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Tess Bredesen on understanding the food brain connection and cognitive nutrition

The WorkWell Podcast™

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Gut Health and Cognitive Health

The connection between gut health and our brain is getting a lot of attention now. And I'm so happy it is getting the attention that it deserves because it plays a tremendous role, right? Your gut contains actually about 500 million neurons - second only to our brain. So when your gut is stressed, it is sending signals back to your brain. But good bacteria help to produce neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine which positively impacts our mood.

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