The Gene Food Podcast - How to Detox your Brain from Big Tech and Bad Food with Dr. Austin Perlmutter

How to Detox your Brain from Big Tech and Bad Food with Dr. Austin Perlmutter

03/02/20 • 68 min

How many times a day do you check your phone? Does the 24 hours news cycle leave you feeling informed, or stressed? Feel like you can't stop with junk food? This episode is for you. Today, we talk to Dr. Austin Perlmutter, co-author of BrainWash, a modern-day instruction manual for reclaiming clarity and mental health.

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