Ep. 253 How to Improve Your Brain Health and Performance with Louisa Nicola

Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™

Cynthia Thurlow

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

I am excited to connect with one of my favorite neuroscience experts today! Louisa Nicola is at the intersection of neuroscience and athleticism. She helps to bring a fresh understanding of what it takes to achieve peak performance through science-based tools and methods. She is also the host of The Neuro Experience podcast, which focuses on brain health, neuroscience, longevity, and athletics. Louisa knows how to take complicated subjects related to brain physiology and hormones and explain them so that people can fully understand and appreciate them. In this episode, she and I dive into her background. We speak about her three pillars for peak performance, alcohol, and how sleep impacts the glymphatic system. We get into strategies for better sleep, the perimenopausal brain, how chronobiology impacts sleep, how to address jet lag, and how exercise improves brain performance and health. We also talk about the best foods and supplements for brain health and how creatine improves performance. I hope you enjoy listening to today’s conversation as much as I did recording it! IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: How an accident shifted the trajectory of Louisa’s life. Louisa unpacks the various stages of sleep and explains why sleep is so important. How sleep impacts the glymphatic system. Some common characteristics of perimenopause. Some simple ways to aid the penetration of naturally secreted hormones into the brain. How blood pressure fluctuations impact the brain. What is jet lag, and how can we combat it? How does alcohol affect the brain? Louisa explains cardiac remodeling. The value of different types of exercise for brain health. The difference between physical activity and exercise. How our food choices impact our brain health. How to mitigate the effects of traumatic brain injuries. How does creatine monohydrate improve brain performance? Connect with Cynthia Thurlow • Follow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn • Check out Cynthia’s website Connect with Louisa Nicola On Twitter and Instagram The Neuro Experience Podcast Book mentioned The XX Brain by Dr. Lisa Mosconi

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0:00.0	Welcome to Everyday Wellness Podcast. I'm your host, Nurse Practitioner Cynthia Thurlow.
0:07.0	This podcast is designed to educate, empower, and inspire you to achieve your health and wellness goals.
0:14.0	My goal and intent is to provide you with the best content and conversations from leaders in the
0:19.2	health and wellness industry each week and impact over a million lives.
0:23.4	Today is a treat and we are going to be connecting with one of my favorite neuroscience experts, Louisa
0:36.1	Nicola. She's the host of an amazing podcast called the Neuro Experience, which is focused on brain health,
0:44.1	neuroscience, longevity, and athletics.
0:46.3	And she is at the intersection of neuroscience and
0:48.9	athleticism.
0:50.0	She helps to bring a fresh understanding to what it takes to truly achieve peak performance
0:54.7	through science-based tools and methods. Today we dove deep into her background and how an accident
1:01.4	led to a career shift. We spoke at length about her three pillars that are evident for peak performance. We spoke at length about sleep, the impact of alcohol, the role of deep and REM sleep in the glenphatic
1:16.4	system to help remove amyloids, strategies for better sleep, the role of
1:21.6	the perimenopausal brain, the impact of
1:24.1	chronobiology and sleep, how to address jet lag, how exercise improves brain
1:30.0	performance and health, including the role of Erisen, which is a meokine,
1:35.0	the best foods for brain health,
1:37.0	the best supplements for brain health,
1:39.0	and lastly, the role of creatine and brain performance. I hope you will enjoy this conversation as much as I did
1:46.8	recording it and I look forward to bringing Louisa on again in the near future.
1:58.0	Well, Louisa, I've been so looking forward to this conversation. Welcome to everyday wellness.
2:00.0	I'm so excited to be here and likewise I've been really looking forward to it.
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