Dr. Todd Anderson

02/23/2026

I like to think of Cysteine as a turnstile for neurotransmitters that prevent huge swings in them.

🧠⚖️ NAC supports balanced brain chemistry by modulating glutamate and dopamine pathways.

Through the cystine-glutamate antiporter, it helps regulate extracellular glutamate levels, preventing excessive excitatory signaling while promoting stable dopamine function and transporter activity. This contributes to improved mood regularity and reduced impulsivity—key benefits observed in contexts such as ADHD and mood dysregulation. A valuable adjunct for neurotransmitter homeostasis. 🌿

02/16/2026

Constipated?
Think serotonin is just about your mood? Think again! 🧠✨

While it’s often called the “happiness hormone,” the vast majority of serotonin—about 95%—is actually found in your gastrointestinal tract, not your brain. This powerhouse neurotransmitter is produced by specialized enterochromaffin cells in your gut lining, where it acts as a critical regulator for your entire digestive system.
Here is why gut serotonin is so important:
🏃‍♂️ It Keeps Things Moving: Serotonin is the main driver of the peristaltic reflex, the rhythmic contractions that move food through your intestines. Without it, your gut motility would stall.
💧 It Regulates Secretion: It helps manage the flow of water and electrolytes, ensuring your digestion stays balanced and effective.
🛰️ The “Second Brain” Connection: Serotonin is a key player in the gut-brain axis, sending signals to your central nervous system that allow you to feel visceral sensations like discomfort or pain.

When your serotonin system is disrupted, it can lead to common disorders like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and functional dyspepsia. In fact, many modern treatments for these conditions now target serotonin receptors directly to help restore balance.

Your gut health and your mental well-being are more connected than you think! 🤝✨

08/26/2025

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The American Gastroenterological Association's 2020 guidelines increased the diagnostic serum ferritin threshold from 15 ng/mL to 45 ng/mL, raising the estimated prevalence of iron deficiency among US adults by 3.3 million.

https://ja.ma/3HOczxf

05/28/2025

🌿 Welcome to Root and Remedy Kitchen!
Hi, I’m Brandi Lyn — MN Certified Cottage Baker, wellness advocate, and mama to a little boy with chronic food sensitivites. Root and Remedy Kitchen was born from our journey of healing, hope, and homemade goodness.

What started as a way to care for my family has grown into a mission to support others seeking sweet, gut-friendly alternatives. We specialize in gluten-sensitive, dairy-optional baked goods made in small batches using naturally gluten-free flours, organic sweeteners, and wholesome ingredients.

Whether you’re navigating allergies, embracing clean eating, or simply want better-for-you indulgences, our bakes are made to nourish — from root to remedy. 💛

📍Handmade in Albertville, MN
✨ Gentle on the Gut. Good for the Soul.

05/03/2025

Great Histamine information here!

03/08/2024

We are excited to have A Well Dressed Home, LLC at the office today! I can’t wait to see how it all turns out!

03/24/2023

Good take on fasting.

Just because it’s popular and research shows it’s beneficial doesn’t mean you should go all in.

Fasting, like most things, requires foundational and functional biochemistry.

If any of the above listed issues resonate with you, you shouldn’t be fasting - or you shouldn’t be fasting as long.

For example, if you’re doing time-restricted eating, and at 12 hours of no food you feel great, perfect.

If you’re doing it for 13 hours and experiencing any of the symptoms above, then you’re not ready. Go back down to 12 hours.

You’re not a failure. You’re doing what’s best for you.

It’s not a competition.

If you’re skipping breakfast, and a few hours later you’re cold, cranky and craving junk food, that’s a sign you should have eaten breakfast.

Breakfast doesn’t mean cereal and a coffee.

You must start your day with sufficient protein.

Starting your day with protein stabilizes your mood, reduces cravings, provides you sustained energy and improved cognition.

It’s pretty simple…

Listen to Your Body!

Then, adjust as needed.

Then, listen again.

Adjust again.

03/08/2023

This is a fun movement challenge to try out! Can anyone get a 10?

Have you heard of the Sit Rise Test? It is an easy test to measure strength, flexibility and balance.

Dr. Claudio Gil Araujo studied this in a group of over 2000 people ages 51-80 and found that the higher people scored, the longer they lived.

How to do it: start from a standing position, lower yourself to the ground and then stand back up without support.

Start with a score of 10, subtract points for the following:

•Hand used for support: -1 point
•Knee used for support: -1 point
•Forearm used for support: -1 point
•One hand on knee or thigh: -1 point
•Side of the leg used for support: -1 point

You want a score of 8 or higher, each point increase in the SRT score was associated with a 21% decrease in mortality from all causes.

Dr. Araujo says if you're over 50 and score a perfect 10, you should be proud, because not many people in the age group can do it.

This is something you can practice and improve!

10/11/2022

07/23/2022

We are super excited to be a part of this event!

07/17/2022

📍This slide taken from a presentation/webinar that I did awhile back.

🗺 The key to addressing any “symptom” is to look for the underlying dysfunctions that lead to those symptoms. With every dysfunction - comes a driver of that dysfunction. The correction of that drive is addressing the ROOT CAUSE of the underlying problem. Each condition has a web of contributing problems and each person has their own puzzle to solve!

🔎 The bottom progression of boxes is just one simple example of why some people might feel less anxious and become dependent on taking Magnesium. Always ask, what could be running you down on that nutrient for it to be so helpful?

👷🏼‍♂️Instead of just filling in a hole maybe you need to find the guy with the shovel.