Tips for optimal brain health with Drs Dean & Ayesha Sherzai
01/20/22 • 29 min
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In Episode #188 we hear from Neurologist's Drs Dean & Ayesha Sherzai on building a lifestyle that promotes brain health.
Topics covered include:
- The optimal daily routine for brain health
- Nutrition for brain health
- Healthy fats and the ketogenic diet
- Depression and the importance of a lifestyle approach
- Tips for reducing stress and creating clarity for your mind
Lots of valuable tips and reminders in here. I hope you enjoy it.
Resources:
Connect with Team Sherzai on Instagram
Purchase the Sherzai's new book The 30 Day Alzheimer's Solution
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Simon Hill, Nutritionist, Sports Physiotherapist
Creator of Plantproof.com and host of the Plant Proof Podcast
Author of The Proof is in the Plants
Download my two week meal plan
In Episode #188 we hear from Neurologist's Drs Dean & Ayesha Sherzai on building a lifestyle that promotes brain health.
Topics covered include:
- The optimal daily routine for brain health
- Nutrition for brain health
- Healthy fats and the ketogenic diet
- Depression and the importance of a lifestyle approach
- Tips for reducing stress and creating clarity for your mind
Lots of valuable tips and reminders in here. I hope you enjoy it.
Resources:
Connect with Team Sherzai on Instagram
Purchase the Sherzai's new book The 30 Day Alzheimer's Solution
Want to support the show?
If you are enjoying the Plant Proof podcast a great way to support the show is by leaving a review on the Apple podcast app. It only takes a few minutes and helps more people find the episodes.
Simon Hill, Nutritionist, Sports Physiotherapist
Creator of Plantproof.com and host of the Plant Proof Podcast
Author of The Proof is in the Plants
Download my two week meal plan
Previous Episode
Diet and mental health with nutrition scientist Megan Lee
In Episode #187 I sit down with Megan Lee, BPsychSc, to talk about food and mental health. Megan is a career researcher, scientist, and academic at Bond University on the Gold Coast here in Australia. She has a Bachelor in Psychological Science (with Honours) and her PhD in nutritional psychiatry is currently under examination. She has published research on food and mood, body image, disordered eating, dietary patterns, and mental health, and occupational stress in academia.
There’s an interesting backstory as to how this exchange came about. Megan and I recently had some back and forth on Twitter after I did a thread expressing concern with regards to the way the media had misinterpreted a study that she, along with her colleagues, had published in British Medical Journal on plant-based dietary patterns and depressive symptoms.
Following some productive dialogue on twitter I thought it would be a good idea to have Megan on the show.
I hope you enjoy it.
Some of the topics covered in this conversation include:
- Megan’s background and discovering an interest in the link between nutrition and mental health
- Classifying depression
- The incidence of depression
- The science we currently have on the effect of diet on mental health
- Anti-depressant medications and the lack of lifestyle approaches to dealing with mental health
- Potential causes of depression
- The results from her study of vegans and depression
- The media misrepresenting the results of Megan's study
- The pros and cons of cross-sectional studies
- What other types of studies could be useful in examining the relationship between diet and mental health going forward
- Fatty fish/omega 3’s and depression
- The negative effects of alcohol on mental health
- Intuitive eating
Resources:
- Megan's study published in the BMJ
- My tweet on the Channel 7 article
- Video of Megan talking about the study
- 2021 Omega 3 and depression Meta-Analysis
- Megan's new study survey
- Books mentioned: Pyschobotioic Revolution, This naked Life and Brain Changer
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Simon Hill, Nutritionist, MSc, Sports Physiotherapist, Bsc (Hons)
Creator of Plantproof.com and host of the Plant Proof Podcast
Author of The Proof is in the Plants
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Next Episode
Managing Menopause with Dr Gemma Newman
In Episode #189 I sit down with Gemma Newman, MD, to talk about all things Menopause.
Specifically we cover:
- What is menopause
- The three stages of menopause
- Why does menopause occur
- The common symptoms of menopause
- Associated conditions such as bone mineral density loss and cardiovascular disease
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- The benefits and risks of HRT
- Reducing symptoms such as hot flashes with diet
- Importance of healthy fats, fibre and protein
- Supplement recommendations
- Iron and iodine needs during menopause
- Skin and hair health
- Lifestyle changes that can help with menopause symptoms
- Dealing with weight gain during menopause
- and much more
Resources:
10 year study looking at HRT cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality.
David Katz paper on number of women who may have died prematurely by avoiding HRT
Progesterone HRT and breast cancer risk meta-analysis
Neal Barnard Study using a plant-based diet for managing vasomotor symptoms
Soy and hot flushes meta-analysis
UK Women’s Cohort Study - Vegetarian women reached menopause 0.8 of a year earlier than non-vegetarian women
Plant based diets are associated with reduced symptoms and greater SHBG levels
which helps regulate hormonal fluctuations
Study from Australia, researchers found that women who ate diets higher in veg and fruit were 20% less likely to have hot flushes and night sweats.
Double blind placebo controlled RCT showed lactobacilli supplement reduced Bone loss in PM women.
Vitamin K2 supplementation for post menopausal women with low BMD
Natural supplements to consider:
- Red Clover
- Black cohosh
- Sage
- Ginkgo Biloba
- Agnus Castus
- Evening Primrose oil
- St John’s Wort
Want to support the show?
If you are enjoying the Plant Proof podcast a great way to support the show is by leaving a review on the Apple podcast app. It only takes a few minutes and helps more people find the episodes.
Simon Hill, Nutritionist, Sports Physiotherapist
Creator of Plantproof.com and host of the Plant Proof Podcast
Author of The Proof is in the Plants
Download my two week meal plan
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