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Broken Brain with Dhru Purohit
by Dhru Purohit, Dr. Mark Hyman
The Broken Brain podcast will help you take your brain health to the next level and teach you how to live your best life! Listen as host and serial entrepreneur Dhru Purohit interviews the top experts in the field of neuroplasticity, epigenetics, biohacking, mindfulness and functional medicine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#65: How to Fix your Gut Health Using Innovative Testing, Exercise, and Compassion with Dr. Marvin Singh
In Functional Medicine, we put a heavy emphasis on gut health. We know that a strong gut is not just essential for digesting food and absorbing nutrients, but that it plays a vital role in the immune system and affects the health of the entire body. On today’s Broken Brain Podcast, our host…
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#64: A Radical Approach to Treating the Root Cause of Stress, Pain, and Addiction with Dr. David Haase
When it comes to addiction, Functional Medicine can offer a comprehensive approach to treating the whole person. Mind, body, and spirit need to be taken into account, as well as diet and lifestyle interventions and the ever-so-essential aspect of a supportive and uplifting community. With a...
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#63: Putting out the Fires of Addiction with Dr. John Kelly
Drug overdose and opioid-related deaths continue to grow at an alarming rate in the United States. According to the CDC, more than 700,000 people died from drug overdoses between 1999 and 2017, and on average, 130 Americans die from an opioid overdose every day. On today’s Broken Brain Podcast…
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#62: The Secret to Better Sleep? Stop Doing This One Thing with Dr. Mark Burhenne
How many times have you chalked up weight gain, brain fog, and feeling tired to getting older? The many symptoms we assume to be a natural part of the aging process are far too often related to one single pillar of health: sleep. In fact, 22 million Americans suffer from sleep apnea, yet most...
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#61: Treating Chronic Pain with Stem Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine with Dr. Shounuck Patel
More than 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain according to the CDC, a debilitating reality that costs the country upward of $635 billion each year in treatment and lost productivity. At the same time, the United States is in the midst of a prescription painkiller epidemic. Widespread...
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#60: From Surviving to Thriving: How to Raise Compassionate and Resilient Children with Deena Margolin
Big feelings are part of life. In fact, there are times when everyone will feel sad, angry, hurt, and disappointed. When it comes to helping our children process big feelings, we want to help them discover their natural strengths and build new tools for looking inside, making sense of what they…
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#59: Psychedelics: Treating Addiction, Depression and Anxiety with Dr. Roland Griffiths
Psychedelics were the subject of serious medical research in the 1940s to the 1960s, when many scientists believed some of the mind-bending compounds held tremendous therapeutic promise for treating a number of conditions including severe mental health problems and alcohol addiction. By the...
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#58: Eat to Beat Illness with Dr. Rupy Aujla
What you choose to put on your plate is one of the most important health interventions you can make. Food not only affects our likelihood of disease, but it can lengthen our lives, change our mood, and even affect the expression of our DNA. By approaching disease with a holistic perspective, of...
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#57: Breaking Through Limiting Beliefs with Shelly Lefkoe
Do you often walk away from people wondering if you said the right thing? Or maybe you find yourself constantly feeling like you’re not good enough. And then there are those who don’t feel like it’s okay to be themselves for one reason or another, which holds them back from sharing their real…
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#56: Overcoming a Traumatic Brain Injury and Creating a Miracle Mindset with JJ Virgin
1.7 million people suffer some type of traumatic brain injury each year in the US—from a mild concussion to coma to death. It is estimated that 5.3 million Americans suffer from a long-term disability from a traumatic brain injury. On today’s Broken Brain Podcast, our host, Dhru, talks to JJ...
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#55: How to Redesign the Subconscious Mind from Limitation to Freedom with Peter Crone
Who would you be if you weren't defined by the limiting dialogue of your own mind? We exist within mental constructs that dictate our thoughts, feelings, and actions. Suffering is a byproduct of these mental constraints. To create an extraordinary life we have to reveal the limiting framework of...
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#54: New Science-Based Approaches to Treating Autism with Dr. Theresa Lyons
Autism affects 1 in every 59 children in the US. This includes 1 in 37 boys and 1 in 151 girls, according to the CDC. The diagnosis of autism can be shocking and difficult for parents and families which may leave them feeling isolated, alone, helpless, and hopeless, but it doesn’t have to be that...
