Episodes

  • Insomnia, anxiety, depression, sauna, cooking oils and more with Dr. Ashley Mason

    Insomnia, anxiety, depression, sauna, cooking oils and more with Dr. Ashley Mason
    Feb 1 2022
    Dr. Ashley Mason is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health. She directs the Sleep, Eating, and Affect, or “SEA” laboratory, is the co-director of the Center for Obesity Assessment, Study, and Treatment (COAST), and is core research faculty in the Osher Center research program. In her clinical role, she directs the Osher Center Sleep Group, wherein she provides cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia for patients with tough to treat insomnia. Lab Website:  Sealab.ucsf.eduWe will be looking for a volunteer and hiring in the coming year.Instagram @ash_e_masonTwitter @DrAshleyMason Summer Tomato Farmers Market Updates:TucsonMountain View Fats:AMA (with Kevin Rose) Paper that had me digging into cooking oils: https://nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12986-019-0383-2On smoke point: https://www.aboutoliveoil.org/evoo-most-stable-cooking-oilGrapeseed oil: https://www.nutritionadvance.com/grapeseed-oil/Avocado oil: https://www.nutritionadvance.com/avocado-oil-nutrition/Peanut oil: https://www.nutritionadvance.com/is-peanut-oil-healthy-for-frying/Oxidative stability of selected edible oils: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6100155/Evaluation of chemical and physical changes in different commercial oils during heating: https://actascientific.com/ASNH/pdf/ASNH-02-0083.pdfHow to make cauliflower taste as good as French fries Mindful Eating:Some of my earlier work on reward-driven eating / mindful eating:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26867697/https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10865-015-9692-8.pdfSandra Aamodt, Ph.D TED talk: Why dieting doesn't usually workMindful Meal Challenge Insomnia:Why We Sleep, by Matt WalkerBasic CBT bookCommon cognitive distortions worth working with: https://arfamiliesfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Cognitive-Distortions.pdfNice review of CBT-I: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/M15-1782Favorite CBT-I book (includes thought record)Stimulus control instructions, original paper: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4757-9586-8_2Progressive Muscle Relaxation research: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J137v13n03_04Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) recordings https://students.dartmouth.edu/wellness-center/wellness-mindfulness/mindfulness-meditation/guided-audio-recordings/progressive-muscle-relaxationDirect link to try PMR: https://students.dartmouth.edu/wellness-center/sites/students_wellness_center.prod/files/p_muscle_relax.mp3Finding a CBT-I practitioner: https://www.behavioralsleep.org/index.php/united-states-sbsm-membersEight Sleep mattress cooler Sauna:2016 paper – Janssen et al. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2521478This is the medical hyperthermia device that I do NOT use: https://www.heckel-hyperthermia.com/index.php/wbhen01This is the commercially available sauna dome that I DO use: https://infraredsauna.com/curve-sauna-dome/2021 UCSF sauna paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02656736.2021.19910102013 paper – Hanusch et al. (single arm, indwelling rectal probe): https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12111395Research on temperature elevations in depression: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10864.xTemperature regularizes upon successful antidepressant treatment: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006322397000462Exercise works for depression: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/da.22842Literally, I bought friends these thermomenters: https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-30-second-digital-thermometer/ID=prod6367272-productThe rectal probe we use in the study: https://www.medwrench.com/equipment/2206/mindray-ipm-9800Longer time to get to high temperature associated with larger antidepressant response: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02656736.2019.1612103Example of a possible sauna that people could use at home to extend treatmentRhonda Patrick  on sauna use to extend healthspan: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556521002916   
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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • How to change your habits in the New Year with James Clear

    How to change your habits in the New Year with James Clear
    Jan 18 2022

    James Clear is a writer and speaker focused on habits, decision making, and continuous improvement. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Atomic Habits. The book has sold over 5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 50 languages.

    Clear is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work has been featured in places like Time magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and on CBS This Morning. His popular “3-2-1” email newsletter is sent out each week to more than 1 million subscribers.

    James Clear - The 4 Laws of Behavior Change,  Foodist podcast

    Dark Matter by  Blake Crouch

    Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

    The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

    Mindful Meal Challenge
     
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    51 mins
  • New Year's Resolutions with Darya & Kevin Rose

    New Year's Resolutions with Darya & Kevin Rose
    Jan 1 2022

    Foodist Kitchen use code NewYear2022 to save $25

    Mindful Meal Challenge 

    Peter Attia, MD

    Henry Shukman, zen teacher

    Mindbloom ketamine therapy

    Witality breath work

    Lego Ideas Voltron

    Lego Ideas Ecto-1

     Forget New Year’s Resolutions and Conduct a ‘Past Year Review’ Instead (#559)  - Tim Ferriss Show

