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Control Stress for Healthy Eating, Metabolism & Aging | Dr. Elissa Epel
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3 Apr 2023 · 2h 1m
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In this episode, my guest is Elissa Epel, Ph.D. , professor and vice chair of the department of psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and the author of a new book entitled " The Stress Prescription ." We discuss her work showing how stress impacts mood, eating behavior, mental health, physical health, and aging. She explains stress intervention tools using “top-down” techniques (e.g., radical acceptance, mindfulness, reframing), body-based methods (e.g., breathwork) inc