Episode 8: The Brain in Your Brain and the Brain in Your Gut Creating Geneius Podcast

In this episode, I explore the impacts that our microbiome has on mental health. There are a few common environmental factors that almost all of us are exposed to daily that can disrupt our microbiome. After diving into those, I share some strategies we can all use to help balance our microbiome and take care of the bacteria in it, so that it will take care of us.

References:

Vitamin K and Microbiome:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7928036/#:~:text=Menaquinones%20(MKn%2C%20n%20%3D%20prenyl,and%20consumed%20in%20the%20diet.)

The Gut-Brain Axis: Influence of Microbiota on Mood and Mental Health

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6469458/#:~:text=The%20gut%20provides%20approximately%2095,to%20the%20central%20nerve%20system

Antibiotics and Mental Health: The Good, Bad and Ugly

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9796968/#:~:text=Overall%2C%20antibiotics%20increase%20the%20prevalence,to%20keep%20this%20in%20mind

Norepinephrine Function in the Body:

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22610-norepinephrine-noradrenaline

Vagus Nerve as Modulator of the Brain–Gut Axis in Psychiatric and Inflammatory Disorders:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5859128/#:~:text=The%20vagus%20nerve%20is%20responsible,%2C%20and%20vomiting%20(17)

Glyphosate, Microbiome and Mental Health:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8959108/#:~:text=Given%20glyphosate%20can%20kill%20commensal,%2C%20L%2Dglutamate%20and%20SCFAs

Health Effects and Sources for Prebiotic Fibers:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6041804/

Benefits of Spore-Based Probiotics:

https://coe.unt.edu/news/unt-research-shows-benefits-spore-based-probiotic-supplements

Probiotic Strains that are Good for the Brain:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10053794/

Dietary Polyphenols and Gut Health:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9220293/#:~:text=Dietary%20polyphenols%20influence%20gut%20microbiota,modulate%20the%20regulatory%20metabolism%20network