Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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I have listened to several videos from experts in metabolic psychiatry. The latest I heard was that probiotics only last a few hours in the gut, they are expensive, and it's a lottery because they cannot target them for an individual's own biochemistry. One metabolic health practitioner I respect a lot says he hasn't seen great results clinically with probiotics.
There are so many different variables and no single consensus on gut/brain health, with many scientists working at this cutting edge. Targeting diet is the foundation in my opinion, supplements are secondary. The people working full-time in this field that I respect the most seem to lean more and more to carnivore (and paleo). Dr Georgia Ede is a great place to start for purposes of learning - there are many interviews online, and she has written a few books, also check out Dr Rachel Brown (Carnivoreshrink) on Instagram. Dr Brown is a vaxx refusenik - I am not sure about Dr Ede.
That's good to know. At the end of my time in high school and into college, I had become terribly lactose intolerant which led to debilitating colitis/IBS. At times I would be bedridden for days in intense pain, unable to eat any food. I am convinced that this was the result of Monsanto beginning their antibiotic injections in the early '90s thanks to the Clinton administration. Years later I learned about yogurt providing the necessary bacteria to digest lactose, and about organic dairy. Now I can drink lots of milk every day and won't have any problem.