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Dr. Trisha Pasricha

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1766 total appearances

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The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

Your life is going to change in two big ways.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

First, you're going to stop thinking about your gut as a digestive organ.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

You're going to start thinking about your gut as a brain because that's what it is.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

Your gut is a brain.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

It has more nerve cells than the entirety of your spinal cord.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

It is creating all the same neurotransmitters like dopamine, like serotonin, and it is constantly sending signals up to the brain in your head through this information superhighway called the vagus nerve.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

And also, so many of the diseases that we're most afraid of, from certain cancers to Parkinson's disease, these can all start in the gut.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

Once you realize that, everything changes because then you can realize you can change your health not 10 years from now, but today.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

You can start to take control of your health through your gut, and that gives you real control.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

The second thing that's going to change for you is that you're going to realize this whole time your symptoms were never all in your head.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

All of those GI symptoms, the bloating, the trouble with digestion, the going to the bathroom, none of that was ever just stress.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

And I think the reason that so many people for so long haven't been believed is because some people aren't as familiar with all of the data and all of the research that I'm going to share with you today.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

And once you have that knowledge and that validation, it's going to give you power back and agency to get the help that you need.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

Yeah.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

Let me bring out this model here.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

Let's walk through it.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

Yeah.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

And first thing I'm going to do is actually I'm going to take the lungs out.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

I'm going to take the heart out just so we can see a little better.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

I promise you I'm not that heartless.