Dr. Austin Perlmutter on Supporting Brain Health PH278

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher MD, MS

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Dr. Austin Perlmutter is a board-certified internal medicine physician, New York Times bestselling author, published researcher and international educator. His mission is to help people improve their health by targeting the biological basis of “stuckness” in our brains and bodies. His writing, presentations, podcasts, and online educational programs explore how environmental factors influence our cognitive and mental state and have reached millions. Dr. Perlmutter currently serves as the executive director and research lead at Big Bold Health, a food-as-medicine company focused on helping people rejuvenate health through better immune function, where he is running a first-of-its kind study exploring the effects of plant nutrients on human aging through epigenetics. You can connect with Dr. Perlmutter via Instagram. @draustinperlmutter Related Episodes: Ep 233 - Healthy Aging with Dr. Bob Rountree Ep 260 - Tiny Habits to Create Behavior Change with BJ Fogg, PhD and Stephanie Weldy, MEd If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every week. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice. I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

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0:00.0	At the end of the day, the only thing that matters
0:02.3	is quality of life, is mental health, is brain health.
0:05.8	And I'll say that again, the only variable
0:08.2	that's really in a primary outcome
0:10.3	is your enjoyment of your life experience.
0:14.7	And while all the other things matter too,
0:18.6	your dexterity, whether or not you have pain
0:21.2	when you're walking, your strength
0:23.6	on a certain exercise, your 5K time,
0:26.3	these are all surrogates for the only thing that matters,
0:29.7	which is your brain health.
0:31.9	So if you're thinking about things
0:33.8	that kind of get you directly to the outcome of interest,
0:36.7	which is the ability to enjoy life,
0:38.8	a reflection of your brain state,
0:41.1	then you can start to think about
0:42.4	what are the highest yield activities
0:44.7	that are going to act directly on that system.
0:47.6	And coming back to kind of what I said before about,
0:50.0	we don't think about mental health
0:51.6	until things go wrong.
0:53.4	Most people don't think about their brain health
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