161: Why traveling is crucial for brain health with New York Times bestselling author, Max Lugavere

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Brain health is incredibly important—who doesn't want to live longer, with a healthy, sharp brain? New York Times bestselling author of Genius Foods, Max Lugavere, sits down with mbg Chief Content Officer, Olessa Pindak, and debunks some of the most common brain myths. Tune in to hear exactly how to optimize brain health as you travel, what foods you should bring on the plane, and how traveling itself can actually boost brain power. Wherever you are in the world, you can make sure your brain health is in tip-top shape. Enjoy this episode sponsored by Westin Hotels & Resorts! And don't forget to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher, and sign up for our podcast newsletter! To contact the mindbodygreen team with comments, questions, or speaker ideas, please email [email protected]. For all sponsorship inquiries, please email [email protected]. Want to join our podcast email newsletter? Sign up here! These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These claims are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm a Lessa Pindac, Mind Body Greens, Chief Content Officer.
0:03.6	Today's podcast is brought to you by our partner Weston Hotels and Resorts.
0:07.4	We traveled to the West and Sarasota and Florida for our destination wellness event,
0:11.2	a morning of movement, healthy Breakfast and Wellness Inspiration.
0:15.1	We had inspiring discussions that were too good not to share.
0:18.2	So we're broadcasting them here on the My Body Green Podcast. Today I'm excited to introduce Max Lugavir,
0:25.0	author of the New York Times best-selling book, Genius Foods.
0:28.0	Max and I discuss the most common brain myths,
0:30.0	and he offers specific expert advice on how to optimize brain health while you travel.
0:35.0	You'll learn about the foods you should bring on the plane, how you should plan your travel itineraries,
0:39.0	and how traveling itself can actually boost your brain power.
0:42.0	No matter where you are in the world, you'll
0:44.3	have the ability to keep your brain sharp and healthy.
0:47.0	Hi everyone, welcome back. I hope that you guys have had an awesome morning so far. You got your blood pumping with some good workout and you got some sunshine and some foods.
0:59.0	So now we're going to get ready to get our brains pumping. So travel's on the brain.
1:02.0	And I wanted to ask you first of all, can travel actually
1:06.5	improve our neuroplasticity, in other words, our ability to learn? Yeah, absolutely.
1:11.9	Who here likes to travel? Raise your hand. Okay, cool. Me too. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, travel's amazing. I mean it's literally like life begins at the end of your comfort zone I think I saw that on a
1:23.6	bumper sticker once I like that is certainly true for your cognitive health as well you know
1:28.9	they've done studies in it's kind of difficult to see neurogenesis happening,
1:33.2	which is the birth of new brain cells in a live human.
1:36.5	But they've done studies in mice
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