The placebo effect refers to when your mind triggers real and measurable changes in your body

simply because you believe a treatment will work, even if what you're receiving is inert.

Or in simple terms, it's when your mind convinces your body that a fake treatment is the real

thing, leading to genuine changes in your physiology that can be as effective as an actual

medical treatment.

You're basically gaslighting your brain into doing what it would if you were taking a real

drug or medicine. But on the flip side of that is the less talked about, but just as powerful,

nocebo, the fact that you can almost think of as the evil twin to the placebo effect, where

negative expectations cause

worse outcomes or worse side effects just based on what you believe is happening.

Now, the placebo effect is one of the most replicated and recognized effects that's been

discovered in science.

So in this episode, we're going to explore both placebo and nocebo, talking about how beliefs

and expectations can alter pain,

hormone production, recovery, performance, and more.

And then how you can actually harness and use this for positive outcomes in different areas

in your life.

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