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How to Keep Your Brain Young and Healthy | Louisa Nicola
The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show
How to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
Sleep is fundamentally, in my opinion, the most underrated high performance tool that we have. As we age, we also see a decline in our sleep and it just happens through hormones. During deep sleep, our brain goes through this sewage system washout where it cleans out all of the debris. This allows the cerebral spinal fluid to go through our brain and pull apart any toxins built up during the day. It's actually called slow wave sleep because you see these big, long, huge waves. That's where it gets the name from. And I'm currently studying the effects of exercise induced myokines and how they have an effect on the brain.
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