Cognitive Impact of Vegan Lifestyle: Neural Pathways, Empathy, and Ethical Choices
Drawing on your deep understanding of neuroscience and human behavior, I'm curious about the potential cognitive implications of adopting a vegan lifestyle. From an ethical standpoint, how might the decision to abstain from animal products influence neural pathways, empathy, and decision-making processes? Additionally, are there any cognitive benefits or challenges that could arise from embracing a vegan lifestyle?
Myasthenia Gravis
My daughter was recently diagnosed by a neuro-ophthalmologist with ocular MG. Recommended treatment prednisone and thymectomy. Diagnosis to thymectomy was 4 months. Can you please do a podcast to help us better understand not only the disease but the recommended absence of magnesium in her diet? Magnesium is in every multi vitamin and AG1. Magnesium is a binder in many supplements. Please discuss gut health as it relates to this disease (pre and probiotics). Is mitochondria function at the heart of this disease? Are there supplements that can help to support neuro-muscular function with this disease. Young women who are seronegative with this disease have limited options. We are hoping for the statistic of the disease staying ocular for 10% of patients, by doing everything possible to have that outcome. She's 27....a sister disease to ALS is devastating. If it's so rare 66,000 cases in the US....why are their commercials on tv and why did her thoracic surgeon say he does lots of thymectomies? Is there a current stat higher than that number? I'm desperate for more answers. I have combed the NIH and other publications for valuable information. I have read that vitamin D3 is beneficial but there are so many restrictions to taking any meds or supplements, I'd love to hear from an expert like you. Thank You!
Lack of Motivation after Trauma
I would consider my divorce traumatic. It was a long, devastating, affected my beliefs, and I lost things that were very important to me. Every day I'm always working to recover and live my best life. I've started new hobbies that felt unavailable before, I've reconnected with family that I was cut off from, I've started new and fulfilling relationships. I have a lot of good things in my life now. What I struggle with is being able to do my job. I just don't want to do it any more and I don't know why. I don't have any desire to change careers for something different. I know I can be good at what I do. I used to be quite good at my work and accomplishing my tasks. I work for and with good people at a good company. I believe the work I do is important. However, I would be just find procrastinating at my desk all day rather than being productive and I'm so frustrated with myself for that. I used to be very productive and achievement oriented. I want to care, but find I just don't. I just can't find a practice that seems to stick. I have the discipline to exercise every day, get good sleep, eat right, avoid alcohol, meditate, but I can't find the discipline to just do my job. I know I'd feel better if I was able to accomplish work. I used to feel proud of myself at the work I did and desire to get back to that. I can't figure out why this is so elusive and what is wrong with me.
Re-connecting with stuck emotion
Hi Andrew, I really like your work and I highly appreciate the things you are doing for us. I think I am a highly analytic person and after lots of self research about things like inner child work, ACT and Trauma, I am quite sure that I have traumatic events in my past (and the related unwanted feelings) which I somehow tried to get rid one. I understand that I put on a mask most of the time to avoid unwanted feelings. Now I am trying to connect and accept feelings and emotions that are arising. However know my questions: What would you do if you had the feeling there are stuck emotions in you to release them? In other words, how can I re-connect with all the emotion I have, even if they hurt. (if I think about things that happened, I know that they should bother me, but I feel nothing) Very curious about your thoughts. Thank YOU