Hello and welcome to another episode of Sigma Nutrition Radio.

My name is Danny Lennon.

You are listening to episode 453 of the podcast.

You are very welcome. As this episode goes out, both Alan and I are currently at the

Sports Nutrition Association Conference in Brisbane, Australia, which has been great to be

able to be at. But seeing as we're both away and the delay of a couple of weeks

without being able to do a podcast as usual. This week, as opposed to give you no podcast going

out, I wanted to go back to a discussion I had a couple of years ago, whilst I was also on

this side of the world when I was down at the

University of Auckland, talking to Dr. Nick Gant, who is the director of exercise

neurometabolism at the University of Auckland. And he and his group there use interdisciplinary

approaches from both nutrition science and neuroscience to investigate

the role of nutrition in brain health and performance. And in particular, Nick and his group

are interested in the use of different foods and different supplements that could prevent

fatigue and improve physical and cognitive performance. And so in this conversation, we got into a

whole host of really interesting things, particularly around the role of things like creatine,

caffeine, and maybe even hypotheses around exogenous ketones, nicotine, and so on. So we dive into

all things about what exactly is fatigue. We look at things like hypoxia-induced decrements in cognitive performance.

Some of the really interesting research Dr. Gant and his team have done on the role of caffeine

and other stimulants in rescuing performance in these high fatigue or high-stress states.

We then look at things like creatine for cognitive function and brain health,

and then dive into the interesting area of traumatic brain injury and how certain nutrients

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