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The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show

The ageing brain with Dr Daniel Levitin

The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show

Liz Earle

Wellbeing, Arts, Gut Health, Self-improvement, Women's Health, Beauty, Healthy Ageing, Menopause, Midlife, Health & Fitness, Hormones, Supplements, Health, Exercise, Fashion & Beauty, Fitness, Education, Better Second Half, Skincare, Liz Earle

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Dr Daniel Levitin, a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist and best-selling author, joins Liz to discuss the ageing brain. He shares his thoughts on the role of sugar on our brains, as well as why sleep is so important. He explains the impact of diet on the brain and also discusses the role that meditation and medication both have to play.

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0:00.0

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Avantee west coast, feel good travel. You're going to do. Hello and I will be speaking with leading experts and familiar.

0:55.0

Hello and welcome to the Liz Earl Well-being show.

1:01.0

I'm Liz Earl and I will be speaking with leading experts and

1:04.6

familiar faces from the whole world of well-being to bring you wellness wisdom

1:09.2

you can truly trust. From fitness to gut health, mood to menopause, you'll quickly learn how to spot a gem of wellness

1:16.3

wisdom from a passing fad. Now I've just had the pleasure of chatting with Dr Daniel Leverton. Now he's a neuroscientist, cognitive. of and this is your brain on music. He joined me to discuss his latest book, The Changing Mind,

1:35.8

a neuroscientist guide to aging well. It's a truly eye-opening read that challenges

1:41.8

our assumptions about the aging process including

1:44.8

beliefs about memory loss and our misguided focus on lifespan over health span.

1:50.8

We took a whistle stop tour through the things that we all need to be aware of if we want to age joyously

1:56.5

from essential hormones to sabotaging sugars blue light emitting gadgets to brain boosting exercises.

2:04.4

So stay tuned to the end as he reveals how meditation can trigger physical changes in our brains.

2:11.1

And I'd love to hear your thoughts on all this and more on Instagram. our podcast over on the Lizz Our Well Being YouTube channel and so without further ado let's get into the

2:26.0

episode.

2:27.0

So Dan welcome.

2:29.0

It's so great to have you here.

2:31.0

Thank you for having me.

2:32.0

And I know this is a special day because your book,

2:34.6

we're recording it, your book has literally just come out. That's right. So it came out this morning.

2:39.5

Fantastic. Well, congratulations and it's genius. And before we get into the whole brain health discussion

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