The Brain Health Revolution Podcast

Our guest for this episode is Dr. Will Bulsiewicz (or "Dr. B"), an award winning gastroenterologist, internationally recognized gut health expert and the New York Times-bestselling author of Fiber Fueled and the newly released, The Fiber Fueled Cookbook. He sits on the Scientific Advisory Board and is the US Medical Director of ZOE, has authored more than twenty articles published in peer-reviewed...

In this episode, we explore the term aphasia, which has become a popular term in the media after Bruce Willis announced his diagnosis. We discuss the definition, presentation, the different conditions that present with aphasia, management and treatment. Thank you for joining us. We recently changed our Instagram handle, and now can be found as The Brain Docs ( @thebraindocs )  Our website: Sherzai...

Friends, in this episode of the Brain Health Revolution Podcast, we sat down with our dear friend, Brenda Davis, and spoke about her journey in the field of nutrition and shared her insight. She is a legend in the field of nutrition - one of the most revered nutrition experts in the world, experience working with patients and communities for the last 3 decades, an internationally acclaimed speaker...

Dear friends, we're thrilled to be back after a long pause, and bring you another episode of the Brain Health Revolution Podcast. In this episode, we discuss the revolution we have been experiencing in the world of athletics as many of the top athletes are moving towards a plant predominant or a healthy vegan lifestyle, and in the process, changing the world of sports and athletics. Our guest is R...

In this episode, we speak with our dear friend Dr. Howard Jacobson, who is an author, Head Coach at Sick to Fit University; co-founder and Lead Instructor at the WellStart Health Coaching Academy; and host of the increasingly popular Plant Yourself Podcast. Howard believes that we all to some extent know how to live a healthy life, but knowing is not enough. Understanding the mechanism of our beha...

Welcome to the Brain Health Revolution Podcast! In this episode, we took a deep dive into the history and steps of FDA approval of the latest Alzheimer's drug, Aducanumab. Developed by the biotechnology company, Biogen, it is the first approved drug that attempts to treat a possible cause of the neurodegenerative disease rather than just the symptoms. But the approval has sparked a contentious deb...

In this episode, we sat down, once again, with our dear friend Dr. David Katz, and explored the personal and public impact of COVID-19, what we learned about the failings of our society in the face of such a formidable opponent, the failings of our system to adapt to such a novel threat, how it changed us as a society, and how do we move forward given the deep divisions and the tremendous losses f...

We had the pleasure of sitting down (virtually) with our friend, Dr. Uma Naidoo to speak about her book, This Is Your Brain On Food, and explore ways to improve our patients' brain health outcomes by guiding them using evidence-based medicine and as importantly, through tasty and healthy foods for their minds. Dr. Uma Naidoo is a nutritional psychiatrist and serves as the director of nutritional &...

Friends, as many of you know, Alzheimer's prevention is personal to us. In our very first meeting, we connected over the shared loss of our grandparents to dementia and since then we have dedicated our lives to combating neurodegenerative diseases. This put us on-the-ground in communities around the nation. We saw family after family suffering from the tragedies of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, a...

Friends, in this episode, we are shedding light on a community devastated by the consequences of this pandemic, as if it was not bad enough, close to 500,000 people have lost their lives in the United States, and more than millions around the world, on e community has been especially devastated by it. We've been asked to talk about this topic by several media channels, and Ayesha starts the conver...

Welcome back to the Brain Health and Beyond Podcast with your neurologist friends, Ayesha and Dean Sherzai! Happy New Year everyone! We are thrilled to be back with exciting conversations and stories to share with you all. We are starting the new season by reflecting on 2020 - losing our mother, the pandemic, the war on science, our experiences with patients in the hospital and clinic, our researc...

In this episode, we sat down with Dr. Frank Cusimano, who is a scientist, with a masters and a PhD in nutrition and metabolic biology from Columbia University. Frank is an expert in the field of nutrition and the microbiome, and there are very few people who have had his extensive research background and accolades. He also holds a Masters degree in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins, and is currentl...

