What's Driving Your IBS And Gut Issues?

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  Our gut is a powerful control center, due to its
bidirectional communication with the brain, which we call the
gut-brain axis. This links the emotional and cognitive centers of
the brain with intestinal function. Certain conditions, such as
irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), are tied to imbalances in the
gut-brain axis and can benefit from taking a systems approach in
healing, which includes looking at diet, the microbiome, stress
management, and more.   In today’s episode, I talk with Dr.
Todd LePine, Dr. Emeran Mayer, and Dr. George Papanicolaou about
various root causes of irritable bowel syndrome, including
microbiome imbalance, parasites, and stress.   Dr. Todd LePine
graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is board certified in
Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine.
He is an Institute for Functional Medicine certified practitioner.
Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician
at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at
The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal
health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the
mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging,
bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic
inflammation, autoimmune disorders, and the neurobiology of mood
and cognitive disorders.   Dr. Emeran Mayer is the author of
The Gut-Immune Connection as well as The Mind-Gut Connection. He
has studied brain-body interactions for the last 40 years, is the
executive director of the G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of
Stress and Resilience, and is the founding director of the UCLA
Brain Gut Microbiome Center at the University of California at Los
Angeles. His research has been supported by the National Institutes
of Health for the past 25 years, and he is considered a pioneer and
world leader in the area of brain-gut microbiome interactions and
its clinical implications.⁣   Dr. George Papanicolaou is a
graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is
board certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital.
He is also an Institute for Functional Medicine practitioner. He
worked on the Navajo reservation for four years at the Chinle
Comprehensive Medical Facility, where he served as the Outpatient
Department Coordinator. In 2000, he founded Cornerstone Family
Practice in Rowley, MA. In 2015, he established Cornerstone
Personal Health, a practice dedicated entirely to Functional
Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou joined The UltraWellness Center in 2017.
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interviews can be found here: Dr. Todd LePine Dr. Emeran Mayer Dr.
George Papanicolaou