352 Autumn Smith: How To Heal Your Brain With Food
Wellness + Wisdom with Josh Trent
Release Date: 07/07/2020
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info_outlineWe used to think that our brain and gut connection were sending each other a single message from one to the other but now we know that they are actually sending four messages for every single one. The gut and the brain are constantly communicating with each other. So, when our gut is unhealthy, where 95% of our serotonin and 50% of our dopamine is made, then our brain becomes unhealthy too. We're eating three times a day and if we're eating inflammatory foods we are creating an inflammatory environment three times a day not only in our gut but also in our brain. - Autumn Smith
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Wellness Force Radio Episode 352
Co-founder of Paleovalley, Co-Founder of Wild Pastures, and co-host of the top-ranked Optimize Paleo Podcast, Autumn Smith, returns to Wellness Force to explore how we can heal the brain with food, common gut-brain issues, the three foundational steps to a healthier you, and why we should nourish ourselves seasonally.
Listen To Episode 352 As Autumn Smith Uncovers:
[1:30] Getting To The Root Of Gut-Brain Issues
- Optimize Paleo Podcast by Paleovalley
- The incredible personal story of Autumn's background and her life before Paleovalley and becoming a certified eating psychology coach.
- Digestive problems that started during her teenage years and the struggles she faced as doctors couldn't really help her heal which led to a snowball effect.
- Diving into the gut-brain connection and how food impacts it.
- Why she always hid what she was actually feeling to put on a happy face and be positive all the time.
- How her husband helped her heal from her gut issues and why diet is a common root cause for some people such as herself.
- Why her and her husband, Chas, decided to create their company, Paleovalley, especially for busy people looking for healthier eating options.
- The other company they founded, Wild Pastures, and how it was inspired by their son, Maverick.
- How meditation and breathwork such as 4 -7- 8 have been such key pieces for her daily wellness practice.
- What she wants people to know about mental health right now during COVID-19.
[8:00] The Predicted Mental Health Epidemic After COVID-19
- Why the next big issue after the COVID-19 pandemic will be a mental health epidemic.
- Her message to those with depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues: you don't have to be ashamed of them if they are your reality.
- Her own mental health issues including anxiety and feeling less than her worth.
- Mental health struggles that Josh's family members including his mother have faced for years.
- The #1 Nutrient to Boost Your Mental Health
- Unpacking the direct correlation between our gut and brain plus how food can help it heal.
- Why we used to think that mental health was caused by a chemical imbalance that could only be treated with pills.
- The fact that there has been no human study to show that depression is caused by a serotonin deficiency.
- How eating inflammatory foods will create an inflammatory environment in both our gut and brain.
[12:00] 3 Foundational Steps To Healing Your Brain With Food
- What first steps you can take to find out what specifically is causing inflammation for you.
- Why gluten can be strictly neurological yet there are other factors causing gut problems that are often overlooked.
- Mild to extreme cases of what happens when people eat vs remove gluten from their diet.
- Gluten Triggers Strange Delusions in Woman with Celiac Disease
- Nutrient deficiencies that impact our brain's health and what foods from proteins and healthy fats to specific minerals and vitamins we need.
- What health issues vegetarians and vegans have faced when they lack the vital nutrients that their bodies need.
- The Baffling Connection Between Vegetarianism and Depression
- Why it can take as little as 3 days of an elimination diet to uncover what nutrition gaps you might have.
- Breaking down what nutrients are the most vital for our mental health: iron, Vitamin A, Vitamin B, omega 3 fatty acids, zinc, and Vitamin C.
- Myths and facts about eating meat, healthy fats, and lifting heavy weights for women.
[17:30] Seasons Of Nourishment
- The benefits of eating foods in season for a cyclical connection with the earth rather in imported foods all year round.
- What she has noticed about eating in season in Colorado compared to in southern California especially becoming more in tune with her body wisdom.
- The quality in taste and nutrients she has noticed in her locally grown seasonal foods compared to imported products.
- What vital nutrients can be found in turkey and beef products that help us stay healthy.
- Unpacking the nutrient, tryptophan, that's found in turkey and it's incredible benefits for keeping us mentally healthy and balance our blood sugar.
- Why she and her husband specifically decided to create fermented beef and turkey sticks for their customers to aid their health journey.
[23:00] Combating Food Addiction
- Her background as a certified eating psychology coach and the personal mission she and her family have behind Paleovalley.
- Emotional eating patterns we sometimes find ourselves in and how to break that negative cycle.
- The processed and artificial food combinations that food engineers are paid to create to hijack our brain chemistry and literally keep us from being able to stop eating junk food.
- How to keep food from being your only source of pleasure by keeping a list of 10 things that light you up and have nothing to do with food and have 2-3 of them in your life every week.
