Optimising Brain Energy, Mood and Cognitive Resilience: Evidence-Based Nutraceutical Strategies with Jo Grabyn

Mm.

Wow.

I mean, I knew you were deeply passionate about this clearly.

Um, but I had no idea it was so deeply personal either.

And I think for, for many of us practitioners, we do deep dive into those areas that have affected us personally.

But you have just taken it all the way [laughs] which I really admire and commend you for.

And look, it's, it's an interesting thing, isn't it? Like with brain health too, particularly because any other condition that you might have, you've still got your brain to kind of, you know, utilize and study.

But once your brain starts to go, you're rendered quite powerless.

And for anyone who knows my story, I developed, you know, a, a very, uh, the type of inhalation or Alzheimer's it's currently called, or type III.

I'm sure the name is going to, to change over time as a result of toxic mold and the development of SIRS.

And what I will say, very much like you, you know, when something-- when that happened to me, I wanted to learn about it and, and actually treat myself, but my brain just literally couldn't process new information at all.

It was terrifying.

It was the first time in my life where I couldn't actually take the reins of my own healing and, and had to outsource that.

But during that time, of course, I became really familiar with Dale Bredesen's work, and I am such a fan of what he's doing.

I'm not a fan of how he's treated by other facets of the community as far as Alzheimer's goes.

It's, it's doing everybody a disservice, um, ignoring his incredible work.

But also, like you said, so many people, and I do think there is a bias for women here, where our cognitive faculties aren't what they used to be, should be, could be, and it's kind of chalked up to this, that and the other.

And that was actually true for me.

You know, in the wider scope of SIRS, I was developing symptoms and I sort of said, "Oh, I'm burnt out, I'm tired.

Maybe I'm not getting enough sleep." And it wasn't necessarily I was gaslighting myself, but I was, you know, looking at all of these other reasons rather than taking direct and immediate action, you know, to what was clearly a mitochondrial issue and an inflammatory issue.

And I think that really brings us to your work here, where you're looking at all the drivers around brain health.

And I think one of the things I want to say before we dive into all of the clinical pearls that you have is that currently in the allopathic space, mental health is treated as if it's independent from brain health.

There is a very small crossover with post-traumatic, you know, um, like brain injury, you know, effects, if you like, post-concussion syndrome, things like that, where the two meet very gently.

Yeah.

But actually, you know, mental health is part of the functioning of the brain, and you can only be as mentally healthy as your brain is, is healthy.