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Howdy, and welcome to the Wellness Mama Podcast. I’m Katie from wellnessmama.com, and I’m again as we speak with Dr. Patrick Porter to speak extra particularly about methods to assist the mind after TBIs and keep at bay age-related cognitive decline of the mind. And Dr. Patrick Porter has been on this podcast earlier than, however he’s an award-winning writer and speaker particular to the usage of mind well being and what he calls technology-enhanced meditation. And he actually pioneered the usage of brainwave entrainment to enhance sleep, focus, readability, power, et cetera, and is actually on the forefront of this analysis. He has wide-ranging data on a number of matters.

And on this explicit episode, we go deep on what occurs to the mind when you may have a head harm, assist resolve that, what’s happening within the mind after we see decline with age and ward that off. He additionally offers some very particular ideas that you are able to do at dwelling on bettering deep sleep, which is significant for the mind, bettering your every day habits associated to your nervous system, and a lot extra. He has a lot data on this subject. It was actually enjoyable to get to go deep with him as we speak. And he additionally makes a very compelling case for how all of us have had some kind of head trauma, even when we haven’t had a recognized TBI as a result of we fall so many occasions after we’re little and studying stroll. And so how to ensure our brains keep in good well being as we grow old and additionally use these methods with youngsters to boost their studying and their sleep, which as a mother myself, this stuff positively assist the peace and calm of your entire family. So with none additional wait, let’s be part of Dr. Porter. Dr. Porter, welcome again. Thanks for being right here once more.

Dr. Porter: It’s nice to be right here. Thanks for having me.

Katie: Nicely, I’ll hyperlink to our first episode if individuals haven’t heard it for context, we go deep on some mind science. And on this one, I wished to get much more nuanced and particular and discuss particular protocols and methods to assist with issues like TBIs and additionally with age-related cognitive decline. And I do know that you simply’ve completed a number of work in each of these areas. Actually, TBIs have gotten a number of press time with the give attention to this within the NFL and soccer generally. However that is one thing that impacts not simply athletes, however individuals in all walks of life. And I do know you may have developed some actually particular protocols which are particularly useful with these. For some background context, are you able to clarify perhaps what’s happening within the mind when somebody has both a mind harm or age-related cognitive decline? After which we’ll discuss by a number of the protocols that assist.

Dr. Porter: Yeah. Nicely, what’s taking place from the angle of mitochondrial well being is when you may have a blunt power trauma, which each and every individual has on the market. I imply, earlier than you’re 5, six years previous, you fall, you’ve fallen down two to 3 thousand occasions, you realize, so that you’ve had some. In truth, some individuals will say you’re you’re the results of how your mind transformed after your entire TBIs as a toddler. You already know, you realize, I didn’t understand that until I had grandkids and, you realize, little Eli likes to run into tables and counter tops, you realize. And now he’s 11. So however he’s we expect he’s fabricated from rubber, you realize, however the actuality is that his mind remains to be being affected.

So what occurs is when there’s trauma, then the blood goes to circulation into that space. They name it a hematoma. Now, when you don’t get that to these toxins out of there, that blood, that unhealthy blood, it simply sits there. So some individuals, even 10 years later, have this large ball of blood that’s nonetheless there, and the mind will transform round it. So when you may have these like CTEs or these gentle, they name gentle, however they’re, you realize, they’re nonetheless fairly extreme, these little head accidents, they begin to add up till you get this large one. They name it TBI, you realize. After which, however what occurs is that if they’re not sleeping properly, the one time the mind detoxes is throughout stage 4 sleep. So we have to do one thing to get into that stage 4 sleep. In truth, they name it the glial–lymphatic system within the mind. And earlier than 2016, they didn’t even know we had one. In truth, there’s not a physiology e book printed on the earth that earlier than 2015 has a lymph system within the mind, which is sort of unimaginable as a result of when you took physiology in faculty, they mentioned anyplace there’s a blood vessel, there’s a lymph vessel. However for some purpose, they mentioned we didn’t have it as a result of it solely activates throughout stage 4 sleep, which is that deep sleep that occurs whenever you’re non-responsive.

So mainly, consider it such as you’re turning down. Consider your mitochondria on a dimmer swap. And whenever you get a TBI or any sort of drawback, it’s going to show that quantity down. It’s going to show the sunshine depth down. Our mitochondria is supposed to soak up gentle and transmit gentle. In order we age, what occurs is, sadly, in case you have a number of irritation. Now, after I was rising up again within the 70s, 60s and 70s, I by no means knew anyone that had age-related dementia. No one. No one in my household. My household had been Iowa farmers, and each one in all them was 93. I keep in mind 97 years previous. All of them had been enjoying playing cards. They had been all very cognitive. However our way of life, I feel, is what’s killing our brains as a result of we’re not getting exterior. These had been farmers. They’d be exterior within the daylight. More often than not, they’re doing train. They’re shifting their physique. They’re respiratory. They’re doing all this stuff.

