The Mind-Gut Connection
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The Mind-Gut Connection
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See moreChances are, at some point in your life you’ve noticed the connection between your brain and your gut. If you’ve ever felt queasy as you walked into an uncomfortable situation or based a life decision based on a “gut feeling,” then you know that sometimes our bodies react faster than our minds. Most of us have also experienced the same phenomenon in reverse, where our mental state has affected our digestive system—like the butterflies in our stomach before an important meeting or a first date. But while the dialogue between the mind and the gut has been recognized for centuries, scientists today are just starting to understand how powerful that connection is.
In The Mind-Gut Connection, Dr. Emeran Mayer, executive director of the UCLA Oppenheimer Center for the Neurobiology of Stress, offers a cutting-edge view into this developing science, showing us the full impact of how the brain, gut, and microbiome—the community of microorganisms that live inside the digestive tract—communicate. As Dr. Mayer explains, when this communication channel is out of whack, major health problems can crop up, including food sensitivities and allergies, digestive disorders, obesity, depression, anxiety, and fatigue.
The Mind-Gut Connection teaches us how, with a few simple changes to our diet and lifestyle, we can enjoy a happier mindset, enhanced immunity, a decreased risk of developing neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, and even lose weight. With a simple, practical regimen drawn from the latest research, Dr. Mayer shows us that paying attention to the mind-gut balance is the key to unlocking vibrant health.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780063516441
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 November 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: HarperPerennial
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 454g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Emeran Mayer, MD, is the executive director of the G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and founding director of the Goodman Luskin Microbiome Center at the University of California at Los Angeles. His research has been supported over decades by the National Institutes of Health, and he is considered a pioneer and world leader in the study of brain-gut microbiome interactions.
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