#110 Beating Brain Fog with Dr Sabina Brennan PhD

<p><strong>Brain fog is one of the commonest symptoms I come across as a doctor in&nbsp;primary care, yet the least understood.&nbsp;</strong></p><br /><p>On today’s podcast&nbsp;I speak with&nbsp;<strong>Dr Sabina Brennan PhD</strong>&nbsp;about her incredible career from Soaps to Science and everything&nbsp;to do with brain fog.</p><br /><p>Dr Sabina is a&nbsp;<strong>chartered health psychologist (C.Psychol.,PsSI.), neuroscientist (PhD), host of the Super Brain podcast and best-selling author</strong>. Her new book Beating Brain Fog (Orion Spring) takes your symptoms seriously and shows that you don't have to live with them.</p><br /><p>On today’s Pod you will learn:</p><ul><li>Why teenage brains explain their lack of inhibition</li><li>Loneliness and its relationship with poor cognition</li><li>What Brain Fog is</li><li>How it can occur as a result of Hormone fluctuations, Oestrogen, pregnancy</li><li>The&nbsp;relationship with Inflammation and viral&nbsp;infections</li><li>The concept of neuroplasticity and the difference between Brain vs cognitive reserve&nbsp;</li><li>Pain its association with BDNF and fog</li><li>Why Dr Brennan prescribes smiling&nbsp;5x a day</li></ul><p><br /></p><p>I loved this episode and Sabina is such a fantastic communicator and her mission&nbsp;to get everyone looking after their brain health as routinely as they brush their teeth.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://thedoctorskitchen.com/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Links all on thedoctorskitchen.com</a></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>