[Ep. 337] How Blood Sugar Is Affecting Your Mental Health

About this episode

Luis discusses the impact of blood sugar on mental health and the importance of nutrition in influencing brain biochemistry.

PSA: psychiatry does not have any case reports of diseases that are validated! This shortcoming of the DSM is why Luis dropped out of psychology and instead chose holistic psychology. As Luis sees it, behavior is not a fixed identity. There is no biochemical data proving “mental disease”. What we can track is neurotransmitters, like seratonin. 50-90% of these are made in the gut. Cue nutrition. Food is a shortcut to influencing change in the brain’s biochemistry. Carbs influence g...

People in this episode

Host: Luis

Topics covered

• blood sugar
• mental health
• holistic psychology
• nutrition
• neurotransmitters

Keywords

• blood sugar
• mental health
• nutrition
• neurotransmitters
• holistic psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DSM, psychology, holistic psychology

Products: seratonin

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