Functional Doctor

✨ BRAIN FOG 🧠can be reversed through nutrition, lifestyle and a healthy mind. So let’s get started and reach optimal brain health…

DETOXIFY the brain: There are many toxins which can cross the brain-blood barrier and therefore detoxifying our body to cleanse this can help achieve optimal cognition:
▶️Grounding - simply putting your feet on the earth's surface or water, can be a simple practice that helps you electrically reconnect you to the 🌎 earth and detoxify.
▶️Epsom salt bath 🛀 and infra-red sauna helps the body to detoxify and rid toxins through the skin, unclogging the brain. Just 20mins in the bath 3x/ week will help enormously… and what a luxury!
▶️Limiting alcohol 🍷 which crosses to the brain can help the brain function.
▶️Sugar is another toxin which can also cross the blood/brain barrier and effect cognition. We are now recognising that Alzheimer’s disease is “type 3 diabetes” – SUGAR OF THE BRAIN!
▶️Manage stress – is a well-recognised toxin in the body. Studies have shown that stress has the ability to shrink the brain and decline cognition whilst speeding up ageing.
 
 
FEED the brain: The brain is a fatty organ and therefore thrives on a diet high in good fats to feed itself:
▶️Food rich in omegas 3, 6, 7 and 9 -including cold nut and seed oils, fatty fish and nuts and avocados feed the brain.
▶️Supplements 💊– numerous studies have proven the benefits of taking magnesium, B-vitamins and Vitamin D in optimising brain health.
▶️Meditation 🧘‍♀️– has the power to change the anatomy and structure of the brain. Studies have shown that meditation and yoga can have a role in nerve cell connections and anti-ageing and reversing dementia! Start with just 2-5 minutes a day.
▶️Sleep 😴-  is when the brain resets.  Sleep allows our body to rest and new cells to grow. Remember that the hours of sleep before 11pm are worth double!

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Like ❤️and tag anyone you know who suffers from brain fog 😞below and get started on your own  journey….

Human connections are integral part of our well-being.

We are social creatures who crave social interactions to maintain our resilience and mental well-being.

Studies have shown that social cinnections can help reduce anxiety and depression. Studies have also linked lonliness to a higher incidence of dementia.

The last year has been incredibly difficult and now more than ever we need to embrace our inner connections with those around us. We can now use the unternet to connect with people anywhere innthe world and even virtual interactions are powerful.

Love and share your healing connections below

Sleep is vital for good health. 😴

Poor sleep can result in:

▶️Insulin dysregulation

▶️Poor immunity

▶️Hormonal imbalance

▶️Mood disturbance

▶️Poor growth and healing

▶️Gut dysfunction

▶️Poor metabolism and weight gain

▶️Inflammation

Knowledge is power.

Learn about the physiology of your sleep cycle and how it affects ALL of you.
Sleep is at the top of the healing pyramid and we cannot heal without good sleep.

FIX your Sleep = HEAL yourself

Love ❤️ and share this post with all those you know that are struggling with modern life and poor sleep…