I listened to this Ted Talk podcast on my way up to the Science Teacher Convention on Friday morning. Immediately, I thought of my awesome Honors Biology classes and how much you would love this.
You can either watch the video above or listen to the podcast in the link below:
https://play.radiopublic.com/ted-talks-daily-69aZB6/ep/s1!1f1a9e47206f32d17afa0c1998e1e3b8350df523
What do you think? Can you think of a time when your emotions and stress caused you digestive problems? Do you think mental health is linked to digestion?
Write a scholarly paragraph with at least five sentences about the Ted Talk. Then please respond to at least one of your peers.
This video was very interesting claiming that the bowels are much more important than we may think. Thus, the final inner sphincter muscle is linked to our brain, letting us know when we have to go. Left overs from digestion are let through and then the sensory cells determine if its gaseous or soild.To clean, our system needs good bacteria, and even bad bacteria to build up our immune systems. I personally don’t remember a time when my emotions and stress caused digestion problems, but I strongly believe that they can have a big impact on our digestive system. Mental health is definitely linked with our digestion.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised you never stress eat. My friends and I all do.
DeleteI'm also surprised you have had nervous digestive problems. What does that say about your personal mental health?
DeleteI don't stress eat either.
DeleteI think if you're stressed your digestive system may change. When I have a big test and I'm studying the day before I tend to stress eat. I will study and eat at the same time. Our digestive system can sense our emotions so when people are stressed our digestive system knows it. Giulia made a point that not only does our brain effect our digestive system, but our digestive system effects our brain. Giulia made another point that sometimes our digestive system could use the bad bacteria to know what to look out for, so a clean digestive system means plenty of good bacteria and some bad bacteria.
ReplyDeleteI find it to be a really interesting concept that stress it directly connected to the gut and digestive system. I also stress eat before tests.
DeleteI watched the Ted Talk video. The lady in the video is a doctor of the anus and of the intestinal tract. I learned that only 10% of the command is being acknowledged. The other 90% of the nervous fibers are sending info back to the brain. When your gut is irritated, it send information to the brain and while it may not be reaching visual cortex or word formation, but it can reach emotional processing, fear, mortality and self awareness. When people have bacteria, stomach aches, irritated bowl syndrome, it can cause more of a chance to give ur body anxiety or depression. This makes sense taking into concern that 90% of the information is sent to our brain giving it information. And if your stomach is irritated then it I’ll be sending the bad information to your brain. I think mental health could be related to your digestion, but i also think that there is much more than how your tummy is feeling to make u depressed and have major anxiety like some people do. I know when my tummy is hurting I get kinda crabby and this makes sense now because of the information my brain is receiving. I get annoyed and angry and not a happy person.
ReplyDeleteThe same things happen to me when my stomach hurts! I'm curious to find out if it affects any other ways your organs work.
DeleteI saw the video “charming bowels”. It was surprising to me that there was so much connection between our brains and our organs. I used to think that our brain told our organs what to do when actually it's mostly the organs that tell the brain how to react. I think that it is possible to have digestive problems when you are feeling stressed. When I used to dance for a studio, they did the nutcracker every Christmas. While I waited backstage, I felt really stressed about my performance and it caused me to have a bad stomach ache. Like I learned in class, this stomach ache was caused when the stomach was producing too much hydrochloric acid due to my stress level. Depending on how your body is feeling at any moment rather it be excited, sad, stressed, angry etc, your organs are going to react a certain way. People that have digestive organ diseases are more likely to have anxiety and depression. Its also interesting that 95% of bacteria cannot harm us. In fact, some bacteria actually help keep our intestines clean.
ReplyDeleteI also thought it was surprising for how much say our gut has and the relationship between our organs and our brain.
DeleteI also get nervous stomach aches. I think teens usually think this is a reaction from our brain but it's cool to know that it's our body trying to help us. I wonder if nausea is a sign of eustress or distress.