So I feel what’s taking place on the age-related mind is when we have now plaquing, and one of many worst issues any individual can do for their physique is take statins. And I would get some flack about that, however statins are worst factor you may put in your physique. Your mind is all fats. So whenever you strip out fat out of the bloodstream, the statins don’t care. They don’t go, oh, we’re not going to strip out the fats from the mind. They’re going to strip it out of all over the place. And I’ve met so many individuals which have had issues with neuropathy of their fingers and toes, peripheral neuropathy. However that tells me that their mind can be being compromised. And nearly 90% of the individuals I see like that inform me they’re on statins. And I say, please get off them. You want, what they’re stripping out your physique wants. What you could do is do away with the fireplace. I inform individuals, individuals are making an attempt to color their home whereas their home is on hearth. Whilst you have all this irritation, you’ll be able to’t simply take statins. And there’s a saying we love, it’s you’ll be able to’t have the tablet with out the ability. So you’ll be able to’t take this tablet and assume it’s going to cease your irritation. All it does is cease your protecting mechanisms. You don’t have the signs. So you are taking a blood take a look at and it says, oh, wow, your ranges are proper. Your lipids are proper. However the actuality is that it’s defending you. So do one thing concerning the irritation.

And what I like to recommend individuals do, simply so I don’t have an issue with out a resolution, is get actual vitamin C. Many of the vitamin C that’s available on the market will not be actual. It’s artificial. You’ve acquired to get actual vitamin C. And when you don’t know what that’s, go to Optimum Well being Programs and put within the phrase BrainTap and you get a deal there. However that’s the vitamin C that I exploit. It’s actual. The physique can metabolize, and I do three tablets within the morning and three at night time. And it takes care of the irritation as you age. It’s going to maintain age-related irritation. You are able to do, now, Darin Olien, who’s the, he’s mainly the man that produced Zac Efron’s sequence, Right down to Earth with Zac Efron on Netflix. I take what he, he has one other concoction the place he has MSM on this specialised Vitamin C. And I’ve began taking that two months in the past and discovered, that’s very first thing within the morning. Now, some individuals can’t deal with that as a result of it doesn’t style good. However I do a number of issues that don’t style good as a result of I do know they’re good for me. You already know, however the, you realize, there you really want to make use of pure methods to try this.

One of many different methods to do it’s take actual tart cherry juice, combine it half and half with water. Drink that as your, as a substitute of getting sodas or beer or one thing like that. You already know, that’s going to additionally carry down your irritation. These are simply a few fast ideas as a result of that’s what’s taking place to the growing older mind. When your mind is on hearth, in case you have a 75-watt gentle bulb, however you’re working 100 watts by it, you’re going to burn that out. So our mind, when you may have an excessive amount of irritation, the mind goes to really feel the brunt of that first. And so irritation is what’s inflicting the issues we’re seeing. In truth, they name Alzheimer’s now kind three diabetes. So whenever you consider irritation and you consider stress issues, most individuals don’t understand this, however the largest purpose that is taking place is stress. Our livers maintain 25 grams of sugar. And the job of the liver is to carry that sugar simply in case a saber-toothed tiger or and comes up behind you. So it might pump it within the bloodstream. Your muscular tissues now have the sugar they should run away from that hazard. However the issue is that now so many individuals are triggering this stress response from their telephones, from their tv, from their information, no matter it’s, that now we have now an insulin drip. Which implies that the techniques aren’t working the way in which their designed. We had been presupposed to have this stress response perhaps three to 5 occasions every week. Most individuals have that within the morning. You already know, and so when you may have this insulin drip, what that quantities to is insulin is a fat-storage hormone. So particularly for the moms on the market, when you’re questioning, you realize, I don’t even eat sugar. I don’t know why I’m obese. It’s not what you’re consuming. It’s what’s consuming you. We have to management that liver as a result of that liver produces the sugar. That’s why we don’t really want sugar in our food regimen. Our physique produces all of the sugar we want from the meals we eat, whether or not it’s greens or fruit or some sort of protein, you realize, the fiber that we’re getting out of the fruits and greens. Our physique’s designed to try this. However the issue is that whenever you eat out of a can, bottle or a wrapper and with components we are able to’t learn, our physique doesn’t know what to do with that stuff. So it creates irritation.

