So what if every time you reach for a sugary snack or social media to escape stress or anxiety,

you're not just making a momentary choice, but you're actually rewiring your brain's

circuitry for future decisions. The science behind this is fascinating. The implications for

how we live are profound. We are in an era where 300 million

plus people worldwide struggle with depression and anxiety and cognitive decline is accelerating

at unprecedented rates. Yet what captivates me about today's conversation is how our daily

choices create either virtuous or vicious cycles in our brain chemistry, fundamentally altering not just

how we think and feel right now, but who we become over time and even over decades.

My guest today is Dr. Austin Prometar, a board certified internal medicine physician,

New York Times bestselling author, researcher, and entrepreneur whose work has been featured

everywhere from BBC to Rolling Stone, Newsweek, NPR, and entrepreneur whose work has been featured everywhere from

BBC to Rolling Stone, Newsweek, NPR, and so many other places. He's the author of Brainwash,

detox your mind for clearer thinking, deeper relationships, and lasting happiness,

and serves as chief science officer of Big Bold Health, where he's leading pioneering research

on how plant nutrients impact human aging.

And what you'll discover in this conversation, it might also change how you think about everything

from your morning workout to what you eat for breakfast, not just because of it how it affects

you today or makes you feel or changes your physiology, but because of how it may affect you

decades from now.

Austin shares fascinating research about how resistance training, for example,

affects your brain, why certain foods program us to make better or worse decisions,

and simple ways to set up your environment.

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