    Proof Collective by Kevin Rose
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • AMA (with Kevin Rose) - Xmas guide, navigating motherhood, fasting, intuitive eating and more

    AMA (with Kevin Rose) - Xmas guide, navigating motherhood, fasting, intuitive eating and more
    Dec 20 2021

    Items mentioned in the discussion:

    Eight Sleep (save $200 through this link)

    Oculus Quest 2

    Supernatural

    Pym mood chews

    How to get better sleep with Andrew Huberman, Ph.D

    Movement skills for healthy aging and postpartum recovery with Andrea Smith

    Kettlebell - 25 lbs

    Tonal

    Peloton (get 60 days FREE through this link)

    The safety of intrauterine devices among young women: a systematic review

    Liquid-based cervical cytology and microbiological analyses in women using cooper intrauterine device and levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system

    Vaginal microbiome changes with levonorgestrel intrauterine system placement

    Stainless steel bento lunch box

    Bentgo lunch ice chillers

    Dinner, A Love Story by Jenny Rosenstrach

    @daryarose - Darya on Instagram

    Garden of Life kids gummy vitamin

    Yumi kids vitamins

    Zero Fasting

    The Circadian Code by Sachin Panda

    Foodist Kitchen  - Learn to cook without recipes in 30 days by Darya Rose, Ph.D

    Block.fi

    How Safe Is My Crypto Yield? with Zac Prince (CEO, BlockFi) and Matt Ballensweig (Genesis)

    Magnesium citrate by Megafood

    Found my Fitness  sauna resources
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Adulting your finances with Chris Hutchins

    Adulting your finances with Chris Hutchins
    Dec 7 2021

    Chris Hutchins is an avid life hacker, financial optimizer and host of the top-ranked podcast All the Hacks, where he shares his quest to upgrade his life, money and travel, all while spending less and saving more. He's also the Head of New Product Strategy at Wealthfront where he's focused on helping people build wealth through investing. He's been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNBC and more. 

    Previously, he was founder/CEO of Grove (acquired by Wealthfront), an investor at Google Ventures, and a co-founder of Milk (acquired by Google).

     

    Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending by Elizabeth Dunn

    I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi

    Playing the Real Estate Game (Part 1) at Wealthfront

    Modern Finance podcast

    All the Hacks podcast

    All the Hacks credit card picks

    Real Food and The Science Behind Healthy Lifestyles with Darya Rose, Ph.D

    Twitter @hutchins

    Instagram @chrishutchins

     
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • How to parent with less stress and conflict with Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD

    How to parent with less stress and conflict with Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD
    Nov 23 2021

    Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD, is the author of the New York Times bestseller Hunt, Gather, Parent. She’s a global health correspondent for NPR’s Science Desk, where she reports about disease outbreaks and children’s health. 

    Doucleff has a doctorate in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, a master’s degree in viticulture and enology from the University of California, Davis, and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Caltech.

    In 2015, Doucleff was part of the team that earned a George Foster Peabody award for its coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. 

    The 80/80 Marriage by Nate and Kaley Klemp

    Michaeleen Doucleff on Twitter @foodiescience

     
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Preventing and treating food allergies with Dr. Kari Nadeau

    Preventing and treating food allergies with Dr. Kari Nadeau
    Nov 9 2021

    Dr. Kari Nadeau is the Naddisy Foundation Endowed Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and, Director of the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University.

    For more than 30 years, she has devoted herself to understanding how environmental and immune/genetic factors affect allergies, immune tolerance, and asthma. As one of the globe’s foremost experts in adult and pediatric allergy, immunology, and asthma, her research is laying the groundwork for a variety of potential future therapies to prevent and cure allergies and asthma. She also is an author of the Lancet Countdown in Global Climate Change 2020 and the book: The End of Food Allergy.

    SpoonfulOne

    Food Without Fear by Ruchi Gupta, MD MPH

    F A R E

    NIH allergies

     
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    40 mins
  • Dave Chang on troubleshooting picky toddlers and cooking without recipes

    Dave Chang on troubleshooting picky toddlers and cooking without recipes
    Oct 25 2021

    David Chang is the chef and founder of Momofuku. Since opening his first restaurant, Momofuku Noodle Bar, in 2004, he has received six James Beard Awards, and has been recognized as GQ’s Man of the Year and a Time 100 honoree. 

    In 2018, David formed Majordomo Media. He is the host of The Dave Chang Show podcast and two Netflix original documentary series, Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner and Ugly Delicious. His cookbook, Momofuku, and memoir, Eat A Peach, are both New York Times bestsellers. 

    His new book Cooking At Home is out October 26.

    Fancy salmon roe

    Chawan mushi  recipe

    Anyday cookware

    Lifechanging Kampot black pepper

    Momofuku pantry essentials

    The Next Thing You Eat  on Hulu with Dave Chang

     
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    49 mins