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The 7 Key Areas of Rest with Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith
We are a society that praises being busy. The more you cram into a day and the fewer hours you need to sleep the more productive and successful you seem, but are you? And at what cost? On today’s Broken Brain Podcast, our host, Dhru, talks to Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, an author, speaker, and...
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#53: Supercharge Your Sleep and Upgrade Your Brain One Night at a Time with Shawn Stevenson
We all know the importance of getting enough sleep, though most of us scrape by with as little as possible. It turns out that sleep can make or break your ability to lose weight, age slowly, prevent cancer, and perform at a high level. When your sleep suffers, you suffer major consequences far...
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#52: How Your Mind Shapes Your Body with Dana James
The human body is one of the most complex systems on the planet, and not all bodies are the same. Anyone who has struggled on a diet knows that what works for someone else may not work for you. We all have a unique body chemistry that needs to be addressed differently, and, without considering…
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#51: Eat Your Way to Better Health with The Medicinal Chef, Dale Pinnock
With so much conflicting dietary advice, divided opinion, and contradiction, what should we be eating and doing from a dietary perspective? Food is more than just fuel; it's key in helping us live longer, healthier lives, so how do we create practical, delicious meals that are a pleasure to eat…
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#50: Healing from Breast Implant Illness with Sarah Anne Stewart and Dr. Suzanne Kim
Breast implant illness is an issue that many doctors and surgeons simply don’t believe in. However, there are many ways in which breast implants can create dysfunction and disease in the body, leading to a wide range of devastating symptoms. Biofilms, compromised implant materials, and immune...
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#49: How to Die Young at an Old Age with Dr. Steven Gundry
Most of us assume that aging means living with declining health, including prescription drugs, disease, and chronic pain. While we may be living longer, we’re not living better, so how do we solve the paradox of wanting to live to a ripe old age, but enjoy the benefits of youth? The “diseases of...
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#48: How Hashimoto’s Impacts Brain Function and Restoring Thyroid Health with Izabella Wentz
More than 35 million Americans suffer from Hashimoto’s—the country’s fastest-growing autoimmune disease, which affects the thyroid gland and causes the body to attack its own cells. Symptoms can include weight gain, fatigue, hair loss, persistent pain, chronic cough, acid reflux, irritable bowel...
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#47: Giving Your Brain a Digital Detox to Create More Human Connection with Dallas Hartwig
Do you ever feel that you spend way too much time on your phone or social media or comparing yourself to others? Many people use social media as a way to connect to one another, but increased use is actually associated with increases in perceived loneliness and social isolation. We want…
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#46: How Yoga Changes the Brain and Can Transform Your Life with Eddie Stern
Yoga, in its original form, was created as a science for liberation. In modern times, it is used by many for improving physical and mental health, helping us become more productive at work, more caring in relationships, and more responsible contributors to society and inhabitants of this planet.…
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#45: Move Beyond Worry and Fear to Create a Life You Love with Amber Rae
Why do we hold back from pursuing what matters most? Why do we listen to the voice inside our head that tells us we're not good enough, smart enough, or talented enough? How can we move beyond the fear and doubt that prevents us from creating a life that reflects who we truly are? On today’s…
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#44: Secrets of the Brain and Heart with Dr. James Doty
We each possess an extraordinary power to realize our greatest potential and live the life we want. Dr. James Doty is living proof of that. Having grown up in an environment of poverty and neglect, James Doty was 12 years old when he walked into a magic shop and met an extraordinary woman who...
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#43: Supercharge Your Love Life & Career Through Meditation with Emily Fletcher
According to Harvard Medical School, stress is an epidemic that is responsible for 90% of all doctors visits. It can negatively impact our relationships and our ability to perform at the top of our game. It's become so widespread that we accept it as "normal" to have insomnia, digestive issues…
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#42: Uncovering The Food Industry's Lies and Reclaiming Your Health with Vani Hari
Are you jumping from diet to diet and nothing seems to work? Are you sick of seeing contradictory health advice from experts? Just like the tobacco industry lied to us about the dangers of cigarettes, the same untruths, cover-ups, and deceptive practices are occurring in the food industry. Vani...
