CANCELLED: Dr. Emeran Mayer & Erica and Justin Sonnenburg - A Microbiome Summit (Corte Madera)

Please note: this event is being rescheduled to a TBD date in March/April.

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Moderated by Bruce Goldman

Join Dr. Emeran Mayer and Erica and Justin Sonnenburg for "A Microbiome Summit"!

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Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with the latest discoveries on the human microbiome, a practical guide in the tradition of The Second Brain, and The Good Gut that conclusively demonstrates the inextricable, biological link between mind and the digestive system.

We have all experienced the connection between our mind and our gut the decision we made because it felt right; the butterflies in our stomach before a big meeting; the anxious stomach rumbling we get when we re stressed out. While the dialogue between the gut and the brain has been recognized by ancient healing traditions, including Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine, Western medicine has by and large failed to appreciate the complexity of how the brain, gut, and more recently, the gut microbiota the microorganisms that live inside our digestive tract communicate with one another. In The Mind-Gut Connection, Dr. Emeran Mayer, professor of medicine and executive director of the UCLA Center for Neurobiology of Stress, offers a revolutionary and provocative look at this developing science, teaching us how to harness the power of the mind-gut connection to take charge of our health and listen to the innate wisdom of our bodies.

Dr. Emeran Mayer previously served as the Founding Chair of UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine, as the Executive Director of UCLA Center for Neurobiology of Stress, and as the Co-Director of the CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center. He has joint appointments in the Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Psychiatry. His work has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine and been featured in Psychology Today, the New York Times, London Sunday Times, and on NPR and PBS. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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Stanford University’s Justin and Erica Sonnenburg are pioneers in the most exciting and potentially transformative field in the entire realm of human health and wellness, the study of the relationship between our bodies and the trillions of organisms representing thousands of species to which our bodies play host, the microbes that we collectively call the microbiota. The microbiota interacts with our bodies in a number of powerful ways; the Sonnenburgs argue that it determines in no small part whether we’re sick or healthy, fit or obese, sunny or moody. The microbiota has always been with us, and in fact has coevolved with humans, entwining its functions with ours so deeply, the Sonnenburgs show us, humans are really composite organisms having both microbial and human parts. But now, they argue, because of changes to diet, antibiotic over-use, and over-sterilization, our gut microbiota is facing a “mass extinction event,” which is causing our bodies to go haywire, and may be behind the mysterious spike in some of our most troubling modern afflictions, from food allergies to autism, cancer to depression. It doesn’t have to be this way.

The Good Gut offers a new plan for health that focuses on how to nourish your microbiota, including recipes and a menu plan. In this groundbreaking work, the Sonnenburgs show how we can keep our microbiota off the endangered species list and how we can strengthen the community that inhabits our gut and thereby improve our own health. The answer is unique for each of us, and it changes as you age.

In this important and timely investigation, the Sonnenburgs look at safe alternatives to antibiotics; dietary and lifestyle choices to encourage microbial health; the management of the aging microbiota; and the nourishment of your own individual microbiome.

Caring for our gut microbes may be the most important health choice we can make.

Justin Sonnenburg, PhD, is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. In 2009, he was the recipient of an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.

Erica Sonnenburg, PhD, is currently a senior research scientist at the Stanford University School of Medicine in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, where she studies the role of diet on the human intestinal microbiota.

Location: 

51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA 94925
The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health By Justin Sonnenburg, Erica Sonnenburg, Andrew Weil, M.D. (Foreword by) Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143108085
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Penguin Books - May 3rd, 2016