My Guest Bryce Wylde BSc (Hons), DHMHS is a leading health expert and clinician at VennMed in Toronto taking a focus on personalized medicine. He is the co-founder of Youtrients and The DNA Co, founder of mymmunity.com, best-selling author, previous host of CTV's Wylde On Health, and regular guest health expert and medical advisor to the “The Doctor Oz” show.

-What is Functional Medicine

-Definition: Lifespan is how long you live. Healthspan is the length of time you will live in optimal health. But BRAINSPAN is about how long you can live in optimal health, and with full cognitive faculty

-let's talk about Brain: brain bio-hacking — something Bryce calls Brainspan.

The “cortisol connection.” strong relationship between stress (such as chronic pain) and cognitive dysfunction

The part of the brain that appears most vulnerable to cortisol-induced damage is not only the hippocampus but more broadly the limbic system. The limbic system consists of the hypothalamus, thalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, and pituitary gland; it governs emotion, hunger, thirst, body temperature, sleep, sexuality, and memory.

Did you know that vitamin B1 (thiamine) was a powerful antioxidant that increases the ability of vitamin E and B6 to protect nerve cells against free radicals? Or that niacin and niacinamide have a calming effect since they potentiate the action of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA? B12, B6, and folic acid are indispensable methylating agents, while pantothenic acid (B5) is necessary for the production of acetylcholine.

It is Never Too Late to Regenerate Your Brain

Mentioned in the talk:

Tocotrienol.org
Thednacompany.com
Glutathionereporter.com
Prohealthlongevity.com
Suntheanine.com
Zenmeditation.com
Life-ca.bemergroup.com

An intro for the podcast, No plan B with Jean Fallacara. The podcast is about biohacking and human optimization.