The Neuro Experience

It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able to adapt to and to adjust best to the changing environment in which it finds itself. This pandemic is robbing people of their positivity and their dreams. This podcast is dedicated to building you brain and your mind to become a Neuro Athlete! Today I am interviewing a 6 x Grand Slam Champion- Rennae Stubbs. Rennae Stubbs OLY is an Australian retired tennis player, coach and commentator. She worked at the Seven Network between 2011 and 2018 as an analyst for women's matches and is now a full time commentator for ESPN tennis. She has won four Grand Slam doubles titles and two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She was ranked world No.1 in doubles in 2000. She represented Australia at four successive Summer Olympic Games. We talk about: 1. The mindset of an Olympic athlete 2. Overcoming fear 3. What you do each morning and night to prepare your mind and brain for success 4. How to deal with negativity 5. How to navigate your life as an up and coming elite athlete in a social media world. 6. Why you need to surround yourself with mentors and positive people.

Hospitals have always been filled with heroes, even before the COVID-19 pandemic set in. A new docu-series on Netflix, “Lenox Hill,” serves as a timely reminder with its compelling look at the pre-coronavirus work done behind the walls of that New York hospital system. David Langer, MD, chair of neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, and vice president of neurosurgery for Northwell Health Western Region, spoke about answering the call to help provide care for patients with COVID-19 regardless of sub-specialty. Dr. Langer's work has been featured in numerous peer-reviewed publications and he has spoken nationally and internationally on vascular disorders such as aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the brain. He is one of the few cerebral bypass surgeons in the country. In this episode we discuss: 1. Life on set of Lenox Hill 2. Aneurysms - what they are, how to prevent them and how to treat them 3. Why David got into medicine and how what sparked his interest in neurosurgery 4. Understanding and demystifying pseudo-science and commonly held misconceptions that we hear on social media 5. The life of a neurosurgeon during COVID-19 and much more. Find David here: https://www.instagram.com/drdlanger/ REVIEW/SHARE: If you enjoyed the episode and have a spare 1-2 minutes please leave a review on iTunes so the Neuro Experience podcast ranks higher and becomes more discoverable for other listeners. And if you have any friends that you think will benefit from listening to this episode or any of the other Neuro Experience episodes please share the link – together we can make brain health something that everyone can thrive on!

You may know someone with epilepsy and not even realize it. Dr. Tracey Milligan, who is Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Vice Chair for Education in the BWH Department of Neurology. Dr. Milligan obtained her MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, she did her residency in neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and completed fellowship in epilepsy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Milligan’s clinical and research interests are in the advanced treatment of epilepsy and seizure disorders. She has published dozens of papers in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and was invited to give many talks at international conferences on neurology and seizure disorder treatment. In this episode we discuss: 1. Difference between epilepsy and seizures 2. Neurology of epilepsy 3. Causes, diagnosis and treatment. 4. The role that CBD plays in the treatment of childhood epilepsy 5. How and why epilepsy is misunderstood and how to understand it 6. Best diets for epilepsy and seizures and certain types of medications that work best 7. Migraines and how to differentiate between a migraine and a headache 8. Common misconceptions about migraines and the treatment of headaches 9. We finish the episode discussing what Dr. Tracey Milligan would love to discover in the future of medicine and epilepsy. Tracey’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tracey1milligan Keto diet and epilepsy discussed in the episode: https://www.ketonutrition.org/ REVIEW/SHARE: If you enjoyed the episode and have a spare 1-2 minutes please leave a review on iTunes so the Neuro Experience podcast ranks higher and becomes more discoverable for other listeners.  And if you have any friends that you think will benefit from listening to this episode or any of the other Neuro Experience episodes please share the link – together we can make brain health something that everyone can thrive on!

