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How To Train Your Brain To Be Younger

In this episode you’ll discover:
* What Neuro Athletics is.
* How exercise can impact your cognitive function.
* What it means to build up a cognitive reserve.
* The intimate relationship between metabolic health and brain health.
* How to induce mitochondrial biogenesis.
* The connection between obesity and Alzheimer’s disease.
* What percentage of adults are meeting the recommended guidelines for exercise.
* How genes impact your susceptibility to developing neurodegenerative disease.
* The sad statistics on the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease.
* Why pharmaceutical companies are betting on you getting sick.
* What the amyloid cascade hypothesis is.
* The two things that really matter when you get your blood work done.
* Why exercise is the elixir for health.
* The brain benefits of elevating your heart rate.
* What creatine is and its role in neuroprotection.
* The benefits of omega-3 fatty acids in the brain.
* Two specific types of exercise that your brain needs.
* Why aerobic exercise improves blood flow to the brain.
* How running can boost BDNF levels.
* Why your muscles are like a pharmacy.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - Neuro athletics
07:50 - Metabolic health affects the brain
14:50 - How obesity affects the brain
16:50 - Alzheimer’s disease
30:09 - Blood work
33:00 - Exercise or die
41:41 - Creatine
45:45 - Omega 3’s for your brain
52:14 - Exercise
1:03:20 - Muscle as a medicine

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