How Your Gut Bacteria Control Your Decisions (It's Not What You Think)

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References
References
The Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis in Decision-Making: A Systematic Review" in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2023) - this would give you a comprehensive overview of verified studies.

Scott, Emma et al. “Postbiotics and Their Health Modulatory Biomolecules.” Biomolecules vol. 12,11 1640. 4 Nov. 2022, doi:10.3390/biom12111640

Falkenstein, Marie et al. “Impact of the gut microbiome composition on social decision-making.” PNAS nexus vol. 3,5 page 166. 14 May. 2024, doi:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae166

Prajapati N, Patel J, Singh S, Yadav VK, Joshi C, Patani A, Prajapati D, Sahoo DK, Patel A. Postbiotic production: harnessing the power of microbial metabolites for health applications. Front Microbiol. 2023 Dec 19;14:1306192. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1306192. PMID: 38169918; PMCID: PMC10758465.

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[karenmatuska]

Another video that perfectly frames the topic of mental health for my clients. No extra fluff, no unnecessary side comments, just direct, evidence-based information on food and mental health. Thank you!

[ariesrising]

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[Idontparticipate]

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[goodmantruth]

I've got diagnosed with Borderline Personality disorders and CPTSD. Thank you Dr Tracy for educating me about mental health, physical health and many more making my life easier. Since I watching your videos I feel improvement. Although I still have very dark moments, days, weeks, months. At least I have a better understanding about myself. It's not about healing, because it wont go away.... but to learn how to live with the illness. Just keep carrying the cross weight just making me sometimes I feel very tired and I would like to go but I have things to do here....I need to serve feel everything so intense....I feel the pain and hurt of the people around
Time to time I need to be alone for days.
Thank you!!!

[drsatheesh]

When you're in the educational space, you'll give out the right information. The moment you're in selling products space, you'll start distorting facts and exaggerating insignificant studies

[happynjoyousnfree]

Holy crap lady you have almost 2 million subscribers! Well deserved love that ❤

[devenherbert]

Best channel on mental health and everything she covers in my opinion 🫡.

Thanks Dr.TraceyMarks.

[dottedrhino]

My problem is not apathy or laziness, it is impairment of decision making.

[rainesonne]

I had a gastric sleeve done 12 years ago and have trouble eating. I take supplements because I'm 63 and unwell. Supplements have saved my life! But I will add more fermented foods! Thanks Doc!

[StephaniePerry]

Thank you for including the practical ways to apply this. I appreciate this and your channel.

[danielsykes]

Trust your gut, but make sure you have a trustworthy gut first

[Anthony__C]

Good information, thanks. Recently I made my first batch of l reuteri yogurt, now I have an idea of how long it might take to notice any results.

[istp]

Gives new meaning to, 'Go with your gut' . . . My wife Izzy has been recently diagnosed with Cecilia's Disease; which would go a long way to explaining her chronic Anxiety disorder.

[janycebrown]

Good gut health and a healthy mindset has been my life path for the last 18 months!
18 months ago I was rushed to the hospital! I was bleeding internally! I had 2 openings inside my gut, and I was bleeding internally! The doctors told me it was due to stress! They repaired my tummy and after a week I went home. About a month later I was diagnosed with C Diff! I caught it from the hospital!
The day l found out about the C Diff diagnosis my family Doctor, sent me to a Specialist named Dr. Tom Louis. He took care of me! After some heavy duty antibiotics, Dr Louis gave me a Fecal microbiol Transplant (FMT)!
I received the FMT last February, and the main thing I've noticed is my mental health has improved greatly ✨💃✨ And I am cured from C Diff 😊
Ty for this video ❤

[em]

This is similar to the healthy soil cycle.
Adding chemical stimulants that have an illusion of adding fertility to plant production, they short cut the natural cycles occurring with the bacteria and microbes. The soil becomes unproductive and reliant on additives to grow less nutritious plants.
Soil needs a good cover of diverse plants and root systems exuding sugars to set up for resiliency and vitality, and to weather and outside factors.
Not all systems are the same, though.
I would imagine human guts have a diversity to what suits the individual's balance.

[danielrus]

Finding your channel has been a blessing to me! Thank you so much!!

[welder]

Dr. Marks, Thank you so much for exploring and explaining this cutting edge to discoveries. Stress, cravings, broken sleep, and irritable bowel syndrome. 🤦
Sounds good to me. I'm willing to try anytime now.

[cda]

As much as I understand science as a constantly developing source of knowledge, it's a bit annoying that twelve years ago I went to several doctors of all stripes with chronic GI symptoms only to be loaded up on 90mg of oxy per day (I was in my early 20's) and sent to several tests only for doctors to shrug their shoulders and say "Welp. Guess we'll just remove his gallbladder."

Fast-forward a decade, I wind up with a diagnosis of autism in my early 30's, learn about this whole "gut-brain connection" thing, take a pre-/post-biotic compound, get off the opioids, get off the benzos, and oh boy do I feel different.

I realize there are plenty of doctors out there who get into the profession because they genuinely want to help people, but it's awfully hard to differentiate between those and the ones who just want to get paid because they get off on cutting into people.

[PatrickRockwell]

Dr. Marks, thank you for your videos. Keep up the good work.

[KatrinaC-MD]

Great video Dr. Marks!! This was spot on 🫶🏼🦠🧠