Podcast Episode Details

Dr. Datis Kharrazian - Why Isn't My Brain Working?

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Episode 267

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Dr. Datis Kharrazian (@DrKharrazian) is a clinical research scientist, academic professor, and a functional medicine health care provider. He specializes in developing evidence-based models to treat autoimmune, neurological, and unidentified chronic diseases with non-pharmaceutical applications such as diet, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine.

Datis is the author of Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? and Why Isn't My Brain Working? - the latter is the focus of today's interview.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The impact of stress on your brain
• Chronic elevated cortisol is associated with dementia
• Exercise improves circulation and brain function
• Supplements that help boost circulation
• Elevated insulin levels cause brain inflammation
• What is an insulin surge?
• Gluten and brain inflammation
• What leads to gluten ataxia?
• The connection between gluten and leaky gut
• Zonulin and the blood-brain barrier
• Do you have a leaky brain?
• The GABA challenge
• The microbiome diversity diet
• The importance of EPA & DHA in fish oils
• Intermittent fasting the ketogenic diet
• Is your vagus nerve function impaired?
• Exercises to restore vagus nerve function
• Coffee enemas
• Brain fog = brain inflammation
• Using flavonoids to dampen brain inflammation
• Boosting serotonin
• GABA is the neurotransmitter that's most commonly imbalanced
• Patterns of low dopamine
• What's happening in the brain when someone is depressed?
• Hormones impact brain health
• Cholesterol is important
• The impact of your diet on microbiome diversity
• The dark side of chelation therapy
• The winning model to support your brain

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Related links:

Dr. Datis Kharrazian - Why Isn't My Brain Working? (book)

Dr. Datis Kharrazian's website (Dr. K. News)

Follow Dr.Datis Kharrazian on Facebook and Twitter

Dr. Datis Kharrazian - Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? When My Lab Tests Are Normal (book)

Save Your Brain - The Six-Week Rescue Plan (Dr. K. News)

Listen to Dr. Kharrazian previously on TUHP (episode #256)

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Published on 7 years ago