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In this episode, we dig into a recent McGill University study on computerized cognitive training and its effects on brain chemistry in older adults.

What you'll learn:

• Why certain brain training games reversed a decade of age-related cognitive decline in just 10 weeks—and how researchers finally measured actual biological changes in the brain

• The critical difference between activities that genuinely enhance your brain versus mental junk food like Candy Crush or Solitaire

• The single organizing principle you can use to evaluate whether any cognitive activity is actually helping your brain or wasting your time

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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

In this episode, we dive into guidelines to figure out what all the fuss is about, whether that fuss is warranted, and whether we should even be issuing dietary guidelines to begin with!

• The updates: A breakdown of the specific shifts regarding protein prioritization, full-fat dairy, and whole grain recommendations.

• The visual shift in nutrition: The transition from the "MyPlate" model to the inverted pyramid visual and the symbolism and subtext behind the change.

• Individualization vs. Population health: Why a "one-size-fits-all" approach to nutrition often fails to account for individual metabolic variation.

• The problem with food classification: Why our archaic food categories generate needless confusion and controversy.

• Internal contradictions: Identifying inconsistencies within the guidelines

• Subsidies and accessibility: The economic misalignment between government dietary advice and agricultural subsidies for ultra-processed food ingredients.

• Communication challenges: The difficulty of maintaining scientific nuance in a public health messaging environment.

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Click here to pre-order Dr. Wood's book, "The Stimulated Mind."

Click here to grab Dr. Turknett's bestselling book, "Anyone Can Play Music"

Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

Much of what we talk about on Better Brain Fitness resolves around the demand-driven decline model we published.

Well...a new study just published in Nature Communications gave that model the best test to date, and the results are pretty darn exciting. So of course we had to do an episode about it!

The study looks at the relationship between brain aging and creative activities like music, dance, art, and video gaming. Tommy walks through the study and explains why this matters for anyone thinking about their long-term cognitive health.

• A more sensitive way to measure brain aging than structural scans

• The connection between music, dance, art, and video gaming on brain aging

• The effect of 30 hours of video gaming on brain aging, the kinds of video games that have the greatest impact (and why traditional "brain games" haven't been as successful)

• What this research tells us about whether cognitive decline is reversible

• The dose-response relationship between complex activities and brain health

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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

In this episode, we tackle a question from listener Carolyn in Michigan about the potential cognitive impacts of long-term hearing loss.

• The research linking hearing loss to increased dementia risk and what the evidence actually shows

• How hearing aids impact the risk of cognitive decline

• The mechanisms behind why hearing loss might affect brain health

• Practical strategies for maintaining cognitive health when dealing with hearing loss

• Innovative technologies for hearing loss that could provide new forms of cognitive stimulation

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Click here to pre-order Dr. Wood's book, "The Stimulated Mind."

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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

You may have heard the alarming headline about a recent study that showed the typical brain had about a teaspoon of microplastics inside of it. And that amount appears to be increasing each year.

In equally alarming fashion, that same study also revealed that those with dementia had over 5 times the amount of plastic in their brains as those without.

Needless to say, it's an issue worth paying attention to. So, in this episode, we break down what is known about microplastics and their impact on brain health, and we discuss the specific measures we're both taking to reduce our own exposure to microplastics and enhance their clearance.

Because brain plasticity is a great thing, but a plastic brain is not!

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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

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Click here to pre-order Dr. Wood's book, "The Stimulated Mind."

Click here to grab Dr. Turknett's bestselling book, "Anyone Can Play Music"

Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

Click here to grab Ben's new book, "Why Your Brain Needs Friends"!

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Click here to pre-order Dr. Wood's book, "The Stimulated Mind."

Click here to grab Dr. Turknett's bestselling book, "Anyone Can Play Music"

Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question.

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Click here to pre-order Dr. Wood's book, "The Stimulated Mind."

Click here to grab Dr. Turknett's bestselling book, "Anyone Can Play Music"

Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

Click here to pre-order a copy of Dr. Wood's book, The Stimulated Mind!

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To learn more about how you can boost brain fitness with neuroscience-based musical instruction, head to brainjo.academy. 

Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

Click here to check out James's book, Regenerative Performance. 

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To learn more about how you can boost brain fitness with neuroscience-based musical instruction, head to brainjo.academy. 

Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question.

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Click here to pre-order Dr. Wood's book, "The Stimulated Mind."

Click here to grab Dr. Turknett's bestselling book, "Anyone Can Play Music"

Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question.

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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

06To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question.

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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

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Click here to learn more about Bionic Health.

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06To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question.

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Paper: "Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of menopause hormone therapy on risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia"

Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

Link to the 5 Calls Website for contacting your representative (including a script specifically for this issue): https://5calls.org/issue/nih-nsf-funding-cuts/

Dr. Elizabeth Nance's Instagram: @profnance

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The book: Anyone Can Play Music, by Josh Turknett, MD

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Link to the study discussed in today's episode: "An online multidomain lifestyle intervention to prevent cognitive decline in at-risk older adults: a randomized controlled trial"
 

Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

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Click here to check out the clip from Tommy's appearance on Live with Kelly and Mark!

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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

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0To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question.

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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen. 

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In this episode of the Better Brain Fitness podcast, Drs. Josh Turknett and Tommy Wood discuss ketosis, fasting, and their effects on brain health.

Topics explored include:

• Hhow muscle mass and physical activity influence carbohydrate thresholds in ketosis
• The impact of fasting and caloric intake on cognitive function, and
• A comparison of the enefits of fasting vs. exercise for overall brain health 

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The paper reviewed on today's podcast can be found here.

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In this episode, we have the pleasure of interviewing our good friend and colleague, Dr. Georgia Ede, about her exceptional book "Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind."

Here how and why Dr. Ede transitioned from a traditional and largely unsatisfying psychiatric practice focusing on pharmaceutical treatments to now using diet to succeed where the drugs had failed. 

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In this episode we address a question from listener Maria in Spain, who asks how we might increase neuroplasticity as we get older.   

In the episode, we first debunk commonly held myths about the brain's ability to change as we get older. 

Then, we dig into multiple ways in which we can enhance our brain's plastic potential as we get older, which we believe to be the cornerstone of preventing cognitive decline and Alzheimer's. 

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We're delighted to have Nicole Vignola on the Better Brain Fitness podcast to discuss her newly published book, "Rewire," which is all about how to harness the magic of neuroplasticity to improve our mental health and well being.

To learn all about Nicole, visit her at nicolesneuroscience.com.

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Links to Dr. Turknett's books on migraine: The Migraine Miracle and Keto for Migraine.

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Click here to read the primary paper discussed in this episode ("Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors in Men With Erectile Dysfunction and the Risk of Alzheimer Disease")

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What's the research say on the link between cold sores and Alzheimer's? And for those who get cold sores, is there anything that should be done to minimize the risk? 

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