Dr. Nicole Cain explains how mold, Candida, and bacteria can travel from your gut or mouth to your brain, triggering inflammation and mood changes. She recommends strengthening your blood-brain barrier with herbs like avena sativa and gotu kola, eating more omega-3s, and supporting your gut with probiotics and fiber instead of broad-spectrum antiseptics that kill beneficial microbes.
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Did you read the new groundbreaking article about the brain and holy moly, is it good? For years we've been looking at the research, talking about the importance of the gut microbiome in affecting the brain, but now we're suddenly seeing that we actually have a brain microbiome. Check out this 2023 article published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. We have a microbiome in the brain. Organisms can get in the brain and cause issues like neuroinflammation and mood changes. While research is stillness preliminary stages, there are a few culprits that we're paying more attention to, which includes mold, candida and pathogenic bacteria. Two of the main sources of these are your mouth and your gut. But hold on, Should I just chug Listerine and take all the antibiotics? Please don't do that. Here's the problem with Listerine and antibiotics. They kill good bugs and bad bugs. Have you ever taken an antibiotic and then you get a yeast infection? There's a better way, and I talk a lot about it in my book Panic Proof, which you can buy anywhere books are sold. Let me share with you some quick strategies that you can use right now. Number one is you want to clean up the blood brain barrier. This is so that things that aren't supposed to be in the brain aren't getting to the brain. There are herbs that could be really good for that, like avena sativa and gotu kola. The second thing you want to do is bring down inflammation in the brain. Your biggest hack for this is going to be diet and nutrition. Eat more omega 3 fatty acids and less saturated fats. The next thing you want to do is support your gut, probiotics and fiber. Go to the store and buy walnuts, leafy greens and unsweetened yogurt. Want to know alternatives to Listerine? Let me know in the comments below.
