269: Your brain on comfort food | Mitzi Joi Williams, M.D.

Mitzi Joi Williams, M.D.: "If you treat yourself a lot, you begin to crave those treats more and more; versus if you are eating healthy, you crave those things more.”

Williams, a board-certified neurologist and fellowship-trained MS specialist, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss the neurological reason you reach for comfort food (and how to break the habit), plus:

*How to sharpen you mind during downtime*

*What loneliness looks like in your brain*

*How overwhelming stress can result in physical symptoms*

*The best foods for your brain health*

*What gut health means for MS*

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