Giulia Enders: Stress Is in Your Gut

About this episode

Giulia Enders discusses the connection between gut health and overall well-being, emphasizing the importance of viewing the body as a complex system.

Giulia Enders is a German doctor and author who is well known for explaining how the gut works and how it affects our overall health. She helps people understand topics like digestion, gut bacteria, and the connection between the gut and the brain. In her talks, she explains that the body should be seen as a whole. To understand the gut, we also need to think about sleep, stress, metabolism, diet, and mental health. She explains medical ideas in a clear and simple way, while also paying close attention to patients’ experiences. She wrote the bestselling book Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ. Today, she is one of the most well-known voices in health education. Her main idea is simple: the body is not a machine, but a living and complex system where everything is connected.

People in this episode

Guest: Giulia Enders

Topics covered

• gut health
• digestion
• mental health
• stress
• diet
• gut bacteria

Keywords

• gut
• health
• stress
• digestion
• bacteria
• metabolism
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBVA

Books & works: Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ

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