There is no "magic pill" for your brain. It is part of a whole ecosystem that includes your body and all your surroundings—that means the artificial flavors, dyes and additives in your favorite junk food and the chemicals in the hair spray you just inhaled. Your brain is only 2 percent of your bodyweight, yet consumes 20 percent of the body's glucose.  Naturopathic medicine is defined as a drugless, noninvasive, rational and evidence-based system of medicine imparting treatments with natural elements based on the theories of vitality, toxemia and the self-healing capacity of the body, as well as the principles of healthy living (Nair and Nanda, 2014). Naturopathic physicians combine the wisdom of nature with the rigors of modern science. Steeped in traditional healing methods, principles and practices, naturopathic medicine focuses on holistic, proactive prevention and comprehensive diagnosis and treatment. By using protocols that minimize the risk of harm, naturopathic physicians help facilitate the body’s inherent ability to restore and maintain optimal health. Dr. Gonzalez became proficient in integrative oncology at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America through exposure to a range of disciplines and modalities. During his residency at the center, he was able to treat more than 700 patients and he had a long lasting impact on his patients, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. He was able to obtain his Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine at the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2014. During his training, Dr. Gonzalez underwent clinical rotations in general medicine, botanical, oncology, homeopathy, pediatrics and mind-body medicine, including a preceptorship at the NYU Langone Integrative Urology Center.  In this episode we discuss: 1. Brain health from a holistic perspective 2. What does cortisol do to our body 3. Nootropics- what they are, how to take them and which ones are the best on the market 4. The role that herbs and vitamins play in healing the body 5. Anti-aging secrets and how to age backwards. 6. How sugar is detrimental to your brain and body 7. Blood tests to take to check your blood to start your holistic health journey. 8. 23andMe - Learn how your DNA influences your facial features, taste, smell and other traits Dr. G’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/doctor.g_/ 23andme: https://www.23andme.com/en-int/ REVIEW/SHARE: https://bit.ly/2YhMqw4 If you enjoyed the episode and have a spare 1-2 minutes please leave a review on iTunes so the Neuro Experience podcast ranks higher and becomes more discoverable for other listeners.  And if you have any friends that you think will benefit from listening to this episode or any of the other Neuro Experience episodes please share the link – together we can make brain health something that everyone can thrive on!

The Generic Drugs You're Taking May Not Be As Safe Or Effective As You Think As the cost of prescription medication soars, consumers are increasingly taking generic drugs: low-cost alternatives to brand-name medicines. Often health insurance plans require patients to switch to generics as a way of controlling costs. But journalist Katherine Eban warns that some of these medications might not be as safe, or effective, as we think. Eban has covered the pharmaceutical industry for more than 10 years. She notes that most of the generic medicines being sold in the U.S. are manufactured overseas, mostly in India and China. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration states that it holds foreign plants to the same standards as U.S. drugmakers, but Eban's new book, Bottle of Lies, challenges that notion. She writes that the FDA often announces its overseas inspections weeks in advance, which allows plants where generic drugs are made the chance to fabricate data and results. In this episode we discuss: 1. FDA approval process of drugs 2. The lies behind the pharmaceutical industry 3. What are generic drugs and what are brand label drugs? 4. Where are our generic drugs made? 5.The story of Ranbaxy: An Indian drug company whose business model was fraud and deceit 6.How the FDA approves drugs, the impact of “first to file”, and Peter’s tangent on moral corruption 7.A booming generic drug market and the FDA struggling to keep up Dinesh’s internal investigation finds widespread fraud and falsified data inside Ranbaxy 8.How concerned should you be when buying a generic drug from your local pharmacy? 9. How to investigate your own drugs for quality to ensure you are getting what you need 10. An innovative pharmacy that tests all its drugs for quality 11. Reforming the FDA and generic drug industry: Why we need reform and ideas on how to do it 12. The importance of taking individual ownership and not waiting for Congress to bail us out Find Katherine and her book here: https://www.katherineeban.com/ Katherine on Twitter: @KatherineEban

Football isn’t just a contact sport — it’s a dangerous game of massive bodies colliding into one another. And while it may seem obvious that this sport can do extraordinary damage to brains and bodies, it’s taken far too long for the NFL, the medical community, and football fans to fully reckon with this. At Neuro Athletics, we work with two types of markets: CTE and Alzheimers dementia and we have learned so much in terms of research. We have learned, as a society also, a tremendous amount about concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative brain condition believed to be caused by repeated hits to the head. A lot of information has been released since the first former NFL player was diagnosed with CTE in the early 2000s. Concern around the issue has only grown now that more than 100 former NFL players have received a postmortem diagnosis of CTE, and new research is finding that youth football may be a risk factor for CTE down the line. On the episode today we are speaking with Morgan Ingmanson who is the Director of Medical Affairs, at Evoke Neuroscience- she’s the leading scientist in computational EEG neuroimaging, providing expert consultations to assist physicians in using electrophysiology biomarkers to diagnose cognitive disorders such as MCI, dementia, and pseudo-dementia. In this episode we discuss: 1. What is a concussion and what is a CTE 2. How can you diagnose a concussion? 3. What happens to someone after they take regular blows to the head 4. The truth about the NFL protocol 5. Evoke Neuroscience , EEG and qEEG 6. Biomarkers for diagnosing concussions 7. When can a player return to play after subconcussive impact 8. Where to go to get a brain scan 9. How to deal with post traumatic concussion You can find more about the scans mentioned here: https://evokeneuroscience.com/ https://evoxbrainmap.com/

