Optimise Your Brain & Prevent Cognitive Decline

Show summary:

Viridian’s Nutrition Educator, Phil Beard, discusses brain health and what we can do nutritionally to prevent cognitive decline. We cover the factors that impact brain health and increase your risk of neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s, why you should be concerned if a particular marker is raised on your blood tests, and ways to support brain health through diet, lifestyle and key nutrients.

What you’ll learn:

An overview of brain anatomy and how the brain functions.
The dietary and lifestyle factors that can impact brain health and increase your risk of cognitive decline.
What homocysteine is and why you should be concerned about high levels of it.
Ways to support brain health and reduce the risk of cognitive decline with diet, lifestyle and herbal medicine.
The key nutrients that improve brain health and lower homocysteine levels.
Daily practices to keep your brain healthy.

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Guest Bio:

Phil Beard is an accomplished nutritionist who brings a wealth of experience to his role as nutrition trainer at Viridian. With an MSc in Nutritional Science and Health, Phil understands the impact of optimum nutrition in maintaining health at every life stage. He is well versed in identifying key stressors and the best way to adapt diet for specific conditions. An experienced speaker, Phil regularly attends industry and public conferences and gives inspiring talks on nutrition, touching audiences from every walk of life. His role at Viridian requires him to keep up-to-date with the latest research on nutrients and sees him carrying out global training events. Phil believes that life is for living and diet is the best way to help us achieve the things we want to.