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Apr 2021
38m 8s

How to Supercharge Your Brain

The Wellness Scoop
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This week we’re looking at the practical advise on how to maximise, nurture and sustain your brain health with Professor James Goodwin, a leading expert on brain health. From managing stress levels to why meditation and yoga make your brain glow, the impact of intermittent fasting, how exercise creates new brain cells, the impact of sleep, of gut health and that cognitive decline is not inevitable.

 

Professor James Goodwin Supercharge Your Brain



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