So we’re creating irritation by meals we’re consuming. That’s unhealthy for the mind. We’re creating irritation by not shifting. You already know, there’s a saying you’ve in all probability heard it that sitting is the brand new smoking, proper? Nicely, really sitting is worse than smoking as a result of people who smoke now must rise up, go exterior, and smoke, proper? In order that they’re standing up, they’re strolling, at the least they’re shifting the place now they’re in. However when you’re sitting for greater than two hours, 10% of the oxygen in your mind is depleted. So when you concentrate on that, I imply, that’s nearly as unhealthy as sporting a masks. So, I imply, you may have this horrible state of affairs happening.

After which individuals are not doing something to enhance their mind perform. They’re not doing any mind health like BrainTap or meditation or yoga, tai chi, breath work. They’re not doing something. They’re simply mainly watching tv or letting life occur to them as a substitute of by them, which is a giant distinction. So the factor about, when you’re on the market nervous about Alzheimer’s or dementia, then do one thing about it now. It’s essentially the most preventable illness on earth as a result of it wasn’t even round 20 years in the past. Twenty, 25 years in the past, it was a really uncommon one who would get these illnesses. However now it’s a life-style illness. When any individual tells me it’s a illness, it’s a hereditary. No, it’s mainly it’s a life-style illness as a result of we did a research in down in Florida in Tampa space with Dr. Kelly Miller. He wrote a e book referred to as Saving Your Mind. He has acquired a chapter in there about BrainTap as a result of we took each individual off the dementia scale in six weeks.

So if you can begin early, you could get power. Essentially the most under-prescribed nutrient on earth, all people’s at all times wanting for that magical tablet. Essentially the most under-prescribed nutrient on earth is gentle. Our physique wants gentle. Each cell wants gentle. So when you’re not in a position to get out, and they are saying now we’re not even in a position to get sufficient gentle after we stroll exterior due to what they’re doing to our ambiance. So we have now, you realize, all of the air pollution and every little thing that’s in our ambiance. So when we have to subsidize, identical to we do with nutritional vitamins and minerals, we have to give ourselves gentle. And that’s why retinal flashing, we use retinal flashing and we use the lights within the ears, which we are able to get into in a bit bit, with BrainTap. We have to get power into the mind so the mind can do the work that it must do. If it’s slowed down with toxins, there’s a saying, your mind will not be functioning due to three causes. Ideas may very well be your ideas, you realize, detrimental thinkers or individuals who have a look at life as a sequence of threats. Their mind will not be going to work in addition to any individual who appears at life as a sequence of challenges.

There’s only a large research, I’m really writing an article about it on our weblog about optimism. I used to be informed my nickname, my moniker is Dr. Constructive. In order that they mentioned, I’m too rattling optimistic on a regular basis. I mentioned, properly, I’d somewhat be optimistic and be disenchanted each every now and then than get up day by day disenchanted. After which when happiness comes, I miss it. You already know, so many individuals are like that. So it’s both ideas, trauma, or toxins. So the one approach we’re going to do away with the toxins is we’ve acquired to eat higher. We’ve acquired to maneuver. We’ve acquired to breathe. We’ve acquired to sleep. And we’ve acquired to do one thing to train that mind so we are able to get into that deep rhythm sleep that’s going to detox our mind.

And these are all issues that I like when any individual says, no, it’s hereditary. No, it isn’t. If it was hereditary, it might have been round in 1900s and 1800s. It wasn’t. And other people go, properly, individuals are residing longer now. Nicely, we’ve proven even individuals over 100 years previous can enhance their mind perform. So your mind by no means stops creating, studying, and therapeutic itself. Your mind is designed to heal identical to your physique is designed to heal, however you’ve acquired to present it the fitting supplies.

Katie: Yeah, I feel that’s so key. I say on right here so much that on the finish of the day, we’re every our personal major healthcare supplier as a result of we’re accountable for the every day selections that affect our our bodies and our brains and our well being. And I additionally assume we’re, on the finish of the day, are our personal healers, and nobody can do this work besides for us. However I like when there are instruments like this that assist that course of turn out to be way more environment friendly. And I really feel like each time you converse, I take so many notes, however I like that you simply introduced up the liver facet as a result of I do know we’re seeing actually an enormous statistical rise in issues like non-alcoholic fatty liver illness, which might even be in that class that didn’t exist a couple of many years in the past. And now we’re seeing it in youngsters. And so, to me, it is a fairly imminent drawback and additionally one which’s inside our management to alter, which I feel we have now much more energy in that realm than we expect we do typically. And that these are some easy methods, perhaps not straightforward, however easy, that we are able to do that may actually begin shifting that.

