Jeffrey Bland, PhDPresident of Big Bold Health | Human Health Thought Leader

What I wish I knew about mental health

10 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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A brief YouTube talk (by Dr. Austin Perlmutter) presenting four biological pathways through which food may influence mental health: immunity (including brain and peripheral immune interactions and gut influences), metabolic health (brain metabolic state driven by diet), neuroplasticity (gut-derived signals affecting brain rewiring), and neurotransmitters (dietary precursors). The clip serves as a concise overview rather than an in-depth review.

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Does your food influence your mood? I'm Dr. Austin Perlmutter. Here are four pathways connecting the food that we eat with our mental state. Number one, immunity. The brain's immune system has been deemed central to understanding certain mental health conditions. And we know that the brain's immune state is influenced by peripheral immunity as well as what is happening within the gut. Therefore, our food. Number two, metabolic health. Brain's metabolic state is incredibly important. We know that metabolic state is massively driven by the quality and quantity of what we eat. Number three is neuroplasticity. How our brains rewire. We're now learning that neuroplasticity is, in part, governed by signals that come from our gut. Therefore, what we eat. And number four is going to be neurotransmitters, which are synthesized from precursors that are found in our diet. Thanks for watching.