494: How Exercise and Creatine Work Together to Fight Depression | Nicholas Fabiano, MD
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Dr. Nicholas Fabiano is a psychiatry resident and researcher exploring the powerful role of exercise, nutrition, and supplements like creatine in the treatment and prevention of mental illness.
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| 0:31.0 | It's episode 494 of the genius life. |
| 0:35.3 | Let's go. |
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| 1:01.3 | What up? What up, everybody? I'm your host, Max Lugabeer, and welcome back to The Genius Life, where we aim to optimize body and mind one episode at a time. |
| 1:09.3 | My guest today is Dr. Nicholas Fabiano, a fast-rising voice in psychiatry whose research is reshaping how we think about mental health. |
| 1:11.8 | In this conversation, we dive deep into why exercise isn't just good for your body. It might be one of the most powerful tools we have to treat depression. |
| 1:17.0 | We also explore that cognitive benefits of creatine, a supplement you've probably associated with muscle, |
| 1:21.4 | but not the mind. And Dr. Fabiano's provocative new paper connecting ultra-processed foods and |
| 1:26.7 | microplastics to mental health |
| 1:28.4 | decline. Yeah, this one's a ride. Listen all the way through, you're not going to want to miss a beat. |
| 1:32.8 | And as always, don't forget to share this episode with friends and loved ones who might benefit from it. |
| 1:37.6 | Also, before we get Rowan, happy summer, you guys, as you may have noticed, we didn't drop a Monday episode this week. And that's because |
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