Wendy Zukerman (Host)
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It's funny because as you were explaining, the mechanism of how it all works. I have to say, it really does feel like that is what is happening in my brain. I don't suffer from depression, but when I am very stressed, I do feel as if my brain gets a bit cotton ball-y or brain foggy. I can almost feel those cytokines flooding in through my crappy blood-brain barrier.
It's funny because as you were explaining, the mechanism of how it all works. I have to say, it really does feel like that is what is happening in my brain. I don't suffer from depression, but when I am very stressed, I do feel as if my brain gets a bit cotton ball-y or brain foggy. I can almost feel those cytokines flooding in through my crappy blood-brain barrier.
And this only happened since I got COVID a couple of years ago. I never used to have this effect and I got a pretty nasty case of COVID.
And this only happened since I got COVID a couple of years ago. I never used to have this effect and I got a pretty nasty case of COVID.
And so she thinks that part of the reason people are getting brain fog is because... This blood-brain barrier is leaky. It's allowing more inflammation in, which is then causing damage to the brain.
And so she thinks that part of the reason people are getting brain fog is because... This blood-brain barrier is leaky. It's allowing more inflammation in, which is then causing damage to the brain.
Do you know, like, I can almost feel brain fuck right now from the stress of what you have just told me there. Oh, no. Continue with your laundry list of the terrible things caused by chronic inflammation.
Do you know, like, I can almost feel brain fuck right now from the stress of what you have just told me there. Oh, no. Continue with your laundry list of the terrible things caused by chronic inflammation.
You're almost like the big mouse just bullying me with facts about how terrible inflammation is right now. Just staring at me. I am not the bully mouse. Bullying me with facts. So why is it that some of us Where does this chronic inflammation come from? Stress, as you've talked about.
You're almost like the big mouse just bullying me with facts about how terrible inflammation is right now. Just staring at me. I am not the bully mouse. Bullying me with facts. So why is it that some of us Where does this chronic inflammation come from? Stress, as you've talked about.
Wow, wow, wow. I mean, I wasn't sure... Just because there's so much talk about chronic inflammation, I really... I'm a bit surprised by this, that scientists really do believe that this rumbling of chronic inflammation is truly the cause of quite a lot of our illnesses.
Wow, wow, wow. I mean, I wasn't sure... Just because there's so much talk about chronic inflammation, I really... I'm a bit surprised by this, that scientists really do believe that this rumbling of chronic inflammation is truly the cause of quite a lot of our illnesses.
Okay. Okay. So then... The question becomes, how do we fix this? Can we fix it?
Okay. Okay. So then... The question becomes, how do we fix this? Can we fix it?
This surprised you? This has been around for ages. Like Gwyneth Paltrow was crapping on about how much she hated nightshades. But I guess I shouldn't say crapping on about it. Is there any science here? Why do people hate nightshades?
This surprised you? This has been around for ages. Like Gwyneth Paltrow was crapping on about how much she hated nightshades. But I guess I shouldn't say crapping on about it. Is there any science here? Why do people hate nightshades?