995 - Top 6 Treatments To Get Rid Of Brain Fog & Boost Your Cognition

Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Medical, Health, Functionalmedicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Struggling with brain fog? The answer might be in your gut. In this episode, I'll explore the root causes of brain fog and reveal how gut health plays a crucial role in mental clarity. Discover the key signs to watch for, evidence-based supplements that actually work, and actionable treatment strategies to reclaim your focus and cognitive function.

What you'll learn:

⚠️ Common signs and underlying causes of brain fog beyond stress and lack of sleep

💊 The most effective supplements backed by functional medicine research

✅ Practical treatment protocols you can implement today

Whether you're dealing with occasional mental cloudiness or persistent cognitive issues, this episode provides the clarity you need to start healing from the inside out.🧠💭

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📌Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:18 Signs & causes of brain fog

01:27 Iron

04:27 Protein

07:02 Vitamin B12

09:02 Probiotics

12:23 Sleep

14:36 Vagus Nerve Stimulation

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0:00.0	After replacing vitamin B12 for three months, they saw an 84% improvement in cognitive function.
0:07.3	And in terms of how you can integrate vitamin B12 rich foods into your diet,
0:12.2	one serving of the following will meet your daily B12 requirements.
0:32.0	Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, providing practical and science-based solutions to feeling your best.
0:33.0	To stay up to date on the latest topics, as well as all of our prior episodes.
0:40.1	Make sure to subscribe in your podcast player.
0:43.4	For weekly updates, visit Dr.rusho.com.
0:44.5	Brain fog.
0:46.9	If you've had it, you know it.
0:48.7	You can describe it as a number of things.
0:57.2	A challenge with word recall, fuzzy or foggy thinking, an inability to remember certain details,
1:02.9	to remember where you're going, perhaps feeling a little bit incoordinated, or just otherwise sort of fatigued. Now, thankfully, there is more study being done on this entity
1:10.0	so that when someone goes to a doctor's office and says,
1:13.2	I have brain fog, the doctor can say, oh, okay, this is actually a thing that is understood,
1:19.9	studied, and we can do X, Y, Z about it. But in short, you feel mentally like you're not at your
1:27.2	sharpest. And it can, again,
1:28.7	it can be a little bit different from person to person, but there's this general haze, this general
1:33.8	impairment of your cognition. So then this begs the question what causes brain fog. And this is
1:40.2	where the four components come in. And they are lifestyle, nutritional, hormonal, and gut health.
1:51.2	Iron, as you probably know, is needed to make red blood cells. The red blood cells will carry oxygen
1:57.4	and nutrients all over the body, including to the brain. Something that's less
2:01.6	appreciated about iron is the fact that it's needed as a co-factor for synthesis of serotonin and dopamine.
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