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Tess Cheng

Tess Cheng

Tess Cheng, MS, is a certified health and wellness coach (MS in Clinical Nutrition, NYU), founder of Glo With Tess, and author of "Confident You."

Sep 3, 2026

KatieHOST
15:29
Now back to today's conversation.
15:33
First of all, it consolidates, you know, your memories and all the information that, you know, you get throughout the day.
15:43
It also helps to regulate your mood and it helps you to, you know, to be more emotionally regulated.
15:50
So it improves your relationships with those who are close to you.
15:56
And it's important, it supports your immune system.
15:58
It's important for blood glucose regulation.
16:03
And it's also important for other hormones, you know, like leptin and ghrelin.
KatieHOST
17:27
But what are some habits that we should start adding to our daily list of things to do to improve our sleep?
KatieHOST
9:18
I've heard you definitely have mentioned stress, but is there anything else that we're missing in this list of things that are leading to dementia?
9:28
Well, yeah.
9:30
very often diseases, they don't just work on their own.
9:33
So that's an interplay between them.
9:36
So when you actually develop hypertension, high blood pressure, that increases your risk of developing dementia because it affects the blood flow to your brain.
9:48
And so I always say to my clients, you know, check your blood pressure and if the doctor finds that you have high blood pressure, you know, get that managed.
10:00
It's actually quite dangerous.

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KatieHOST
26:13
What do you think are some promising research showing us about certain supplementation? Are there any types that we really should be using for brain health?

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