Video on gut flora and health (Dysbiosis)

Brian Walsh made this great video titled "18 Ways Gut Dysbiosis (Bad Bacteria) Ruins Health". I thoroughly recommend it:

http://youtu.be/cbJuVvT6ALQ

-- Here are my notes from his video --

* LPS impacts brain function 

- lowers dopamine levels, this relates to willpower, motivation and depression

- lowers serotonin (5HT) : also relates to depression

- Hippocampus & Amydala: damages these. Hippocampus translates short term memory to long term memory

* Gut damage

- Leaky gut > undigested proteins in blood > immune reaction

- Villi. Decreased villi > decreased absorption of nutrition

* Thyroid 

- TSH lowered. 

- T4 > T3 conversion is decreased

- thyroid hormone receptors are affected

- all of the above lower metabolic rate

* Kidneys

- decreased excretion of wastes

* Graelin increased. This increases appetite & cravings

* Leptin decreased. Leptin signals satiety, thus LPS again incr appetite 

* Liver. Decreased ability to detoxify substances. 

* Cortisol increased due to stress

* Zinc absorption decreased. Thus less testosterone and less HCL acid in stomach

* Increased inflammation

* Increased oxidative stress

* Mitochondria. LPS damage these. This less energy, more fatigue. 

* Less Glutathione.