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What If It’s Not Depression? Your Guide to Finding Answers and Solutions With Dr. Achina Stein
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Episode Highlights With Dr. Achina Stein
- How she got into functional medicine psychiatry
- Her son’s journey with this method in her own family
- Some of the most common root causes of depression and anxiety in her patients
- The five factors she looks at to determine root cause, starting with food
- SHIFT protocol: stress, hormones, infections, food, and toxins
- The most common food triggers that are linked to depression and anxiety
- Inflammation as a common root cause and how addressing food and other factors can help the body and the brain
- What the burp test is and how it can show you if you have stomach acid issues
- Why most people are magnesium deficient and how this drastically impacts sleep and anxiety
- Dr. Achina Stein - Her website
- Dr. Achina Stein - Instagram
- What If It's NOT Depression?: Your Guide to Finding Answers and Solutions by Dr. Achina Stein
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
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