Neuroplasticity and Healing from Brain Inflammation with Dr Peter Kan
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
Dr. Jockers
4.8 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition Podcast, Dr. Jockers welcomes repeat guest Dr. Peter Kan, an expert in integrative and functional medicine, to dive into the symptoms, root causes, and consequences of brain inflammation.
They explore the linkage between gut health and brain function, common symptoms of brain inflammation such as fatigue and brain fog, and the role of the gut-brain and brain-gut axes in overall health. Dr. Kan elaborates on autoimmunity's impact on the brain, the importance of addressing foundational health issues (like blood sugar and oxygenation), and key supplements that can aid in reducing brain inflammation, highlighting Omega-3 fatty acids, glutathione, vitamin D, turmeric, and resveratrol.
The discussion also covers the concepts of neuroplasticity and the importance of lifestyle factors like diet and exercise in maintaining a healthy brain. Dr. Jockers emphasizes the potential for brain healing and improvement in quality of life regardless of the starting point.
In This Episode:
- Diving Deep into Brain Inflammation with Dr. Peter Kan
- Understanding Brain Inflammation: Symptoms, Causes, and Effects
- Exploring the Root Causes of Brain Inflammation
- The Gut-Brain Connection: How Gut Health Influences Brain Inflammation
- Autoimmunity and Brain Inflammation: Unveiling the Link
- Understanding Oral Tolerance and Autoimmunity
- The Brain's Role in Autoimmunity and Inflammation
- The Path to Neurological Autoimmunity and Its Consequences
- Exploring Neuroplasticity and Strategies for Brain Health
- Roadmap to Reducing Brain Inflammation and Supporting Neuroplasticity
- Supplements for Reducing Brain Inflammation
- Closing Thoughts: Foundations for Brain Health
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Dr. Jockers functional nutrition podcast, the show designed to give you |
| 0:08.0 | science-based solutions to improve your health and life. I'm Dr. David Jockers, Doctor of Natural |
| 0:14.5 | Medicine, and creator of Dr.jockers.com, and I'm the host of this podcast. I'm here to tell you that your body was created |
| 0:22.8 | to heal itself, and on this show, we focus on strategies you can apply today to heal and function |
| 0:29.3 | at your best. Thanks for spending time with me, and let's go into the show. This podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Paleo Valley. |
| 0:41.0 | We know that chronic inflammation is at the root of every single degenerative disease. |
| 0:45.8 | And so if we're going to thrive in life, we've got to do things to help encourage a healthy |
| 0:50.5 | inflammation response in our body. |
| 0:53.0 | One of the best ways we can do that is take herbs that help support inflammation |
| 0:56.9 | and keep inflammation under control. |
| 0:59.8 | The most well-studied herb for doing that is turmeric. |
| 1:03.0 | Tumeric inhibits the inflammatory nuclear factor Kappa Beta and Stat 3 pathways. |
| 1:08.3 | These are genetic pathways that amplify inflammation in our body. |
| 1:13.2 | And by inhibiting these, turmeric really helps support good blood flow, joint health, brain |
| 1:19.4 | function, our ability to think sharply and quickly and have good memory, mood, and just an |
| 1:24.1 | overall good mindset. Now, when it comes to taking turmeric, you know, certainly we can be putting it on our food, |
| 1:31.2 | you know, and taking food-based forms of turmeric, right? |
| 1:34.5 | A lot of people will use the most well-studied compound, which is curcumin. |
| 1:39.7 | However, what we know is that whole food-based turmeric has nearly 300 other beneficial components |
| 1:46.5 | than just curcumin alone. |
| 1:49.1 | And so again, curcumin is extremely powerful, but the research shows that taking a whole-food-based |
| 1:54.9 | turmeric complex can be much more beneficial. |
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