The Neuro Experience

Louisa Nicola

The Neuro Experience. Conversations with the greatest minds in Brain Science.

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Jul 23, 2020 · 33 min
122: 6 x Grand Slam Champion on Mindset, Becoming #1 and Overcoming Fear | RENNAE STUBBS
It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able to adapt to and to adjust best to the changing environment in which it finds itself. This pandemic is robbing people of their positivity and their dreams. This podcast is dedicated to building you brain and your mind to become a Neuro Athlete!Today I am interviewing a 6 x Grand Slam Champion- Rennae Stubbs. Rennae Stubbs OLY is an Australia...
Jul 16, 2020 · 36 min
121: Lenox Hill Hospital Neurosurgery Chair | Dr. DAVID LANGER, MD
Hospitals have always been filled with heroes, even before the COVID-19 pandemic set in.A new docu-series on Netflix, “Lenox Hill,” serves as a timely reminder with its compelling look at the pre-coronavirus work done behind the walls of that New York hospital system. David Langer, MD, chair of neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, and vice president of neurosurgery for Northwell Health Western Region, spoke about answering the call to help provide care for patients with COVID-19 ...
Jun 17, 2020 · 49 min
120: Is There a Cure for Epilepsy, Seizures, Migraines and Headaches? | Dr. Tracey Milligan, MD
You may know someone with epilepsy and not even realize it.Dr. Tracey Milligan, who is Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Vice Chair for Education in the BWH Department of Neurology. Dr. Milligan obtained her MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, she did her residency in neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and completed fellowship in epilepsy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Milligan’s clini...
Jun 10, 2020 · 1 hr 11 min
119: Brain Health, Heavy Metals, Cortisol and Holistic Medicine | Dr. Christian Gonzalez N.D
There is no "magic pill" for your brain. It is part of a whole ecosystem that includes your body and all your surroundings—that means the artificial flavors, dyes and additives in your favorite junk food and the chemicals in the hair spray you just inhaled. Your brain is only 2 percent of your bodyweight, yet consumes 20 percent of the body's glucose. Naturopathic medicine is defined as a drugless, noninvasive, rational and evidence-based system of medicine imparting treatments with natu...
Jun 5, 2020 · 35 min
118: Dirty Medicine and How Generic Drugs Are Poisoning Us | Katherine Eban
The Generic Drugs You're Taking May Not Be As Safe Or Effective As You ThinkAs the cost of prescription medication soars, consumers are increasingly taking generic drugs: low-cost alternatives to brand-name medicines. Often health insurance plans require patients to switch to generics as a way of controlling costs. But journalist Katherine Eban warns that some of these medications might not be as safe, or effective, as we think.Eban has covered the pharmaceutical industry for more than 10 yea...
May 28, 2020 · 39 min
What you should know about the NFL, Concussions, and Brain Damage
Football isn’t just a contact sport — it’s a dangerous game of massive bodies colliding into one another. And while it may seem obvious that this sport can do extraordinary damage to brains and bodies, it’s taken far too long for the NFL, the medical community, and football fans to fully reckon with this. On the episode today we are speaking with Morgan Ingmanson who is the Director of Medical Affairs, at Evoke Neuroscience- she’s the leading scientist in computational EEG neuroimaging, pro...
May 13, 2020 · 41 min
116: The Neurobiology of Stress | Dr. Andrew Huberman
Andrew Huberman is an American neuroscientist and tenured professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has made several important contributions to the fields of brain development, brain plasticity, and neural regeneration and repair. #AndrewHuberman has been fascinated by humans and in particular, the human brain since a very early age and demonstrates not only an incredible curiosity, but a magnificent understanding of this and many other su...
May 8, 2020 · 53 min
115: The Plant Fed Brain | Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, MD
There is increasing evidence showing that the dynamic changes in the gut microbiota can alter brain physiology and behavior. Cognition was originally thought to be regulated only by the central nervous system. However, it is now becoming clear that many non-nervous system factors, including the gut-resident bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract, regulate and influence cognitive dysfunction as well as the process of neurodegeneration and cerebrovascular diseases.Dr B, as he prefers to be call...
Apr 27, 2020 · 43 min
114: The Mathematics of Biology & COVID-19 | KIT YATES
Maths is an unloved subject. It’s a commonplace view that maths is hard, that maths is abstract and removed from everyday concerns. Why do you think that is?In today’s society, mathematics underpins almost everything we do. It is vital to the ways in which we communicate with each other and the methods we use to navigate from place to place. It has completely altered how we buy and sell and it has revolutionised the manner in which we work and relax. Its influence can be felt in almost every ...
Mar 22, 2020 · 40 min
113: Understanding COVID-19 and How to Slow the Aging Process | DAVID SINCLAIR
This is episode 113 of the neuro experience podcast, I’mlouisa, I’myour host. Today we are joined by David Sinclair, a Harvard med professor who specialises in aging. For the first part of the episode we took a hook and focused it on COVID-19. David explains what the virus is, what the latest research n the virus is and how we can build our immunity to protect ourselves against it. Then on the back on the the podcast we go into depth with the raging process. David Sinclair believes that not o...
