What Causes (and Fixes) Leaky Gut | Dr. Daniel Amen

Struggling with mood swings, anxiety, depression, lack of focus, or memory problems? The reason may not be related to your psyche. The root cause just might lie in your gut. What does your gut have to do with your mental health? A lot! Emotional and psychological pain-nervousness, sadness, stress, and grief-are often expressed with gut distress. Here’s how it happens.
Did you know that your gastrointestinal tract is lined with about 100 million neurons? That’s more neurons than you have in your spinal cord or in your peripheral nervous system, which is why the gut is often referred to as the “second brain.” This nerve tissue is in direct communication with the brain inside your skull, which explains why you get butterflies before a big job interview or feel queasy when you’re upset.
When you have problems with your gut, you’re more likely to have mental health problems. You have about thirty feet of tubing (including your stomach) that goes from your mouth to the other end. This tubing is lined with a single layer of cells with tight junctions that allows you to digest food in an efficient way and also protect it from foreign invaders. Big trouble happens when the cell junctions widen and the lining becomes excessively porous, a condition known as leaky gut.
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07:20 The Gut-Brain Connection
08:05 Leaky Gut
11:45 Bad Diet
14:00 Alcohol
15:20 Gut Microbiome
20:58 Medications
22:09 What Things Damage the Microbiome?
26:27 What Increases Healthy Gut Bacteria?
27:38 Probiotics
28:18 Probiotic Supplements
28:51 The Jedi Tale of Larry Leakey
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