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What Science Says
By Mahshad KolahdouzanScience
What Science Says episodes
- 23. Unlocking the Brain's Potential: Alertness, Motivation, and Memory Mastery
In today's episode, we learn the conditions we need to meet for our brain to undergo neuroplasticity in adulthood. We learn easy and neuroscience-proven skills that we can incorporate in our day to day to set ourselves up for success for learning and aging.
neuroplasticity, learning, memory, neuroscience, aging, lifestyle
16 min - 22. Basics of Neuroplasticity - Childhood vs AdulthoodIn this episode, Mahshad goes over the history and basics of neuroplasticity. We learn about the two different types of neuroplasticity and lay the foundation for future episodes on how to access neuroplasticity in adulthood.16 min
- 21. How Probiotics Can Help Manage Autism Symptoms
In this episode of the What Science Says Podcast, we learn about how probiotics can help manage the symptoms of autism by helping manage gastrointestinal symptoms and potentially changing brain activity patterns.
9 min - 20. Ten (10) Ways to Prevent Autism in ChildrenIn this episode, we are going to talk about the critical time periods that gut dysbiosis that increase the development of autism. We will end with 10 ways to take care gut microbiome of the child both in and out of the womb, to help reduce the risk of autism development.10 min
- 19. Three (3) Ways Gut Dysbiosis Leads to Autism DevelopmentHello and welcome to this week’s episode of the What Science Says Podcast. In today’s episode, we talk about how gut dysbiosis can significantly increase the risk of autism, by impairing brain development in critical early years of life.9 min
- 18. Six (6) Ways to Heal Your Gut and Prevent Alzheimer’s DiseaseIn today’s episode of What Science Says, we talk about the five ways that gut dysbiosis contributes to Alzheimer’s disease development and progression. We then go into 6 ways to enrich the gut microbiome using tools that are within our control.14 min
- 17. Heal Your Gut to Heal DepressionIn this episode, we go through all the ways that gut dysbiosis can cause depression. We also outline multiple lines of evidence that show that enriching the gut and maintaining a healthy gut can help alleviate symptoms of depression12 min
- 16. The Gut-Brain Axis ExplainedIn this episode of the "What Science Says" podcast, we set the groundwork for future episodes, but introducing the gut brain axis, and how the gut microbiota impact and interact with this axis.11 min
- 15. How stress damages the brain and impairs decision makingWelcome to today’s episode, where we talk about how the brain changes in response to uncontrolled stress. The information from this podcast comes from a beautiful review published by Amy Arnsten in Nature Review Neuroscience n 2009, titled “Stress signalling pathways that impair prefrontal cortex structure and function”9 min
- 14. How Caffeine Prevents Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseaseIn this episode, we explore how caffeine exerts powerful anti oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, and therefore prevents Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease in both men and women7 min
About What Science Says
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On What Science Says podcast, our goal is to bring your attention to actionable items that are scientifically proven to improve your health and wellbeing. Together, we will discuss existing and…
emerging science about how our body works and how we can cooperate with it, with evidence-based methods from world experts and peer-reviewed publications. Mahshad Kolahdouzan, our host, is a neuroscience PhD candidate at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children. She has extensive knowledge on the effects of nutrition on the brain and how chronic pain develops.