Heart Led Wellness

36: Potatoes help regulate the nervous system: Mind blowing information on how whole carbs impact your emotional health


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What you choose to eat everyday plays a huge role in your mental health and nervous system health. The nervous system inside your gut is extremely important in your moods, emotions, and ability to handle stress. Whole food carbohydrates are especially important for creating a healthy nervous system, and this episode explains why! Having nutritional knowledge like this about how to best support your body is key in healing your relationship with food. You don’t have to give up your love for health just because you want to eat “intuitively”. You can have both health and food freedom!

 

Learn about…

  • Why you shouldn’t give up your love for nutrition in the name of food freedom
  • How the food you eat impacts your nervous system and mental health
  • How carbohydrates help regulate your nervous system 
  • How starchy foods impact your gut and therefore your nervous system
  • Mind blowing facts about the nervous system inside your gut!
  • How your gut microbes impact your nervous system
  • Why your gut health matters more than your brain health
  • How to create more GABA neurotransmitters from your gut
  • How to increase serotonin in your brain through your diet
  • Why high protein meals are not great for serotonin production
  • The thanksgiving turkey tryptophan myth
  • Blood sugar dysregulation and stress
  • The one type of food that helps balance blood sugar and cortisol spikes
  • The energetic way root vegetables help with anxiety and stress

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    Intro music created and produced by Wavesy!

    Disclaimer: Nothing in this episode is to be taken as medical advice. Please speak to your own physician or functional medicine practitioner before making changes in your life.

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