What Causes Excess Serotonin in Humans?

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The way that mainstream medicine and psychiatry treats depression is by making people blunted. So what raises serotonin? We talked about how 5HT2C might raise cortisol. And we talked about cortisol increasing serotonin by changing its synthesis. What causes excess serotonin physiologically? Well, if it's mostly made in the gut, some kind of a gut irritation, which most of you must tends to be endotoxin,. Or you're eating something that's physically irritating to be intestine.

In today’s episode, Paul chats with Bioenergetic Health researcher, Georgi Dinkov. They jump down the rabbit hole on a myriad of topics, including the distinction between table sugar and high-fructose corn syrup, how starch damages the gut, polyunsaturated fatty acids, sunlight, emfs and more. Sit back, relax and put on your open-minded thinking cap–you might learn a thing or two.

00:11:05 Sucrose vs. high fructose corn syrup

00:26:35 The link between food, stress hormones, and mental disorders

00:35:35 Thoughts on ketogenic diets

00:43:50 Should we limit our carb intake?

00:52:13 How to test cortisol and other hormones

00:56:30 How hormones and genetics play a role in metabolizing sugar

1:00:02 The Randle Cycle

1:08:08 Low fat vs. high fat diets

01:16:05 Exhaustive exercise

01:27:28 A deep dive into serotonin & SSRIs

01:48:40 Why to avoid starchy foods

01:51:25 The importance of organs