The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices and Our Overall Health

Book binding is good, the paper used is recycled, the printing is good, and the fonts are big. The paperback is weak, and this book is not a photocopy, but at such a price, getting a foreign author is a privilege; in America price will be 1500+INR. I want to suggest the publisher make a strong book cover; otherwise, it looks cheap from out outside first impression, inside the book is very good. If you are struggling with your health. No doctor tells you this; all are pharma agents, even ayurvedic folks, and Indians do not know what to eat, only lentils of peagon pea, rice, wheat bread, and a lot of green grass. We don't know the protein source, omega-3, or vitamin B12 source. I recommend this book to Indian teens, very ambitious but lacking in basic health, self-care, and self-love. When you encounter chronic diseases, even your parents will say See this or that boy, they never get sick, and you are always sick, so and so. They don't know basic manners, how to talk to children, or kids. Parents beat children, which later becomes childhood trauma that no medicine can cure. I don't know if I will survive or not, but if I got this book in 2020 or 2021. I would have treated myself. May god give me strength. Don't be a nice guy or girl for parents; they are horrible, ectoparasites. Don't try to act like lord Ram or Shravan Kumar. Indian parents are no more parents; they have now turned into capitalists who invest only. Take a full 8-9 hours of sleep, don't listen to any baba.

Nice book

Good Readability. Nice Print and Font. Adequate gap between lines makes it easy for our eyes. Packaging was Good. Received within one day.

It tells us how important is our gut health for a strong body and mental health.

• More than hundred trillion microbes live in our gut. • They make our gut microbiome. • The quality of our microbiome depends on various factors like our mothers microbiome, the food we eat, the environment we live in and our state of mind. • Our state of mind plays a very very important role in determining our gut health. The emotions in our brain play out in the theater of our gut. Fear and sudden stress leads to diarrhoea many a times ! • And, the gut health also has a significant impact on our moods, emotions and our mental health. Why is autism and parkinsons sky rocketing these days ? By eating organic, by eating 80% plant based food and less animal meat, by avoiding all refined foods including white sugar and white salt, by saying NO to all processed food, by avoiding anti biotics as much as possible and by depending on healing properties of plants, by maintaining a healthy lifestyle (that includes daily exercise), by fasting once a month, and by avoiding stress through the practice of mindful meditation, we can ensure a great gut health as well as emotional wellness. Hippocrates said ALL DISEASES START IN THE GUT. And, research now shows (the indian and Buddhist monks said it a thousand years ago) the mind plays a huge role in affecting the gut. Fear, anger, jealousy, hatred and many other negative emotions stored in our brain for a long time manifest as diseases later. Oblivious to the root cause, we keep treating the organ and suffer endlessly. Add life to your years and years to your life. Live well ! Thank you Dr.Mayer, brilliant work indeed : )

The quality of the book is not good at all. Kept it for the content. But recommend to try another seller. Don’t go with cocoblu

Excellent book. Everyone must read.

Cons: Looked like some one returned the book as book cover has scratches, discolorayion Pros: plastic free eco friendly packaging Haven't read the book through. Just skimked through pages. So far looks intigruiging.

leading a more healthy lifestyle.

本書の内容は「自閉症、アルツハイマー病、パーキンソン病、統合失調症（いわゆる精神分裂症）、喘息その他の自己免疫疾患、うつ病、肥満、ある種の糖尿病は、実は腸の病気？」という驚くべきものであるが、記載は非常に中立かつ慎重で、「胎教」、「内臓病は心の病気」等の民間知見を丁寧に科学的に跡付けたものである。著者は、精神と身体の関係を追求すべく、スイスの田舎の老舗菓子店の息子という安定した地位を捨てて、当時、当該学問の聖地であったカルフォルニアに移住した高名な研究者である。 特に重要な指摘は、いわゆる「胎教」の科学的説明の部分であり、「母親の精神状態が荒廃していると、胎児は生れ出る世界は荒廃した世界で有害な病原体や油断できない競争者に満ちていると解釈し、それに備えて、体と心を鎧で包んで生まれてくるのである」すなわち、免疫系はピリピリ、精神はイガイガ、周りは全部敵ばかりという具合である。 また、パーキンソン病の初期症状は、発症の２０年も前に腸に現れるのである。 さらに、腸の細菌叢は柔軟で「数か月以内にダイエットシュガーを一般の糖に分解する能力を獲得する」という主張は、驚くべきもので、言い換えると「長期的に言うと、ダイエットシュガーは体の中で、普通の糖分よりも多くの糖分に分解される」のである。そうするとダイエットシュガーて、いったい何でしょうか？ということになりますね。

There is sure no shortage of trade books on the microbiome and the list of books is bound to proliferate given the popularity of the topic. This book separates itself from the pack in a number of ways. First, Dr Mayer is one of the select group of scientists worldwide whose work has helped fuel research into what we know about the microbiome and its importance to our health. While other scientists saw painful medical disorders like irritable bowel syndrome as a “psychiatric disorder” Dr Mayer was conducting research showing that the brain has a far more powerful and complex role in tipping the balance between health and illness than just governing our mental wellbeing. Because he knows what he is talking about, the reader can feel confident that the material is accurate, trust worthy, and backed by evidence tested in rigorous laboratory settings. This is no small feat among the growing number of books chock full of half-truths, exaggerations, and outright inaccuracies that make it hard for the reader to separate fact from fiction. Second, Dr Mayer emphasizes the importance not only of how our mood, behaviors like our activity level and what we eat and drink, and mindset can impact the collection of microbes that colonize the human body but how our microbiome can in turn impact the brain. There is no other book available that covers so much terrain with such expertise and precision. Third, the book is an easy read, written in such an engaging and non-technical manner that even the person whose last science book was in 10th grade bio class will find this book a pleasure to read, making it far and away the best microbiome book out there for general audience. Finally, as a gifted clinician, Dr Mayer concludes the book with some “nuts and bolts” strategies for how to make simple lifestyle changes that put in practice what microbiome research tells us about how to optimize our health. A+: Recommend wholeheartedly -- Dr Jeffrey Lackner, Behavioral Medicine Clinic, University at Buffalo, SUNY

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Fascinating, enlightening read and a window into the yet to be fully understood world of microbes and their role and impact on human health and well-being. Published in 2016, yet it's narrative still resonates today with ongoing research affirming much of what Emeran Mayer posits.