Best Selling Author John J. Ratey, MD on "The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain"

<p>Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #116, with best-selling author Dr. John Ratey<a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a>,  who is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an internationally recognized expert in Neuropsychiatry. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles, and 11 books published in 17 languages, including the groundbreaking ADHD “Driven to Distraction” series with Dr. Edward (Ned) Hallowell, MD. With the publication of "Spark:The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain", Dr. Ratey has established himself as one of the world's foremost authorities on the brain-fitness connection. His most recent book, “Go Wild”, explores how we can achieve optimal physical and mental health by getting in touch with our caveman roots, and how we can “re-wild” our lives. Dr. Ratey lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Los Angeles.</p> <p><a href='https://youtu.be/ZTa1zwpQcxQ'>Watch the interview on YouTube here. </a></p> <p>On this episode you will learn: ✔︎ Who inspired Dr. Ratey to connect exercise and nutrition to the brain, health and learning? ✔︎ Are some people born runners, meant for exercise and others are not? ✔︎ What happens to the brain after exercise so that it's primed for learning? ✔︎ What is the "disease of civilization" that we all face at some point in our life, before we learn the foods that we should eat and foods we should avoid? ✔︎ What is the lesson we should all understand about carbs/sugar/good fats/insulin and glucose? ✔︎ What is BDNF and why is it so important for brain health? ✔︎ How did one school in Chicago inspire Dr. Ratey to write the book Spark?</p> <p>Hello and Welcome back! I’m Andrea Samadi, a former educator who has been fascinated with learning the science behind high performance strategies in schools, sports and the workplace, for the past 20 years. If you have been listening to our podcast for some time, you will know that we’ve uncovered that if we want to improve our