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“How My Belly Changed My Mind”
Counselling, Therapy, Psychiatrist Medication
TEDx
“How My Belly Changed My
Mind”
Junk
food,
(Empty thoughts);
flat, dull feeling;
“mood-out”
Stress
Curiosity-
Process
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Mrs.
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Nutrition Psychologist, Bangalore.
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Nutrition Psychology.
Nutrition Psychology
+
.
.
→
→
→
→
(Signal)
→
→
→
(Microbes Influence)
calorie
gut imbalance
mood swings, emptiness, low mood
(Anxiety).
“off”
(gut imbalance)
Gut
Brain
Gut-Brain Axis
(Gut–Brain Axis)
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Vagus Nerve
vagus
nerve,
Stress
…?
vagus nerve
(Inflammation)
Stress-
Stress
Stress
Microbes imbalance - Gut lining weak - Inflammation
increase
(Inflammation)
depression, anxiety, IBS, hormonal issues
walking, movement
Nutrition Psychology-
(Movement)
(Signal).
safe”
vagus nerve
, “
”
.
“How My Belly Changed My Mind”
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24215710
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27779637
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25563785