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#41: From Baskin-Robbins to a Food Revolution with Ocean Robbins
The modern industrialized diet is the primary culprit behind the heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s, type 2 diabetes, and obesity epidemics. A massive study found that last year the modern diet fueled 678,282 deaths in the United States and 11 million worldwide. In just one year! On today’s…
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#40: How Friends and Community Can Help You Level Up, Stay Accountable and Build Resilience
Surrounding ourselves with people that elevate us not only leads to a more fulfilling life, it leads to a healthier and longer one too. In fact, loneliness poses the same risks as smoking and can even manifest as physical illness, including chronic pain. On today’s Broken Brain Podcast, our host,...
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#39: Is Toxic Mold Causing Your Symptoms? A Conversation with Dr. Ann Shippy
Toxic mold is more common than you may think. Mold exposure causes a variety of health problems like hormonal imbalances, brain fog, headaches, asthma, fatigue, insomnia, nausea, hair loss, and autoimmunity, to name a few. It all begins with a feeling that something is "off." On today’s Broken...
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#38: Understanding The Root Cause of Autoimmune Conditions and Navigating the Healthcare System with Meghan Telpner
Did you know that 77% of Americans say they regularly experience symptoms caused by stress, 50% experience fatigue, and 30% experience digestive issues? Digestive upset and fatigue together are an excellent combination for impairing the immune system, and therefore, it becomes a collective…
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#37: Nutritious Movement with Katy Bowman
Around the globe, we are waking up to how many of our ailments and illnesses can be attributed to our sedentary lifestyles. We have been told to move more to resolve our pain or decrease our risk for certain ailments, but we’re not sure where to start. On today’s Broken Brain Podcast, our host,...
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#36: The Postpartum Experience and Women’s Health with Dr. Maggie Ney
Did you know that the postpartum hormone drop is considered the largest sudden hormone change in the shortest amount of time…and it has a tremendous impact on the brain? With such a dramatic drop in hormone levels it’s no surprise that 1 in 7 women struggle with postpartum depression and anxiety...
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#35: A Holistic Approach to Balancing Your Hormones with Dr. Shawn Tassone
When a hormonal imbalance is present in your body, did you know the symptoms can vary considerably? Symptoms can include anything from fatigue, depression, anxiety, weight gain, low libido, hair loss, heavy bleeding, fibroids, endometriosis, PCOS, and more. On today’s Broken Brain Podcast, our...
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#34: The Healing Power of Mushrooms with Tero Isokauppila
Did you know that 50% of human DNA is shared with fungi? Not quite plant and not quite animal, mushrooms occupy a pretty unique place in the biosphere. Mushrooms account for 25% of the Earth’s total biomass, and 92% of all plants are dependent upon mushrooms for their survival. When it comes to…
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#33: Supercharge Your Brain and Prevent Alzheimer’s with Dr. David Perlmutter
Did you know that Alzheimer’s is a preventable disease? Our lifestyle choices today are extremely important variables, that are clearly connected to our brains destiny. Taking an active role in improving the health of our brain can help prevent some of the most debilitating chronic illnesses we...
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#32: Winning at Life through Gratitude, Sex, and Community with Dave Asprey
Gratitude is the gateway to happiness. Study after study has found that gratitude rewires your brain for positivity. What you put in your body determines what you get out of it. That’s true for food and exercise, and it’s also true for your thoughts, your relationships, and the community that you...
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#31: Overcoming Hormonal Imbalances: PCOS, Hashimoto's, and More with Angelique Panagos
Sugar. It’s the one ingredient that so many of us have an unhealthy love affair with that we can’t quite figure out how to give up. It’s in practically everything that is packaged and in many restaurant meals. Sugar is one food that UK-based nutritional therapist and Functional Medicine...
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#30: The Power of Community, Connection, and Ritual with Dr. Michelle Peris
Our world is slowly becoming a lonelier place. Social isolation is on the rise and more people are reporting in surveys that they have fewer meaningful relationships. And yet we know how important community is to both our physical health and mental health. But how do we create it? In honor of the...
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#29: The Optimal Morning Routine Plus Keto Tips with Dr. Stephanie Estima
Every day when we wake we are given a new opportunity to be our best selves—to be present for our loved ones, do the work we are meant to be doing, and feel at peace. However, in our day and age, technology is a part of every waking moment, that cell phone alarm that wakes us up can hijack our...
