Today on The People's Scientist podcast I answer your questions on mental health and nutrition. When I polled my listeners on what topic they wanted to hear most about, it was about how nutrition and what we eat can be impacting our mood right now. Nutrition is very powerful because it is a way we can impact our health that is within our control. What we eat and what we drink can either be a slow poison or our best medicine. I cover details on caffeine, alcohol, sugar, fried foods, vitamin D, B vitamins, omega 3 fatty acids and more.

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Today on The People's Scientist podcast, I combine neuroscience and psychology and talk about the power of affect labelling or putting feelings into words. Surprisingly, this simple act may hold a lot of power in emotion regulation, communication, and negotiation. Emotional intelligence is a highly underrated and extremely important skill for everyone. In this episode, I discuss what is emotional intelligence and how we can obtain it. Tune in for all details!

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Key References:

Costafreda et al. Brain Research Reviews. 2008;58:57-70.

Torre et al. Emotion Review.2018;10(2)116–124

Chris Voss. "Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It"

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Today on The People's Scientist podcast, I have the great privilege of interviewing Dr. David Putrino, a neuroscientist based out of Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC. Dr. Putrino combines physical therapy, neuroscience, and technology to better people's lives. He goes into detail on some innovative technology he has created to assist individuals in their recovery after injuries or events. During this COVID-19 outbreak, Dr. Putrino decided to use his skills and connections to help the frontline workers. He is an example of what makes NYC resilient. In this episode we speak about his research, what efforts he has contributed to COVID-19, what makes NYC a resilient city, and what other cities can learn from our experience.

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Today on The People's Scientist podcast, I continue to give us some positive stimulus on ideas to promote our mental well-being during our quarantine time. I have received quite a few requests in the last year to cover the scientific evidence of heat therapy on mental health. Heat therapy includes: sauna use, hot yoga, hot bath, hot shower, and cold adapted showers. Heat therapy is a mild physiological stressor which can cause adaptations to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The HPA axis induces a stress response and tends to be hyperactive in anxiety and depression. So, heat therapy through its effects on heat shock proteins can induce a negative feedback loop to self inhibit the HPA axis. What does this mean? Heat therapy may reduce stress and promote mental health by inhibiting the HPA axis. Tune in for more details!

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On today's episode of The People's Scientist podcast, I provide some scientific evidence on how art can be a therapy for mental health. Art can be a physical expression of our unspoken emotions and feelings. As a result, clinical trials show great benefit for creating art as a means to open up and release some negative emotions. I also provide some neurobiology on why viewing art can be enjoyable and rewarding to us. Tune in for all the details.

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Viewable art images: https://artsandculture.google.com/

Dance Challenge Video: https://youtu.be/Id2VSYj_gM4

Dance Challenge Tutorial: https://youtu.be/7tNYEr1uybU

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This week on The People's Scientist podcast, I provide some positive stimulus for us based on one of my passions in life, dance! I talk about the neuroscience of dance and how it is a highly underrated therapy for enhancing memory, cognition, mood, life satisfaction, interpersonal skills, and physical performance. I dive into how dance can change our neurobiology for the better. Tune in for all the details!

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On this week's episode of The People's Scientist podcast, I wanted to do a positive and light hearted episode during this time when we may be feeling stressed, anxious, and isolated during the COVID19 outbreak. So I provide some ideas on things we can do while stuck at home such as achieving our forgotten goals and also video games. The impact of video games on mental health has been controversial. But overall, the clinical trials on video games illustrate a benefit with moderate use. Some benefits include: enhanced social interaction, improved learning, rehabilitation, enhanced brain reward recruitment, neuroplasticity, and more. Tune in for all the details.

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Today on The People's Scientist podcast, I was asked, "what are some brain healthy foods?" I first had to ask myself, what is brain healthy? I concluded that brain healthy meant, the normal homeostatic functioning of our brain and prevention of disease. So, when I dove into the scientific literature, the most scientific evidence supported the benefit of The Mediterranean Diet and a reduced risk of dementia, depression, and stroke. In today's episode, I discuss the components of The Mediterranean Diet and how these foods and way of eating may promote brain health.

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Art of the Brain Exhibit at Mount Sinai March 16: 6-8 pm: https://www.brainawareness.org/event/art-of-the-brain-exhibition/

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This week on The People's Scientist podcast, for episode 50, I have been asked by many of my listeners to cover the scientific facts on the outbreak of the coronavirus, COVID-19. So I am going to provide you straight facts coming from medical journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The WHO, and The CDC website. Make sure to tune in to find out some important details on why this virus is getting a lot of attention, what we can do to prevent the spread of the virus, and how this is bringing together countries and making us more resilient.

Some open access sources:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/index.html

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports/

https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200229-sitrep-40-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=7203e653_2

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Happy One Year Anniversary to The People's Scientist podcast! On episode 49, I dive into the clinical data on the antioxidant polyphenol resveratrol. Resveratrol is found in grapes, peanuts, berries, and red wine. The amount of resveratrol in red wine ranges from 1.3 - 14.3 mg/L. The doses in clinical trials are much higher and range from 5-2000 mg/day. As a result, clinical trials provide purified trans-resveratrol in pill form. The human data is conflicting on the health effects; however some studies show potential benefit for markers of longevity, heart disease, diabetes, and inflammatory disorders. For all the details, make sure to tune in!

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