DeleteI thought it was cool to see how our gut and brain actually communicated
DeleteThroughout watching the video, stress can cause digestive problems. Stress can trigger systems in the gut. In addition, 10% of the nerves that connects brain and gut deliver information from transfer info to brain to gut. Also, nervous vomiting and nervous diarrhea are caused by transmitters from the brain to your gut and your gut will not be functioning well by taking away blood and energy for safe energy for problem solving. In fact, “90% of the nervous guttin brain deliver information from our gut to our brain.” I know sometimes too much school work or activities outside school can cause me to be stressed out, however, I never had problems with my digestive system when I’m stressed.
ReplyDeleteI think school is the main reason why kids are stressed these days.
DeleteAfter watching this video, it amazed me. I can't believe the relationship between the bowel and the brain and how one affects the other. I personally think that I can see that in myself. Whenever I'm stressed, I can tell that I begin to have a stomach ache and it's nice to know why now. I also understand why people nervous vomit. It is because the brain is nervous, so it tells the small intestine not to digest it. It then makes the body vomit.
ReplyDeleteI figured that out too
DeleteI also get stomach aches when I am stressed. It definitely is interesting to see the connection between the bowel and the brain.
DeleteI agree, it's cool to finally get an answer to why our stomachs hurt when we get nervous!
DeleteThat's interesting how the brain tells the small intestine to not digest the food when it's nervous.
DeleteIn the Ted Talk video, there were many links to stress and mental health. For me personally, I believe that mental health is affected by an eating disorder (or vise versa). When you are nervous, you body doesn't react well. For example, stress-eating & nervous vomiting. There are many connections to your brain. Nervous vomiting/diarrhea are triggered by the transmitters in your brain. When I was studying for a test yesterday, I barely ate anything because I was so focused on studying. Like I said before, I believe digestive system problems is affected by mental health. If you have an disorder, it may lead for you to eat less than you are supposed to consume.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, I tend to eat more when I am stressed with school and studying!
DeleteThroughout this video, I learned that stress can cause many digestive issues, including nervous vomiting and nervous diarrhea. 10% of the nerves connected to our brain transfer information into the gut, so nerves and stress directly affect our stomach and digestion. This is really interesting to me, because sometimes when I get really stressed I start not feeling well, but I never knew why this occurred.
ReplyDeleteI also learned about the communication numbers and find that very interesting.
DeleteI also learned that digestion can be linked ti stress and other mental health problems and find that very interesting.
DeleteWatching Giulia talking about charming bowels was very interesting as one does not often consider how much our body does for us. In the video, she mentioned how only 10% of information is transferred from the brain to the gut. Rather, the gut uses nervous fibers to send 90% of information to the brain. This make me think about before tests how teachers tell us to go with our gut. I always thought this was just a hyperbole for a feeling that’s right but now we understand the facts behind it. The gut is also a reflection of our feelings making the statement to depend on it correct. For example, the boy Giulia mentioned suffered a mental illness and with bad breath in his mouth (an area of digestion) his suffering was reflected. Our gut is often overlooked but the complexity behind it is remarkable. Teens often conceive that they get nervous-nausea because of the overwhelming feeling of nervousness; what we don’t know that this is really our guts way of helping and understanding us by trying to reserve our energy.
ReplyDeleteI agree too that teens get nervous-nausea when there is an overwhelming feeling of nervousness and I also never knew that it was our gut trying to help us by reserving our energy.
DeleteAfter watching this video i’m very interested. The way the science works for a lot of these daily actions everyone goes through are pretty interesting. For example we think that the brain sends out all the signals to the body that tell us what to do however for the intestinal tract this is pretty much completely opposite. 90% of the communication done by the gut and the brain starts at the gut and is sent to the brain with only 10% being brain to gut. Its also cool how we need bad bacteria in our system to have it work at its best. I personally have experienced digestive issues because of stress before mostly before games and tests. This definitely links with mental health.
ReplyDeleteI forgot about baseball and basketball games. I guess being nervous would be stress. Now that I think about it, I agree that games and tests do cause digestive issues.
DeleteYeah, I my digestive system is affected (or at least it feels like it does), whenever I get nervous.
