Episode Highlights With Dr. Amy Shah

• A life lesson she learned from growing up in rural India and riding a horse carriage to school
• Why the gut works with the principle of: take action first and motivation follows. And how to support gut bacteria to crave good things
• The difference between hunger, cravings, and appetite
• How cravings are connected to the dopamine pathway
• Ways to help kids train positive dopamine pathways and avoid cravings later in life
• What are the three “hunger hijackers”?
• How is most modern food engineered? What is the bliss point?
• What are psychobiotics?
• What is your gut microbiome? How can it control our hunger?
• Why our bodies are solar powdered and why we need natural light
• One good easy rule: sky before screens every day
• There are gut bacteria deep in our guts that need natural sunlight to function optimally
• Light is our biggest circadian input followed by food and temperature
• The biggest things women can do to protect against aging and hormone changes is maintain muscle mass
• What's the first small change we can make today to stop being so "effing hungry"?
• Why exercise is the strongest probiotic you can take!
• What the nova classification of food is and how it impacts our health and mood
• Her personal 80/20 of non-negotiable things she does

Resources We Mention

• Dr. Amy Shah - Website
• Dr. Amy Shah - Instagram
• I'm So Effing Hungry: Why We Crave What We Crave – and What to Do About It by Amy Shah, MD
• I'm So Effing Tired: A Proven Plan to Beat Burnout, Boost Your Energy, and Reclaim Your Life by Amy Shah, MD
• The 7-Day Anti-Inflammatory Detox: Combining the Best Parts of Paleo, Vegan, and Gluten- and Sugar-Free Diets by Amy Shah, MD
• The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity - And Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race by Daniel Z. Lieberman MD and Daniel Z. Lieberman MD
• 422: Dr. Amy Shah on a Proven Plan to Beat Burnout & Boost Energy
• 345: How to Use Circadian Fasting to Improve Health & Slow Aging With Dr. Amy Shah
• 233: Dr. Amy Shah on Decoding Childhood Allergies & Letting Kids Get Dirty
• Just Calm (use code wellnessmama15 for discount)

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