Steven Bartlett with Dr. Stasha Gominak
Dr. Stasha Gominak hypothesizes that modern indoor living starves us of sunlight, disrupting brain stem chemistry and gut bacteria to trigger global epidemics of chronic sleep disorders.
Dr. Stasha Gominak's clinical observations lead her to hypothesize that modern indoor lifestyles cause a vitamin D deficiency that disrupts brain stem sleep centers and impairs the gut microbiome.
In her proposed model, vitamin D receptors in the brain stem help produce acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that drives the parasympathetic nervous system and regulates paralyzed transitions into REM sleep.
Under this hypothesis, a symbiotic relationship exists where human vitamin D supports a healthy gut microbiome, which in turn acts as the primary manufacturing system for eight essential B vitamins.