{"id":162,"date":"2024-11-26T18:07:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T18:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmpsychologist.co.za\/blog\/?p=162"},"modified":"2024-11-26T18:07:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T18:07:36","slug":"gut-feeling-how-your-brain-and-belly-shape-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bmpsychologist.co.za\/blog\/2024\/11\/26\/gut-feeling-how-your-brain-and-belly-shape-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Gut Feeling: How Your Brain and Belly Shape Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gut Feeling: How Your Brain and Belly Shape Mental Health with Batetshi Matenge\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jYubcjjGI9s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this insightful webinar, we will explore the intricate connection between your brain and gut, known as the brain-gut axis, and how it plays a pivotal role in shaping mental health. Our guest Dr Shona will begin by explaining the anatomy of this powerful communication pathway, with a focus on the vagus nerve, its innervation throughout the body, and its link to the central nervous system. We will discuss how chronic stress, anxiety, depression, Parkinson\u2019s disease, dementia, and Autism Spectrum Disorder are influenced by this relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this insightful webinar, we will explore the intricate connection between your brain and gut, known as the brain-gut axis, and how it plays a pivotal role in shaping mental health. Our guest Dr Shona will begin by explaining the anatomy of this powerful communication pathway, with a focus on the vagus nerve, its innervation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webinar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmpsychologist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmpsychologist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmpsychologist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmpsychologist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmpsychologist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bmpsychologist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164,"href":"https:\/\/bmpsychologist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmpsychologist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmpsychologist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmpsychologist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmpsychologist.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}