Stronger Minds

Dementia is the disease that most adults are frightened of and global rates are set to triple by 2050. But too few of us know that there is anything we can do reduce our chances of developing the condition. Yet, research indicates that around 40% of global dementia cases could be delayed or prevented through changes in lifestyle.In this episode I overview the 12 known modifiable risk factors for dementia and how you can start to look after your long-term brain health starting right now.Newsletter sign up How to Build a Healthy Brain* Unprocessed: What Your Diet is Doing to Your Brain* Patreon NHS Alcohol Support Alcohol Change UKDrinkaware*Affiliate links

The Five Factor Model of Personality is the most empirically supported paradigm for personality assessment, with five traits that have been identified universally – across sex, age, geography and culture.In this episode I outline the five factors and how they link to physical and mental health. Newsletter sign up How to Build a Healthy Brain* Unprocessed: What Your Diet is Doing to Your Brain* Patreon Big Five Questionnaire *Affiliate links

Over 50 million people have taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to profile their personality. What can it tell you about yourself and is it worth the money?Newsletter sign up How to Build a Healthy Brain* Unprocessed: What Your Diet is Doing to Your Brain* Patreon *Affiliate linksMBTI website quotes accurate on 29th April 2024.

The world’s largest food and drink company, Nestlé, hit the headlines recently due to unethical practices with baby foods in countries in the global south: Asia, Africa and Latin America. But this isn’t their first rodeo. In this episode I discuss the original baby food scandal from the 1970s, which caused millions of excess infant deaths, and their latest moral failings.LinksNewsletter sign up How to Build a Healthy Brain* Unprocessed: What Your Diet is Doing to Your Brain* PatreonReferences The original ‘The Baby Killer’ report from 1974 The 2024 Public Eye Investigation Baby Milk Action Chronology New Internationalist Babies Edition VoxDev Analysis Nestlé brands *Affiliate links

This episode is a follow-up to the previous episode: Prebiotics, Probiotics, Postbiotics & Psychobiotics. This time I want to talk to you about leaky gut.What is it?How much of a problem is it?And what, if anything, can we do about it?Newsletter sign upA probiotic I use and trust*How to Build a Healthy Brain*Unprocessed: What Your Diet is Doing to Your Brain*Patreon*Affiliate links

This episode is all about microbes. Specifically, the ones in your gut that we are discovering play important roles in supporting your overall health, including your brain and mental health. But there is a lot of noise out there, and a lot of grand claims being made. In this episode I want to help you cut through the noise and make sense of this fascinating but complex area of research and to know, when it comes to gut health, where you should be spending your time and money.Newsletter sign upKefir How ToA probiotic I use and trust*How to Build a Healthy Brain*Unprocessed: What Your Diet is Doing to Your Brain*Patreon*Affiliate links

This episode is all about Ozempic or, more specifically, the GLP-1 receptor agonist medications that have, far beyond their original medical use, taken the dieting and weight loss world like an absolute hurricane and now clinical trials are recruiting children aged 6-18. In the episode I give a very brief outline of their physical targets and actions, but really I want to talk about the psychology of these drugs and to speculate on what they might mean for body sovereignty and how we relate to weight loss and bodies of different sizes in the future.Instagram post for this episode.Newsletter sign upHow to Build a Healthy Brain*Unprocessed: What Your Diet is Doing to Your Brain*Patreon*Affiliate links

This is part two of the brain health Q&A and I’ll be covering binge eating and the links between stress and dementia.Newsletter sign upHow to Build a Healthy Brain*Unprocessed: What Your Diet is Doing to Your Brain*Patreon*Affiliate links

In this Q&A episode, I answer your questions including:Does sugar cause anxiety symptoms?What does magnesium do for the brain?What foods support brain healthNewsletter sign upHow to Build a Healthy Brain*Unprocessed: What Your Diet is Doing to Your Brain*Patreon*Affiliate links