Glutamine is one of my favorite nutrients for healing the gut (or repairing the intestinal barrier). Here is the extract from a paper published last month: Glutamine and intestinal barrier function: The intestinal barrier integrity is essential for the absorption of nutrients and health in humans and animals. Dysfunction of the mucosal barrier is associated […]
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Western diet is associated with a smaller left hippocampus and anxiety
A new food and mental health study has been published in the international BMC Medicine journal: Western diet is associated with a smaller hippocampus: a longitudinal investigation. The lead author is Associate Professor Felice Jacka from Deacon University in Australia. Here is the conclusion of the study: Lower intakes of nutrient-dense foods and higher intakes […]
Amino Acids and Neurotransmitters: Trudy Scott’s MINDD interview
This time last year folks from the MINDD Foundation interviewed me at the Integrative Medicine for Mental Health conference. The MINDD Foundation helps practitioners and patients discover and implement effective treatments for Metabolic, Immunologic, Neurologic, Digestive, Developmental conditions that often affect the mind. In this video I share about the amino acids tryptophan and 5-HTP […]
Microbiome: A New Frontier in Mental Health with Dr. David Perlmutter
Dr. David Perlmutter, MD, is author of the cutting-edge new book Brain Maker and one of the many excellent speakers on the upcoming Mental Wellness Summit Here are some snippets from Dr. John Dempster’s excellent interview with Dr. David Perlmutter, MD – Microbiome: A New Frontier in Mental Health with respect to brain health […]
The Mental Wellness Summit starts soon!
The Mental Wellness Summit, online, August 10-17, 2015. An online educational and empowering experience that explores better ways to approach and treat mental health from a root cause perspective. Today’s powerful treatment options, including specialized diet and improved nutrition, targeted supplementation, integrative medicine, naturopathy and functional medicine, somatic therapy, chiropractic care, acupuncture, yoga and meditation, […]
Prevent a heart attack! No grains, fix low D/low thyroid, add fish oil, improve gut flora!
Dr. Masley’s Healthy Heart Summit starts today! It’s not to be missed! Here are the speakers for Day 1: Here are the speakers for Day 2: And some excerpts from the Dr. William Davis interview: The Impact of Wheat on Heart Disease and Health. It’s incredible! Dr. Davis is a cardiologist and the author of […]