Biohacking

Underneath It All Show Notes
Season 3, Episode 7 -

In this episode, Grizel has the opportunity to talk with Kourtney, a recent graduate student, who shares the ways in which she has learned to “biohack” her mental health, through both personal experience and her thesis “A Functional Approach to Depression”. Kourtney explains the biopsychosocial model of disease and how balancing our biology, our environment, our social life, and our mental health is the “formula” for sustained healing.

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Additional Mental Health Resources:

• National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
• Institute of Functional Medicine: Adjunct Therapies for Depression

Find a learn more about Functional Medicine and find a FunctionaL Medicine practitioner here:

https://www.ifm.org/functional-medicine/patient-resource-center/

Ways to advocate for getting to the root cause of depression with your doctor:

1. Ask about and request tests for underlying conditions, deficiencies, and imbalances:
   1. Thyroid imbalances
   2. Candida overgrowth
   3. Systemic inflammation
   4. Chronic infection
   5. Heavy metal toxicity
   6. Hormonal imbalances (sex and androgens)
2. Discuss all options symptom relief options, such as:
   1. GABA
   2. L-tryphtan
   3. Organic Lithium
   4. B12 Injections
   5. Natural thyroid
   6. Prescription Medication
      

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Underneath It All is produced and hosted by Grizel.

Theme music is by Passiflora.

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