36 - The Gut Health-Depression Link with Shim Ravalia Artwork

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Welcome to the Radical Health Rebel Podcast (soon to be called Beyond The Pain)—your go-to show for uncovering the real root causes of chronic pain and reclaiming a life without limitations. Hosted by Leigh Brandon, a Functional Medicine Practitioner, CHEK Practitioner & Faculty Instructor, Active Release Techniques® Therapist, Emotion Code Practitioner, and author with almost three decades of clinical experience.

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36 - The Gut Health-Depression Link with Shim Ravalia

April 17, 2023 • Leigh Brandon • Episode 36

Shim Ravalia of The Gut Intiution shares her own story of gut infections and depression, the link between gut health and mental health via the Gut Brain Axis, how she uses her own experience to help others overcome their own gut issues and to help them realise their physical and mental potential to achieve great things in life.

We discussed:

2:12
Shim's Story

19:17

What is Depression?

24:00

The Gut Health - Depression Link

39:12

SSRI's and Depression

49:25

Keys to Reducing Depression

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