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🌟[TT] Balance Your BRA(i)NS® 🧠
During a recent podcast interview, I was asked about my BRA(i)NS® Method – a comprehensive approach to support optimal brain health. The interviewer was interested in my concepts of balancing the Autonomic Nervous System. Drawing from my background in clinical neurology, mindfulness, yoga, and hypnotherapy, I shared how these different approaches create a powerful synergy…
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🌟[TT] Brain Gains 📚
At the dinner table the other day, we got chatting about learning and memory, as my nephew was preparing for his mock GCSE exams. Watching him navigate his studies got me thinking about how we can best support our brain’s learning capacity. This inspired today’s Thursday Tips about maximizing your brain’s learning potential – a…
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[TT] what’s your default? 🧠
I was recently reflecting on the experience of participants in my mindfulness research study, which leads me to this week’s topic: your default mode network! The default mode network is your brain network that switches on when you’re not focusing on a particular task – kind of like your brain’s screensaver. What’s your default? Have…
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[TT] Energy 🧠 Boosts! 🚀
In clinic recently, a patient shared their struggles with constant tiredness. When we started talking about physical activity, they immediately thought of gym workouts and lengthy exercise routines. But what if I told you that even 3 minutes of movement could give your brain an energy boost? How Movement Gives Your Brain Energy When you…
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[TT] Collective Rest❤️
This evening, I’ll be wrapping up my final work task of a focus group with participants in my Mindfulness research study. After that – it’s time to switch off! It’s the first time in many years that I’m not working this Christmas-New Year, and I’m looking forward to a rest! As I prepare to wrap…
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[TT] What’s your currency?💰
GBP? USD? ATP? ATP! ATP is the universal currency that cells use to “pay” for every action! Just as we need money for daily transactions, your cells use ATP to function. And our bodies create ATP from the foods we eat. 📍How does this relate to brain health? ATP is essential for our brain cells…
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[TT] Time to get flexible!⌚🤸
Today’s Tips tie in with the launch of my new book Sweet Spot for Brain Health. In Sweet Spot for Brain Health I talk about fuel for stable brain energy. Our brains get energy from blood sugar, derived from the breakdown of carbohydrates, or ketones, which are derived from the breakdown of fats. The ability…
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[TT] Prunes!
Prunes are a neglected superfood! In my opinion 😀 As I was wondering what to write for this week’s [TT] newsletter, the answer came to me – in a plate of prunes! It’s time to give this humble snack a spotlight 🙂 Here’s why. My memory of prunes from childhood, was that they were rather…
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[TT] AGE matters
A little word play there with the title 🙂 I’ve been working on my next book “Sweet Spot for Brain Health” (yes, still putting in the final touches, for November launch!) and have been thinking a lot about AGE… AGE = Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs), are compounds formed when proteins or fats combine with…
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[TT] Alma mater & friends ♥️
I’m currently in Newcastle upon Tyne. It’s so nice to come back here, where I started medical school 30 years ago! I am here for the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine annual conference, and am excited to give my talk about Sleep & Migraines today – please come say hello to me if you’re here!…