The Mind-Gut Conversation Podcast

In this episode, I talk with Colleen Cutcliffe, PhD, CEO and Co-Founder of Pendulum Therapeutics, a microbiome solutions company based in San Francisco, CA. Pendulum has developed two live microbial therapies, Pendulum Glucose Control for the management of type II diabetes, and Pendulum Akkermansia for the support of gut health. Dr. Cutcliffe has over 20 years of experience leading and managing bi...

In this episode, I talk to Hagen Schroeter, PhD, the Chief Science Officer at Mars Edge dedicated to translating scientific insights and the outcomes of health and nutrition research into evidence-based applications.   Hagen’s main interests focus on human health and nutrition, personalized nutrition, and data-enabled innovation in nutrition and wellbeing. He leads the scientific investigatio...

In this episode of the Mind Gut Conversation, Dr. Mayer talks with Shawn Stevenson, the author of the USA Today National bestseller Eat Smarter and the international bestselling book, Sleep Smarter. Shawn is also the creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the number #1 health podcast in the U.S. with millions of listener downloads each year.  They cover several topics, around a healthy...

Welcome back to the Mind Gut Conversation. In this episode, Dr. Mayer talks with one of the leading scientists and thought leaders in the field of gut-microbiome research, Dr. Colin Hill. He addresses the topic of the gut virome, the millions of virus living in our gut, a topic rarely addressed in the lay media.  We discuss some wide ranging questions during this interview, including:  &...

In this podcast, I sit down with Raja Dhir, co-founder and co-CEO of Seed Health and discuss the following questions:   1. If consuming fermented foods and high fiber work so well, why do we need probiotics?  2. How does the consumer determine the difference between evidence-based vs. influencers promoting nonsense?  3. Which diseases do probiotics work best for?  4. And much m...

Is There a Healthy Microbiome? In this podcast with one of the pioneers and thought leaders in the field of gut microbiome research, Dr. Shanahan is addressing crucial questions about a healthy microbiome, and gives some unexpected answers: What is a healthy and a normal gut microbiome? Are today’s clinical microbiome tests useful? What happens with the gut microbiome when people undergo changes i...

Nancy Zucker, PhD, is a clinician, researcher, and teacher at Duke University School of Medicine, where she founded and directs the Duke Center for Eating Disorders. Dr. Zucker is an Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is the author of numerous professional publications and is an author of the upcoming revised practice guidelines for the treatment of eating disor...

Welcome back to The Mind Gut Conversation Podcast! Today I join Dr. Sarah Abedi, MD in talking to Dr. Barry Kerzin who serves as a personal physician to the 14th Dalai Lama, along with treating people in the local community Dr. Kerzin is an American physician and Buddhist monk. He has lived in Dharamshala, India since 1988,. Following his ordination as a monk by  the Dalai Lama in 2003, he ha...

Dr. Singh did his Internal Medicine training at the University of Michigan, after which he completed a Gastroenterology/Hepatology fellowship at Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines. He served as faculty member at Johns Hopkins University and UCLA, before completing a fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine in Tucson, Arizona.  Dr. Singh is not only a boar...

In this episode of The Mind Gut Conversation, I talk with Arielle Lorre about her journey from rock bottom. Arielle is a lifestyle, wellness, and health influencer in the digital space. Six years ago, that was far from the case. After nearly losing her battle against addiction, Arielle decided to turn her life around by relentlessly pursuing health and happiness.  In 2016, Arielle made her In...

Ryland Engelhart is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Kiss the Ground, and is the producer of Kiss The Ground -- the film on Netflix. He has spent the past 15 years as an entrepreneur and love-activist, working in hospitality and building a "triple bottom line" business of organic plant-based restaurants called Cafe Gratitude and Gracias Madre in Southern CA. He is also a co-creator of the...

Dr. Robynne Chutkan is a nationally renowned gastroenterologist and bestselling author of Gut Bliss, The Microbiome Solution and The Bloat Cure. She is the founder of the Digestive Center for Wellness, an integrative gastroenterology practice incorporating optimization of the gut microbiome, nutritional therapy and stress management as part of the therapeutic approach to digestive disorders. &nbsp...

