The Food & Stress Crisis Keeping You Chronically Unhealthy (& How to Fix It) with Dr. Austin Perlmutter

About this episode

Dr. Mindy Pelz discusses the impact of modern life on brain health with Dr. Austin Perlmutter, focusing on stress, diet, and simple healing habits.

Lately, it feels like women are carrying more than ever, mentally, emotionally, hormonally, and neurologically. In this week’s conversation, Dr. Mindy sits down with internal medicine physician and brain health expert, Dr. Austin Perlmutter, to talk about what modern life is doing to our brains and why so many people feel overstimulated, foggy, anxious, disconnected, and exhausted. Together, they discuss: Why chronic stress changes on the brain The impact of ultra-processed foods on mood and cognition Why women in midlife are especially vulnerable to burnout How nature helps regulate the nervous system in minutes How inflammation and depression can lead to Alzheimer’s Why simple habits matter more than most people realize One of our favorite parts of this conversation was the reminder that healing doesn’t always need to be complicated. Sometimes the most powerful changes are the ones that bring us back to how humans were designed to live in the first place. RESOURCES MENTIONED: Lichen Air: https://lichenair.com/ MORE ON DR. AUSTIN PERLMUTTER: Website: https://www.austinperlmutter.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/draustinperlmutter YouTube: / @draustinperlmutter Facebook…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Mindy Pelz

Guest: Dr. Austin Perlmutter

Topics covered

• chronic stress
• brain health
• ultra-processed foods
• women's health
• inflammation
• depression
• nature therapy

Keywords

• chronic stress
• brain health
• ultra-processed foods
• women's health
• burnout
• inflammation
• depression
• Alzheimer's
• nature therapy
• healing habits

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lichen Air, Austin Perlmutter

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