When we think about brain health, most of us jump straight into memory, dementia or even Alzheimer's,

but what if the real starting point is our metabolism?

In this episode, I'm joined by consultant neurologist Dr Sharag Malik to explore how conditions like

insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and chronic inflammation don't just affect the body they can directly impact the brain

Hi, I'm Dr. Rupi I'm a medical doctor and nutritionist and when I suffered a heart condition years ago

I was able to reverse it with diet and lifestyle

This opened up my eyes to the world of food as medicine to improve our health.

On this podcast, I discuss ways in which you can use nutrition and lifestyle to improve your own

well-being every day. I speak with expert guests and we lean into the science, but whilst making it as

practical and as easy as possible so you can take

steps to change your life today. Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen podcast.

Today I have the privilege of speaking with consultant neurologist Dr Sharak Malik.

He gained his primary medical qualification from the University of London.

He's a specialist in neurology, obviously, trained at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford

and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, both internationally

recognised centres of excellence for neurology. He's got an MSC in clinical neurology, a PhD,

in imaging and multiple sclerosis. Honestly, he's one of the smartest people we've had on the podcast,

but also he's got interest in public health and

nutritional physiology. He's one of the few neurologists in the world with such an interest,

and that's why I was really keen to have him on the podcast. And what I do love about Dr. Sharik

is that he is unwilling to talk about subjects without diving into the nuance of exactly what we mean.

So we meander around certain definitions quite a lot today.

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