Shawn Stevenson

They found that there's upwards of 400 times more melatonin in your gut than in your brain. Because you talked earlier about the pineal gland. That's what I was taught in school. It's produced by pineal gland in the story. This study found that you can actually have a pinealectomy, which is a removal of your pineal gland, which I don't recommend, by the way. Don't do that.

They found that there's upwards of 400 times more melatonin in your gut than in your brain. Because you talked earlier about the pineal gland. That's what I was taught in school. It's produced by pineal gland in the story. This study found that you can actually have a pinealectomy, which is a removal of your pineal gland, which I don't recommend, by the way. Don't do that.

They found that there's upwards of 400 times more melatonin in your gut than in your brain. Because you talked earlier about the pineal gland. That's what I was taught in school. It's produced by pineal gland in the story. This study found that you can actually have a pinealectomy, which is a removal of your pineal gland, which I don't recommend, by the way. Don't do that.

It's like a frontal lobotomy. Go there. And you don't actually lose those levels of melatonin that's located in your gut. So you're a gut brain and a brain brain. Exactly. And that's something really important to understand, too. Your gut is really, it's often referred to as a second brain. We can call it the enteric nervous system. There's like 30 neurotransmitters just like your brain.

It's like a frontal lobotomy. Go there. And you don't actually lose those levels of melatonin that's located in your gut. So you're a gut brain and a brain brain. Exactly. And that's something really important to understand, too. Your gut is really, it's often referred to as a second brain. We can call it the enteric nervous system. There's like 30 neurotransmitters just like your brain.

It's like a frontal lobotomy. Go there. And you don't actually lose those levels of melatonin that's located in your gut. So you're a gut brain and a brain brain. Exactly. And that's something really important to understand, too. Your gut is really, it's often referred to as a second brain. We can call it the enteric nervous system. There's like 30 neurotransmitters just like your brain.

It's like a mass of nerve tissue. 60% of your immune system and most of the genes in your body. That vagus nerve. So UCLA researchers found that the vagus nerve, which we thought was just kind of like the brain communicating more, telling the gut what to do. 90% of the communication from those nerve fibers from the vagus nerve

It's like a mass of nerve tissue. 60% of your immune system and most of the genes in your body. That vagus nerve. So UCLA researchers found that the vagus nerve, which we thought was just kind of like the brain communicating more, telling the gut what to do. 90% of the communication from those nerve fibers from the vagus nerve

It's like a mass of nerve tissue. 60% of your immune system and most of the genes in your body. That vagus nerve. So UCLA researchers found that the vagus nerve, which we thought was just kind of like the brain communicating more, telling the gut what to do. 90% of the communication from those nerve fibers from the vagus nerve

to the brain is your belly, your gut telling your brain what to do in many ways.

to the brain is your belly, your gut telling your brain what to do in many ways.

to the brain is your belly, your gut telling your brain what to do in many ways.

But this is just getting out of that isolation thinking. This is what I was taught in school as well. It's like- Well, that's functional medicine. The body's a system. Yes. Everything is interconnected and it's just beautiful symphony if everything's working well. So Caltech researchers to kind of get to how does this all connect?

But this is just getting out of that isolation thinking. This is what I was taught in school as well. It's like- Well, that's functional medicine. The body's a system. Yes. Everything is interconnected and it's just beautiful symphony if everything's working well. So Caltech researchers to kind of get to how does this all connect?

But this is just getting out of that isolation thinking. This is what I was taught in school as well. It's like- Well, that's functional medicine. The body's a system. Yes. Everything is interconnected and it's just beautiful symphony if everything's working well. So Caltech researchers to kind of get to how does this all connect?

they discovered that, and this was just, I mean, it's been around for years, but this is more of a recent like, okay, meta-analysis. Now we know that certain bacteria in the gut communicate with cells that produce these sleep-related hormones and neurotransmitters. So your gut cascade, your microbiome, has a huge impact on your sleep quality. And so now the question is, what do we do about it?

they discovered that, and this was just, I mean, it's been around for years, but this is more of a recent like, okay, meta-analysis. Now we know that certain bacteria in the gut communicate with cells that produce these sleep-related hormones and neurotransmitters. So your gut cascade, your microbiome, has a huge impact on your sleep quality. And so now the question is, what do we do about it?

they discovered that, and this was just, I mean, it's been around for years, but this is more of a recent like, okay, meta-analysis. Now we know that certain bacteria in the gut communicate with cells that produce these sleep-related hormones and neurotransmitters. So your gut cascade, your microbiome, has a huge impact on your sleep quality. And so now the question is, what do we do about it?

How do we protect or support our microbiome. And that's one of the things that's going to help improve your sleep quality. So let's just go through a couple. The biggest thing, in my opinion, is avoiding things that mess it up. So one of those would be eating processed foods. So that

How do we protect or support our microbiome. And that's one of the things that's going to help improve your sleep quality. So let's just go through a couple. The biggest thing, in my opinion, is avoiding things that mess it up. So one of those would be eating processed foods. So that