Episode Details

Today we discuss how the rinse cycle in some commercial dishwashers might be negatively affecting your gut, how a groundbreaking new study might have found a solution to PTSD, and how video games have been proven to improve our executive functioning skills. 

Dangerous Dishwashers 

• “Commercial dishwashers destroy protective layer in gut” by University of Zurich
  • https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/973024
• “Industrial dishwashers may harm your gut’s protective inner lining” by Tibi Puiu
  • https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/industrial-dishwashers-may-harm-your-guts-protective-inner-lining/

PTSD Prevention

• “Taking hydrocortisone immediately after a traumatic event may help prevent PTSD” by Vladimir Hedrih
  • https://www.psypost.org/2022/11/taking-hydrocortisone-immediately-after-a-traumatic-event-may-help-prevent-ptsd-64410
• “Accelerated forgetting of a trauma-like event in healthy men and women after a single dose of hydrocortisone” by Vanessa E. Hennessy, Luzia Troebinger, Georges Iskandar, Ravi K. Das & Sunjeev K. Kamboj
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-022-02126-2

Game Brain  

• “For young adults, more time gaming may mean better executive functioning” by Laura Staloch
  • https://www.psypost.org/2023/01/for-young-adults-more-time-gaming-may-mean-better-executive-functioning-64641
• “Videogaming Frequency and Executive Skills in Young Adults” by Sara Peracchia, Giulia D’Aurizio, and Giuseppe Curcio
  • https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/19/12081
• “Young Adults Who Frequently Play Video Games Have Improved Executive Functioning Compared to Casual Gamers, Research Suggests” by Margaret Davis
  • https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/41718/20230105/young-adults-who-frequently-play-video-games-improved-executive-functioning.htm

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