642. Microbiome and Brain Health

Dr. Martin continues his discussion on brain health in today’s episode. He summarizes the study from the Dementia Research Institute out of the UK that found a healthy microbiome can trigger the formation of new adult brain cells. In medical school, they teach you that things don’t regenerate. If you damage your heart or lungs or brain or spinal cord, for example, the damage is permanent. But, according to this research, your brain will regenerate, especially at the hippocampus level, if you take care of your gut. Dr. Martin discusses the ways we harm our microbiome, and how sugar is the most destructive. If you do nothing else in your lifetime, eliminate sugar from your diet and you’ll be doing yourself a huge favour health-wise.