Sarah Morgan is an author, inventor with several patents, and founder and CEO of Even. In this episode, Sarah helps us better understand SSRIs, medical foods, and how nutrition can help support our mental health. Stay tuned!
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Highlights
3:20 - Sarah talks about her background and what inspired her to help people. She also talks about the “pesky” side effects of medicine.
6:51 - How many women are on birth control?
7:33 - The usage of SSRIs in light of COVID.
9:30 - What exactly do SSRIs do to our bodies, and what is their efficacy?
15:51 - Sarah helps us understand serotonin
20:25 - How nutrients and SSRIs interact
24:25 - The ways Sarah goes about educating her clients
27:39 - What to look out for when sourcing your vitamins and nutrients
30:14 - How to learn more about Sarah and her company
31:16 - An “aha” moment in Sarah’s health journey
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About Sarah Morgan
Sarah Morgan is passionate about infusing nutrition into every aspect of human health. She has a Master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition, training in nutrigenomics and worked in clinical practice for 15 years. She is an author, inventor with several patents and founder and CEO of Even.
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Connect with Sarah
Website | feeleven.com
Instagram | evenhealth
Facebook | @evenhealth
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Connect with Dr. Lauryn
Facebook | Dr. Lauryn Lax
Twitter | @drlaurynlax
Instagram | @drlaurynlax
Website | drlauryn.com
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Transcript (Episode website contains full transcript)
Dr. Lauryn (00:03):
Well, Hello, Health Detectives, just another day here at the office talking about flipping health and wellness upside down. I'm your host, Dr. Lauryn, former TV news journalist and chronic illness patient gone health detective and functional medicine expert, helping others take their health back into their own hands. Can we just have a moment? It's been a year or more, like two years, and we all definitely need a reminder sometimes to just breathe. Today I had so much pep in my step, and I think a big part of that goes back to my own social media and news habits. The less I check those things at all, the more happy and encouraged overall I feel. So what about you? Today was one of those days I was definitely not in the weeds of, say, emails or social feeds, or news headlines, and it really does make all the difference.
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Today on the show, we're specifically talking about anxiety and depression and SSRIs or antidepressants, the good, the bad, the ugly. These drugs saw about a 40 to 60% increase in use over the past t