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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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)
What you need to know about chelation, chemicals, and heavy metals when you have autoimmunity (Dr.K. News)
The Prevalence of Antibodies against Wheat and Milk Proteins in Blood Donors and Their Contribution to Neuroimmune Reactivities (NCBI)
Fluctuation of zonulin levels in blood vs stability of antibodies (NCBI)
Correlation between antibodies to bisphenol A, its target enzyme protein disulfide isomerase and antibodies to neuron-specific antigens. (NCBI)
Vinpocetine (supplement)

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223: Max Lugavere – Alzheimer’s And The Ketogenic Diet • Genius Foods • Stop Skimping On Sleep
092: Dr. Kelly Brogan – Depression, Myths & Misconceptions • Medications That Commonly Cause Psychiatric Side Effects • Gut Health Impacts Brain Health

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