Xavier Pirla, persuasion expert: Just one argument with your partner “triggers an allergic‑type response in the body"
Pirla, a neurolinguistic programming specialist, has shed light on how the emotional toll of an argument can affect your body.
The human body is a machine in which every cog affects the whole: whatever happens in one part influences the rest, even indirectly. That’s the idea highlighted by Xavier Pirla, a civil engineer who pivoted into neurolinguistic programming and has spent more than 25 years decoding the mechanisms behind human thought.
The expert recently spoke with the Lopez and Lopez podcast - a show with more than 30,000 followers on TikTok - explaining that even a brief argument with your partner can throw your entire system off balance.
“Sets off chain reaction”
“You only need a five‑minute argument with your partner for your gut to become permeable for half an hour, even an hour,” Pirla says bluntly. He goes on to explain that “permeability” means “your intestine stops being impermeable,” allowing “some of the food and substances moving through the gut to enter the bloodstream.” And that, in turn, sets off another chain reaction.
@lopezandlopezpodcast Las discusiones breves pueden afectar tu salud intestinal mucho más de lo que crees. Un conflicto de pocos minutos altera la barrera del intestino, activa procesos inflamatorios y genera estrés fisiológico que impacta en tu sistema inmune. Cuidar cómo discutimos también es cuidar el cuerpo que sostiene nuestra vida. 🟡 Entrevista entera en el enlace de la bio #saludintestinal #estres #inflamacion #ansiedad #bienestarfisico
♬ sonido original - Lopez & Lopez
“Taking care of how we argue is taking care of the body”
The everyday scenario Pirla describes “triggers an allergic‑type response in the body.” Direct. To the point. A simple argument can set off the same reaction an allergic person experiences when exposed to the very substance they’re sensitive to. “You only need two or three minutes of conflict with someone for your physiology to change - not just your state, but your entire body - to the point of creating an allergic response,” he adds.
In the post caption, the show provides a bit more context: “Brief arguments can affect your gut health far more than you think,” they summarize, emphasizing that “a conflict lasting just a few minutes disrupts the intestinal barrier, activates inflammatory processes, and creates physiological stress that impacts your immune system.”
Which is why the podcast distills the lesson of the video into a near‑philosophical maxim: “Taking care of how we argue is also taking care of the body that carries us through life.”
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