We, the citizens of the USA consume 80% of the opioids in the world, with just 4.25% of the world’s population. In April 2020, 60 million new prescriptions were written for anti-anxiety or anti-depression medication. That means 1 in 5 Americans are getting a prescription for pain or emotional issues!
We need help now and prescription medications are not the only answer…There are multiple factors leading to anxiety and depression. There is the obvious current COVID 19 conditions..but that has only highlighted our distress. It spiked, yes. But the US already had shocking numbers- we were already taking an exorbitant amount of anxiety, depression and pain prescriptions before COVID 19.
Did you know that anxiety and depression are intricately related to your diet and gut health? Does that sound ridiculous? There are more connections from your gut to your brain than vice versa. That is why you feel nervousness in your abdomen before you “interpret the emotion.” Think about your worst fear – where do you feel it – your gut!
The friendly bacteria in your gut take your turkey and your broccoli and make happy neurotransmitters. Prozac, an anti-depressant, is blocking your uptake of serotonin (the happy neurotransmitter)- but if you are making low serotonin, because you lack co-factors- or an alternate pathway occurs if your gut is inflamed..then prozac will not be as effective. Your body will merely down regulate the receptors- then another drug will be prescribed… Why not just make more serotonin in your gut, yourself-why rely on a drug? Pain’s major trigger is gut imbalance and inflammation in the gut.
Instead of fighting nature’s pathways-harness them!!
There are better treatments that do not involve sedating, mind-numbing and dangerous medications. Neurotransmitters are synthesized and metabolized in your gut based on the “materials” you consume… Call us, let’s change the course of your life. Get back your vitality and your best self. There absolutely is hope for you! It is basic physiology…harness nature- let it work for you.
Cultivate Your Biome
Harmonize Your Health
