424: We may need to reconsider the power of antidepressants | Internal medicine doctor Austin Perlmutter, M.D.

Austin Perlmutter, M.D.: “Is inflammation involved in our poor mental health epidemic today? I believe the answer is yes.” 

Austin, an integrative medicine doctor and New York Times bestselling author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss the complicated link between depression and serotonin, plus:

- How to treat depression beyond medication (~13:01)

- How to prevent depression before it becomes a problem (~14:32)

- How social media and the news can contribute to inflammation (~16:57)

- How to identify inflammatory relationships (~28:27)

- Top foods for brain health (~30:05)

Referenced in the episode:

- Austin's book, Brain Wash.

- Visit Big Bold Health.

- Study in Molecular Psychiatry on the role of serotonin in depression.

- mbg article discussing this study.

- Austin's Instagram video discussing the serotonin study.

- A study on the Mediterranean diet and depression.

- Shop Himalayan tartary buckwheat.

Jason's homemade Perfect bar recipe:

- 1 ½ cup Santa Cruz Organic Light, Crunchy Peanut Butter

- ¼ cup Big Bold Health Himalayan tartary buckwheat

- ¼ cup Sunfood Superfoods Raw Organic Milled Flaxseed

- 2 tbsp Lakanto Monkfruit

- 1 tbsp Wholesome Raw & Unfiltered Organic White Honey

- 1 handful (or whatever feels good) of Hu Chocolate Gems.

- Mix nut butter, flours, honey, and monkfruit in bowl.

- Lay out batter in a glass pan over parchment paper, and even out with a roller.

- Drop in as many gems as you like.

- Put in freezer for 90 minutes, then put in the fridge and slice up into squares. 

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