How Your Environment May Be Threatening Your Brain - And How to Fix It - with Dr. Austin Perlmutter | EP186

The Empowering Neurologist Podcast

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Around 60 million people around the world have dementia. 300 million have depression, and billions of people are experiencing brain problems due to chronic stress. These conditions are partially preventable, but most people don’t know the steps to take to decrease their risk and protect their brains. It turns out that the place where our brains are at the highest risk for being damaged is actually in our homes, and that we have an incredible amount of control over what happens here. But sadly, most of us are being unintentionally exposed to things in our houses that are poisoning our brain health. In this episode, we’re going deep into the science that examines those factors in our environments that are damaging our brains. We connect with an expert in environmental and lifestyle medicine, Dr. Austin Perlmutter. We’re going to explore exactly what we are exposing ourselves to, in our homes, cars and offices, that threaten to worsen our cognitive and mental health. And, importantly, Dr. Perlmutter will reveal simple steps we can employ, today, to reduce this threat.

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0:00 Intro

3:06 How our environment threatens our brain

8:18 Health Begins in the Kitchen

12:10 Air Pollution in the Kitchen

18:13 Pollution in our World Today

23:23 Hidden Sources of Pollution: Vacuums & Incense

28:34 Effectiveness of N95 Masks

31:00 We Can’t Overlook This

35:00 Air Fresheners & Perfumes

39:13 Indoor Filtration & Ventilation

46:40 Other Pollutants to Watch Out For

49:25 Conclusion

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Here's more about our guest, and yes, my son:

Dr. Austin Perlmutter is a board-certified internal medicine physician, New York Times bestselling author, published researcher and international educator. His mission is to help people improve their health by targeting the biological basis of “stuckness” in our brains and bodies. His writings, presentations, podcasts, and online educational programs explore how environmental factors influence our cognitive and mental state and have reached millions. Dr. Perlmutter has been featured on PBS, Rolling Stone, MedPage today, Newsweek, Medical News Today, NPR and a wide range of other media outlets. He is a co-producer of the Alzheimer’s, the Science of Prevention series, and host of the Better Brain Blueprint series. Dr. Perlmutter currently serves as the managing director at Big Bold Health, a food-as-medicine company focused on helping people rejuvenate health through better immune function, where he is running a first-of-its kind study exploring the effects of plant nutrients on human aging through epigenetic modulation.

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