A recent study found a link between ADHD and Retained Primitive Reflexes.Primitive reflexes are present in infancy and usually disappear by the age of one as the brain develops. There is increasing evidence that children with ADHD and learning difficulties have retained primitive reflexes (RPRs)...
If you have tried yelling ‘Calm Down’ at your kid with anxiety and it didn’t work then keep reading. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWUHd83rdUo If we look at anxiety from a neurophysiological point of view anxiety is an issue with over activation in some networks in the brain and underactivity in...
Vertigo or dizziness is a huge problem effecting many people. There are several causes or different types of vertigo, some will sort themselves out, others need medical intervention and some types of vertigo are more persistent. One of the persistent ones that we see in...
The perils of mouth breathing! Scotty and I run through the neurology and bio chem of exactly why this is a huge problem and we talk about the super easy way to fix it. ...
Mitochondria are the power factory for your cells. Just like any engine the fuel we feed it and the way we drive it has an impact on how well the mitochondria do their job. In this podcast Scott from Optimal Life and I talk through what poor...
Knowing is half the battle. Some people have DNA that makes them great distance athletes, others have genes for short term memory. Some of us have genes that make us prone to inflammation. Being aware of what your genetic weaknesses has been a huge asset for...
It turns out that we are coverd in bugs/ bacteria. Skin is the big one most people are aware of and a few have read into the gut microbiome and the impact an imbalance in your guts can have on your health. One microbiome that...
This one was fascinating. Scott Wustenberg from Optimal Life said 'mitochondrial leakage' in a conversation and it was something I had never heard before, so we made a podcast about it. It turns out that a consequence of over eating and under exercising, essentially not buring...
Anxiety is horrible. If you have it or know someone who has it you have seen exactly how horrible. There are many different causes for anxiety, Scott from Optimal life and I go through the neurology, biochemisty and metabolic components of anxiety and run through some...