Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

And in that time, she would have 15 minutes to herself every day, which from recollection was after she dropped her kids off at school, before she got into work, she'd go for a 15 minute walk in the park.

That was it.

The other thing she brought into her life was a passion that she'd always wanted to do, which was salsa dancing.

And she had never done it.

She never thought she had time.

She was always doing things for her husband and her children, never for her.

And 15 minutes of me time every day and going to a salsa dancing class once a week brought her Crohn's disease symptoms down by over 50% and it was sustainable.

I always remember that because I'm like, wow, no one's teaching us at a medical school, but it totally makes sense through the lens of the immune system and stress.

If her having time to herself is lowering her stress, if her doing something that she's passionate about, we also know that has a positive impact on your stress response and your immune system.

it stands to reason that her symptoms may reduce somewhat.

It didn't go away.

She still had the condition, but it was way more manageable.

I think you said something to the effect of this idea that jujitsu has healed your nervous system.

We're talking about stress.

We're talking about the impact it has on our nervous systems and therefore our overall health.

Meditation is something you brought into your life and so is jujitsu.

Can you speak a little bit to what those two things have done for you?

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Now, this is the time of year when our immune systems are under the most pressure.

Between spending more time indoors, travel, and seasonal bugs, it's natural to look for extra ways to support our immune defenses.