Do you know that expression about skipping leg day at the gym? That’s not just sage advice for your body!
Last week on the show, Dr. Ayesha Sherzai discussed the role of nutrition in fostering brain health. This episode of The Wonder Women Podcast features part two of that conversation where she touches on how resistance training exercise, stress, and sleep impact the brain.
So tune in to learn about the cognitive benefits of working out your legs, recognizing your stress triggers, and regulating your stress levels. Dr. Sherzai will also teach you about the link between sleep changes and menopause and why you need to continue challenging your mind.
00:46 - Why lower body strength training leads to greater cognitive health
5:25 - Why unwinding is the centerpiece of brain health and the importance of differentiating between good and bad stress
7:35 - How to figure out your stress triggers and auto-regulate yourself out of it
13:01 - How sleep helps your brain and memory consolidation and why your sleep changes as you go through menopause
15:55 - How to optimize your cognitive activity and its physical effect on the brain
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Mavros, Yorgi, et al. "Mediation of cognitive function improvements by strength gains after resistance training in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: outcomes of the study of mental and resistance training." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 65.3 (2017): 550-559.
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