There’s been a lot of buzz around psychedelic therapy recently. The chatter around the health benefits and emerging research is pretty powerful.

There’s been a lot of buzz lately around the benefits of ketamine for mental health. And as we continue to hear about the impact of mental health on our society and how current treatments aren’t very effective,  it makes sense that we’d look for other options.  

I feel like caffeine, and coffee specifically, has gotten a bad rep lately. Maybe it’s because many of us claim to be addicted to it and need it to get through our days. Or maybe it’s the media headlines on the nasty side effects that we want to ignore. Whatever it is, the hype recently hasn’t been great.

When people ask “what I do” I always have to take a deep breath before answering. Because to be honest, I am still figuring out the best way to actually explain my work. The elevator pitch, so to speak, is still in development. Now, this isn’t because what I do is all that complicated, it’s because I am so excited about it that I could talk someone’s ear off for an hour… even two.

I recently read an article that talked about the link between gut health and the risk of developing neurodegenerative disorders like dementia. As someone who has been very interested in the connection between our brain and gut for a long time, I wanted to dive into this a bit more.

Here, I break down one of the studies in the article to better understand the researchers methods, their results and the conclusions they came to.