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The Top 3 Things You Can Do Today to Start Protecting Your Brain with Dr. Datis Kharrazian

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and InsideTracker. Many people think optimizing brain function is only for the elderly. But did you know that we can improve and protect our brain function and structure at any age? No matter how old you are, there are multiple ways to uplevel your brain and feel your best.  Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru talks to Dr. Datis Kharrazian about reversing and preventing cognitive decline through actions that boost specific components of the brain.  Dr. Kharrazian is a clinical research scientist, an academic professor, and a Functional Medicine healthcare provider. He is an associate clinical professor at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, a research fellow at Harvard Medical School, and a researcher at the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital.   In this episode, we dive into:    -The top three things you can do today to start protecting your brain (1:53) -Why nitric oxide is so important for brain health (4:14) -Misconceptions around why people have high blood pressure (11:10) -The connection between insulin and high blood pressure (13:32) -How to naturally lower blood pressure (15:18) -Early signs of brain aging (20:12) -The top foods that can lead to early aging of the brain (26:09) -The connection between a leaky gut and a leaky brain (31:30) -Dr. Kharrazian’s top supplement recommendations for brain health (43:01) -The relationship between your thyroid and brain health (56:45)  Also mentioned in this episode: -Glutathione: Your Most Important Defense -Solving the Puzzle Podcast with Dr. Kharrazian  For more on Dr. Kharrazian, follow him on Instagram @datiskharrazian, Facebook @datiskharrazianpage, YouTube @datiskharrazian, and through his website, drknews.com.  This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and InsideTracker. Magnesium Breakthrough from BiOptimizers really stands out from the other magnesium supplements out there. It contains 7 different forms of magnesium, which all have different functions in the body. There isn't anything else like it on the market. BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off, just head over to magbreakthrough.com/dhru with code DHRU10. InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

If you are dealing with chronic issues and you've been all over the place, your first red flag is non-crumbs disease.

0:04.8

The second must come in cause for people that are really chronic and not getting well and all of some having new symptoms.

0:09.2

Is sometimes past brain injuries that have caught up?

0:12.4

Hi everyone, Drupal out here on today's podcast, our guest is Dr. Detease Carrazian.

0:17.7

Dr. Carrazian is a clinical research scientist, academic professor and functional medicine healthcare provider.

0:24.9

On today's podcast, we're talking with Dr. Carrazian about all aspects of the brain.

0:31.9

Do you want to have a better brain? Do you want to protect your brain? Do you want to set yourself up to avoid chronic disease later on in life?

0:38.5

Well, today's episode is for you. Now, a little bit more about Detease.

0:42.6

He's an associate clinical professor at Loma Linda University School of Medicine

0:47.2

and a research fellow at Harvard Medical School and a researcher at the Department of Neurology

0:52.6

at Massachusetts General Hospital. Detease is one of the world's foremost experts in getting to the root of very complicated chronic diseases.

1:02.1

And through his Carrazian Institute, he puts out a whole series of courses on all these important topics,

1:07.8

brain health, autoimmune, thyroid and so much more.

1:11.1

On today's podcast episode, he's going to be giving us a glimpse of some of the advice that he gives to individuals

1:16.7

that are trying to avoid these chronic diseases. I hope you enjoy and let's jump in.

1:23.2

Dr. Detease Carrazian, thank you for being back on the podcast. I'd love to just jump right into things.

1:29.8

And, you know, a lot of people don't know what this podcast used to be called,

1:33.2

the Broken Brain Podcast. Whenever I think about experts on the topic of brain health,

1:36.9

yours is like right there, top of the list. High level. I know you work with a lot of chronic patients.

1:42.7

You have incredible courses for people who are dealing with really tough and challenging disease

1:47.4

that are out there. But high level for anybody who's paying attention today to today's episode.

1:52.9

Give us a couple of things, two or three things that anyone can do at any age to begin to start

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