Microblog: 95% of the Serotonin Is in the Gut

Remember, even though serotonin is mostly in the gut, it regulates mood, anxiety and fear.

🍗Serotonin requires B-vitamins, tryptophan and omega-3 fats to be made.

🤒RPers say to measure body temp for thyroid health. They don’t recommend PUFA fish or chicken (omega-3s and tryptophan). Well, serotonin also controls body temperature.

💡Maybe we should be focusing on gut health as root cause and not thyroid health.

📚Studies show that IBS-C patients have an imbalance in serotonin transmission, causing alterations in GI hormones and neurotransmitters. Deficient serotonin seems to be associated with constipation.

📕Mast cell activation (histamines) has been shown to be associated with hypersensitivity experienced in all types of IBS.

⛑Heal. The. Gut.

💊If you take SSRIs (Zoloft), consider healing the gut instead of forcing the brain to keep more circulating serotonin.

💡Heal the gut = more serotonin.

💤Serotonin also manages our sleep-wake cycle and produces melatonin (sleep hormone).

📘Low serotonin contributes to increased anxiety and poor sleep but Increasing serotonin via tryptophan has shown to improve sleep.