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Eat These Foods to Boost Brain Health & Reduce Inflammation | This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers.\n\nFood isn\u2019t like medicine, it is medicine. What we eat is literally transformed into tissue throughout our bodies, creating this vessel that lets us live our lives. When it comes to nutrition and health, people often only think about improving their weight or heart health. But the brain should be one of our top focuses for a long happy life, and there are so many foods we can eat every day with nutrients that specifically support it.\xa0\n\nOn today\u2019s episode, Dhru talks to our friend Shawn Stevenson about the top foods for brain health and some of the most informative studies on using food as medicine, especially for the brain.\xa0\n\nShawn Stevenson is the author of the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter and creator of The Model Health Show, one of the top health podcasts in the world. A graduate of the University of Missouri\u2013St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology, and nutritional science, and went on to found Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a company that provides wellness services for individuals and organizations worldwide. Shawn has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, Muscle & Fitness, ESPN, and many other major media outlets. He is also an in-demand keynote speaker for numerous organizations, universities, and conferences.\xa0\n\nIn this episode, we dive into:\n-How improving magnesium levels can potentially reverse brain aging (3:54)\n-Dehydration and cognitive decline (14:51)\xa0\n-The direct impact of DHA and EPA on brain health (27:24)\xa0\n-The best sources of DHA and EPA (33:40)\n-The best foods to support cognition and brain function (47:30)\n-How MCTs can help to improve the condition of Alzheimer\u2019s disease (1:08:40)\xa0\n-The biggest drivers of neuroinflammation (1:13:42)\xa0\n-How oleocanthal-rich EVOO is able to restore the function of the blood-brain barrier (1:16:22)\xa0\n-How industrial seed oils are making us sick (1:23:46)\xa0\n-The top three things that are damaging our brain health (1:34:22)\xa0\n\nFor more on Shawn Stevenson you can follow him on Instagram @ShawnModel, on Facebook @TheModelHealthShow, on Twitter @ShawnModel, on YouTube @TheShawnModel, and through his website https://themodelhealthshow.com/. Get his book, Eat Smarter: Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life at https://eatsmarterbook.com/.\n\nAlso mentioned in this episode:\n-Enhancement of Learning and Memory by Elevating Brain Magnesium - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/201521\n\xa0\n-Effect of Theobromine in Antimicrobial Activity: An in Vitro Study - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6364351/\n\xa0\n-Oleocanthal-Rich Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Restores The Blood-Brain Barrier - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6703911/\n\xa0\n-OmegaQuant Test - https://omegaquant.com/\n\nSign up for Dhru\u2019s Try This Newsletter - https://dhrupurohit.com/newsletter.\n\nThis episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers.\nRight now, BiOptimizers is offering my community a few special bundles, just head over to https://magbreakthrough.com/dhru with code DHRU10.\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices