Have you heard about the gut being the second brain of the body? Are you curious about the connection between gut health and anxiety? Want to know how to best support mental health starting with the gut? Tune in to hear Ali and Becki discuss the upcoming release of The Anti-Anxiety Diet and cover the foundational 6Rs for managing anxiety. Learn about the role of gut microbes on neurotransmitter production, how inflammatory foods can contribute to mood imbalance and how stress can impact the gut.
 
In this Episode, Ali and Becki explore how stress and anxiety can have a chicken and egg relationship with gut health. Chronic stress depletes nutrients that support brain health and impacts gut barrier integrity leading to increased food sensitivities. It can also sterilize beneficial gut bacteria, leading to pathogenic overgrowth. Find out how you can use food as medicine to support a healthy gut lining, manage bacterial overgrowth and fuel beneficial gut flora to reduce anxiety and depression
 
Also in this Episode:
6 Foundational Rs to Manage AnxietyEpisode 54: The Anti Anxiety Diet
Preorder the Anti-Anxiety Book!
The Role of Food SensitivitiesMRT Food Sensitivity Panel
Supplements to Support the Gut Brain Connection Digestaid
GI Lining
B-12 Boost
Super Turmeric
The Role of the MicrobiomeEpisode 27: Ali’s Third Trimester
Restore Baseline Probiotic and How to Do a Probiotic Challenge
Beat the Bloat Ebook
Candida Cleanse Supplement Bundle
Episode 60: Dysbiosis and the Microbiome
Episode 78: In Defense of Coconut Oil
Food As MedicineBone Broth
Vital Proteins Collagen
Vital Proteins Gelatin