The amount of toxins coming into our body every day, from the environment and our food and water sources, grows every year. And it is affecting us in many ways.
But one area it affects us quite severely is in our microbiome, where these toxins kill off the beneficial bacteria that help to produce key calming neurotransmitters like GABA and serotonin.
We covered the microbiome in the last article: a colony of trillions of bacteria in our colon, and how it affects every aspect of our health, our hormones, our longevity and the ability to build muscle, lose body fat and stay fit.
As these bacteria produce or help to produce neurotransmitters such as Serotonin and GABA, which calm and relax us, de-stress us and allow us to fall asleep, when it's harmed, we can have higher levels of stress, cortisol, feelings of anxiousness or being depressed, poor sleep, and poor recovery.
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