Dr. Amy Shah on Food Creates Mood, Dopamine Pathways, and Improving Your Gut

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The Wellness Mama Podcast

Dr. Amy Shah on Food Creates Mood, Dopamine Pathways, and Improving Your Gut

Feb 27, 2023 · 51m 9s

Episode Highlights With Dr. Amy Shah - A life lesson she learned from growing up in rural India and riding a horse carriage to school - Why the gut works...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Amy Shah

A life lesson she learned from growing up in rural India and riding a horse carriage to school
Why the gut works with the principle of: take action first and motivation follows. And how to support gut bacteria to crave good things
The difference between hunger, cravings, and appetite
How cravings are connected to the dopamine pathway
Ways to help kids train positive dopamine pathways and avoid cravings later in life
What are the three “hunger hijackers”?
How is most modern food engineered? What is the bliss point?
What are psychobiotics?
What is your gut microbiome? How can it control our hunger?
Why our bodies are solar powdered and why we need natural light
One good easy rule: sky before screens every day
There are gut bacteria deep in our guts that need natural sunlight to function optimally
Light is our biggest circadian input followed by food and temperature
The biggest things women can do to protect against aging and hormone changes is maintain muscle mass
What's the first small change we can make today to stop being so "effing hungry"?
Why exercise is the strongest probiotic you can take!
What the nova classification of food is and how it impacts our health and mood
Her personal 80/20 of non-negotiable things she does