My 2 cents:
The first guy is clueless. He speculates some populist BS without any deep understanding. Completely meaningless.
Julie Holland at 4:42 is right on point. All her claims supported by recent research in neuroscience.
Emeran Mayer at 5:15 is wrong I would say, according to current consensus, gut serotonin has nothing to do with brain serotonin. Serotonin acting as neurotransmitter of central nervous system is synthesized in brainstem, gut serotonin can't cross blood-brain barrier. Yes, there is correlation, if you food is deficient in tryptophan you are likely to have both neurological and gut issues. Like some researcher said, most ideas of healthy gut microbiota are mostly speculation, healthy microbiota is a microbiota of a healthy person.
Drew Ramsey at 7:17 is right about importance of diet, just like Julie Holland, but his ideas are outdated, diet he likes isn't optimal and he speculates A LOT. Some examples he brings up as bad are actually good. A lot of compounds found in raw plants can trigger auto-immune response, make microelements and vitamins less bioavailable and lead to depression.
Pete Holmes with all due respect, irrelevant and meaningless in this discussion.
Daniel Goleman at 16:50 - meditation as exercise to improve metacognition and mindfulness - YES, great tool for being intentional about all aspects of your life and reducing stress and it really helps to spot signs of depression at very early stage and address all the factors Julie Holland listed. Cognitive therapy - nah, marginally better outcome than doing nothing. Meta analysis demonstrated your intention to participate in therapy to get better is more important than therapy itself. All the old school guys just can't break out of dogma and admit it was all mostly made up.
15 May 2021, 6:46 pm
