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In this episode of Brain Health Matters, Amen Certified Brain Health Professional Kate Kunkel shares some of the latest important research on risk factors for dementia and other brain disorders including dementia and anxiety.

Knowledge is power, and Kate has given you several powerful steps based on this research to help you protect your health and lower your chances of developing cognitive decline.

You can follow up on this research with the links provided here:

Sleep and Noradrenaline https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/07/220714103016.htm

 Antibiotics and depression and anxiety: Neuroscience News  https://neurosciencenews.com/antibiotics-negative-emotion-20988/

Optimism for a healthier brain: https://www.awakeningfromalzheimers.com/studies-prove-optimists-are-less-likely-to-get-dementia/

Chronic disease and dementia risk: https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-068005

Obesity and dementia risk: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-now-the-no-1-preventable-cause-of-alzheimers-in-america-11657553007

Surgery and brain health risks:  https://www.amenclinics.com/blog/anesthesia-and-the-risk-for-postoperative-cognitive-dysfunction

Learn many more ways that  improve and protect your brain in Kate’s book, Don't Let the Memories Fade, available in paperback and as an eBook on Amazon everywhere.

To begin your journey toward a healthier brain, claim your free copy of Kate's Five Key Steps You Can Take Right Now to Improve Your Brain 

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To learn even more about the power of a whole foods, plant-based diet for a healthier brain, check out Kate’s books, "Don't Let the Memories Fade", "The Vegan Brain" and "The Musical Brain"

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Dr. Tanya English has been working for 30 years in the healing field, first as a massage therapist, then as a chiropractor and energy healer. Dr. English has been inspired by the idea that we have been born with power to heal but people have not been shown how this works in real life.

In this episode of Brain Health Matters with Kate Kunkel, Dr. English helps us understand how to tap into our own inner knowing to heal ourselves body, mind and spirit. And wait ‘till you hear how The Blues can help you heal!

Some highlights from the interview:

·       A demonstration of the power of the mind to change physiology

·       Tapping away Kate’s horrific memory

·       Muscle testing is a great way to confirm if something is good for you

·       Why The Blues can be so healing

Tanya’s contact information:

https://healingwiththeblues.com/

https://www.facebook.com/healingwiththeblueswithdrtanyaenglish

https://www.instagram.com/healingwiththeblues/

Learn many more ways that music, including the Blues, can help you heal AND improve and protect your brain in Kate’s book, The Musical Brain.

To begin your journey toward a healthier brain, claim your free copy of Kate's Five Key Steps You Can Take Right Now to Improve Your Brain

Start your Brain Health Journey with Five Easy Things you can do Right Now to Improve Your Brain https://harplady.lpages.co/five-steps-to-a-better-brain/

To learn even more about the power of a whole foods, plant-based diet for a healthier brain, check out Kate’s books, "Don't Let the Memories Fade", "The Vegan Brain" and "The Musical Brain"

Check out the Brain Health Matters BLOG for many more ways to improve your brain and your life!

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This week, Kate Kunkel guides you through what she calls the “minefield” of nutritional supplements by sharing gems of information released in the recently broadcast docu-series, “Supplements Revealed”.

Remember, supplements are just that – supplemental to your diet. And the steps you need to take before you begin supplementing are important. Kate lays them all out for you here.

Experts referred to in the podcast:

Dr. Edward F. Group III

Dr. Anne Shippy

Brian Vaszily

Dr. Dale Bredesen

Dr. Joel Fuhrman

Kiran Krishnan  is the research microbiologist who talked about probiotics.  check out his explanation of the gut/brain connection in THIS WEBINAR. 

Greg Horn

Loren D. Israelsen, who is with the United Natural Products Alliance

Dr. Daniel Amen

The article Kate referred to on magnesium is HERE

HERE is a  video by Kate sharing some of the more obscure nutrients and herbs for brain health.

Removing toxins for a healthier brain: https://youtu.be/pKw1i9pdOGw

Geoff Palmer shares the benefits of a plant-based diet to get the nutrients we need https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIob9ILOY7Y&t=2s

Kate’s blogs on the topic:

https://katekunkel.com/blog/f/nutrients-that-protect-against-dementia

https://katekunkel.com/blog/f/can-supplements-help-ward-off-dementia

The Omega-3 Fatty Acid product Kate mentioned is HERE, provided by Juice Plus+     

Kate’s books with more information on nutrients from food and supplements:

Don’t Let the Memories Fade

The Vegan Brain, 2nd Edition: Will be delivered July 7, available for pre-order now.

