Brain Health, Neuroplasticity, and Psychedelics with Dr. Austin Perlmutter
In today's episode, I speak with Dr. Austin Perlmutter on all things brain health, from brain health basics and ketones vs. glucose for brain fuel, to neuroplasticity and neurogenesis, psychedelics, and much more.
In This Episode You Will Hear:
Brain Health Basics
Nutrition and Lifestyle
Ketones vs. Glucose For The Brain
ABOUT DR. AUSTIN PERLMUTTER
Austin Perlmutter, M.D., is a board-certified internal medicine physician, New York Times bestselling author, educator, and consultant. He received his medical degree from the University of Miami and completed his internal medicine residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. His focus is on helping identify and resolve the biological basis for "stuckness" in the body and brain, especially around decision-making. He hosts the Get The STUCK OUT podcast and is a co-producer of the Alzheimer's, the Science of Prevention Docu-series. His writing is featured online on MedPage Today, Doximity, KevinMD, Medium, Psychology Today, MindBodyGreen, and DrPerlmutter.com, and his work connects COVID-19 with immune-related depression appears in the peer-reviewed scientific literature.
Visit his website: https://www.drperlmutter.com/austin-perlmutter-bio/
Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinperlmutter/
Psychedelic Studies:
Improving cognitive functioning in major depressive disorder with psychedelics: A dimensional approach
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1074742721000897#f0030
Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Plasticity
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124718307551