Welcome to the Brain Health and Beyond podcast with your hosts, Aisha and Dean Cherzai.

In this episode, we sat down with Dr. Frank Cusumano, who is a scientist with a

master's and a PhD in nutrition and metabolic biology from Columbia University. Frank is an expert

in the field of nutrition and the microbiome, and there are very few people who have had his extensive research

background and accolades. He didn't stop there, and has a master's from Johns Hopkins University

in biotechnology and is currently a medical student at the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine.

We talked about the history of nutrition and went deep into different aspects of nutrition,

such as the relationship between gut health and brain health,

pseudoscience in the field of nutrition from proteins to supplements to grains

and the future of nutrition research.

He's passionate about all things science, art, medicine, nutrition, and fitness.

And having been a sponsored athlete, he blends his understanding of biochemistry with human

physiology and human potential.

This was an incredible episode, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Frank, thank you so much for your time and for being here with us.

Dean and I joke around, and we say you have more degrees than a thermostat.

I mean, you're so highly achieved,

and I feel like we know you because we've interacted on social media and we value your input on science, on some of the debates that we've had.

And it's just so wonderful to have you with us and to have the opportunity to kind of dive in into, you know, your story and your research.

Thank you for being with us. Thank you for

having me. Yes, my name is Frank. And you joked about the degrees that I have. And the reality is,

is though even though I'm on six and I'm working on seven, I would say that the more degrees you have,

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