Not Enough People are Talking About This...

This could change everything 🔥

Not enough healthcare practitioners talk about the benefits of brain health (or do anything to support their patients in this area!).

Just remember it’s up to your brain to trigger hormone cascades that influence energy, sleep, and stress.

There are also areas of your brain that control hunger cues, metabolism, and digestion.

When it comes to health and healing, it’s almost never enough to only address the outward issues.

We have to look deeper to see how everything is connected.

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Brain Facts You Don’t Know

Let’s break this down👇

(Brain health facts you may not know!)

1️⃣ 60% of the human brain is fat

Ever think about what happens to fats from your diet once you eat them? They become building blocks for things like cellular membranes, nerve cells, and brain matter! That means eating healthy fats is one of the best things you can do for your brain.

2️⃣Sleep removes toxins from the brain.

The brain actually has a self-cleansing mechanism that creates waves of fluid to clear metabolic waste. These waves are most active during sleep, so you can think of sleep as a form of detox for the brain.

3️⃣Gut microbes signal the brain and affect behavior.

The gut-brain axis is a two-way communication network between the gut and the brain that is largely influenced by the gut microbiome. Studies have even linked specific probiotics to stress and mood.

Is any of this making you think about the brain in a little different way?

Truth is that brain health is about so much more than memory. Brain health depends on our everyday habits and influences our overall health.

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REFERENCES:

Chang CY, Ke DS, Chen JY. Essential fatty acids and human brain. Acta Neurol Taiwan. 2009;18(4):231-241. [link]

Berding K, Vlckova K, Marx W, et al. Diet and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis: Sowing the Seeds of Good Mental Health. Adv Nutr. 2021;12(4):1239-1285. [link]

Jiang-Xie LF, Drieu A, Bhasiin K, Quintero D, Smirnov I, Kipnis J. Neuronal dynamics direct cerebrospinal fluid perfusion and brain clearance. Nature. 2024;627(8002):157-164. [link]

Brain Health → Body Health?

The beginning of fall begins a new series! 🍁

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Most people don’t think twice about brain health unless they notice problems with their memory or concentration.

But your brain is the control center for everything else in your body! 🧠

How well your brain functions has a direct and significant effect on your stress response, hormone production, gut health, and hunger cues.

(Not to mention productivity and mood.)

We just cannot separate the body from the brain.

Some of the best ways to protect brain health?

✅ Deep Breathing

✅ Good Nutrition

✅ Movement

✅ Sleep

When we say we take a holistic approach to health, this is exactly what we mean.

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REFERENCES:

Herman JP, Nawreen N, Smail MA, Cotella EM. Brain mechanisms of HPA axis regulation: neurocircuitry and feedback in context Richard Kvetnansky lecture. Stress. 2020;23(6):617-632. [link]

Mayer EA, Nance K, Chen S. The Gut-Brain Axis. Annu Rev Med. 2022;73:439-453. [link]

Morales I. Brain regulation of hunger and motivation: The case for integrating homeostatic and hedonic concepts and its implications for obesity and addiction. Appetite. 2022;177:106146. [link]

Thyroid Habits (Not Related to Diet!)

Surprising Habits that Support the Thyroid 🔥

(research backed 📚)

🧘‍♀️ Yoga

🚶‍♀️ Walking

💫 Vagal Toning

When it comes to thyroid health, it’s tempting to focus on nutrition. But the thyroid is part of the larger endocrine system—and can therefore also benefit from activities that regulate the nervous system.

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References

Baishya A, Metri K. Effects of yoga on hypothyroidism: A systematic review. J Ayurveda Integr Med. Published online March 19, 2024. [link]

Macena ML, da Silva Júnior AE, Praxedes DRS, et al. Association between sitting/lying down, standing, walking time and number of steps per day with the hormonal profile and resting energy expenditure of women with obesity living in a low-income region. Br J Nutr. 2022;128(4):646-652. [link]

Karthik S, Pal GK, Nanda N, et al. Sympathovagal imbalance in thyroid dysfunctions in females: correlation with thyroid profile, heart rate and blood pressure. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 2009;53(3):243-252. [link]

3 Thyroid Pitfalls

To optimize your thyroid health, ❌ STOP doing these 3 things:

❌ Stop over-exercising

❌ Stop under-eating

❌ Stop over-caffeinating

Do you know why?

Because all of these things are perceived by your body as 💥stress💥

That means they trigger your adrenal glands to produce cortisol, which causes T4 to convert more into reverse T3 (inactive) and less into active T3 👎

I get it—anybody struggling with thyroid concerns knows that you can be tempted to do all of these things just to try to combat the energy drain or weight gain.

But what if instead…

You could calm inflammation and address underlying issues related to thyroid health (like toxins, infections, or nutrient deficiencies) so you could feel good without these temptations?

That’s what I help my patients do.

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