Part 3 of how NUTRITION has a HUGE impact on your BRAIN!

Everything in your brain is something you ate, something you made from something you ate, or, in a few cases, something your mother ate. Nutrition impacts your mental and emotional health, the function of your five senses, and your conscious and unconscious control over your body movements.

Join me as I lead you in a safari through the textbook, “Neuroscience,” pointing out along the way all the interesting connections to nutrition. Listen in for part 2 on the THE FIVE SENSES!

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Nutrition in Neuroscience Show Notes

00:35 Cliff Notes

08:50 Exteroception and proprioception are mediated by mechanoreceptors.

11:32 Pain is mediated by nociceptors, which are unspecialized, low-sensitivity neurons.

13:10 Capsaicin activates the TRPV1 receptor, which is also activated by hot temperatures.

15:12 The use of topical capsaicin to relieve chronic pain

18:25 Interoception is our sense of the physiological state within the body.

20:20 Why anorexics crave spicy foods

22:17 Managing pain in the peripheral nervous system; acidity sensitizes pain receptors.

24:12 Managing the fatty acids that help resolve inflammation, particularly arachidonic acid and DHA, to help with peripheral sensitization to pain

25:59 Combining aspirin with fish oil, glycine, and bicarbonate to help with peripheral sensitization to pain

30:50 Central sensitization to pain occurs through an LTP-like process, which is mediated by NMDA receptors.

32:47 Overview of vision and the importance of vitamin A

38:21 The role of vitamin A in preventing night blindness and its very closely related role in setting your circadian rhythm

41:54 Overview of hearing

44:20 Nutrients important for hearing

45:44 Overview of smell

47:41 Overview of taste

Nutrition in Neuroscience Related Content

Chris Masterjohn Lite: How to Fix Chronic Pain

Chris Masterjohn Lite: Do you really need to be taking fish oil?

Chris Masterjohn Lite: The Omega-6 / Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio: Should You Care?

Chris Masterjohn Lite: Why Aspirin Goes Best With Bicarbonate and Glycine

Chris Masterjohn Lite: 3 Ways to Clear Stubborn Inflammation

Vitamin A Plays an Essential Role in Setting the Circadian Rhythm and Allowing Good Sleep, on the role of vitamin A in melanopsin function.

Mastering Nutrition Episode 10: How to Know if Your Genetics Contribute to Your Sensitivity to Blue Light and Poor Sleep, and What to Do About it on genetic variation in the melanopsin protein.

Mastering Nutrition: Why You Should Manage Your Zinc Status and How to Do It, since the opsin proteins are zinc-dependent.

Assorted other posts on zinc.

Testing Nutritional Status: The Ultimate Cheat Sheet is a comprehensive guide for testing nutritional status for all the nutrients discussed in this episode, and more. Use the code MASTERINGNUTRITION for $5 OFF.

Nutrition in Neuroscience Research

The textbook, Neuroscience.

Depletion of Plasma Glycine and Effect of Glycine by Mouth on Salicylate Metabolism During Aspirin Overdose

Diuresis or Urinary Alkalinizing for Salicylate Poisoning

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