How Nutrients Impact Neurotransmitters & Walsh Data

About this episode

The episode discusses how nutrient levels affect neurotransmitter functioning and the association of specific nutrient imbalances with various psychiatric conditions.

It is increasingly understood that our brain health is dependent on our having healthy nutrient levels. But how do nutrients actually impact our neurotransmitters. We might assume that certain nutrient levels would cause certain symptoms or conditions. Instead, what we find are biotypes - one condition is often associated with a small handful of imbalances. For example, the biotypes of depression from the Walsh Research Institute, included undermethylation, overmethylation , pyrrole disorder, copper overload and metal toxicity. And reversely, one nutrient imbalance can contribute to a range of brain symptoms. Copper overload, for example, can be a factor in ADHD for one person, but for another contribute to panic or insomnia and still another rage or tantrums. There are some conditions, however, that have a very strong associations with specific nutrient imbalances. In this newsletter, I will address: * 5 Ways Nutrients Impact Neurotransmitter Functioning * Psychiatric Conditions That Can Almost Predict a Specific Nutrient Imbalance The data comes from the Walsh Research Institute . Nutrient Imbalances Can Be Due to Too Much or Too Little I use the term nutrient imbalances…

People in this episode

Host: Courtney Snyder MD

Topics covered

• nutrients
• neurotransmitters
• brain health
• psychiatric conditions
• nutrient imbalances
• biotypes

Keywords

• nutrient impact
• neurotransmitter function
• depression biotypes
• copper overload
• ADHD
• psychiatric conditions
• nutrient deficiencies
• biochemical diversity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Walsh Research Institute

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