The Three Foundations Of Brain Health

November 04, 2022 00:35:25
The Three Foundations Of Brain Health
The Brain Podcast
The Three Foundations Of Brain Health

Nov 04 2022 | 00:35:25

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Hosted By

Andrea Spyros Dr. Shabnam Das Kar

Show Notes

Learn the three foundational areas that will support your optimal brain health: blood glucose, blood pressure, and low levels of inflammation. Find out the five key lifestyle changes that can quickly improve each area. Get details on choosing the best health-based actions for you and learn how to implement lifestyle changes quickly and easily. Once you’ve addressed each of these areas, you will see a marked improvement in memory, mood, sleep, clarity, and more.

(00:00) – How to Boost Your Brain

(00:24) – The 3 Foundations of Brain Health

(02:04) – What is Hypertension?

(04:39) – Hypertension and brain fog

(05:25) – Hypertension and erectile dysfunction

(11:39) – How to manage hypertension more naturally?

(12:29) – Blood glucose levels, optimal and risk

(16:49) – Alzheimer’s risk factors

(20:24) – Blood glucose 7, Diabetes

(21:07) – Third foundation of brain health

(22:25) – Chronic inflammation, how to manage it?

(25:49) – Common sources of inflammation in the body

(28:48) – Food and the immune system

(30:28) – Gluten and dairy

(32:04) – Benefits of chronic inflammation for adults

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Reference

Gill, Shubhroz, and Satchidananda Panda. “A smartphone app reveals erratic diurnal eating patterns in humans that can be modulated for health benefits.” Cell metabolism 22.5 (2015): 789-798.

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References

  1. Cohen-Manheim, Irit, et al. “Fasting plasma glucose in young adults free of diabetes is associated with cognitive function in midlife.” The European Journal of Public Health 28.3 (2018): 496-503.
  2. Zhang, Xiaoling, et al. “Midlife lipid and glucose levels are associated with Alzheimer’s disease.” Alzheimer’s & Dementia (2022).
  3. Walker, Keenan A., et al. “Systemic inflammation during midlife and cognitive change over 20 years: The ARIC Study.” Neurology 92.11 (2019): e1256-e1267.
  4. de Menezes, Sara Teles, et al. “Hypertension, prehypertension, and hypertension control: association with decline in cognitive performance in the ELSA-Brasil cohort.” Hypertension 77.2 (2021): 672-681.

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