The Jesse Chappus Show28 Nov 2018

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

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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