Start your Brain Health Journey with Five Easy Things you can do Right Now to Improve Your Brain https://harplady.lpages.co/five-steps-to-a-better-brain/

To learn even more about the power of a whole foods, plant-based diet for a healthier brain, check out Kate’s books, "Don't Let the Memories Fade", "The Vegan Brain" and "The Musical Brain"

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Marita Rahlenbeck is a survivor of a traumatic brain injury and helps others struggling to regain what was lost after an injury of this magnitude. She is a dedicated advocate for living a holistic lifestyle and loves to teach about clean eating/living and how to use essential oils holistically for optimal mind, body, soul health.

Like so many other survivors of a TBI, Marita found it necessary to go outside the allopathic medical world to find healing.

In this episode of Brain Health Matters she shares the various processes and products that have enabled her to regain a new level of health and wholeness.

A few highlights of this interview:

04:24 Some of the symptoms of TBI
05:43 A diagnosis from an unlikely source
06:37 Testing does not equal healing and how the allopathic system failed her
07:52 How fermented turmeric offered support
13:46 stimulating the vagus nerve for better brain health
17:29 How a beloved cat’s illness led to another level of healing
19:00 How essential oils can help with brain health
21:37 Healing does not happen overnight. Do not be discouraged.

 Marita’s blog: https://www.maritainternational.com/blog/tbi-my-journey-to-the-mountain

Marita’s websites: https://maritainternatonal.com  or https://harmonicwholeness.com

 Learn how a whole foods vegan diet can improve brain health with The Vegan Brain, 2nd Edition. Pre-order now at Amazon for delivery July 7th.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B32T5N83

Start your Brain Health Journey with Five Easy Things you can do Right Now to Improve Your Brain https://harplady.lpages.co/five-steps-to-a-better-brain/

To learn even more about the power of a whole foods, plant-based diet for a healthier brain, check out Kate’s books, "Don't Let the Memories Fade", "The Vegan Brain" and "The Musical Brain"

Check out the Brain Health Matters BLOG for many more ways to improve your brain and your life!

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Dr. Thomas Lewis is a medical scientist with advanced degrees from MIT and the Harvard School of Public Health. He has developed novel algorithms to predict and measure chronic diseases with an emphasis on neurodegenerative diseases. He uses a combination of risk assessments, biomarkers and pathology testing, using mainly the eye as a canary in the coal mine to determine where you lie on the health disease continuum.

 He joins Kate Kunkel on Brain Health Matters to share powerful insights into the relationship between the health of the eyes and the potential for developing Alzheimer’s. But it goes far beyond that. As you’ll learn in the interview, “lab results” aren’t as helpful as physicians would have us believe, and the push to lower cholesterol is NOT good for our brains.

 Some important points:

 2:50 Alzheimer’s is glaucoma of the brain, and glaucoma is Alzheimer’s of the eyes

4:22 How eye and brain diseases are essentially vascular diseases

5:34 The tests and measures we can use to determine what’s going on in the eye and the brain

7:00 Which types of cataracts portend Alzheimer’s Disease

9:00 How pharmacological treatment of tau proteins makes Alzheimer’s Disease worse

11:00 Cholesterol is NOT the enemy

12:01 How allowing pharmaceutical companies into medical schools perverted standard of care

14:33 Why we need healthy fats.

15:00 Can doctors really tell if you’re sick or well?

 15:40 What is health, and what do “labs” really mean?

21:40 How chronic infections and dormant viruses can contribute to Alzheimer’s.

24:00 The importance of aggressively treating chronic diseases.

27:00 Ivermectin as an antiviral

 Contact Dr. Lewis at [email protected]

 Visit his website at https://healthrevivalpartners.com

 Subscribe to Brain Health Matters by visiting https://brainhealthmatters.today/podcasts

 If you’d like to take action RIGHT NOW to nurture the health of your own brain, claim my free guide, “Five Key Steps to Take Right Now to Improve Your Brain”. CLICK HERE to get the download. 

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To learn even more about the power of a whole foods, plant-based diet for a healthier brain, check out Kate’s books, "Don't Let the Memories Fade", "The Vegan Brain" and "The Musical Brain"

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Our guest this week, Dr. Felice Gersh, explains how our hormones, what we eat, and how we sleep make a difference.

PLUS – what is the real danger in taking birth control pills and what about soy?

