SOG EP 1621 BONUS: “95% of Serotonin is Made in the Gut!” How The Food You Eat is Tied to Anxiety & Depression

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Imagine being a renowned doctor at the top of your field, yet battling crippling depression and failing health. This was Dr. Will Bulsiewicz's harsh reality - he found himself lying under a blanket in a dark room, paralyzed by emptiness despite his prestigious career as a gastroenterologist. His turning point came on a first date, where his future wife's vibrant, plant-based choices sparked a radical dietary overhaul. Swapping greasy indulgences for nourishing smoothies melted away excess weight and revived his zest for life. "Once I started changing my diet, the weight melted off my body." he recounts. From tackling gut issues to boosting self-worth, Dr. Bulsiewicz's plant-powered journey illuminates the profound mind-body connection. Inspired by his personal metamorphosis, he revolutionized his practice, unleashing nutrition's healing potential for countless patients. "I have to bring this into the clinic...people deserve to hear this story," he affirms. Discover how this unorthodox doctor's transformation will challenge your perception of well-being and empower you to reclaim vitality through the power of plants in this must-listen episode.

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0:00.0	Hi my name is Louis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:07.0	So when you have inflammation because your gut is out of whack or is not healthy,
0:17.0	it's going to cause you in some ways to feel lower energy, anxiety, depression, or some type of, I guess, symptom that doesn't cause
0:26.7	you to be your best self, is what I'm saying.
0:28.6	100%.
0:29.8	And I think that these can exist on an entire spectrum, right? This could be a bad day.
0:34.6	Yes, right. But it could also be something that is more chronic and clinical, such as
0:41.5	major depression.
0:42.6	Yes.
0:43.1	And like for me personally, like this is where my personal journey
0:46.8	started was that I was in a bad place with my own health.
0:50.3	Really?
0:50.8	And one of the issues that I had was I was depressed.
0:53.7	Really? Yeah, and I just wanted to be by myself.
0:56.1	And this is when you were in medical school before or after.
0:58.6	So I was in my gastrology training.
1:00.8	If you looked at me on paper paper you thought that everything was perfect.
1:05.0	Yet there I was laying under a blanket in a dark room watching reality television.
1:11.0	Wow. Like all of us do when we're depressed.
1:14.0	It's like, I've been there.
1:16.0	I've been there.
1:17.0	How many years ago was this?
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