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Host: Dhru Purohit
Guest: Dr. Deanna Minich
In our fourth episode of The Broken Brain Podcast, Dr. Minich and host Dhru Purohit discuss the relationship between food and mood, and how what you eat can increase your creativity, curiosity, imagination, and well being. Improving your day to day life could be as easy as adding colorful foods to your shopping cart the next time you go grocery shopping.
In this episode, we dive into:
How food changes your mood (2:00)
Tying phytonutrients in foods to body functions (11:59)
What do the colors in foods mean? (14:00)
Foods, neurotransmitters, and brain health (18:18)
Getting out of a food rut with a diverse diet (29:37)
Do you have food sensitivities? (32:42)
Essential fatty acids and inflammation impact on the brain (44:20)
Moving beyond food: more ideas to support a healthy brain (49:56)
Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by our partnership with the AirDoctor Air Filter. To get exclusive access to this deal visit www.brokenbrain.com/filter
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Host: Dhru Purohit
Guest: Emily Fletcher
This week the executive producer of Broken Brain, Dhru, talks to Emily about how meditation can be life-changing. A regular practice can literally change the chemistry and biology of your brain as well as positively affect your relationships and your work. We’ll learn how meditation can actually give you time back, how it relaxes your central nervous system, can reduce effects of jet lag, is very helpful to new parents, and much more.
Topics Covered
* Why do we have a love/hate relationship with meditation? (2:16)
* All about Emily and her meditation journey (5:04)
* How does meditation help us manage stress? (9:52)
* The financial and emotional cost of stress (13:50)
* Why don’t people meditate? (15:46)
* The difference between mindfulness and meditation (18:40)
* Emily’s work with Dr. Hyman (24:22)
* Finding what matters in our lives using meditation (28:48)
* What does meditation look like for Emily? (36:25)
* Results and when to expect them (40:45)
Teaching kids meditation (47:52)
The science behind how meditation impacts brain health (50:12)
Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by our partnership with the AquaTru Water Filter. To get exclusive access to this deal visit www.brokenbrain.com/filter
Interested in joining Dhru’s Broken Brain Podcast Facebook Community? Submit your join request here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2819627591487473/
For more on Dhru Purohit, be sure to follow him on Instagram @dhrupurohit, on Facebook @dhruxpurohit, on Twitter @dhrupurohit, and on YouTube @dhrupurohit. You can also text Dhru at (302) 200-5643 or click here https://my.community.com/dhrupurohit
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