Jungle To The Lab | The Ethnobotanist Life w/ Kerry Hughes "Ethnobotany is the study of the relationship between humans and plants." - Kerry Hughes Meet Kerry Hughes, ethnobotanist and author, and an inspiring member of Nootropics Depot's scientific advisory board. Kerry joins the podcast to discuss her background and passions as an ethnobotanist, and to share practical tips for connecting with the healing power of plants in our everyday lives, through supplements, food, incense, and spending time in nature. Chapters 0:00 Introducing Kerry Hughes, Ethnobotanist 1:17 What is an Ethnobotanist? 3:08 Taking Erinamax, Tiger Milk + Cognance from the ND Catalogue 4:21 Popping Pills - Ethnobotany style 5:55 Effectiveness of Quick-Dissolve Cognance vs. Cognizance capsules 10:14 The Lack of Bitter Compounds in Our Foods 12:18 Bitter Sensors in Our Digestive Tract 18:03 Madronho 20:41 Herbaviore - ?? 23:30 Bitter Compounds Regulate Blood Sugar - GLP1 Agonism 25:35 Biodiversity - We Don’t Save What We Don’t Value 27:45 California - LA Fires, Climate Crisis, Land Management 28:13 Cattle Grass 31:38 Gulf of Mexico - Hating on Swamps 35:25 Rewilding 37:05 Effects of Erinamax and Cognance 38:15 Experiential Accounts of Supplements 44:50 Being Mindful of Safety with Extracts - Purity 46:17 The Dose is the Poison 51:25 What’s In Your Garden? 51:45 The Squarest Ethnobotanist You’ll Ever Meet 55:55 Biodiversity 58:40 Regenerative Certification 1:01:55 Natural Wineries 1:02:17 Wild Yeast in Geuze and Lambiek 1:03:42 Plants are Sentient Beings 1:05:15 A World without Opiates 1:07:25 Use of plants, music, nature 1:10:25 Connection - Essential for Human Health