376: How to Lose Weight, Lower Inflammation and Disrupt Your Brain’s Dopamine Loop with Dr. Sara Siavoshi

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🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Dr. Sara Shiavosi is a triple board-certified neurologist, headache and obesity specialist located in San Diego, California. Her focus is on tackling obesity as a leading risk factor for brain diseases like stroke and headache syndromes causing blindness. She joins the show to discuss the dopamine loop in our brains especially as it pertains to food and addictive behavior around eating. WE talk how to really practice moderation and lose weight without the help of medication, as well as how medications are useful when it comes to weight management and metabolic and hormonal disorders like PCOS. She explains what our body’s weight set point is, common contributors to weight gain, why calorie deficits matter, where supplements can be useful and so much more.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:05.8	In a world of ever-changing wellness trends and information, what does it mean to truly be well?
0:12.2	I'm Ariel Laurie and I'm going to explore this with you.
0:16.0	I am bringing you candid conversations that will equip you with everything you need to live your best life
0:21.2	and look good doing it. Think of Well is your go-to resource for all of the latest in wellness
0:26.1	and me as your internet bestie. Well, let's get into it. Hi, everybody, welcome to the show. I have such a
0:37.2	great episode for you today. I'm talking to Dr. Sarah
0:40.7	Chiavasi. She is a triple board certified obesity neurologist and headache specialist. Her focus is on tackling obesity as a leading risk factor for brain diseases.
0:52.6	She's also the founder of Dr. Brain RX, which is a telehealth company
0:56.2	operating across 20 states where they offer GLP1 weight loss solutions. We are talking about
1:02.6	GLP1s as they relate to not only weight loss, but also brain health and neurology. She serves as
1:10.1	the CEO of Dr. Brain Rx, but she also practices as a
1:14.2	neurologist and headache specialist at UC San Diego, where she's also a clinical professor of
1:19.4	neurosciences. She's also an expert witness, where she provides valuable insights into
1:24.3	traumatic brain injury and headache cases. And she has had the privilege of chairing
1:30.7	the UC San Diego Neurosciences Society. So she is incredibly smart. And she's also just kind of a
1:38.8	girl's girl. I had so much fun talking to her about everything from the dopamine loop in our brains, especially as it
1:46.1	pertains to food and addictive behavior around eating, binge eating, things like that. We talk about
1:51.5	how to practice moderation and lose weight without the help of medication, as well as how
1:56.3	medications can be useful when it comes to weight management and metabolic and hormonal disorders like
2:02.1	PCOS. She also talks about our body's weight set point, common contributors to weight gain,
2:08.3	why calorie deficits matter, where supplements can be useful and so much more, and she's just
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