#5: Ayurvedic Practices to Promote a Healthy Brain and Body with Dr. Akil Palanisamy

Published: June 1, 2018, 5:24 p.m.

b'Host: Dhru Purohit\\nGuest: Dr. Akil Palanisamy\\nIn our fifth Broken Brain Podcast, our Broken Brain executive producer Dhru Purohit sits down with the author of The Paleovedic Diet and Functional Medicine practitioner, Dr. Akil Palanisamy (\\u201cDr. Akil\\u201d) to talk about the ways in which Ayurvedic practices can promote a healthy brain and body.\\nDr. Akil covers many helpful Ayurvedic topics, like what spices to include in your \\u201cKitchen Pharmacy\\u201d, the connection between the gut and brain, if dairy is the right choice for you, social connection, and much more. Dr. Akil also shares his recipe for Saffron and Turmeric Spiced Milk.\\nIn this fifth episode, we dive into:\\n\\n\\nDr. Akil\\u2019s personal health crisis (2:05)\\n\\nAyurveda and its effect on brain health (4:31)\\n\\n13 spices in your \\u201cKitchen Pharmacy\\u201d (6:01)\\n\\nAlzheimer\\u2019s in India (7:57)\\n\\nAyurvedic practices to help strong digestion (11:12)\\n\\nDairy - friend or foe? (16:11)\\n\\nBrain inflammation or \\u201cleaky brain\\u201d (18:20)\\n\\nImprove your health with social connection (24:00)\\n\\nThe MIND diet (26:30)\\n\\nTips to get started to improve your health (31:20)\\n\\nAyurvedic mind and body practices (33:18)\\n\\nResources to help you go deeper into Ayurvedic Medicine (37:24)\\n\\n\\nand much more!\\nSponsor: This episode is sponsored by our partnership with the AirDoctor Air Filter. To get exclusive access to this deal visit www.brokenbrain.com/filter\\nInterested in joining Dhru\\u2019s\\xa0Broken Brain Podcast\\xa0Facebook Community? Submit your join request here:\\xa0https://www.facebook.com/groups/2819627591487473/\\nFor more on Dhru Purohit, be sure to follow him on Instagram\\xa0@dhrupurohit, on Facebook\\xa0@dhruxpurohit, on Twitter\\xa0@dhrupurohit, and on YouTube\\xa0@dhrupurohit. You can also text Dhru at\\xa0(302) 200-5643\\xa0or click here\\xa0https://my.community.com/dhrupurohit\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'