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Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

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Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

What I reject is a system that completely ignores diet and lifestyle and a holistic view to a person that is where the root of our issues exist. And I see a problem where if the root of an issue is not addressed, they will get worse.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

What I reject is a system that completely ignores diet and lifestyle and a holistic view to a person that is where the root of our issues exist. And I see a problem where if the root of an issue is not addressed, they will get worse.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

What I reject is a system that completely ignores diet and lifestyle and a holistic view to a person that is where the root of our issues exist. And I see a problem where if the root of an issue is not addressed, they will get worse.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

And the amount of medication that's necessary to just sort of, you know, plug up the hole that exists in the sinking ship starts to escalate and increase and you become subjected to like the consequences of that. So it's, you know, to me, the way I see it is actually quite simple.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

And the amount of medication that's necessary to just sort of, you know, plug up the hole that exists in the sinking ship starts to escalate and increase and you become subjected to like the consequences of that. So it's, you know, to me, the way I see it is actually quite simple.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

And the amount of medication that's necessary to just sort of, you know, plug up the hole that exists in the sinking ship starts to escalate and increase and you become subjected to like the consequences of that. So it's, you know, to me, the way I see it is actually quite simple.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

I think that the optimal approach is to embrace a dietary approach, lifestyle, a holistic view of the person that includes their emotional health and their spiritual health. I think that there's a place where supplements exist and they're beneficial, not as a replacement for any of this, but in addition to.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

I think that the optimal approach is to embrace a dietary approach, lifestyle, a holistic view of the person that includes their emotional health and their spiritual health. I think that there's a place where supplements exist and they're beneficial, not as a replacement for any of this, but in addition to.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

I think that the optimal approach is to embrace a dietary approach, lifestyle, a holistic view of the person that includes their emotional health and their spiritual health. I think that there's a place where supplements exist and they're beneficial, not as a replacement for any of this, but in addition to.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

Yeah. So, you know, if you think about it this way, we're talking about medications where milligrams can change bodily physiology, right? Very small amounts. And then into that, like into your mouth, the same portal of entry. you are going to put in thousands and thousands and thousands of grams of food. And so like on a daily basis, we consume about three pounds of food per day.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

Yeah. So, you know, if you think about it this way, we're talking about medications where milligrams can change bodily physiology, right? Very small amounts. And then into that, like into your mouth, the same portal of entry. you are going to put in thousands and thousands and thousands of grams of food. And so like on a daily basis, we consume about three pounds of food per day.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

Yeah. So, you know, if you think about it this way, we're talking about medications where milligrams can change bodily physiology, right? Very small amounts. And then into that, like into your mouth, the same portal of entry. you are going to put in thousands and thousands and thousands of grams of food. And so like on a daily basis, we consume about three pounds of food per day.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

So if we were to convert that into milligrams, it's millions. And we're putting that into our body on a daily basis and we ignore it as if it's of no consequence. Yet at the same time, we acknowledge that a couple milligrams of a medication is intensely powerful.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

So if we were to convert that into milligrams, it's millions. And we're putting that into our body on a daily basis and we ignore it as if it's of no consequence. Yet at the same time, we acknowledge that a couple milligrams of a medication is intensely powerful.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

So if we were to convert that into milligrams, it's millions. And we're putting that into our body on a daily basis and we ignore it as if it's of no consequence. Yet at the same time, we acknowledge that a couple milligrams of a medication is intensely powerful.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

And this is where I think that some of the arguments that exist around ultra-processed foods, many people who are in defense of ultra-processed foods will argue, well, the amounts are very small. It's just a couple milligrams. Exactly. only a couple milligrams is all that we need to have potentially a quite profound effect.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

And this is where I think that some of the arguments that exist around ultra-processed foods, many people who are in defense of ultra-processed foods will argue, well, the amounts are very small. It's just a couple milligrams. Exactly. only a couple milligrams is all that we need to have potentially a quite profound effect.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

And this is where I think that some of the arguments that exist around ultra-processed foods, many people who are in defense of ultra-processed foods will argue, well, the amounts are very small. It's just a couple milligrams. Exactly. only a couple milligrams is all that we need to have potentially a quite profound effect.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

So if we think about the entirety of our diet, you know, grams and grams of food on a daily basis, three pounds of food per day, the makeup of that diet is all coming into contact with our gut microbes and it influences change within them. The microbes rise and fall, families rise and fall based upon the choices that we make.

Know Thyself
E137 - Dr. Will Bulsiewicz: “Your Gut is Wiser Than Your Mind!” - Science of Intuition, Mood & Microbiome

So if we think about the entirety of our diet, you know, grams and grams of food on a daily basis, three pounds of food per day, the makeup of that diet is all coming into contact with our gut microbes and it influences change within them. The microbes rise and fall, families rise and fall based upon the choices that we make.