Mar 3, 2020 · 33 min
112: Marathons, Failure, Health and Success | Selena Samuela from Peloton
Of all the species that ever existed, scientists estimate that less than 0.1% are alive today. In 2010, the Cincinnati research agency AcuPoll found that as many as 95% of new products introduced each year fail. According to the researcher Richard Wiseman, 88% of all new year’s resolutions don’t last. Eight out of ten entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within the first 18 months according to Bloomburg..It's a scary statistic to live by but thankfully our guest today is here to talk to us...
Feb 28, 2020 · 32 min
111: How to Optimize Your Health Through Precision Medicine | Dr. Matt Dawson M.D
Dr. Matt Dawson is a precision medicine physician in Lexington, KY, co-host of the Wild Health Podcast, and has been obsessed with performance optimization as long as he can remember. He received scholarships to play two sports in college even with “minimal talent” because of his voracious reading and implementation of any fitness or nutritional techniques that would give him an edge. Dr. Dawson continued that obsession in medical school, and as a physician, he has won national awards for edu...
Feb 20, 2020 · 31 min
110: How Your Brain Processes Self-Talk | JASON HAMERA
You know the little voice inside your head — the one you’ve carried around inside you since before you could remember? Call it what you will: your conscience, your subconscious, the inner you. This voice is a part of us, a part of who we are, and we self identify with that voice on an inherent level. Known as self-talk, this internal chatter can be cheerful and supportive or negative and self-defeating. This voice is useful when it is positive, talking down fears and bolstering confidence. Hu...
Feb 19, 2020 · 44 min
109: Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Body | Dr. NEAL BARNARD, M.D
Hormones, diabetes, mood disorders, endometriosis, and the value of eating a plant based diet!!! I’m joined today by Dr. Neal Barnard, MD- the American nutrition researcher, author and health advocate. Dr. Neal’s work promotes a plant based diet and has been featured in the vegan documentaries ‘what the health’ and ‘forks over knives’. Hi sup coming book - your body in balance explores the new science of how hormones are wrecking havoc on the body, a solution that improves health and reduces...
Jan 28, 2020 · 33 min
108: Gastroenterologist Explains the Link Between Food and the Brain | Dr. BRIAN DOORECK
It’s hard to miss the barrage of headlines warning about cancer’s link to, well, just about everything, or so it seems. “THIS IS THE BIGGEST CANCER CAUSING FOOD, AFTER READING THIS YOU WILL NEVER EAT IT ANYMORE,” screams one headline—in all-caps to boot. “Popular foods that could cause cancer,” warns another. Today I have Dr. Brian Dooreck on the podcast to tell us the link between cancer and nutrition and we also go into the best foods to eat for your brain!Find Dr. Dooreck here: https://bit...
Jan 23, 2020 · 23 min
107: The Science of FITLIGHT | Reaction time, vision training, brain performance
So many of you ask how we train our athletes, in this episode I will introduce you to the product that I am the ambassador for- Fitlight trainer.I believe in science, I believe in numbers. Science produces data and with data we can capitalise on the growth of our athletes. FITLIGHT Corp. specializes in designing and creating equipment and technology applicable in a variety of industries. In our quest to set the standard by which all others will be measured, we have embraced innovative technol...
Dec 13, 2019 · 41 min
106: What makes your work worthwhile? | Michael Chernow
Michael Chernow is the founder of Seamore’s, co-founder of the meatball shop, and co-founder of WellWell. quite literally the modern day renaissance man, Michael is a restaurateur + entrepreneur, tv host, fitness personality, and family-man, dedicated to inspiring the world through positivity, hospitality and service. .In this episode we cover: .1. Business and Entrepreneurship 2. Struggles that changed Michaels life3. The rare brain abnormality found in his two year old son 4. How to beat ...
Nov 21, 2019 · 44 min
105: How a NAVY SEAL Helped Lebron James fix his back | DONNIE RAIMON
Today’s guest needs no introduction, he is the OG of biomechanics and he’s is making waves in the industry. Donnie Raimon, part owner in DBC in Miami. He is Lebron James’ personal biomechanist. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it is a specialist in human movement who combines biology and physical mechanics — Donnie is the man who has helped Lebron overcome his back problems back in 2015.Donnie was a NAVY SEAL for 15 years and became a disciple of biomechanics when he used the s...
Nov 20, 2019 · 2 min
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TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE HUGE!Have you subscribed? LEAVE A REVIEW and go in the running to win a FREE individualised mental performance coaching plan from a Nuero Athletics certified coach! GO!The Neuro Athletics Newsletter Instagram: @louisanicola_ Twitter : @louisanicola_ YouTube: @Louisa Nicola The Neuro Experience Podcast is proud to have hosted: Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Gabrielle Lyon, Dr Layne Norton, Thomas DeLauer, Shawn Stevenson, Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen, Saad Alam, Uma Naidoo, Dr. Lan...
Nov 19, 2019 · 28 min
104: Hacking your Heart and Preventing Diabetes | Dr. Mike Herring M.D
Dr. Mike Herring is an internal #medicine #physician and certified personal trainer withType I #diabetes. .Diagnosed at 6 years old - diabetes is the condition in which the body does not properly process food for use as energy. Most of the food we eat is turned into #glucose, or #sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies..In this episode we go over: .1. What is dia...