A Gut Feeling The link between gut & brain health Community Natural Foods January 19th, 2017
Your Gut Garden + Trillions of microbes, comprising approximately 1800 different phyla, 40,000 bacterial species (1.3-10 X number of human cells!) + Your microbiota interacts with the rest of your body, bodily functions + Gut feeling your brain influences how you feel, think and behave!
Gut, please meet Brain + Your gut and brain do literally talk to each other + Gut microbiota is a key regulator of the gut-brain axis 1 Immune Responses 2 Vagus Nerve 3 Short Chain Fatty Acids 4 Enteric Nervous System 5 Tryptophan Metabolism
Gut Bugs For Life + Your brain is influenced by gut bugs throughout your entire life! Early Life : birth / breast fed vs. bottle fed / stress & antibiotics Adolescence : anxiety & cognitive behaviours Aging : microbiota diversify / increased inflammatory tone in the brain / damage of brain cells
Psychobiotics: More Than Just Psychobabble + Targeting the brain via the microbiome = psychobiotics + Psychobiotics = Live bacteria (probiotics) which, when ingested, have mental health benefits AND prebiotics, which enhance the growth of beneficial gut bacteria + Probiotics = Your good gut bugs (pro=helpful, bio=alive) + Prebiotics = The FOOD for your probiotics
Nutritional Psychiatry: Going Beyond The Bandaid + A role for the microbiota in neuropsychiatric conditions Autism Spectrum Disorders Depression Schizophrenia { Plus preclinical work: Alzhiemer s, Anxiety, ALS }
Probiotics Prescribe daily probiotic-rich foods to our clients (1-3 / day) + miso + tempeh + kimchi + yogurt + real sourdough bread + raw sauerkraut (other fermented veggies) + kefir + kombucha + raw, fermented salsa
Prebiotics Feed your gut bugs (PRObiotics). NeuroTrition Rx! + sweet potato + cacao + raw garlic + + + + + cooked onion + raw onion + raw jerusalem artichoke + raw asparagus + raw leek + cruciferous vegetables (eg. broccoli, cauliflower) kale blueberries avocado hemp & chia seeds + walnuts + quinoa + raw dandelion greens + beans
Prebiotic Criteria + There are three criteria a food must meet to be called a prebiotic : 1 It would need to go through most of your gastrointestinal system, reaching your colon intact 2 It would be fermented by those intestinal microbes 3 It would stimulate the good microbes associated with health
Probiotics + Prebiotics + Taking a probiotic has been shown to: reduce cortisol boost serotonin elevate mood reduce fatigue + A prebiotic has been shown to: significantly reduce risk factors of depression and anxiety
Some Extra Gut Bug Love 1 MegaFood Probiotics: MegaFlora Baby and Me, MegaFlora for Women, MegaFlora for Over 50 2 MegaFood Daily Nutrient Booster Powders: Daily Energy 3 MegaFood Multivitamin
Some Extra Gut Bug Love 4 MegaFood Specific Nutrients: B Complex, Vitamin D, Calcium & Magnesium 5 Host Defence Magic Mushrooms (!!!): Cordyceps (HD), Lion s Mane (HD), Brain (HD)
Gut-Brain Recipes Chicken & Waffles PROBIOTICS: Plain Greek Yogurt PREBIOTICS: Zucchini
Gut-Brain Recipes Kombucha Battered Fish N Chips PROBIOTICS: Kombucha PREBIOTICS: Sweet Potato, Jicama, Beet, Potato
Gut-Brain Recipes Berry Brainy Bites PROBIOTICS: Yogurt PREBIOTICS: Berries, Chia Seeds, Cacao
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