Hosted by Drs. Josh Turknett and Tommy Wood, Better Brain Fitness explores the frontiers of how to keep our brain fit and healthy, so that we can perform at our best and do the things that we love for as long as possible.
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The Brainjo Jam podcast consists of classic clawhammer and fingerstyle banjo songs, as well as musings on all things related to learning to play a musical instrument, including the science and principles behind The Brainjo Method of instruction.
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Can Hypertension Meds Really Reduce Dementia Risk?
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#63: Can You Learn More By Napping???
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#62: Can Brief Heart Rate Peaks Still Boost Brain Health?
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#61: Why Is Tommy Doing Sauna & Cold Plunges?? ("ask us anything" excerpt)
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#60: How To Stay In Shape When You're Injured
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#59: Can The Brain Recover After Stroke?
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#58: Can The Brain Recover From Years Of Heavy Drinking?
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Been All Around This World (clawhammer banjo)
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Why Perfect Practice Is Anything But Perfect (Brainjo Bite)
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The Brainjo Bites episodes now have their own dedicated podcast feed. To listen and subscribe to them, click here! Click here to pre-order "Anyone Can Play Music: How to Unlock Your Musical Potential with the Laws of Brainjo"
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#57: Can Fasting Sharpen Your Mind?
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In this episode of the Better Brain Fitness podcast, Drs. Josh Turknett and Tommy Wood discuss ketosis, fasting, and their effects on brain health. Topics explored include: Hhow muscle mass and physical activity influence carbohydrate thresholds in ketosis The impact of fasting and caloric intake on cognitive function, and A comparison of the enefi…
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High On A Mountain (clawhammer banjo)
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#56: Does High Intensity Interval Training Have Unique Brain Benefits?
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#55: Is ADHD a barrier to learning music?
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The Train That Carried My Girl From Town (clawhammer banjo)
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#54: New Findings on APOE4: Should We Be Worried?
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The paper reviewed on today's podcast can be found here. To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness. To learn more about how you can boost brain fitness wit…
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#53: Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind: A conversation with Dr. Georgia Ede
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In this episode, we have the pleasure of interviewing our good friend and colleague, Dr. Georgia Ede, about her exceptional book "Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind." Here how and why Dr. Ede transitioned from a traditional and largely unsatisfying psychiatric practice focusing on pharmaceutical treatments to now using diet to succeed where the dru…
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#52: Can You Increase Neuroplasticity As You Age?
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In this episode we address a question from listener Maria in Spain, who asks how we might increase neuroplasticity as we get older. In the episode, we first debunk commonly held myths about the brain's ability to change as we get older. Then, we dig into multiple ways in which we can enhance our brain's plastic potential as we get older, which we b…
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#51: How To Harness Plasticity for Mental Health, with Nicole Vignola
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We're delighted to have Nicole Vignola on the Better Brain Fitness podcast to discuss her newly published book, "Rewire," which is all about how to harness the magic of neuroplasticity to improve our mental health and well being. To learn all about Nicole, visit her at nicolesneuroscience.com. To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, g…
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50: Can a driver in their 40s win a Formula 1 championship?
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49: Can Testosterone Replacement Boost Brain Health and Cognitive Function?
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48: How To Improve Mental Health With Lifestyle Changes.
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47: How to reduce the risk of dementia from concussion and TBI?
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To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness. Links to Dr. Turknett's books on migraine: The Migraine Miracle and Keto for Migraine. To learn more about how y…
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46: How Do I Know if a Ketogenic Diet Safe for Me?
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"I'm Troubled" (2 finger thumb lead banjo)
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Bury Me Beneath The Willow (clawhammer banjo)
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Lead vocal performed by Julienne Ellen. Tab and tutorial now available in the Breakthrough Banjo course http://clawhammerbanjo.net/coursetour
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45: Are Trump And Biden Mentally Fit For Office? The Brain Docs Weigh In.
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"House of the Rising Sun" - clawhammer banjo
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44: Can "The Little Blue Pill" Help Prevent Alzheimer's?
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Click here to read the primary paper discussed in this episode ("Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors in Men With Erectile Dysfunction and the Risk of Alzheimer Disease") To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essenti…
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43: Do cold sores cause Alzheimer's?
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What's the research say on the link between cold sores and Alzheimer's? And for those who get cold sores, is there anything that should be done to minimize the risk? To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential b…
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Is Playing Music Hard? (Brainjo Bite)
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For more on how to apply neuroscience to practice smarter, check out the book The Laws of Brainjo: The Art & Science of Molding A Musical Mind Click here to join the Banjo For Adult Beginners Facebook Group. To learn more about music courses based on The Brainjo Method, head to brainjo.academy
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42: What blood tests should you monitor for brain health?
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Click here subscribe to the newsletter and get the Blood Tests and Nutrients for Brain Health guide and checklist sent directly to you. To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To learn more about how you can boost brain fitness with neuroscience-based musical instruction, head to brainjo.academy. Intro …
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"Soldier's Joy" (clawhammer uke and 3 finger banjo duet)
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41: Is It Harder To Learn A Language As An Adult?
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40: Can Specific Exercises Boost Cognitive Performance?
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A Banjo Christmas Medley (Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas, Frosty the Snowman)
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39: What does Dr. T's brain fitness program look like?
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"Morning Flower" (clawhammer banjo and fiddle)
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38: Does sauna help prevent Alzheimer's?
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37: Survival of the Kindest: The real story of human evolution
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On today's episode with have the incredible Dr. Julian Abel to talk with us about the critical role of relationships, kindness, and compassion in human health. Links and Resources: "Creating Compassionate Communities and Promoting Health" edition of the Lifestyle Medicine journal Compassionate Communities UK The Compassion Project, by Julian Abel "…
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