 Dr. Gersh received her medical degree from USC School of Medicine and then studied obstetrics and gynecology at the Kaiser Hospital in Los Angeles. After graduating, she launched a private practice founded in her passionate belief in holistic women's health care. From the earliest years, her practice included acupuncture, massage, and Chinese medicine, leading to a fellowship in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona. Dr. Gersh became one of the first dual board certified integrative gynecologists in the United States.

 Dr. Gersh is a passionate speaker and the best-selling author of Menopause: 50 Things You Need to Know.

 Some highlights of this episode:

Why Alzheimer’s drugs don’t work

Can hormone replacement therapy work

What about synthetic hormones?

What are the real dangers of birth control pills?

Defeating autoimmune diseases and dementia with a vegan diet

How sleep affects hormone function

You can find Dr. Gersh through her website: Integrative Medical Group Irvine  https://integrativemgi.com/

Dr. Gersh's book, Menopause, Fifty Things You Need to Know is available on Amazon  https://www.amazon.com/Menopause-Things-Expect-During-Stages/dp/1638070962/ 

Dive into more ways to protect and enhance your brain by claiming Kate's free guide, FIVE KEY STEPS to Improve your Brain and Create a Healthier, Happier, More Successful Future. https://harplady.lpages.co/five-steps-to-a-better-brain/ 

Start your Brain Health Journey with Five Easy Things you can do Right Now to Improve Your Brain https://harplady.lpages.co/five-steps-to-a-better-brain/

To learn even more about the power of a whole foods, plant-based diet for a healthier brain, check out Kate’s books, "Don't Let the Memories Fade", "The Vegan Brain" and "The Musical Brain"

Check out the Brain Health Matters BLOG for many more ways to improve your brain and your life!

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Despite popular wisdom saying it is impossible to turn it around and the failure of allopathic medicine to do anything but throw drugs at the problem, dementia, including the Alzheimer’s form, is reversible.

 This week’s guest, Dr. Heather Sandison, is a Naturopathic doctor who specializes in neurocognitive medicine and neurohacking. She has been trained by Dr. Dale Bredesen, and works every day to not only treat those afflicted with dementia, but actually help them reverse it and return to their homes even after being institutionalized due to cognitive decline.

 Dr. Sandison’s message is…There IS hope! It’s not easy, and you must start as early as possible, but Alzheimer’s can be reversed.

 What you’ll learn in this episode

 2:53 There is hope even once dementia has been diagnosed.
4:49 Witnessing miracles of dementia reversal and creating a place and space to help make them happen
7:53 The importance of working with a health coach to prevent dementia, because that is the ideal
9:14 If there is a diagnosis, start the reversal process as early as possible because the changes in the brain happen decades before symptoms arise
11:25 The comprehensive plan to reverse Alzheimer’s
17:17 The role of genetics
19:30 Why AZ drugs are a dismal failure
21:28 Caretakers – care for yourselves first!
27:34 Infections that can contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s include herpes simplex
34:21 Can COVID brain also be treated?
36:20 Success is possible - Don’t be overwhelmed

If you'd like to take action RIGHT NOW to nurture the health of your own brain, claim Kate's guide, "Five Key Steps to Take Right Now to Improve Your Brain". CLICK HERE to get the download.

Register for the 2022 Reverse Alzheimer’s Summit HERE:

https://reversealzheimers.drsummits.com/?oid=13&ref=2445

 Dr. Sandison’s Clinic is Solcere 

 Explore the amazing Marama care facility  

 You can work with Kate at Brain Health Matters. Visit the website  https://brainhealthmatters.today

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Next week, we will be learning from Dr. Felice Gersh, an OB-Gyn who specializes in integrative medicine. If you’re concerned about the fact that women are three times more likely to develop dementia as men, you will learn why in our interview that focuses on the role of hormones. More importantly, you’ll learn what you can do to mitigate the risk.

Start your Brain Health Journey with Five Easy Things you can do Right Now to Improve Your Brain https://harplady.lpages.co/five-steps-to-a-better-brain/

To learn even more about the power of a whole foods, plant-based diet for a healthier brain, check out Kate’s books, "Don't Let the Memories Fade", "The Vegan Brain" and "The Musical Brain"

Check out the Brain Health Matters BLOG for many more ways to improve your brain and your life!

