What Science Says

Mahshad Kolahdouzan
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On What Science Says podcast, our goal is to bring your attention to actionable items that are scientifically proven to improve your health and wellbeing. Together, we will discuss existing and emerging science about how our body works and how we can cooperate with it, with evidence-based methods from world experts and peer-reviewed publications. Mahshad Kolahdouzan, our host, is a neuroscience PhD candidate at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children. She has extensive knowledge on the effects of nutrition on the brain and how chronic pain develops.

  1. 11/16/2023

    23. Unlocking the Brain's Potential: Alertness, Motivation, and Memory Mastery

    In today's episode, we learn the conditions we need to meet for our brain to undergo neuroplasticity in adulthood. We learn easy and neuroscience-proven skills that we can incorporate in our day to day to set ourselves up for success for learning and aging. neuroplasticity, learning, memory, neuroscience, aging, lifestyle

    15 min
  2. 22. Basics of Neuroplasticity - Childhood vs Adulthood

    11/02/2023

    22. Basics of Neuroplasticity - Childhood vs Adulthood

    In this episode, Mahshad goes over the history and basics of neuroplasticity. We learn about the two different types of neuroplasticity and lay the foundation for future episodes on how to access neuroplasticity in adulthood.

    16 min
  3. 21. How Probiotics Can Help Manage Autism Symptoms

    09/13/2023

    21. How Probiotics Can Help Manage Autism Symptoms

    In this episode of the What Science Says Podcast, we learn about how probiotics can help manage the symptoms of autism by helping manage gastrointestinal symptoms and potentially changing brain activity patterns.

    9 min
  4. 20. Ten (10) Ways to Prevent Autism in Children

    09/06/2023

    20. Ten (10) Ways to Prevent Autism in Children

    In this episode, we are going to talk about the critical time periods that gut dysbiosis that increase the development of autism. We will end with 10 ways to take care gut microbiome of the child both in and out of the womb, to help reduce the risk of autism development.

    9 min
  5. 19. Three (3) Ways Gut Dysbiosis Leads to Autism Development

    08/29/2023

    19. Three (3) Ways Gut Dysbiosis Leads to Autism Development

    Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of the What Science Says Podcast. In today’s episode, we talk about how gut dysbiosis can significantly increase the risk of autism, by impairing brain development in critical early years of life.

    9 min
  6. 18. Six (6) Ways to Heal Your Gut and Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease

    08/09/2023

    18. Six (6) Ways to Heal Your Gut and Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease

    In today’s episode of What Science Says, we talk about the five ways that gut dysbiosis contributes to Alzheimer’s disease development and progression. We then go into 6 ways to enrich the gut microbiome using tools that are within our control.

    13 min
  7. 17. Heal Your Gut to Heal Depression

    08/01/2023

    17. Heal Your Gut to Heal Depression

    In this episode, we go through all the ways that gut dysbiosis can cause depression. We also outline multiple lines of evidence that show that enriching the gut and maintaining a healthy gut can help alleviate symptoms of depression

    11 min
  8. 16. The Gut-Brain Axis Explained

    07/24/2023

    16. The Gut-Brain Axis Explained

    In this episode of the "What Science Says" podcast, we set the groundwork for future episodes, but introducing the gut brain axis, and how the gut microbiota impact and interact with this axis.

    11 min
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On What Science Says podcast, our goal is to bring your attention to actionable items that are scientifically proven to improve your health and wellbeing. Together, we will discuss existing and emerging science about how our body works and how we can cooperate with it, with evidence-based methods from world experts and peer-reviewed publications. Mahshad Kolahdouzan, our host, is a neuroscience PhD candidate at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children. She has extensive knowledge on the effects of nutrition on the brain and how chronic pain develops.

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    Mahshad Kolahdouzan
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