In this episode we discuss how neurology's perspective on the brain fundamentally ignores the health of the entire system, we look at your gut biome’s role in depression, mood regulation and how the microbiome controls your behavior and emotions, we ask why it is so hard for people to break negative eating habits, talk about the biochemistry of addiction, the incredible importance of understanding your microbiome and gut health with Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary. 

Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary is a neuroscientist and Ayurveda expert. She has participated in over 20 clinical research studies working with new stem cell therapies for diabetic neuropathy and drug development for the treatment of ALS. Dr. Chaudhary is the author of The Prime: Prepare and Repair Your Body for Spontaneous Weight Loss, and is a regular guest on the Dr. Oz show!

• How Dr. Chaudhary’s personal experience led her down the path of integrative medicine

• The health of the brain is highly dependent on the health of the gut

• Auyerveda is the oldest recorded medical system in the world - one of the oldest forms of “lifestyle medicine"

• Why food is medicine

• The way you live dictates whether you are sick or healthy

• Disease is a result of imbalance and can be cured by changing habits

• How the Neurologist’s perspective on the brain fundamentally ignores the health of the entire system

• Dr. Chaudhary’s perspective on how eastern & integrative medicine can be integrated with western science to form a more holistic solution for health

• Tumeric is a great example of a spice that has scientifically demonstrated health benefits

• Micro-biome & gut health underpins huge medical issues

• Western medicine is just now catching up with insights from 5000 year old holistic medicines

• 90% of your serotonin comes from your gut and gut health is a major factor in depression

• Scientifically, the mind and mental health are deeply connected and directly related gut health

• Why is it so hard for people to break negative eating habits? Is it really just a question of willpower?

• The neurochemistry and biochemistry that underpins negative eating habits

• Your micro biome itself can shift your eating habits and make you desire and consume certain foods

• The science behind how addictions form in our brains (especially food addictions)

• Why 85% of people cannot change the way they are eating with willpower

• The biochemistry of addiction and food addiction & the role dopamine plays

• How food scientists have engineered junk food to produce massive dopamine spikes

• The dangers of overstimulated dopamine receptors and how they lead to addiction

• An obese person’s brain chemistry responds the same way to sugar as a cocaine addict responds to cocaine

• Environmental toxins and toxic inflammation and how they impact your body

• Enteric nervous system - the “brain inside your gut” which produces 95% of the serotonin and 50% of the dopamine in your body

• “The gut does most of the talking and the brain does most of the listening”

• Who dictates the content of what the gut says? The Microbiome

• "How smart is your gut?"

• How fecal matter transplants in mice can completely reverse genetically engineered personality traits

• Research clearly demonstrates that your micro-biome controls your behavior and emotions

• We are still in the infancy of discovering and understanding the microbiome - there is alot of “noise” that’s hard to understand

• The importance of taking an individualized approach to gut health - its not always about taking probiotics or fermented food

• The most foundational steps to implement in order to improve your gut health

• The simplest interventions are usually the most powerful

• How Tumeric has helped reduced Alzheimers disease by 75% in India

• Foods and spices are more interactive than the “unilateral” approach of western medicines - interacting with multiple cells and systems, rather than a hyper focused intervention

• We discuss a variety of herbs and supplements that Dr. Chaudhary reccomends to improve your gut health and microbiome

• The environment can interact with your genes to change genetic expression

• Dr. Chaudhary’s work as a neurologist revealed many of the same conclusions from Auyervedic medicine

• How your genes interact with the environment, including what you’re eating, to create the outcomes in your life

Thank you so much for listening!

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SHOW NOTES, LINKS, & RESEARCH

[Book] The Prime: Prepare and Repair Your Body for Spontaneous Weight Loss by Kulreet Chaudhary
[Website] The Chopra Center
[Personal Site] Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary

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