Maintaining Brain Health

OLLIE - Spring 2023

Class 1

Slides - 2/15/23

Question: What type of intake does a functional medicine practitioner use? See Female/Male intake below in resources.

No class 2/22/23

Class 2

Slides - 3/1/23

Question: How do you know what is in Fairbanks City water?

Check their website. https://www.fairbanksalaska.us/engineering/page/water-contamination-issue

Should we drink it? I would filter it to avoid chlorine. You can also buy reverse osmosis water from HydroTech, but you want to add minerals to any reverse osmosis water because it filters out everything. You can also look at Environmental Working Group tap water database: https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/

Class 3

Slides - 3/8/23

Question: Seems like special diets are so restrictive (ie. for autism, etc).

Yes, for certain populations we do have clients do an Elimination Diet which means they remove the top food allergens/sensitive foods for at least 30 days, or until symptoms improve. Then we strategically add foods back one at a time to see how their immune system reacts to it. These special diets should not be a “forever” thing. While we work on removing triggering foods, we are also working to add back into the good types of gut microbiota to help a client’s body process those irritating foods better. See 5 “R” Gut Restoration for more information.





Lifestyle Resources

Toxin Exposure Questionnaire

Sleep Strategies

Effects of Chronic Stress

Strategies for Managing Stress

Environmental Mold Exposure

5 “R” Gut Restoration

Neurotransmitters 101

Intermittent Fasting

A Guide to Cooking with Fats and Oils

Female Intake

Male Intake


Testing

Quest Diagnostics - Advanced Cardiac and Inflammation Panel + Homocysteine

Omega-3 Index or OmegaCheck at Quest

BiomeFx - checks your gut microbiome status

DirectLabs - testing you can order on your own

Supplements / Nutrients

Consumer Labs - Independent testing group

BRIGHTMINDS products specifically formulated from recommendations: Memory Powder

Omega3 - Nordic Naturals or Barlean’s

Vitamin D3 + K2

Books

Memory Rescue by Daniel Amen, MD

Brain Maker by David Perlmutter, MD

The End of Alzheimer’s Program by Dale Bredesen, MD

Lifespan by David Sinclair, PhD

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life by Daniel Amen, MD



Recordings

Available soon!