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Optimizing Brain Health in a Modern World with Dr. Austin Perlmutter

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Next Level Health with Dr. Melinda Ring
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Oct 20, 2025
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Summary

Protecting our brain and body in a world that's not always built for it can be a challenge. In this episode, Dr. Austin Perlmutter, a board-certified internal medicine physician unpacks the forces that inflame and impair our brains and offers tools to protect, nourish, and even rewire them. 00:00 Introduction to Brain Health 00:59 Meet Dr. Austin Perlmutter 01:36 Modern Challenges to Brain Health 04:06 Environmental Impacts on Brain Health 05:18 Diet and Brain Health 17:22 Inflammation and Brain Health 19:42 Practical Steps for Brain Health 19:50 Polyphenols and Brain Health 30:04 Muscle Health and Brain Health 32:53 Supplements and Brain Health 40:17 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@OCIHNorthwestern Follow the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nmoshercenter/ Website: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/ocih/index.html Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/ocih/about-us/newsletter.html