DeleteI agree with what you said at the end about how you can get digestive issues before a big event. I think that teens can especially get digestive issues when there is a big test or final.
DeleteAfter watching the video, I was shocked by what I heard. As the speaker stated “the brain suggests that you go to the bathroom.” Hearing this, I was confused at first because I thought it was more like a feeling when you have to go, but no, your body is telling you to. Oddly, I can’t think of a time when I had digestion problems (thankfully). This is most likely because I have good mental health. I do believe that stress and other mental problems like stress can affect digestion. When you're stressed, all you think about is why, and your body begins doing other things like releasing cortisol (what your body releases when you’re stressed). Obviously this is a problem considering you want your body digesting food, not releasing hormones. Overall, staying healthy physically and mentally can both affect digestion.
ReplyDeleteThe video was very interesting. I didn’t know that for the digestive system it is 90% of the gut doing the sending instead of the brain. I have had a personal experience with stress like before a huge game or before a huge test. Mental health is a direct correlation to your gut. I really liked this video.
ReplyDeletei watched the ted talk. I was surprised to find out that your gut and brain communicate. I think her speech really shocked the audience. When i am stressed i tend to eat a lot of junk food which is not normal for me. I think it was shocking to find that people with stomach issues have a higher risk for anxiety an depression. I think the woman had good points. I think that mental illnesses are linked to the gut. I think this because if you are worried or stressed your stomach can ache or you can feel sick and no one likes that feeling and if you have those pains and issues everyday, that would probably effect your brain and that is why i think mental illnesses and your gut are linked
ReplyDeleteI never knew how closely related our brain and gut were. If you think about it though, it makes a lot of sense. Since 90 percent of signals between the brain and the gut start in the gut, it is easy to see why we are so affected by things like stress and how it can impact digestion. Personally my stomach starts to hurt when I get anxiety. It is helpful to know why this happens.
ReplyDeleteI watched the video and I was very surprised. I've never taken the time to acknowledge the daily things that occur within our body.For example, I had originally believed that the brain was truly in control of all bodily functions. In reality, 90% percent of gut-and-brain communions are gut to brain. The remaining 10% is brain to gut. However, when you are nervous or anxious or stressed, your gut senses these feelings in your brain and stops the process of digestion by making people vomit and go to the bathroom, all to save energy for any possible situation. This explains why your moods and emotions truly effect your diet. Your gut can sense if you are stressed out for a test, or if you are sad about something bad occurring in your life and it will simply stop, or make you lose any sense of hunger- this has happened to me. Before watching this interesting video, I never would have even considered the possibility that the gut of all things reflects emotion. Does the gut effect or react with any of our other senses? Like taste and smell?
ReplyDeleteI agree, I think our gut is a huge contributor to our mental health, because like you said, when we are upset about something, we lose a sense of hunger and don't eat anything.
DeleteI think it is interesting the ratio of information sent from brain to gut and gut to brain.
DeleteI found Guilia's information in the Ted Talk very interesting. I always assumed that the brain was mainly in control of how our digestive system works, but it turns out 90% of neurological signals travel from the gut to the brain. This explains why our body tells us to eat more when stressed and vomit when nervous. I can relate to this because when I get nervous, I get a stomach ache and I tend to eat a lot of junk food before stressful events. This also may have a link to mental health as people with bowel issues might be more prone to mental illness because your intestines are telling your brain that something is wrong.
ReplyDeleteDuring the video, it was interesting how stress could cause digestive issues. In the video the speaker mentioned that 10% of the nerves that connect the brain and the gut deliver information from the brain to the gut, 90% of the nervous fibers that connect the gut and the brain deliver information from our gut to our brain. Sometimes I don't feel well when I'm stressed out about something. I believe that mental health is linked with digestion.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching the video, I had a newfound respect for the digestive system. Especially how the digestive system will sometimes suggest times for you to go to the bathroom and cleans out your small intestine all on it's own. My digestive system has never really been affected by me being sad. Instead, I'm very susceptible to my digestive system being affected by stress or nervousness, feeling like it's getting twisted up (Butterflies in the stomach, for lack of a body phrase). Also, when I'm stressed I've found that I don't need to go to the bathroom as much. I definitely think that there is a link between mental health and the digestive system.
