Is Your Gut Controlling Your Mood? Dr. Steven Gundry on the Microbiome-Brain Connection

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Dr. Mindy Pelz

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🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Steven Gundry spills the bacterial-beans on his book, "The Gut Brain Paradox," revealing how your belly's tiny tenants control your mood swings and brainpower. Think your tummy is just for digestion? Think again! It's the mastermind behind your mental mojo, influencing everything from the blues to those brain fog moments. Dr. Gundry explains his modified carnivore diet - yes, you can still enjoy some cheesy goodness and meaty delights, but hold the glyphosate. Get ready to rethink your next meal as we uncover the connection between your gut and your grey matter. Spoiler alert: your brain might just be taking orders from your belly!

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Steven R. Gundry, MD, is the director of the International Heart and Lung Institute in Palm Springs, California, and the founder and director of the Center for Restorative Medicine in Palm Springs and Santa Barbara. After a distinguished surgical career as a professor and chairman of cardiothoracic surgery at Loma Linda University, Dr. Gundry changed his focus to curing modern diseases via dietary changes. His bestselling books include Gut Check, Unlocking the Keto Code, The Energy Paradox, The Plant Paradox Family Cookbook, The Longevity Paradox, The Plant Paradox Quick and Easy, The Plant Paradox Cookbook, and The Plant Paradox, and has written more than three hundred articles published in peer-reviewed journals on using diet and supplements to eliminate heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune disease, and multiple other diseases. He is the host of the top-ranked nutrition podcast The Dr. Gundry Podcast and founder of Gundry MD, a wellness brand.

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0:00.0	On this episode of The Resetter podcast, I am bringing you back Dr. Stephen Gundry.
0:11.0	So Dr. Gundry, he is the most well known for his original book that just took over the world
0:18.4	and stunned everyone, which is called The Plant Paradox. And in that
0:24.6	book, he really brought forward some controversial thoughts that still hold true today, which is
0:31.8	that plants have toxins on them. And some people's gut microbiome actually will respond negatively to those
0:41.3	toxins. And he specifically called them oxalates and lectins, which many people know now, they're
0:49.0	unable to handle these plant toxins, especially when they have a severe gut situation. What he's bringing us
0:58.2	now is so good. I am so excited to bring this to you all. He just put out a book called the
1:06.5	gut brain paradox, and it's about how our gut microbiome controls our brain. If you have never
1:15.6	heard this concept before, please listen, take notes, listen again, send it to a friend. Because what
1:24.5	Dr. Gundry is bringing forward is going to change so many people's opinion on
1:31.9	depression and anxiety and neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson's and aging conditions
1:40.3	like Alzheimer's. When we break down all of these mental health challenges or brain challenges,
1:50.0	we start to see that there is a gut bacteria issue that needs to be repaired.
1:57.8	And it can be repaired by things like fasting.
2:00.5	And you're going to hear some really cool
2:02.6	information on different types of diets like the carnivore diet and we're going to look at
2:08.3	is depression actually your life circumstance or is it's an imbalance in your microbiome
2:16.3	I really hope it gives you a new lens on not only how your brain works, how your moods work,
2:23.3	but also gives you an idea if you have any loved ones with any kind of neurodegenerative issues or anybody who's dealing with Alzheimer's or dementia, let's bring it back to these microbes.
2:36.2	They're really, really powerful.
2:38.9	So Dr. Stephen Gundry, the gut brain paradox.
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