctor doesn’t ask about your diet. That was the norm for decades. When I was in medical school, we were told to avoid fiber for IBD. The opposite of what we know today. It’s time to rethink how we treat chronic gut inflammation.