ReplyDeleteThis video was very interesting, I've always wondered what exactly our gut does. The gut has 40x more surface area than our skin. The nervous system is extremely complex. As we may know, we have an outer sphincter that we can control, but it turns out we have an inner sphincter that we cannot control. Leftovers from digestion are sent to the inner sphincter first. It examines what has been delivered to it. It sends a message to our brain telling it if it is gaseous or solid. Then the brain decides if the body has to go to the bathroom or not. The video said that the gut may be the most important advisory organ for our brain because it is collecting information not only on the quality of our nutrients but also how our cells are doing and how the hormones in our blood are doing. Surprisingly, our gut contributes to our mood and how we are feeling. I have experienced digestive issues, especially before a gymnastics meet. This must be my gut telling my brain how nervous I am, and then I have trouble digesting my food because of it.
ReplyDeleteYes there was a time where stress causes digestive issues to me.I believe that mental health does have some relationship with the digestive system.In the video I learned stress can cause diarrhea and vomiting.nerves from our brain transfer some information into the gut.
ReplyDeleteI never though that stress coudl cause something that comes out your mouth like vomit. It doesn't make any sense to me
DeleteI do agree that mental health has a direct relationship to the digestive system.
DeleteI listened to the Ted talk about the connection between brain and stomach. She tells a story of a friend of hers who had killed himself, having bad breath the day before. This caused her to look deeply into the connection between brain and stomach, finding that only about 10% of this connection is brain to stomach while the other 90% is stomach to brain. This is crazy to me because your stomach can affect how you see the world or how your moods change throughout the day. If your stomach hurts your brain begins to feel bad for it causing you to have a bad mood if your stomach is having issues. I would have never thought this to even be a possibility without this Ted talk.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching this video, I was very interested because it really opened my eyes to see how much our gut actually does to contribute to our bodies. In the video I learned how our gut can relate to our brain in ways we never knew. 90% of the communications with our gut and brain are gut to brain, and the remaining 10% is brain to gut. This showed me how closely related our gut and brain are to each other, because they work together to figure out how our bodies are doing mental health wise. I think mental health does affect our gut and our digestive system because when people get a feeling of stress or anxiety, the brain and gut sense this, causing us to stress eat or not even eat at all. On the other hand, when the brain gets a feeling of sadness or depression, we kind of go into a slump and not eat anything. Your gut really does base off of your mental health, and this video showed me just how important your gut is to your body.
ReplyDeleteI feel that digestive systems can change depending on what you are dealing with. Like more stress less stress or no stress at all. Stress can cause many problems like diarrhea and vomiting. The brain controls what we do when we are stresses or not. If your stressed it can cause you body harm.
ReplyDeleteI think that I could be affected by my gut after this video. I don't eat very healthy foods and this could be affecting me mentally. I also think that I should be eating better if everything in my gut is so utterly complex and interesting. And after watching the video, I was intrigued to learn how independent the digestive system is from the rest of the body. So much is happening and I don't even know it's happening. Or even think about how complex it is.
ReplyDeleteAs I was watching the video I was kinda shocked that the brain controlled our poop. I knew that the brain controlled almost everything but I never thought about how it controls when we poop. I also thought it was funny when she showed the drawing of the little man on the poop waiting to get out, but then she said she was in a meeting and the little man pushed the poop back in. It is kinda weird but I think everyone can control there poop without trying. If you have to poop on a long car ride you hold it because you don't want to poop your pants. I do think stress has a factor in pooping. In can help and not help you, if you are so stressed that you are only thinking about the thing, then you totally forget about going to the bathroom. Except some people might get stressed and either pee or poop out of stress and can't control it.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was very interesting how stress can effect something like the digestive system. It was extremely interesting to learn how advanced and complex the digestive system is along with the nervous system. At first I didn't see why stress could cause digestive problems, they seemed like separate problems. Now I understand they are very closely related, because the brain is connected to the digestive system through the nervous system, and when the brain is being overwhelmed by stress, those transmitters start not working as well and your digestion starts to not work properly. Sometimes, the brain will cause you to vomit because it senses stress and makes your body ready for a fight or flight response. Overall, I thought the Ted Talk was extremely interesting and I learned a lot of new things.