Andrew D. Huberman is an American neuroscientist and tenured professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has made several important contributions to the fields of brain development, brain plasticity, and neural regeneration and repair. Andrew has been fascinated by humans and in particular, the human brain since a very early age and demonstrates not only an incredible curiosity, but a magnificent understanding of this and many other surrounding subjects for example, how we deal with stress, anxiety, grief etc. and how we can draw positive conclusions from seemingly negative situations. In this episode we discuss: 1.The brains response to stress and how we adapt to stress 2. How to get into deep sleep and what vitamins to take to help with deep sleep 3. Neurotransmitters 4. Nootropics 5. Best way to wake up (morning rituals) 6. Consequences of modafnil and melatonin 7. Neuroplasticity 8. Yoga Nidra as a way to calm the mind and brain Find Andrew here: https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab/?hl=en

There is increasing evidence showing that the dynamic changes in the gut microbiota can alter brain physiology and behavior. Cognition was originally thought to be regulated only by the central nervous system. However, it is now becoming clear that many non-nervous system factors, including the gut-resident bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract, regulate and influence cognitive dysfunction as well as the process of neurodegeneration and cerebrovascular diseases. Dr B, as he prefers to be called, has a fun and agenda-free way of bringing the latest in gut health science to his clinical practice, website and social media (@theguthealthmd) to educate the world. Dr B’s resume speaks for itself – here is just a short list of some of the things he has already achieved in his career: Qualified MD, a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine Board-certified in internal medicine and Gastroenterology Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) from Northwestern University and a certificate in nutrition from Cornell University At UNC he received the highest clinical award and was Chief Gastroenterology Fellow He has published more than 20 scientific articles and given more than 40 presentations at national meetings In this episode we discuss the following points: 1. How the gut is the second brain 2. The role of neuroscience in relation to brain health 3. What Microbiome is 4. The role of Pre and #Probiotics We take a deep dive into the microbiome and its pathways. We then move forward to discuss what contributes to a healthy microbiome and what causes disease.

Maths is an unloved subject. It’s a commonplace view that maths is hard, that maths is abstract and removed from everyday concerns. Why do you think that is? In today’s society, mathematics underpins almost everything we do. It is vital to the ways in which we communicate with each other and the methods we use to navigate from place to place. It has completely altered how we buy and sell and it has revolutionised the manner in which we work and relax. Its influence can be felt in almost every courtroom and every hospital ward, in every office and every home. Maths might even explain why time seems to speed up as we get older. Kit Yates is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and co-director of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Bath. He completed his PhD in mathematics at the University of Oxford in 2011. His research demonstrates that mathematics can be used to describe all sorts of real-world phenomena: from embryo formation to locust swarming and from sleeping sickness to egg-shell patterning. In this episodes we go through 7 mathematical principles of life: 1. Thinking Exponentially 2. Sensitivity, Specificity, and Second Opinions 3. The Laws of Mathematics 4. Don’t Believe the Truth 5.Wrong Place, Wrong Time 6. Relentless Optimization Find Kit here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kit_Yates_Maths Website: https://t.co/XV6C9HybYE?amp=1

This is episode 113 of the neuro experience podcast, I’mlouisa, I’myour host. Today we are joined by David Sinclair, a Harvard med professor who specialises in aging. For the first part of the episode we took a hook and focused it on COVID-19. David explains what the virus is, what the latest research n the virus is and how we can build our immunity to protect ourselves against it. Then on the back on the the podcast we go into depth with the raging process. David Sinclair believes that not only can we slow aging down, we can actually reverse it. David explains the three levels of aging, and what can be done on each level. He describes the lifestyle changes that slow aging down, the drug treatments that begin to stop aging, and experimental new procedures that may actually reverse aging once they are fully developed. Search for more advice on COVID-19 here: https://www.cdc.gov/ FOLLOW DAVID: WEBSITE: www.lifespanbook.com INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/2kPvLjF FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2mcAPiq

