Dr. Steven Gundry - Are Microbes Controlling Your Cravings?

Name: Dr. Steven Gundry - Are Microbes Controlling Your Cravings?
Uploaded: 2024-08-06T14:00:52+00:00
Duration: 49 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: In this monologue, Dr. Steven Gundry argues that the gut microbiome acts as a "puppet master" over human behavior, claiming that a single‑cell organism…

6 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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In this monologue, Dr. Steven Gundry argues that the gut microbiome acts as a "puppet master" over human behavior, claiming that a single‑cell organism can dominate cravings, addiction, depression, and anxiety. He explains that dysbiosis—an imbalance of harmful versus beneficial microbes—underlies many psychological issues. Gundry suggests that by altering diet, introducing beneficial bacteria, and starving harmful microbes, we can re‑program the microbiome and thereby alleviate these mental health problems.

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a single-cell organism can completely take control of our behavior. The microbiome is the puppet master and we are merely the puppet. All addictive behavior is actually driven by the microbiome. Once you understand that these guys are pulling the strings, that actually gives you hope that if we manipulate them by changing our foods, by introducing bacteria that are good guys rather than bad guys, driving the bad guys out by literally starving them to death, then you can change some of what we would assume were horrible psychological issues. Depression and anxiety is directly related to dysbiotic microbiome.