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The Root Cause Medicine Podcast

Kate Kresge

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, 810564, Medicine

4.8 • 581 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, Dr. Carrie Jones sits down with Dr. Peter Bongiorno, a naturopathic doctor specializing in mental health, to explore holistic approaches to managing mental health conditions. You'll hear them discuss: 1. The growing mental health crisis and the limitations of conventional treatments 2. The difference between conventional medicine's focus on symptom management and naturopathic medicine’s root cause approach 3. The role of diet, nutrient deficiencies, sleep, hormones, and lifestyle in mental health 4. How neurotransmitters work and why medications often don’t address underlying issues 5. The microbiome and the direct line that gut health has to your nervous system 6. A healthy and holistic approach to food supplements Dr. Peter Bongiorno is a licensed naturopathic doctor and acupuncturist, and he takes a holistic approach to health that looks towards the most natural way of healing available. He is the author of multiple books on holistic mental health and a renowned educator on integrative medicine’s role in addressing the root causes of anxiety and depression. Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide

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0:00.0	Today on the root cause medicine podcast.
0:02.9	If we're not moving our bodies enough and not exercising, that could be a reason.
0:07.9	If we don't eat foods that are healthy for us, that's a huge reason.
0:12.4	Oftentimes we'll end up with nutrient deficiencies.
0:14.6	And there's so many nutrients that we need as cofactors to make good neurotransmitters.
0:21.0	Neur retransmitters are the molecules of emotion of our brain that we need as co-factors to make good neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are the molecules of emotion of our brain that we need to stay balanced,
0:27.1	to have good mental health, things like serotonin and dopamine and GABA.
0:31.8	All of those things are designed to be in balance so that we have good mood.
0:35.6	And our body purposely lowers those things
0:38.8	so that we stay stressed or we stay depressed
0:41.8	because we're trying to create this response.
0:44.0	Hello, hello.
0:45.0	I'm your co-host for today, Dr. Carey Jones,
0:47.5	and I am so excited to have on my good friend, Dr. Peter Bonjiiorno.
0:52.3	He is a naturopathic doctor, an acupuncturist, and an absolute expert in the
0:57.1	field of mental health. In fact, he is a consultant, an educator, an author of several books,
1:03.0	and he has been practicing for over 25 years. Today on the podcast, we are going to talk
1:08.7	all things mental health. I really want to dig into the statistics behind depression and anxiety, panic, where we were
1:17.4	and where we've been since the pandemic.
1:21.3	And I want to know his holistic approach.
1:24.6	How does he work somebody up?
1:26.3	We're talking about depression and anxiety.
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