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For people who don't know, Dr. William Walsh wrote Nutrient Power, he's a scientist paving the way for nutrition-based psychiatry and nutritional medicine. He's studied 30,000 patients with mental disorders, and created a database of more than three million chemical assays during his clinical and research work.
His work focuses on methylation but he's actually more peaty than you would expect, he advises against using SSRI's in most cases and explains that serotonin is largely not relevant when dealing with depression. He also thinks SSRIs are to blame for a lot of the mass school shootings in the US.
Anyway, here's a excerpt from a podcast where he explains how folates are actually serotonin promoters (reducing serotonin further!)
https://myersdetox.com/transcript-129-nutrition-and-the-mind-with-dr-william-walsh/
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William Walsh: I have to say that’s not true of most undermethylators. It’s only true of undermethylators who have a brain chemistry problem. And that’s a very small percentage. Eighty or ninety percent of undermethylated people thrive on folic acid. They thrive on vegetables. They do. But ifthey have a tendency for low serotonin activity, they need to be careful.
Wendy Myers: So then I need to be careful about eating the green leafy vegetables.
William Walsh: Yeah, because they’re loaded with folate and folate has this powerful effect epigentically that affects reuptake, affects serotonin and dopamine reuptake.
Wendy Myers: Yeah.
William Walsh: Folic acid and all folates are wonderful serotonin reuptake promoters. They really enhance reuptake.
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His work focuses on methylation but he's actually more peaty than you would expect, he advises against using SSRI's in most cases and explains that serotonin is largely not relevant when dealing with depression. He also thinks SSRIs are to blame for a lot of the mass school shootings in the US.
Anyway, here's a excerpt from a podcast where he explains how folates are actually serotonin promoters (reducing serotonin further!)
https://myersdetox.com/transcript-129-nutrition-and-the-mind-with-dr-william-walsh/
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William Walsh: I have to say that’s not true of most undermethylators. It’s only true of undermethylators who have a brain chemistry problem. And that’s a very small percentage. Eighty or ninety percent of undermethylated people thrive on folic acid. They thrive on vegetables. They do. But ifthey have a tendency for low serotonin activity, they need to be careful.
Wendy Myers: So then I need to be careful about eating the green leafy vegetables.
William Walsh: Yeah, because they’re loaded with folate and folate has this powerful effect epigentically that affects reuptake, affects serotonin and dopamine reuptake.
Wendy Myers: Yeah.
William Walsh: Folic acid and all folates are wonderful serotonin reuptake promoters. They really enhance reuptake.
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