Will Bulsiewicz, MD, MSCI is a board-certified, award-winning gastroenterologist. He's a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine and was chief medical resident at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and chief gastroenterology fellow at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. He is also the NY-Times Bestselling author of the fantastic book: Fiber Fueled!   Check out Dr. Bulsiewicz'...

Legendary Nipun Mehta, founder of Karma Kitchen & ServiceSpace, and former member of the distinguished panel for initiating policy recommendations on poverty and inequality in America under President Obama, explains how to thrive in an interconnected world.   Learn more about Nipun here: http://nipun.servicespace.org/   Follow Dr. Mayer: - https://linktr.ee/emayer

Welcome back to the Mind Gut Conversation!  Join Dr. Mayer in Ep. 32 of The Mind Gut Conversation featuring himself as the guest!  In the last episode of the MGC, Dr. Mayer discussed IBS with Jana Hoffman from Mahana Therapeutics. In this episode, Dr. Mayer talks about the Brain-Gut-Microbiome Axis.   Disclaimer: Dr. Mayer is on the Scientific Board of Advisors for Mahana Therapeuti...

Welcome back to the Mind Gut Conversation! Join Dr. Mayer in Ep. 31 of The Mind Gut Conversation featuring himself as the guest!  Being interviewed by Mahana Therapeutics' Jana Hoffman, Dr. Mayer discusses Irritable Bowel Syndrome & science-backed ways of treating IBS.   Disclaimer: Dr. Mayer is on the Scientific Board of Advisors for Mahana Therapeutics   Follow Dr. Mayer: http...

Professor Felice Jacka, director of Deakin University's Food and Mood Centre, and founder and president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research (ISNPR) is an internationally known expert on the role of nutrition in mental health, and has led studies confirming the benefits of dietary improvement on depression. Dr. Jacka is also the author of a new book, Brain Changer :...

Join Dr. Mayer in Ep. 30 of The Mind Gut Conversation featuring Arthur Mullin from Navitas Organics. In this episode Dr. Mayer and Mr. Mullin discuss Navitas Organics as a company and how they got into the "superfood" category, as well as what that means. While the science is still not 100% there yet, superfoods contain many polyphenol compounds which we are beginning to understand play a critical...

Walter Willett is Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition and Chairman of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health & Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has published over 1,700 original research papers and reviews on lifestyle risk factors for heart disease, cancer, and other conditions, and he is the most cited nutritionist internationally.  He has...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Mind Gut Conversation. Today, I have the great pleasure of talking to visionary chef Dan Barber, who operates 2 famous restaurants in New York, the Blue Hill in Manhattan and the Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico, New York. Dan doesn’t need much of an introduction as there are few chefs in the world who have reached such a celebrity status as him, not only...

Liz Carlisle is an organic farming educator, lecturer at the School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences at Stanford University, and an assistant professor in the Environmental Studies program at the University of California in Santa Barbara. She is the author of two books about the transition to sustainable farming: Lentil Underground (winner of the 2016 Montana Book Award) and Grain by Gr...

Norbert Niederkofler is Executive Chef at Michelin 3-starred St. Hubertus at Hotel Rosa Alpina and owner of AlpiNN Food Space and Restaurant, the home of the Cook the Mountain project. Born in the Ahrntal valley in South Tyrol, Italy, he is committed to the preservation of local cultural heritage.   Watch the video format of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/sYpz6Qm6cNs?list=PLNPMMdnvzZIllH...

Dr. Gibson is an associate professor at the department of biology and microbiology and the head of the center for microbiome and inflammatory research. She is especially interested in the role of gut microbiome interactions in infants and the role of dietary fat on gut health and gut microbial health.   View this podcast in video format: https://youtu.be/c5UXllI8uVI?list=PLNPMMdnvzZIllHHdaaNm...

Dr. Ghosh is a member of the institute for healthy living and chronic disease prevention at UBC, and has a long-standing interest in dietary fats and exercise in preventing metabolic disease. To see the video format of this podcast, click here: https://youtu.be/UNYR_bXLO4U Follow Dr. Mayer: https://linktr.ee/emayer

While everybody talks about the health benefits of antioxidants, they are part of a larger group of molecules that plants produce, the polyphenols. These large molecules not only have a wide range of health benefits for the plants that produce them, but also for our gut microbes and for our overall health. Together with fiber, polyphenols are probably the most important reason underlying the healt...