Today we welcome our guest, Dr. Austin Perlmutter!BIO:Austin Perlmutter, M.D., is a board-certified internal medicine physician. He received his medical degree from the University of Miami and completed his internal medicine residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland Oregon. His academic focus is in understanding the decision-making process, how it is influenced by internal and external factors, and how it changes our health and illness outcomes. Austin, along with David Perlmutter, M.D., is the co-author of the forthcoming book Brain Wash. He is also interested in methods of improving burnout and poor mental health in the medical field. He writes for Psychology Today on his blog, The Modern Brain. SHOW NOTES:1:21 Welcome!1:37 Our special guest today - Dr. Perlmutter!2:37 Focusing on chronic disease4:20 Why patients don’t follow through on healthy plans4:43 Bridging the gap between information & action5:35 The brain and decision-making7:50 How we can make better decisions8:47 Sleep affects your decisions10:00 Why it’s not your fault!11:24 Parts of the brain & their function12:27 The Amygdala13:25 The Prefrontal Cortex & Empathy16:22 Acute and chronic stressors & Saber-tooth tigers17:16 How stress kills the brain18:00 The problem in our modern world19:25 Negativity bias21:50 Sleep deprivation24:53 Top-down processing26:21 Making the decision to eat the cookie or not27:45 Evolution behind sweet foods29:36 Why nature is so good for us34:45 How meditation makes you more productive35:33 Workaholics!37:37 What people really care about38:46 The Brain Wash 10-Day plan41:07 New Year’s resolutions43:58 Back doors into good decision-making45:15 How the brain is rewired47:49 Stress hormones & Prefrontal cortex48:26 Writing the book with his Dad50:30 Generational differences with tech53:30 Health trends of 202055:14 Book release is January 14th56:28 One piece of advice from Dr. Perlmutter58:28 Thanks for joining us!RESOURCES:Austin's BioPRE-ORDER: Brain Wash - releases January 14th!brainwashbook.comAmazon Pre-OrderSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/biohacker-babes-podcast/donations