How to Optimize your Brain Health with Louisa Nicola

An episode of the UNLOCKED with Rachel Scheer & Lauren Ungeldi podcast, hosted by Rachel Scheer, titled "How to Optimize your Brain Health with Louisa Nicola" was published on August 17, 2022 and runs 49 minutes.

August 17, 2022 ·49m · UNLOCKED with Rachel Scheer & Lauren Ungeldi

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Today, in the Scheer Madness Podcast, we have Louisa Nicola joining us on the show. Louisa is a Neurophysiologist and Billionaire coach who founded Neuro Athletics to provide scientific strategies to help athletes and investors achieve peak performance. She was a world championship triathlete and raced both nationally and internationally for Australia and competed at London, Beijing and Auckland. We get to listen to how having enough sleep and good nutrition are brain boosters, the benefits o...

Episode Description

Today, in the Scheer Madness Podcast, we have Louisa Nicola joining us on the show. Louisa is a Neurophysiologist and Billionaire coach who founded Neuro Athletics to provide scientific strategies to help athletes and investors achieve peak performance. She was a world championship triathlete and raced both nationally and internationally for Australia and competed at London, Beijing and Auckland. We get to listen to how having enough sleep and good nutrition are brain boosters, the benefits of regular water intake and staying hydrated, and how we can take care of our brain health.

What We Discuss:

00:00 Intro
02:04 What is Neuro Athletics?
04:26 Scanning the brains of athletes
06:17 Sleep and nutrition on healing
08:53 The benefits of keto diet
16:44 Always hydrate with water
21:51 Theories around brain aging process
26:28 The four stages of sleep
31:47 Why brain function favors resistance training
34:14 Connection between skeletal muscle mass and brain health
41:07 Medications that affect deep sleep process
44:27 Sunlight, sleep, hydration, good nutrition

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