Your gut heath impacts your mental health.

Our third session with Dr. Michael Gruttadauria, an internationally renowned Chiropractic neurologist, was incredibly interesting and thoroughly informative. He presented some very thought provoking information. Why is it that when you suffer from migraines you see a Neurologist, but when you suffer from depression you seek out a physiatrist? We all know lack of sunshine, fresh air and exercise can impact our mental health, but we learned on a deeper level how inflammation in the body can impact our brains and neurological function. A major key component to the brain/body connection is hidden in the gut, and this is something that is so commonly and detrimentally overlooked.

He went on to explain how there is a difference between “being well” and “being un-sick” - something we could all delve more heavily into in order to truly learn how to not only survive, but to thrive as we are meant to. Throughout the session, he showed us so many different physical factors that can have an impact a childs mental health.

We are grateful for the time Dr. Gruttadauria took to speak with all of us about these incredible factors which support our health, so that we are able to better understand how to help our children grow healthy and strong from the inside out. There is a lot of information out there about how to be healthy. What is so vital to focus on are the root causes to the issues that we face in order to take control early on. This is something we can truthfully all benefit from while teaching our children to do the same.

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