A declining mind is one of the scariest things we can imagine. Yet, many of us walk around every day with brain fog, which is a clue that our brains (and our bodies) need some support. Left unchecked, there can be long-term consequences, and not just for your brain. The good news is that changes to diet, reducing toxic burden and stress, improving sleep and gut health, and getting good movement can work wonders to clear up any fogginess. In this episode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Dr. Todd LePine and Max Lugavere about the Functional Medicine approach to reducing brain fog. View Show Notes From This Episode Get Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman Sign Up for Dr. Hyman’s Weekly Longevity Journal Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here: Dr. Todd LePine Dr. Mark Hyman Max Lugavere This episode is brought to you by Big Bold Health, Mitopure, and AG1. Big Bold Health is offering my listeners 30% off their first order of HTB Rejuvenate Superfood. Head to Bigboldhealth.com and use code DrHyman30. Support essential mitochondrial health and save 10% on Mitopure. Visit TimelineNutrition.com/Drhyman and use code DRHYMAN10. AG1 is offering new subscribers a FREE $76 gift when you sign up. You’ll get a Welcome Kit, a bottle of D3K2, AND 5 free travel packs in your first box. Just go to DrinkAG1.com/hyman
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Often people going on elimination diet will have an immediate relief of brain fog, which is something that you don't know you have until you don't have it anymore sometimes. People just think of this sort of slow decline of their cognitive function. They're not realizing that it's actually something that can be reversed. Now, so many of us are living day to day in a fog.
We're not able to think clearly or sustain our thoughts, and maybe we can't recall why we walked into a room, and maybe we get agitated because of it. But brain fog, one of the most common complaints I hear about, it's not just a problem with your brain. To fix your brain, you need to fix your body.
And in today's episode, we feature three clips from the doctor's pharmacy about the functional medicine approach to eradicating brain fog by removing what's harming us and adding in what supports us to heal the body and the brain. I talk with Dr. Todd Lapine about the connection between brain fog and the gut microbiome. And I talk about daily lifestyle habits that support a healthy brain.
And finally, Max Lugavere and I discuss the best foods for brain and overall optimal health. So let's jump in.
Brain fog is really a symptom, sort of like cough. Cough can be caused by a cold, bronchitis, pneumonia, post-nasal drip, asthma, a whole bunch of things. You've got to figure out, okay, what's driving it? There is no ICD-10 code for brain fog. You might call it altered mental status, but oftentimes it's transitory. That's the really interesting thing.
I've seen patients where they'll get brain fog when they're in a certain building. They'll get brain fog after they've had a certain meal. Certain foods may trigger brain fog. And it is something that I think is intimately connected to the gut. I think the, and I'll talk about that in this particular case, is gut fermentation is oftentimes a cause for brain fog.
I mean, it's like bugs fermenting the food you're eating, creating all these nasty byproducts.
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