Ep. 157 Is Your Gut Health Affecting Your Mental Health?

02/05/24 • 34 min

An unhealthy gut creates many health issues and can cause mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and mood disorders.

Recent research has shown what those with gut issues already know, that there is a connection between gut health and mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, and mood disorders.

It's not a coincidence, it's grounded in science.

The gut, often referred to as the "second brain" houses trillions of microorganisms collectively known as the gut microbiota.

These tiny little guys play a pivotal role in regulating the production of neurotransmitters, including serotonin and dopamine, which are crucial for mood regulation.

When the balance of these microorganisms is disrupted—whether due to poor diet, chronic stress, or gut inflammation—it can lead to an altered gut-brain axis, a critical communication pathway between the gut and the central nervous system.

This disruption can trigger or exacerbate mental health conditions.

In today's episode, we want to discuss and cover some of the issues I went through during my gut healing journey, how those issues and symptoms affected my relationship, why keeping this a constant focus and priority in your life is essential, and more!

Time Stamps:

(1:18) Just Got Back From Fort Lauderdale

(3:25) For My Ladies Wanting to Improve Mentally

(5:01) Coming Back From Our Ski Trip With A Bug

(12:40) Omar’s Perspective

(15:27) The Importance Of Your Gut Health

(19:16) Gut Permeability

(26:57) Food Sensitivity

(30:21) Defining Embarrassing Gas

(33:09) Our Free Facebook Group

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An unhealthy gut creates many health issues and can cause mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and mood disorders.

Recent research has shown what those with gut issues already know, that there is a connection between gut health and mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, and mood disorders.

It's not a coincidence, it's grounded in science.

The gut, often referred to as the "second brain" houses trillions of microorganisms collectively known as the gut microbiota.

These tiny little guys play a pivotal role in regulating the production of neurotransmitters, including serotonin and dopamine, which are crucial for mood regulation.

This disruption can trigger or exacerbate mental health conditions.

Time Stamps:

(1:18) Just Got Back From Fort Lauderdale

(3:25) For My Ladies Wanting to Improve Mentally

(5:01) Coming Back From Our Ski Trip With A Bug

(12:40) Omar’s Perspective

(15:27) The Importance Of Your Gut Health

(19:16) Gut Permeability

(26:57) Food Sensitivity

(30:21) Defining Embarrassing Gas

(33:09) Our Free Facebook Group

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Follow @vanessagfitness on Instagram for daily fitness tips & motivation.

---------------------

Download Our FREE Metabolism-Boosting Workout Program

---------------------

Join the Women’s Metabolism Secrets Facebook Community for 25+ videos teaching you how to start losing fat without hating your life!

---------------------

Click here to send me a message on Facebook and we’ll see how I can help or what best free resources I can share!

---------------------

Interested in 1-on-1 Coaching with my team of Metabolism & Hormone Experts? Apply Here!

---------------------

Check out our Youtube Channel!

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Enjoyed the podcast? Let us know what you think and leave a 5⭐️ rating and review on iTunes!

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Ep. 156 Featured Replay: The 6 Secrets To Fat Loss

It's around that time of year when New Year's Resolutions, particularly one's around fat loss, start to lose their momentum...

We want to keep you on track and inspired so today's episode is actually a replay of our most popular episode to date on the Vanessa G Fitcast!

In this episode, we share the six secrets to fat loss that I wish someone had told me before I started my own fat loss journey so many years ago.

I had to learn all of these the hard way... and if I had just understood these 6 secrets from the beginning, I would’ve reached my goals so much sooner!

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Follow @vanessagfitness on Instagram for daily fitness tips & motivation.

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Download Our FREE Metabolism-Boosting Workout Program

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Join the Women’s Metabolism Secrets Facebook Community for 25+ videos teaching you how to start losing fat without hating your life!

---------------------

Click here to send me a message on Facebook and we’ll see how I can help or what best free resources I can share!

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Interested in 1-on-1 Coaching with my team of Metabolism & Hormone Experts? Apply Here!

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Check out our Youtube Channel!

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Enjoyed the podcast? Let us know what you think and leave a 5⭐️ rating and review on iTunes!

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Ep. 158 Does Tracking Calories Create a Bad Relationship With Food? Here's Our Take

I saw a message getting shared on Instagram recently making the claim that: “ANYONE who tracks their calories / macros has a BAD RELATIONSHIP with food”...

So I wanted to give our thoughts having worked with hundreds of women, many through tracking, many coming to us with negative relationships with food, and answer the question...

DOES tracking calories/macros create a bad relationship with food?

Hot take: No.

That would be like saying that budgeting your finances creates a bad relationship with money.

Tracking, like tracking anything, is a tool.

Your relationship to the thing in which you are tracking has nothing to do with that tool, and everything to do with the way you THINK about it. Because your thoughts create your feelings. And your feelings about it are what we’re often referring to when we say your “relationship” with it.

To make a blanket statement that ANYONE who budgets their food to ensure they are sticking to their goals has a bad relationship with food is absurd.

Listen in as we dissect more of this controversial claim, the art of flexibility with your food, freedom through food education and awareness, and more!

Time Stamps:

(2:00) Calorie Tracking Claim on Social Media

(3:20) Tracking Is Like Budgeting

(6:50) Why You Would Track Calories

(10:30) Defining Momentum

(15:20) The Art of Flexibility

(19:02) Freedom Through Education and Awareness

(21:42) Eating “Clean” But Not Seeing Progress

(25:32) Being Tied To MyFitnessPal

(31:12) Tracking and Your Process of Interpretation

(34:17) Our Free Facebook Group

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