{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"TrueLife","title":"Memory Is Rebellion: Brain Health, Alzheimer’s Prevention, Neuroplasticity & Cognitive Performance | Chris Claussen","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5852,"description":"Can you protect your brain before cognitive decline begins?\nGeorge Monty talks with Chris Claussen about brain health, Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive performance, neuroplasticity, lifestyle, addiction, alcohol, dopamine, and the choices that may shape brain health across the decades.\nChris shares the personal story behind his work after watching Alzheimer's affect multiple generations of his family. The conversation moves from prevention and healthy aging into the seven pillars he describes as foundational to brain health: eat, sleep, move, work, play, relax, and learn.\nThey discuss exercise and brain health, neuroplasticity, neurogenesis, BDNF, functional mushrooms, alcohol and the brain, dopamine and habit formation, social connection, lifestyle change, cognitive decline, family history, and the importance of becoming an informed participant in your own healthcare.\nThe episode also examines a difficult cultural question: how much of cognitive decline is treated as inevitable simply because we have normalized it? George and Chris discuss the difference between accepting medical authority and educating yourself well enough to participate meaningfully in decisions about your health.\nTopics include: brain health, Alzheimer’s prevention, cognitive performance, neuroplasticity, neurogenesis, BDNF, functional mushrooms, lion’s mane, dopamine, alcohol and brain health, healthy aging, longevity, lifestyle medicine, exercise, sleep, nutrition, habits, addiction, and personal responsibility.\nThis conversation is educational and reflects the participants’ perspectives; it is not medical advice.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cw_W_CQmjdVkaGdASnTGkCHS3oiJPYuxv2ObEGu7cmY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84Y2U5/YjI1ZGVhNmQ4NmYz/OGNlOGU0NGY4MmY5/YjJlZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}