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#28: Mood Altering Power of Food and Farming with Dr. Drew Ramsey
When Dr. Drew Ramsey, clinical psychiatrist and Columbia professor, bought a small farm in rural Indiana, he learned more about food than just how to grow a tomato (albeit, he grows one fine tomato!). He learned that putting our hands in the soil is therapeutic, that there is nothing like picking...
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#27: Calming Your Anxious Mind with Ariel Garten
Have you ever wanted to be a more relaxed and less anxious person...someone who bounces back after setbacks that we all face? Someone who can take deep breaths in the midst of a stressful day and not react when something upsets you? My life is full! I am often running from morning until late at...
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#26: What Do Genetics Really Tell Us? with Dr. Ben Lynch
Are there things happening in your body that you can’t see? We were all born with the genes that are code for everything in our physical bodies and even account for some personality traits. Genes determine hair and eye color, sleep patterns, how you detoxify, food sensitivities, and so much more!...
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#25: Fascia: The Connective Tissue That Keeps You Healthy
Host: Dhru Purohit Guest: Dr. Shalani Bhat Have you ever thought about how our organs are able to stay in place, exactly where they need to be? There is a stretchy webbing, or connective tissue, inside of our bodies called fascia that runs from head to toe around our organs and our muscles. We…
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#24: Practicing Awareness to Live Your Best Life with Dr. Dan Siegel
Host: Dhru Purohit Guest: Dr. Dan Siegel What kind of person would you be if you were calmer, more centered, kinder, and relaxed? Do you think you would feel better about yourself and your relationships with others...make different decisions...be more loving? The golden ticket to living your best...
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#23: Cultivating a Resilient Mind with Dr. Yashar Khosroshahi
Host: Dhru Purohit Guest: Dr. Yashar Khosroshahi You may take great care of your body, but do you take care of your mind? Do you sit with feelings when they arise or do you get weighed down by them and become resentful? Do you take time out of your productive day to slow down and sit quietly? Our...
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#22: Wild Food, Brain Food, and All Things Nutrition with Josh Gitalis
Host: Dhru Purohit Guest: Josh Gitalis We talk about the topic of food often—it gets a lot of airplay, but shouldn’t it? We eat three, sometimes more, times a day and we believe that food fuels our cells. It’s important! Today, we are talking with Toronto-based functional nutritionist Josh…
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#21: Vision Therapy and the Brain with Dr. Fabian Tai
Host: Dhru Purohit Guest: Dr. Fabian Tai Have you ever wondered how vision plays a role in the health of our bodies and our brains? Problems with our eyes can give us clues to what is going on inside—and, conversely, problems with many activities may be a result of compromised eye function. What...
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#20: Depression and Trauma: Looking Beyond Medications
Host: Dhru Purohit Guest: Dr. Naim Trauma comes in several forms and may be felt and held deeply in many different parts of the body. Whether it’s trauma experienced in childhood or a shock to the system from a car accident or act of violence, integrative psychiatrist Dr. Omid Naim, tells us “We...
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#19: The Keto Diet, Heart Health, and Alcohol with Dr. Will Cole
Host: Dhru Purohit Guest: Dr. Will Cole If you’ve been wondering about the ketogenic diet and want to know if it’s really worth your time, effort, and discomfort in letting certain foods go, this interview with functional medicine practitioner Dr. Will Cole will help you sort through it all. Our...
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#18: Uncovering Hidden Causes of Your Symptoms with Dr. Tom O'Bryan
Host: Dhru Purohit Guest: Dr. Tom O’Bryan Dr. Tom O’Bryan, this week’s guest on The Broken Brain Podcast, is often found buried under scores of the latest scientific journal articles. Whether he is immersed in gluten sensitivity, leaky brain, effects of EMF, or molecular mimicry, you can be sure...
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#17: Dental Dangers of Mercury, Root Canals, and Fluoride with Dr. Rouzita Rashtian
Host: Dhru Purohit Guest: Dr. Rouzita Rashtian Your mouth is a part of the body that is often overlooked as the gateway to health problems. By educating ourselves, we can make better choices that will impact our health right now—and for years to come. The Broken Brain Podcast is a place where you...
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The Broken Brain podcast will help you take your brain health to the next level and teach you how to live your best life! Listen as host and serial entrepreneur Dhru Purohit interviews the top experts in the field of neuroplasticity, epigenetics, biohacking, mindfulness and functional medicine.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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