Let's talk about another hidden underlying cause of depression and anxiety and it has

to do with your microbiome, the good bacteria in your gut.

Now there's a connection between your brain and your colon through what's called the

vagus nerve.

It's the longest nerve in the body and what's interesting about the vagus nerve is that

it's a two-way street but only 10 percent of the information is going from the brain

to the colon whereas if we look at the communication coming from the colon to the brain that's 90 percent.

In other words, you're getting a lot of feedback in your brain from things that are happening

in your gut especially with all the things that are connected to the good bacteria.

Now what you need to know which is not really known is that your good bacteria make neurotransmitters.

They make a lot of neurotransmitters which are identical to the ones that your own body

makes.

So here you have these microbes that really are symbiotic.

They're working with your body.

They're not your body.

They're just other thing, helping you greatly.

Making acetylcholine, GABA, nor epinephrine, serotonin and dopamine.

All of these neurotransmitters are going to make you feel calm, stress-free, happy.

So if there's any problem with your microbes making these, that information is transmitted

up here and you're not going to feel that great.

This part of the nervous system is part of what's called the parasympathetic which opposes

the sympathetic which is the flight of fight.

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