Nutrition, Gut Health, And Athletic Performance
Is there a best way to use nutrition to improve athletic performance? Getting the most from foods eaten is important to athletes and their gut health.
Most athletes rarely give consideration to their guts, but they should. Why? It is from within their guts and digestion that athletic performance can be improved. This improvement can be large or small, but it can be the difference between crashing and burning or powering through towards the finish line. But there's so much more to it than eating.
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Is Serotonin Involved In Digestion?
What are neurotransmitters and what do they do? They can help to regulate many functions of the body, but most can't name 4 specific neurotransmitters. This is unfortunate because a healthy gut can work together with neurotransmitters to produce happiness or naturally produce those happy feelings normally sought after through the taking of pharmaceutical drugs.
If the term psychobiotic is new to you, I encourage you to listen to several of my previous blogs or podcasts to get caught up. In a nutshell, I touched on how certain gut bacteria can help arrange neurotransmitters in our brain to be naturally produced. 
Free Radical Production From Poor Digestion
What exactly are the causes of free radicals? Whether good or bad for us, it's important to find ways to reduce free radical production in our body.
If you were to Google what are some commonalities of many diseases like cancer, ADHD, autism, and other brain-related disorders like Parkinson's and depression, you'd find that oxidative stress is right up there and probably a bodily function that is found in the early stages of these diseases and disorders. So why don't we hear more about it? 
Farm-Raised Fish Good Or Bad
What is the difference between farm raised fish vs wild caught? Or is there even a difference? If so, what is the sustainability of farm raised fish?
For as long as I've can remember eating, fish has lengthy been touted as an amazing meal by doctors, nutritionists and professionals from round the world. Many people choose not to eat “meat” for philosophical or ethical reasons, but are completely content in their choice to consume fish. Considered that fish are harvested as many ways as farm animals, doesn't this seem a bit odd? 
Regulating Hunger And Satiety
Have you ever wondered how to reduce overweight and obesity? I know, silly question, but you'd be surprised at how many people want to achieve it but don't know where to begin. Do you have a healthy eating plan with snacks and how can you prepare your body to regulate your blood sugar throughout the day.
How To Control Diabetes And Cholesterol
With all discussions around blood pressure, we should be asking how can eating fat lower your cholesterol? Is there a way that we can eat certain foods (without starving or depriving ourselves) that can actually help our body become stronger and able to handle inflammation more effectively? Would It surprise you if I said there already was, and our body actually needs it daily.
Most people don't realize there is a surprising link between depression, anxiety, and gut health. The connection between gut health and depression is real and something that can be altered.
So what are the things that you can do to improve gut health and reduce the likelihood of depression and anxiety? In this podcast episode, I address how eating fermented foods help your mental health and ultimately how to break the cycle of depression.
NOTE: Thank you for taking the time to listen to this Go With Your Gut Podcast. I hope you learned a few things about brain health and the quality of foods are related. If you did, do me a huge solid and hit the like button below. Or better yet, we've had quite a bit of promotion by people taking pics of the podcast and posting it on their stories.
Good Health Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is one of those touted "super food" that has a significant following and a bit of skepticism. Is coconut oil a fat? Have you ever asked the question, “are saturated fats bad for you?” Most people without a moment’s hesitation would repeat the mantra that saturated fats are bad because they cause the clogging of the arteries and weight gain. But what if there was a saturated fats that actually may be good for you and could, in turn, help you with weight loss? In this podcast, I share what I believe is the best food "supplement" I use (and eat) everyday. To listen or download this episode follow the link.
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