Podcast Ep 013: How To Take Care Of Yourself At Home During the Coronavirus Pandemic with The Merrymaker Sisters
In today’s show, you will get practical information on how you can take care of yourself amidst the coronavirus epidemic from the Merrymaker Sisters, Emma and Carla Papas. Learn about why self-care should be front and center of your life right now and how to take care of yourself physically, emotionally, mentally, cognitively, and socially.
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Podcast Ep 012: The Surprising Impact Of Lifestyle Changes For Better Health That A Doctor Wished All His Colleagues Knew About with Dr Dexter Shurney
In today’s episode, I am joined by Dr Dexter Shurney. We’ll talk about what Lifestyle Medicine is and why does it matter. Also, we will dive into the valuable lessons Dr Shurney has learned and vast data that he has collated through clinical, workplace and national campaigns. Find out the power of simple daily actions and how they can have a huge impact and health benefit.
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Podcast Ep 011: Your Body’s Wear and Tear and Memory Loss: The Biggest Things We Get Wrong with Prof. Zoltan Sarnyai
In this show, you will get a rich conversation with Prof. Zoltan Sarnyai and yours truly on stress, allostatic load, and how it affects our cognitive fitness. Moreover, find out how your environment is key to influencing our health and well-being throughout your lifespan, how your body’s wear and tear is associated with your mental health, and what you can do to achieve an optimal level of living.
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Podcast Ep 010: Functional Movement for A Brain Fit Lifestyle with Matt Rutley
In this show, we are joined by Matt Rutley, the owner and head coach of health and fitness center, Stage Six. You’ll learn about how we can squeeze more out of physical exercise by adding cognitive aspects to leverage neurogenesis, putting stress on the body through unique and challenging demands, and the phenomenon of movement poverty increasing our risks of sedentary dementia.
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Podcast Ep 009: How Stress Damages Your Memory Health And What To Do About It with Thomas G. Guilliams Ph.D
In this show, you’ll learn about whether we are doing the best approach to improving our health, evidence-based support on ways to heal and reverse chronic diseases, and why and how lifestyle medicine works. Find out the mechanism of how stress affects our bodies and what we can do to improve our life from the founder and president of The Point Institute, Dr Tom Guilliams.
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Podcast Ep 008: How Your Gut Health Affects Your Brain and Memory Health with Scott C Anderson
Let’s put your battle gear on as we learn from the National Geographic science communicator, Gut Bug Pioneer and author, Scott Anderson. He’ll tell us how to build on our natural line of defense and train it to fight at its best. I’m sure you’re now also asking, “How can I keep their numbers growing?” No worries, we got you. In today’s show, you will learn how to optimise your health and cognitive fitness though the power of your microbiome!
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Podcast Ep 007: How To Heal My Brain After A Stroke with Bill Gasiamis
In this episode, Bill Gasiamis shares his own experience with stroke and how his life has taken a turn for the better afterwards. He shares his key healthy habits, coping mechanisms and insightful lessons which were pillars of his recovery and now bedrock of his life. There is a lot we can learn from how Bill Gasiamis got his brain’s mojo back.
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Podcast Ep 006: How To Make Physical Exercise Habits Stick with Dr Mel Davis
Exercise is no doubt a massive pillar to better brain health and Dr Mel offers up a recipe for achieving your goals. In the show, you’ll learn about what exercise does and why it’s an important life factor at any age – yes any age! Also, the strategies and methods based in neuroscience you can use to make a physical exercise habit stick. Dr Mel shines a light on the big blockers to your success and what to do about them and how to pierce the veil on published information to see if it really does work and is it worth your time, energy and very likely dollars. And lastly, she also busts a few nutrition myths along the way.
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Podcast Ep 005: Food, Mood, Microbiome and Your Memory with Dr Amy Loughman
In today’s episode, we’re joined by Dr Amy Loughman of the Food & Mood Centre. We’ll talk about the importance of the gut microbiome and how it affects and maintains our mental health. She will also discuss the emerging science and discoveries about psychobiotics (the tummy bugs which appear to influence your behaviour, mood and you guessed it, your memory). These small organisms appear to have a big impact on how your brain functions.
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