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 You Improve Your Brain's Processing Speed?
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31:14To 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. Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
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#66: Does a tremor raise your risk of dementia?
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21:33To 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 with neuroscience-based musical instruction, head to brainjo…
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#65: Tommy's TV Adventure, and how is social media affecting our brain?
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29:33Click here to check out the clip from Tommy's appearance on Live with Kelly and Mark! 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 yo…
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#64: Can Hypertension Meds Really Reduce Dementia Risk?
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20:24To 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 with neuroscience-based musical instruction, head to brainjo…
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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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To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, and to listen to the full sesssion and take part in future ones, go to: betterbrain.fitness. To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question.…
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#60: How To Stay In Shape When You're Injured
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24:050To 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 with neuroscience-based musical instruction, head to brainj…
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#59: Can The Brain Recover After Stroke?
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24:35To 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 with neuroscience-based musical instruction, head to brainjo…
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#58: Can The Brain Recover From Years Of Heavy Drinking?
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24:10To 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 with neuroscience-based musical instruction, head to brainjo…
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Why Perfect Practice Is Anything But Perfect (Brainjo Bite)
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14:54The 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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27:55In 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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#56: Does High Intensity Interval Training Have Unique Brain Benefits?
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26:44To 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 with neuroscience-based musical instruction, head to brainjo…
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#55: Is ADHD a barrier to learning music?
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#54: New Findings on APOE4: Should We Be Worried?
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24:12The 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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1:02:52In 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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21:58In 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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1:00:29We'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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28:13To 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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45: Are Trump And Biden Mentally Fit For Office? The Brain Docs Weigh In.
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44: Can "The Little Blue Pill" Help Prevent Alzheimer's?
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19:40Click 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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24:51What'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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11:08For 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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33:53Click 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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41: Is It Harder To Learn A Language As An Adult?
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27:38To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Brainjo Connection, a free, twice-monthly newsletter about the latest science of how to keep the brain fit and healthy, along with our recommended products, books, tools, and other resources for doing so, go to: brainjo.academy/connection To le…
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40: Can Specific Exercises Boost Cognitive Performance?
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39: What does Dr. T's brain fitness program look like?
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37:44To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Brainjo Connection, a free, twice-monthly newsletter about the latest science of how to keep the brain fit and healthy, along with our recommended products, books, tools, and other resources for doing so, go to: brainjo.academy/connection To le…
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