Suzanne Somers interviews Rick Sponaugle, M.D. - "Do You Have An Addictive Brain?"

Do you have an addictive brain? Some of us feel we need to supplement our brains' "reward centers" just to feel normal. In this episode, Suzanne talks with Dr. Rick Sponaugle about the things we just can't get enough of, and why!

Did you know that rates of depression, anxiety, and insomnia have TRIPLED since 1980? What the heck is going on with us in this country? Are we all just addictive personalities, is it a matter of overdiagnosing, or is there something else? Suzanne Somers explored those questions and more on this week's episode of her CafeMom Studios YouTube show, Suzanne Somers Breaking Through.

Dr. Sponaugle talks about how we've seen a major change in brain chemistry in the last 30 years due to antibiotic use in poultry and cows, as well as city water. Sucking out bacteria sounds like a good thing, but what happens when we ingest so many antibiotics that the good bacteria in our guts is eliminated? Gut toxicity. Which can lead to all of those awful mental health challenges that so many Americans are taking prescription meds for. Craaazy!

This isn't to belittle real mental illness at all -- which Suzanne and Dr. Sponaugle note can certainly be an inherited imbalance -- but it does seem important for us as a population to realize that our food and our drugs could be seriously affecting our stomachs and our brains. And a few diet tweaks (eating organic meats, drinking highly filtered water, etc.) might make all the difference.

Check out the episode -- the info behind this really is so interesting!

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