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Some of the points Dr. Saunders shared with Kate: 

1:40 - How the seeds of Alzheimer's are planted in childhood
3:03 - How underdeveloped or misshapen jaws can be formed
4:53 - A special resource Dr. Saunders has made available for parents to understand and get ahead of the risk for their kids: A special resource Dr. Saunders has made available for parents to understand and get ahead of the risk for their kids: https://www.healthymouthmedia.com/healthysleep
5:40 – How sleep issues are related to jaw development and how that impacts brain health
8:26 - The myth that 5 hours sleep can be enough for anyone
10:27 – How gingivitis and other oral health issues can lead to brain-damaging inflammation
13:00 – How bad is it to breathe through the mouth?
16:12 – Snoring is a red flag
17:31 – An Action Plan for parents - claim Dr. Saunders' special report here: https://www.healthymouthmedia.com/healthysleep

Dr. Saunders has also offered a free download of an adult or child sleep and breathing risk "quick assessment". You can access that here: 

https://www.healthymouthmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/10-Question-Risk-Assessment-for-Adult-Child-Sleep-and-Breathing-problems.pdf

Learn more about Dr. Saunders’ work at Healthy Mouth Media

http://www.healthymouthmedia.com/

Learn more about Dr. Bredesen’s ReCODE Here: https://healthymouthmedia.lpages.co/recode/

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Next week – Dr. Heather Sandison, the creator of the Reverse Alzheimer’s summit, will be

joining us to talk about her work helping people REVERSE Alzheimer’s, and about
the miracle of Marama, her long-term care facility from which people “graduate”
after improving their brain health!

Start your Brain Health Journey with Five Easy Things you can do Right Now to Improve Your Brain https://harplady.lpages.co/five-steps-to-a-better-brain/

To learn even more about the power of a whole foods, plant-based diet for a healthier brain, check out Kate’s books, "Don't Let the Memories Fade", "The Vegan Brain" and "The Musical Brain"

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Dr. Alissa Wolfe is a doctor of physical therapy and chronic pain specialist who got out of the clinical setting to better help people with chronic pain.

She helps people beat it by retraining the nervous system with strategies based on neuroscience .

In this week’s episode of Brain Health Matters, Alissa shared some important insights into the ways our brain and central nervous system are impacted by chronic pain, and how you can overcome them to alleviate your suffering.

Some highlights of the show:

2:47: What is actually going on in the brain when you suffer chronic pain.

6:30 The changes that occur in the spinal cord with long-standing pain

8:41 Impacts on digestion and reproduction

11:34 How chronic stress feeds chronic pain

1719 The changes that can happen in the brain

18:21 Smudging

19:35 Pain signatures in the brain are different for everyone

21:35 Why pushing through the pain is not necessarily a good idea.

There are many things you can do to help improve your brain function - and many of them can be done immediately with no big learning curve! CLICK HERE to claim the FIVE KEY THINGS YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW - It is Kate's gift to you to help you get on the healthy brain train!  

To continue learning from brain health experts, be sure to Subscribe to the Brain Heath Matters podcast to be the first to have access to new episodes. Next week - how your dental health can have a huge impact on your brain.

 Get your free pain self-assessment HERE.  

Connect with Alissa on social media at Pain Crusader

 Learn about Alissa’s Chronic Pain Breakup Method 

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To learn even more about the power of a whole foods, plant-based diet for a healthier brain, check out Kate’s books, "Don't Let the Memories Fade", "The Vegan Brain" and "The Musical Brain"

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Once you realize the devastating effects toxins of any kind can have on your brain, it’s easy to see why it’s so important to be aware of everything you put in and on your body and in your home.

Amen University Curriculum Director and Functional Medicine Coach Fallon Jordan shared with Kate Kunkel how a toxic brain looks, how mold, artificial scents, antiperspirants and household cleaners can wreak havoc on your overall health, your personality, and your brain.

Some highlights of the show:

1:53 How scans determine if the neurological or psychological issues you're having could be from toxic exposure
3:33 Simple steps to get the detox ball rolling
4:20 The Think Dirty App
5:33 Toxic dangers of over-the-county medications, sleep medications and more
9:45 Mold - a hidden and persistent danger
12:37 Herpes Simplex is much more than a nuisance
14:50 Personality changes from mold exposure
15:58 Innovative ways to release traume
18:38 Screening for toxic exposure
1954 Toxins in our everyday products

Learn more about Fallon HERE https://www.fallonjordan.com/

The Moldy movie

The Body Keeps the Score

This is the candle manufacturer Fallon mentioned: Simply Latina on Instagram

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To learn even more about the power of a whole foods, plant-based diet for a healthier brain, check out Kate’s books, "Don't Let the Memories Fade", "The Vegan Brain" and "The Musical Brain"

Check out the Brain Health Matters BLOG for many more ways to improve your brain and your life!