5 Rules for Eating Away Your Depression

July 23rd, 2018

By Kelly Brogan, M.D.

The path to wellness is through food.

If you are one of the estimated 15 million Americans suffering from depression, you may be surprised to learn that the path to wellness and vitality is through food.

The Western diet of heavily processed, denatured foods has been widely linked to rising rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Did you know that it’s also linked to poor memory function, hyperactive immune response, and inflammation, all of which affect symptoms of depression?

The Gut-Brain Axis: Your Second Brain

Our digestive systems know when we are under stress. Whether it’s feeling too nervous to eat, or experiencing “butterflies” in the stomach when we feel excited, it’s clear that our thoughts impact digestive functions. But why is the gut being called our “second brain”?

The enteric nervous system, or ENS, is the cellular lining covering the entire GI tract. The ENS sends signals to the brain via 100 million nerve cells. Scientists at Johns Hopkins University explain it this way:

“The gut doesn’t seem capable of thought as we know it, but it communicates back and forth with our… brain — with profound results. For decades, we thought that anxiety and depression contributed to digestive disorders, such as IBS, Crohn’s disease, etc. But… studies show that it may also be the other way around.”

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Also by Dr. Kelly Brogan:

• Psych Meds Put 49 Million Americans at Risk for Cancer
• Are You Fluoridated?
• Confessions of a Renegade Psychiatrist

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