#37 – Do Psychedelics Leave Biological Fingerprints? How Psychedelics Influence Stress Physiology…

Can a psychedelic experience leave measurable traces in the body long after the trip is over?

In this episode, we explore emerging research on how psychedelics may influence:

• DNA methylation and epigenetic signaling
• The immune system, inflammation, and cytokines
• The HPA axis, cortisol, and stress physiology
• Neuroplasticity and lasting changes in brain connectivity
• Cellular senescence, telomeres, oxidative stress, and longevity pathways
• The bigger case for rethinking the mind-body divide

Psychedelic science may be revealing something much larger than a drug effect: how experience itself becomes biology.

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