Neurotransmitters: Types, Functions, Disorders, and Testing with Dr. Chip Watkins: Episode Rerun

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast

Kate Kresge

Alternative Health, 810564, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 581 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, Dr. Chip Watkins talks to us about neurotransmitters, what they are, what their functions are, the different types, and potential issues related to neurotransmitters. They dive into: 1. What is a neurotransmitter? 2. GABA deficiency symptoms 3. What are the main neurotransmitters? 4. How does the body make neurotransmitters? 5. Neurotransmitters and gut health Dr. Chip Watkins has over twenty years of experience in private practice, teaching, and corporate medicine. He uses mind-body medicine in his practice and nutritional approaches to care and has an understanding of traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, and bioenergetics. Dr. Watkins is the President of NCHealthSPAN, Regional Medical Director at Community Care of NC, and Chief Medical Officer at Sanesco International. He is also a Member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a past president and Chairman of the Board of the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians.

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0:00.0	Today on the root cause medicine podcast.
0:03.5	Neurotransmitters are the chemical messengers that your body really cannot function without.
0:10.9	You just can't.
0:12.1	And so from our experience, you've got to have enough of these chemical messengers around,
0:17.1	and they have to be in the right balance of release and re-uptake in order for the system to work
0:22.7	really properly. And it's also important to have the right H-P-A-T-G balance as well, right? So,
0:32.2	phylamic, pituitary, adrenal, thyroid, gonadal, those are those alphabat soup I just build out. All of those things work
0:40.3	together in this beautiful symphony that is our body. And it actually one of the really fun things
0:47.4	about this job is that using these tests, you really get to see how hard the body works at homeostasis and ambulance.
0:56.5	And you see how the neurotransmitters and hormones interact and they work toward balance
1:01.4	in the body.
1:02.6	As a matter of fact, imbalance in this system, in this I would say all-important system,
1:07.9	actually can lead to, I think, a lot of the particularly pro-inflammatory and degenerative
1:12.1	diseases that we see in the office every day.
1:15.3	Hello, hello.
1:16.4	I'm your host, Dr. Kerry Jones.
1:18.4	And today, I'm talking with Dr. Chip Watkins all about your neurotransmitters.
1:23.8	There are often a lot of questions around them as it relates to depression, anxiety, focus,
1:30.3	sleep, and more.
1:32.3	And we made sure to answer everything that you submitted.
1:35.3	Before we get started, though, I want to talk to you about something that comes up pretty often on this podcast.
1:41.3	And that, of course, is lab testing.
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