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The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka

02. Anxiety | Ultimate Human Short

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka

Gary Brecka

Health & Fitness

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Get weekly tips on how to optimize your health and lifestyle routines - go to https://www.theultimatehuman.com/ Get more resources + information from Gary here: https://linktr.ee/thegarybrecka BODY HEALTH - USE CODE ULTIMATE10 for 10% OFF YOUR ORDER bodyhealth.com/ultimate In this short episode of The Ultimate Human, we’re going to shine the spotlight on anxiety. We'll decode anxiety's genetic ties, with a special emphasis on a common gene mutation- MTHFR, and its significant contribution to anxiety. We’ll explore the role of catecholamines like dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine in anxiety, even in the absence of fear. Finally, we’ll give some simple nutrition recommendations highlighting how consuming folate-rich foods and supplementing with methylfolate and SAM-E could potentially revolutionize the treatment of anxiety and depression.   (0:00:00) - Understanding Anxiety (0:06:56) - Genetic Factors of Anxiety  (0:08:46) - Supplementing Nutrients for Positive Outcomes   Journals Cited in this Episode: Journal of Clinical Medicine - Folate Insufficiency Due to MTHFR Deficiency Is Bypassed by 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate Integrative Medicine – Case Report - Anxiety and Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Mutation Treated With S-Adenosyl Methionine and Methylated B Vitamins   Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not provide medical advice. It is not intended for diagnosing or treating any health condition. Always consult a licensed healthcare professional before making health or wellness decisions. Gary Brecka is the owner of Ultimate Human, LLC which operates The Ultimate Human podcast and promotes certain third-party products used by Gary Brecka in his personal health and wellness protocols and daily life and for which Ultimate Human LLC and / or Gary Brecka directly or indirectly holds an economic interest or receives compensation.  Accordingly, statements made by Gary Brecka and others (including on The Ultimate Human podcast) may be considered promotional in nature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome to the Ultimate Human Podcast.

0:13.6

I'm Human Biologist Gary Breckett, your host for the Ultimate Human Podcast, where we go down the

0:17.8

road of everything biohacking, longevity, anti-aging, wellness, and everything that makes human beings ultimate human beings.

0:26.2

Today I'm going to talk about anxiety because there's a lot of inquiries that come through

0:31.0

our social media channels and through our clinic chain that talk about. of principles and some of the better scientific evidence that talk about ways to treat

0:44.8

anxiety in a non-pharmacological way. So I really want to spend a few minutes

0:50.4

talking to those of you who have either suffered from anxiety or maybe you know

0:54.6

somebody who suffered from anxiety estimates are as high as 45% of the

1:00.2

population at some point will suffer from anxiety and 33% of the population is chronic anxiety suffers.

1:08.9

So this is a major issue and anxiety is really complex emotion because it's usually defined as a fear of the future.

1:18.0

Something happening in the future that is very likely not to happen, that most likely has never happened or may never happen

1:26.0

but the actual lack of that event occurring does not prevent that person

1:32.1

from becoming anxious or developing anxiety. does not I want you to go back and I want you to think about whether or not your anxiety fits these three characteristics because if it does

1:47.2

It's very likely something that is not happening to you. It's something that's happening within you, right? And very often we have a

1:55.6

tendency to think that disease and pathology and and all kinds of mental illness are

2:01.3

things that are actually happening to us.

2:03.4

But the truth is very often they're happening within us,

2:06.8

meaning there are nutrient deficiencies in the human body

2:10.6

that cause the expression of conditions like anxiety. If you've ever

2:15.9

suffered from or know someone who suffered from anxiety, see if it fits these

2:20.5

three characteristics. Number one, have you had it on and off throughout your

2:24.7

entire lifetime? That's your first indication that it actually might be coming from a very

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