Of all the species that ever existed, scientists estimate that less than 0.1% are alive today. In 2010, the Cincinnati research agency AcuPoll found that as many as 95% of new products introduced each year fail. According to the researcher Richard Wiseman, 88% of all new year’s resolutions don’t last. Eight out of ten entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within the first 18 months according to Bloomburg. . It's a scary statistic to live by but thankfully our guest today is here to talk to us about breaking down the barriers that we have in our head about failure and turning them around to be the best versions of ourselves. . Selena is a unique combination of an Italian upbringing and a Hawaiian state of mind. Raised in Italy in a family of professional soccer players, sports were a way of life. When she moved to Hawaii for college, she developed a passion for surfing and for the spiritual side of fitness. Relocating to NYC, she channeled this into a career training as an amateur boxer and teaching boxing. Selena brings an empowering energy to Peloton, teaching Members how to tap into themselves to unleash their power, and accomplish goals they never thought they could achieve. . Find Selena here: https://bit.ly/2IfUCFt

Dr. Matt Dawson is a precision medicine physician in Lexington, KY, co-host of the Wild Health Podcast, and has been obsessed with performance optimization as long as he can remember. He received scholarships to play two sports in college even with “minimal talent” because of his voracious reading and implementation of any fitness or nutritional techniques that would give him an edge. Dr. Dawson continued that obsession in medical school, and as a physician, he has won national awards for education, innovation, and leadership. He has lectured in over 20 countries and trained thousands of other physicians through live lectures, online education, two textbooks, and an educational app. . Dr. Dawson combines his training in genomics and functional medicine to give personalized, precise medical guidance. His obsession with performance optimization has morphed from, initially athletic, to now mental performance and longevity. Whether it's a professional athlete or a grandparent optimizing their mental clarity and mobility to keep up with their grandkids, Dr. Dawson is passionate about helping everyone perform at their absolute peak. During this discussion, you'll discover: 1. Get the basics right first: sleep, environment, exercise, sunlight, etc. 2. Personalized: genomics, preference-based 3. Anti-aging- how to slow it down 4. Best hacks for improved brain performance 5. DNA reports 6. Alzheimer's disease- how a DNA test can show if you test positive for the alzheimer's gene. 7. Cold thermogenesis and infrared sauna therapy 8. How much exercise is too much? Find Matthew here: https://wildhealth.com/

You know the little voice inside your head — the one you’ve carried around inside you since before you could remember? Call it what you will: your conscience, your subconscious, the inner you. This voice is a part of us, a part of who we are, and we self identify with that voice on an inherent level. Known as self-talk, this internal chatter can be cheerful and supportive or negative and self-defeating. This voice is useful when it is positive, talking down fears and bolstering confidence. Human nature is prone to negative self-talk, however, and to sweeping assertions like “I can’t do anything right” or “I’m a complete #failure." Negative self-talk often does not reflect one's reality, and can paralyze people into inaction and self-absorption. A critical inner voice may be driven by the desire to protect a person from the shame of failure. Some people even credit their inner critic with pushing them to develop self-discipline, and to recognize their weaknesses before others do so that they can address them head on and push forward. Over time, though, the negativity of a critical inner voice takes an emotional toll. My guest Jason Hamera is living proof that positive self-talk leads to success. He goes into this with the science behind self talk in this episode. From belief systems to body language this episode is a must if you are not talking to yourself in a positive way! Find Jason here: https://bit.ly/2P8Nizk

Hormones, diabetes, mood disorders, endometriosis, and the value of eating a plant based diet!!! I’m joined today by Dr. Neal Barnard, MD- the American nutrition researcher, author and health advocate. Dr. Neal’s work promotes a plant based diet and has been featured in the vegan documentaries ‘what the health’ and ‘forks over knives’. Hi sup coming book - your body in balance explores the new science of how hormones are wrecking havoc on the body, a solution that improves health and reduces pain and sheds weight. An M.D and advocate of improving health from he inside! Find Dr. Neal and his book here: https://bit.ly/2vII8mQ LEAVE A REVIEW AND RATING HERE: https://apple.co/38RrdNq

It’s hard to miss the barrage of headlines warning about cancer’s link to, well, just about everything, or so it seems. “THIS IS THE BIGGEST CANCER CAUSING FOOD, AFTER READING THIS YOU WILL NEVER EAT IT ANYMORE,” screams one headline—in all-caps to boot. “Popular foods that could cause cancer,” warns another. Today I have Dr. Brian Dooreck on the podcast to tell us the link between cancer and nutrition and we also go into the best foods to eat for your brain! Find Dr. Dooreck here: https://bit.ly/37vTvMZ Leave a podcast review on apple iTunes to win a free coaching session with a Neuro Athletics certified coach! Tag you Instagram handle!