In this episode, we have the honor of having a talented physician and a community leader as our guest, Dr. Columbus Batiste, whose passion for translating his years of work in cardiology to meaningful outcomes in communities is remarkable. Dr. Batiste is a board-certified Interventional Cardiologist and Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine. Sinc...

In this episode, join us as we speak with Dr. Aaron Spitz, a renowned urologist, author, and one of the featured stars of the remarkable documentary The Game Changers. Dr. Spitz is a national leader in health policy for urologists across the nation and has done some of the most groundbreaking work in the field of urology. He earned his medical degree from Cornell Medical College, completed his Uro...

This episode is dedicated to sleep and sleep disorders and how they affect brain health. We now know that a good night's restorative sleep is crucial for proper functioning of the brain – whether it's cognition, concentration, productivity or peak performance. Unfortunately, until recently, it was not deemed important and brushed aside. But thanks to recent advances in the field, we have realized...

In this episode, we discuss the raging myths around nutrition and health with a brilliant bariatric surgeon, clinician, scientist, and a fierce warrior for the truth, Dr. Garth Davis. He's the author of Proteinaholic -   a brilliant, fascinating and  paradigm-shifting book that explores our false notions about diet, and best of all, presents decades worth of research showing the evidence and broad...

We're thrilled that you're joining us for this exciting conversation with a talented physician, scientist, gastroenterologist, and the author of his newly published fabulous book,  Fiber Fueled , our friend Dr. Will Bulsiewicz.  "Dr. B" has all the degrees, awards and honors that you could hope for, but more importantly his courageous and comprehensive approach to Gastroenterology is going to open...

In this episode, we are excited to share our conversation with our kids, Alex and Sophia Sherzai, also known as The Science Kids, about living a plant based life, its challenges, its benefits, the science behind it, and how they think this is more than just healthy living - it's something that could determine the fate of this beautiful planet. We bring our kids into this conversation because it fe...

The date is March 23, 2020. At the time of recording this episode, and in the last week, our world and the way we have known it has turned upside down. Today, we're talking about corona virus, or COVID-19 with with our dear fried and colleague,  Dr. Shinkai Hakimi who is a pulmonary critical care doctor in Monterey Bay, CA. She has special interest in public health, has worked extensively towards...

In episode # 12, we discuss one of the most important issues in the field of medicine - gender bias in healthcare - which has become an epidemic. Women's diseases are often missed, misdiagnosed or remains a total mystery. There are tremendous knowledge gaps that are filled with hysteria narratives. Women are more likely to be labeled as "difficult", "hysterical", and "hypochondriacs" compared to m...

In this episode, we sat down with Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams, a dynamic leader and a luminary who is changing healthcare as we know it. He previously served three terms in the New York State Senate and 22 years in the New York City Police Department. In 2016, after a series of painful symptoms and visual problems, he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. He soon learned about the profoun...

In this episode, we discuss insulin resistance and energy metabolism in the brain and the rest of the body with brilliant lifestyle experts, Dr. Cyrus Khambatta PhD and Robby Barbaro MPH. Cyrus and Robby are living with Type 1 diabetes, and have been on all kinds of diets and program you can think of to manage their diabetes, and after years of trial and error and studying the evidence, they creat...

For too long we have been looking at stress in a completely wrong way. In fact a tremendous wealth of research is pointing to a completely revolutionary way to manage stress. And if you wan to change your life, you can't do anything with nutrition, exercise, or sleep without addressing stress in its true form. Join us as we speak about the anatomy of stress, how it affects every system in the body...

In this episode, we sat down with our dear friend, Dan Buettner to speak about wellness, fearlessness, his new book and his revolutionary projects around the world. We discussed promotion of health, prevention of disease and his experience with regards to longevity in the Blue Zones and what he envisions for the world. His new book, the Blue Zones Kitchen is a fantastic collection of recipes strai...

In this episode, we sat down with our friend and partner in science and clinical translation, Dr. Joel Kahn, a public health leader, a world renowned cardiologist and a true champion of preventive cardiology. He has authored many books and articles and is actively dispersing the message of hope for devastating diseases like heart disease, the number one cause of mortality in the US. He passionatel...