Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

But that being said, I don't want to make it sound like it's a bunch of hacks is what you need to fix your issues. I think that for people that have serious trauma from the past, My experience is that we all, myself included, push these things into the corner because they hurt. And so you'd rather push it away and just kind of block it out, pretend it's not there.

But actually the right choice is to acknowledge it and heal it. And that may require working with someone who this is their expertise. But by doing that, when you heal that issue, you are unlocking health within your body.

But actually the right choice is to acknowledge it and heal it. And that may require working with someone who this is their expertise. But by doing that, when you heal that issue, you are unlocking health within your body.

But actually the right choice is to acknowledge it and heal it. And that may require working with someone who this is their expertise. But by doing that, when you heal that issue, you are unlocking health within your body.

90 to 95% of serotonin is produced in the gut.

90 to 95% of serotonin is produced in the gut.

90 to 95% of serotonin is produced in the gut.

Yeah, so getting back to the intelligence of the body, why would this be? Why wouldn't it be mostly in the brain, right? Serotonin is our happy hormone. It affects our mood in a powerful way. It also affects our energy levels and our focus. But it turns out that it also sets the beat of the drum for your gut. So your body thrives with rhythm. Think about the heart.

Yeah, so getting back to the intelligence of the body, why would this be? Why wouldn't it be mostly in the brain, right? Serotonin is our happy hormone. It affects our mood in a powerful way. It also affects our energy levels and our focus. But it turns out that it also sets the beat of the drum for your gut. So your body thrives with rhythm. Think about the heart.

Yeah, so getting back to the intelligence of the body, why would this be? Why wouldn't it be mostly in the brain, right? Serotonin is our happy hormone. It affects our mood in a powerful way. It also affects our energy levels and our focus. But it turns out that it also sets the beat of the drum for your gut. So your body thrives with rhythm. Think about the heart.

I could take any person, the greatest athlete in the world, if I knock their heart out of rhythm, they will collapse. They can't do anything, right? And the gut requires rhythm in the same way that the heart does. So we know that any change in gut rhythm will affect the microbiome. Deviation towards constipation, deviation towards diarrhea.

I could take any person, the greatest athlete in the world, if I knock their heart out of rhythm, they will collapse. They can't do anything, right? And the gut requires rhythm in the same way that the heart does. So we know that any change in gut rhythm will affect the microbiome. Deviation towards constipation, deviation towards diarrhea.

I could take any person, the greatest athlete in the world, if I knock their heart out of rhythm, they will collapse. They can't do anything, right? And the gut requires rhythm in the same way that the heart does. So we know that any change in gut rhythm will affect the microbiome. Deviation towards constipation, deviation towards diarrhea.

In both cases, when the gut is out of rhythm, the consequences damage to the gut microbes. Serotonin sets that rhythm. So this is the reason why it's produced there. But there's an interesting story because our gut does affect our mood. It's very clear. There is a study called the SMILES trial, which is a cute name for a study about eating a certain diet to try to improve depression.

In both cases, when the gut is out of rhythm, the consequences damage to the gut microbes. Serotonin sets that rhythm. So this is the reason why it's produced there. But there's an interesting story because our gut does affect our mood. It's very clear. There is a study called the SMILES trial, which is a cute name for a study about eating a certain diet to try to improve depression.

In both cases, when the gut is out of rhythm, the consequences damage to the gut microbes. Serotonin sets that rhythm. So this is the reason why it's produced there. But there's an interesting story because our gut does affect our mood. It's very clear. There is a study called the SMILES trial, which is a cute name for a study about eating a certain diet to try to improve depression.

So they took people who have major depression, diagnosed, and they put them on a plant-predominant, it's not vegan, a plant-predominant anti-inflammatory Mediterranean diet.

So they took people who have major depression, diagnosed, and they put them on a plant-predominant, it's not vegan, a plant-predominant anti-inflammatory Mediterranean diet.

So they took people who have major depression, diagnosed, and they put them on a plant-predominant, it's not vegan, a plant-predominant anti-inflammatory Mediterranean diet.

And what they found was that the effect on their mood was as powerful as what you would expect to occur if they were to be prescribed medication, but without the side effects and with all of the added benefits that you get throughout the entire body beyond just improving your mood.