The Hidden Connection Between Gut Health & Mental Health That Therapy and Drugs Cannot Fix

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global mental health crisis is growing at an exponential rate, with
over half a billion people suffering from depression and anxiety;
it’s time we rethink our understanding of the underlying root
causes of mental health challenges. From treating thousands of
patients, I’ve learned that depression is not in your head. It’s in
your body. More specifically, your gut. When your gut is unhealthy
and inflamed, your brain is unhealthy and inflamed. In Functional
Medicine, we know that the gut and the brain are intimately
connected and that the health of one directly influences the health
of the other.  In today’s Health Bites episode, we’re diving
into the gut-brain connection and sharing Functional Medicine tools
to support your gut health and, as a result, your mood and mental
health.  In this episode, I discuss: Our global mental health
crisis (2:45) The gut-brain connection (4:18) The story of Marks's
broken brain (5:15) Features of the gut-brain axis (8:57) Gut
hormones that send signals to your brain (10:06) Role of the gut
microbiota in mood and mental health (12:24) How stress negatively
impacts our gut microbiome (20:14) The link between leaky gut and
poor mental health (21:41) The Functional Medicine approach to
fixing the gut (25:56) The 5R Program for fixing your gut health
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