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hi guys had another question about low

carbs and serotonin someone said that

well I’m I don’t want to do a little

carb on your key dough plan because

that’s gonna lower my serotonin okay so

I mean it sounds good in theory but it’s

absolutely not true I’m gonna understand

I help you understand like the

background of why that isn’t true first

of all serotonin is a neurotransmitter

okay neurotransmitter and

neurotransmitters are made from protein

the precursor the thing that turns in

the serotonin is called tryptophan this

is an amino acid it’s protein now could

be that you’re not consuming enough

protein in your diet that could be one

fun cause it could also be that you’re

not able to digest the protein because

your stomach is not acid enough that’s

another cause but the more likely cause

is this thing right here called high

insulin when you have high amounts of

insulin because you have insulin

resistance

you can’t absorb amino acids that well

so you can’t absorb proteins that well

and that alone will cause low levels of

serotonin now because you have high

insulin that’s gonna bring the sugars

lower initially so you’re gonna end up

with low blood sugar issues especially

few don’t eat and you’re gonna feel kind

of Moody and then you eat carbohydrate

and you feel better and you’re like wow

this makes sense

I need carbs to increase my mood but in

fact it’s not gonna work long term

because as soon as you eat that carb

it’s gonna bring it down again it’s

gonna affect your mood high amounts of

insulin and low blood sugars will

actually really mess up your focus or

your cognitive function so long term if

we fix this you’ll be able to absorb the

protein and the glucose and you’ll fix

the blood sugar issue and so it’s not

true that you need more carbs to

increase your serotonin it’s just the

opposite you need to lower the carbs to

fix your serotonin but really you’re

fixing insulin resistance so you can

absorb the precursors to build serotonin

high amounts of insulin will never make

your mood better it’ll never increase

serotonin alright thanks for watching

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