165: Roy Krebs - Optimizing Neurotransmitters To Level Up Your Brain
The Natural State with Dr. Anthony Gustin
Dr. Anthony Gustin
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Anthony Gustin chats with Roy Krebs, founder and CEO of Natural Stacks, to discuss the natural state of our brain’s four major neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, GABA, and acetylcholine.
After studying these chemical messengers for over 10 years, Roy explains how our bodies are genetically predisposed to create one neurotransmitter more efficiently than the others. Unfortunately, a dominance in one neurotransmitter then creates a deficiency in the rest.
Neurotransmitter deficiencies may cause everything from brain fog, procrastination, and anxiety to low libido and even weight gain.
So Roy says the secret to better brain health and performance is learning how to balance and optimize our neurotransmitters naturally.
You’ll hear his best tips on how to do that with the right environment and supplements (and what to avoid).
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- What it feels like to be high or low in each neurotransmitter
- How your genetics and environment (diet, sleep, sunshine exposure, etc.) affect your neurotransmitter levels
- How to find your dominant neurotransmitters with a simple True/False online test
- How to create an optimal balance of neurotransmitters naturally
- Which essential nutrients for brain health most people need more of
- What inspired Roy to found Natural Stacks
- How to take the right supplements to match your activity, whether you’re working out, meditating, or crushing your day at the office
- Which supplements almost act like drugs and mess with the natural function of your brain
- How to judge supplements for brain support in a mostly unregulated industry
Mentioned in This Episode
- Roy Kreb’s Natural Stacks - use code GUSTIN for 25% off
- Roy Kreb’s Twitter
- The Edge Effect by Eric R. Braverman
- The Braverman test
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Natural State podcast. I am your host Dr. Anthony Guston. It is |
| 0:10.2 | my belief that the natural state of penny living organisms' health and that our artificial |
| 0:14.5 | habitat has forced us into having artificial health problems. This show is my attempt to |
| 0:18.7 | dive deep and learn about using nutrition, sleep, movement, relationships and more to help |
| 0:23.8 | you reclaim your natural state of health in a modern world and show you how to thrive |
| 0:27.8 | in an environment that stacked against you. If you enjoyed today's show, you can find |
| 0:31.4 | out more details and information at Dr. Anthony Guston.com. Thank you for tuning in to an |
| 0:37.4 | episode of the Natural State podcast. Today we dive into the natural state of neurotransmitters. |
| 0:44.1 | So my guest Roy Krebs, it's a founder and CEO of NaturalStack, a brand that I've actually |
| 0:49.1 | been looking at and using for, I don't know how long, maybe 10 years or something like |
| 0:53.6 | that. I think we get into a podcast how long it's been, but regardless, Roy is an expert |
| 0:58.0 | all things brain health and we talk a lot about how people have certain predispositions |
| 1:02.2 | to four major neurotransmitters. It would be dopamine, serotonin, GABA and acetylcholine. |
| 1:08.2 | What that means, how you can have more of one, intimately less than another and then how |
| 1:12.2 | you correct that. Roy likes to correct that using the natural precursors instead of the |
| 1:18.2 | middle rate limiting steps. Some people like to take, for example, for a serotonin 5-HTP. |
| 1:23.8 | He does not recommend that for a variety of reasons because it can change the way your |
| 1:27.0 | body actually produces neurotransmitters. So we get into a lot of what the natural production |
| 1:33.1 | of this is, why they can be low and what you should do about it. We really tackle brain |
| 1:37.9 | health a lot in this podcast, but it's been something that I've toyed around with a lot |
| 1:42.1 | in the last few years that has been really, really helpful for me. So I wanted to get |
| 1:45.1 | a ride on to chat about this. There's no incentive here. I'm an affiliate. I'm not an investor. |
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