Welcome to the Dr. Gundry Podcast. The weekly podcast where Dr. G gives you the tools you need to boost your health and live your healthiest life.

Welcome to the Dr. Gundry Podcast. You know, with so much focus on what, when, and how to eat, there's one component of nutrition that tends to be left behind.

I'm talking about how you feel, particularly before, during, and after you eat. The truth is, the gut and the brain are very closely connected.

And problems with the gut can actually lead to mood swings, food cravings, and even feelings of anxiety or depression.

The silver lining? Well, according to my guest, with the right food knowledge, you can not only transform your physical health, but your mental health as well.

And that's something for everyone, and I mean everyone should be prioritizing.

He's Dr. Will Cole, a leading functional medicine expert, host of the art of being well-podcast and New York Times best-selling author.

Today I'm exciting to dive into his new book, Gut Feelings. Healing the shame-fueled relationship between what you eat and how you feel.

After a quick break, Dr. Cole and I will offer holistic tools to help you reevaluate your relationship with food and your body.

Get back in touch with your gut feelings and bridge the gap between your motions and health. So stay tuned. We'll be right back.

Dr. Cole, it's great to have you back on the show. How are you, my friend?

I'm doing well. Thank you so much for having me back. And it's always great to catch up with you.

And the only thing I'm sad about is the fact that it takes a podcast for us to catch up.

But I'll take it. I'll take it anyway. I think you can get a Dr. country in my life.

One of these days, we're starting to get back in person a bit and fingers crossed.

Yeah, absolutely. For years, I've been discussing the gut brain connection as you and many others.

And I think it's incredibly important for people to understand when was your aha moment when you realize that food might have such a big impact on emotional health?

Those of us that love seeing patients still and really immerse ourselves in cases.

I think we're a rare breed of health nerds that probably really predates even our profession.

And so for me, I grew up knowing this because I was this weird teenager in Western Pennsylvania and would read all the latest books and research and things I find at that local health food store to want to learn about this.

And this is something that, yes, you're right. It's just so much more research than we had back then.

But there's a reason why so much of research is really catching up with antiquity that even before the double blind trials and the exciting research that I talk about and got feelings.

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