ReplyDeleteI thought that it was interesting that the bowels can affect how we feel. A harder to digest meal may cause anxiety because your bowels send signals to your brain affecting how we feel. The bowels are more important then you think. They not only tell us to go to the bathroom, but also send messages to the brain about the digestion problems it is having. Evidence of this is people with bowel problems often have anxiety or depression. I do not fully support this hypothesis, but I do think it is highly possible.
ReplyDeleteI think that this Tedx talk was very interesting. The fact that only 5% of bacteria can hurt you is just fascinating. The rest of the bacteria is just neutral or helps you. Bacteria really helps you in digestion and can help reduce stress. Also bacteria is essential to life, and only now do I relies how cool bacteria is.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Bacteria is super important and it has many uses in the body i was surprised that 95% of bacteria actually helps.
DeleteI think that there is a link between our digestion and mental health since I have personally experienced it. I had stomach problem when I suffered from anxiety last summer and it was to the extent that was being medicated in order for it to stop bothering me. I have also noticed that many students that are nervous tend to eat less and skip more meals leading to many stomach issues. There's a linkage between the brain and the rest of the body. I think since the brain can tell your body is hungry and make you eat but if you are distracted then your brain will be more focused on the issue at hand and not eat.
ReplyDeleteI thought this lady was very interesting because of her addiction to rectums ive never known anyone like her and watching the video made me more and more disturbed. It was cool to learn only 5% of bacteria is bad and the rest is good I always thought it would be the other way around. The brain being connected to the rectum was also interesting because i would have thought the rectum acts on its own.
ReplyDeleteThroughout this video Giulia Enders explains many different parts of the digestive system and how stress affects them. Stress can cause digestive issues and other problems as well. A few examples of these are stress eating and diarrhea. I have known people who stress eat and that has affected them in a big way. Also when I am stressed it feels like my digestion is affected because I can feel it more than usual and it can cause problems for my daily life. It’s interesting that Giulia is so interested in a concept such as the bowels and finds them as fascinating as she does.
ReplyDeleteI think this is very cool that there is lots of connections to gut and brain. I can remember many times when my brain and my gut were talking because of stress or emotional problems. When ever I about to do something that I have never done before. For example taking a bio test. I usually feel it in my stomach because i get really stressed that we have a test and I might do bad on it. I do think in some ways that digestion is linked to mental health. If you don't eat right it can mess with your emotions and can cause different mental problems.
ReplyDeleteThe video was really interesting. A part of the video that I could not believe is that 10% of communication is brain to the gut and the other 90% is gut to the brain. I expected the brain to have a signally bigger amount. Something else i learned is that 5% of bacteria is bad and 95% of bacteria actually helps. I Knew some bacteria was good but not that 95% of bacteria actually helps.
ReplyDeleteI think the ratio of gut to brain in signals is very interesting and surprising.
DeleteI thought this video was surprising at the fact that how many connections our brain has to our stomach and the way that they communicate. One fact that I found very interesting was that the brain sends 10% of the signal down to the stomach and the other 90% was sent back up to the brain from the stomach. I learned that diseases in your stomach can be responsible for things like anxiety and can change your mood based on what food you had in the past.
ReplyDeleteThis video was quite interesting, as it suggested that the brain and the gut are connected in certain ways.It also explained basic "cleanliness" May be flawed. I find that the notion of the brain and the digestive track to be quite disturbing, What if you were to contract a form of cancer that attacks the lower intestine, would that then be bad for your mood? (at that point though, i don't think it really matters.) I personally don't think that the gut plays a massive overall role in your mood, unless other input from different parts of the body are "muted" or dulled. Peoples interaction with you also plays a key role in the mood of a person. If you are treated with respect and value, you are usually going to have a better time than if you're always being yelled at.
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