- Breaking down the most mental health-protective foods out there to add to your next shopping list including high-quality animal products and greens. (30:00)
- Junk Food May Increase Depression Risk
- Healthy Eating for Growing Bodies & Minds
- Her favorite fermented foods she adds to her meals regularly.
- How to help your children adjust to eating healthier foods with her top hack.
- EP211: Getting Kids to Care About Healthy Food (& Eat It Too) with Katie Kimball
- Greens Every Day Keeps Your Brain 11 Years Younger
[32:30] Change Your Food, Change Your Life
- Why breakfast is the biggest part of keeping your blood sugar stable for the rest of the day.
- How fasting can help dampen the inflammation associated with anxiety but you should check in with your doctor about it first.
- The importance of measuring your HRV for understanding how healthy your current mindset and wellbeing are in real-time.
- Why sleep, music, nature, and making time for social connections that you really cherish is so important for your wellbeing.
- How to begin to heal your relationship with food with tools like intuitive eating and truly listening to your body's needs.
- Facing the fact that what is working for you today in terms of diet and health practices may not work for you in the future and it's okay to change how you approach your lifestyle.
- What someone with strong mood disorders can do to begin to heal by finding the inflammation, making sure their nutrient bases are covered and stabilizing their blood sugar.
- The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline by Dale Bredesen
[40:30] The Healthy Benefits Of Tryptophan
- The differences between getting tryptophan from a turkey or beef stick and taking a supplement.
- Why we always want to begin with food to heal and nourish the body if supplements are not necessary.
- The importance of measuring our health especially with blood tests.
- Her favorite methods to track her health from nutrition to sleep and everything in between.
- Why she's begun to track her mineral and microbiome levels more than ever before in 2020.
- Her experience helping a little boy with ticks heal his candida.
[47:30] The Next Step In Your Wellness Journey
- Exploring what's the next best step for your unique wellness journey.
- Why there's nothing else out there quite like breathwork to help you build a healthier life right after food and movement.
- Breaking down the difference between knowing and doing when it comes to your personal wellness decisions.
- Unpacking generational thoughts, feelings, and pain that are passed down to us through our lineage that don't actually belong to us.
- Why family is everything to her at the end of the day.
- Get 15% off Paleovalley's tryptophan-rich Turkey Stick and Grass Fed Beef Stick with the code JOSH.
Power Quotes From The Show
Autumn's Three Foundational Health Steps
Creating Discussions Around Nutrient Deficiencies
"Many of us are facing nutrient deficiencies and we're not talking enough about what we should be eating. We're all talking about eliminating gluten, soy, dairy, and whatever else and that is great and can be very empowering for a lot of people. However, the bigger picture that we all miss is, 'What are we eating?' and 'Is this enough to sustain us?' because we need to think about how to aid our brain chemicals. That protein you eat is becoming your neurotransmitters. So, if we're not getting enough protein or if the body is unable to digest it, then it will manifest into nutrient deficiencies." - Autumn Smith
The Golden Ticket To Your Perfect Diet
Links From Today's Show
- Optimize Paleo Podcast by Paleovalley
- The #1 Nutrient to Boost Your Mental Health
- Gluten Triggers Strange Delusions in Woman with Celiac Disease
- The Baffling Connection Between Vegetarianism and Depression
- Felice Jacka
- Junk Food May Increase Depression Risk
- Healthy Eating for Growing Bodies & Minds
- EP211: Getting Kids to Care About Healthy Food (& Eat It Too) with Katie Kimball
- Greens Every Day Keeps Your Brain 11 Years Younger
- 341 Josh Clemente
- The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline by Dale Bredesen
- Leave Wellness Force a review on iTunes
- BREATHE
- M21 Wellness Guide
- Paleovalley
About Autumn Smith
Autumn Smith has been a health enthusiast her entire life. She began her academic career with a Bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in dance from the University of Montana. Upon graduation, Autumn danced professionally while becoming a certified yoga instructor. Hoping to combine her love of dance with her passion for health, Autumn became a celebrity fitness trainer with Tracy Anderson, most notably completing a world tour with Jennifer Lopez.
Autumn & Paleyvalley's Mission
While working as a fitness trainer, Autumn could see that exercise alone was not enough for many of her clients to achieve the radiant health they worked so hard to achieve. Meanwhile, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and anxiety continued to plague her personal health, starting in adolescence. These frustrations further ignited her passion and interest in the study of holistic nutrition. Through self-guided research, she and her husband, Chas, healed her IBS with the paleo diet. She then studied with the Institute for the Psychology of Eating to become a Certified Eating Psychology Coach and Hawthorn University where she obtained a Masters in Holistic Nutrition. In 2013, she founded Paleo valley with her husband and brother-in-law. Paleo valley’s mission is to disseminate excellent nutritional information and organic food products with 100 million people worldwide.
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