Guest
Robert Lustig, MD, MSL is an endocrinologist, professor emeritus of pediatrics at UCSF, and author of the bestseller Fat Chance and The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains. We discuss the basic brain mechanisms behind various addictive products that are hacking our reward centers, the 7 key differences between pleasure and happiness, neuromarketing, and what to do about all this. ABOUT FITMIND FitMind provides mental fitness training based on the latest neuroscience. We created a mobile app that teaches 50 science-based methods adapted from various traditions (i.e., Loving-kindness, Stoicism, Yoga, Buddhism, Sufism, Taoism, Indo-Tibetan Bön, etc.). Check it out here: Website: Podcast: Instagram:
