Hidden Cause of Depression and Anxiety
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 13 May 2020
⏱️ 6 minutes
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In this podcast, we’re going to talk about a hidden cause of depression and anxiety. It has to do with your microbiome—the good bacteria in your gut.
There is actually a connection between your brain and your colon through what’s called the vagus nerve. But, what’s interesting about the vagus nerve is that only 10% of the information is going from the brain to the colon. 90% of the information is going from the colon to the brain. So, you’re getting a lot of feedback in your brain from things that are happening in your gut.
The microbiome (your good bacteria) makes a lot of neurotransmitters, which are identical to the ones that your own body makes.
Your microbiome makes:
• Acetylcholine
• GABA
• Norepinephrine
• Serotonin
• Dopamine
All of these neurotransmitters can help make you feel calm, stress-free, and happy. If there is a problem with your microbes making these neurotransmitters, you might not feel that great.
This part of the nervous system is a part of what’s called the parasympathetic, which is all about rest, digestion, and recovery. It’s possible that things like depression and anxiety can occur if your gut is not right.
Your good bacteria also eat fiber from vegetables, and they make small-chain fatty acids. This is a specific type of fat that can provide 90% of the energy for the colon cells. It can also help improve insulin resistance and supports the integrity of the gut lining. There is a huge connection between your state of well being and your digestion.
On the flip side, if you’re stressed, this can also affect your digestion.
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Dr. Berg, 51 years of age is a chiropractor who specializes in weight loss through nutritional & natural methods. His private practice is located in Alexandria, Virginia. His clients include senior officials in the U.S. government & the Justice Department, ambassadors, medical doctors, high-level executives of prominent corporations, scientists, engineers, professors, and other clients from all walks of life. He is the author of The 7 Principles of Fat Burning.
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| 0:00.0 | So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or in a minute fasting, |
| 0:04.4 | whether you're starting keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or we have a question about a product. |
| 0:10.5 | Call one of our keto consultants. They'll be able to help you. Call 5405.7. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Kito and Interminute fasting podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. Let's talk about another hidden underlying cause of depression and anxiety and |
| 0:50.1 | it has to do with your microbiome, the good bacteria in your gut. |
| 0:56.0 | Now there's a connection between your brain and your colon |
| 1:00.0 | through what's called the vagus nerve. It's the longest nerve in the body. |
| 1:05.0 | And what's interesting about the vaguest nerve is that it's a two-way street. |
| 1:10.0 | But only 10% of the information is going from the brain to the colon. |
| 1:16.0 | Whereas if we look at the communication coming from the colon to the brain, that's 90%. |
| 1:22.0 | So in other words, you're getting a lot of feedback in your |
| 1:25.2 | brain from things that are happening in your gut, especially with all the things that |
| 1:30.0 | are connected to the good bacteria. Now what you need to know, which is not really |
| 1:35.0 | known, is that your good bacteria make neurotransmitters. They make a lot of |
| 1:41.4 | neurotransmitters which are identical to the ones that your own body makes. |
| 1:47.0 | So here you have these microbes that really are symbiotic. They're working with your body. They're not your body. |
| 1:54.0 | They're just other thing helping you greatly. |
| 1:56.0 | Making acetylcholine, gabba, nor epinephrine, |
| 2:01.0 | serotonin, and dopamine. |
| 2:04.2 | All of these neurotransmitters |
| 2:06.6 | are going to make you feel calm, stress-free, |
| 2:11.1 | happy. |
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