I feel that the deep sleep element you talked about, I’m glad that info is lastly being understood that mind flushes throughout that deep sleep part of sleep, but it surely looks as if many individuals wrestle with stepping into deep sleep or getting sufficient deep sleep. And I do know BrainTap may also help with that as properly. I additionally know there’s a number of science and analysis you guys have completed on the precise results of the BrainTap on TBIs and on age-related decline as properly. Are you able to clarify what the BrainTap is doing and what you’re seeing in these research?

Dr. Porter: The very first thing I’m going to speak about is the rationale that TBRx, which is Tom Brady’s whole physique program, was once referred to as TB12, his exercise program. He’s now our sport. He’s now our man that goes to the sports activities and teaches the athletes do. Peter Cummings, who’s their medical director, and Alex Guerrero, who’s the PT. What we did was we confirmed him a research we did in Gaylord, Michigan. We had a chiropractor who’s the physician for the varsity. And for the yr, for, the research that we printed was for the entire yr, we took any scholar on the college that had a concussion. All of them acquired care. All of them acquired medical care. So no one missed out as a result of that’s the issue with doing these sorts of research is you’ll be able to’t have a placebo as a result of all people wants one thing. So what we did was we had, all people acquired medical care, like the usual medical care that we do, however 50% of them did BrainTap simply throughout that coaching session. In order that meant solely two to 3 occasions every week throughout their restoration interval. On the finish of their restoration interval, one yr once they went again to play, whether or not it’s a cheerleader, a soccer participant, tennis participant, it didn’t matter, if that they had a concussion, they had been put into the protocol.

One yr later, Dr. Arkfeld went again and did neurological testing with them. The group that used BrainTap was 30 to 70% neurologically higher than the group that didn’t. In order that meant if we are able to get them utilizing their mind by mind health early, they get higher outcomes down the street. And that is what was hanging. And we’ve had those that had 10-year concussions or no matter.

And so we’re doing extra research proper now. We’ve got a giant research happening at Seminole State Faculty for Alzheimer’s as a result of we wished to point out, now, Alzheimer’s is a bit completely different than dementia as a result of consider it like, you realize, we have to, the earlier you’ll be able to work on the mind, the higher, you realize? So when you’re sitting there proper now pondering, gosh, I’m fearful that is going to occur to me, then begin doing one thing about it. Begin doing one thing optimistic about it. It’s not going to return in a tablet. There’s no tablet that they’re going to create as a result of each tablet sooner or later, the physique will reject it. That’s what occurred to opioids, proper? Folks, after we beat out opioids in a research in Brazil, they gave, all people began out with the identical quantity of opioids, however the group that used BrainTap didn’t want a rise in any opioids throughout their restoration, the place the group that didn’t repeatedly needed to have extra, extra, extra. And when it was time to discontinue the opioids, the group that used BrainTap might simply discontinue them. To allow them to use them the way in which they had been naturally prescribed.

The issue is that they’re straightforward to get on and arduous to get off as a result of the mind, the principle purpose for that is the mind loves to dump its work. You already know, the mind is 25% of all of the power of the physique. So every little thing, consider 25%, consider it like the federal government. You already know, it’s going to get 25% of every little thing earlier than anyone else will get something. So all of the power of the physique, so it solely weighs 5 kilos, proper? But it surely will get 25% of every little thing. So if it might cease utilizing the power of the physique and then switch that power to another a part of the physique, it’s gonna do this. In order that’s why I’m completely in opposition to espresso very first thing within the morning as a result of it trains the mind to dump its accountability of making norepinephrine, dopamine, and cortisol to wake you up. After which the mind will get dysregulated proper from the start. That’s why we have now what we name digital espresso.

Within the morning, after we did these research, we educated the mind to get up. It’s a brainwave referred to as SMR, sensory motor rhythm. That’s why when any individual has a concussion or dementia or Alzheimer’s, they get dizzy or they’ll’t stroll, they don’t have stability. And we additionally use a board, Dan Metcalfe, who’s any individual you must in all probability interview as properly. We use his board, it’s referred to as the 60 Up. For stability, it’s unimaginable. He’s getting individuals out of wheelchairs. And we use that. We’ve got applications with BrainTap so you’ll be able to prepare your mind to prepare to do that train. And it’s very straightforward to make use of. However we have to get the physique shifting and respiratory and pondering and get that brainwave again going.

After which, after all, we have to get them off of the sugars and the detrimental meals which are inflicting their physique to downregulate. However throughout these research I’m speaking about, we didn’t management their meals in any respect. We all know we’d get higher outcomes. Now, in his e book, the Saving Your Mind e book, which is on the market on Amazon, you’ll learn he places in there the food regimen that he prescribes. He additionally has a bodily train routine. So after I’m speaking concerning the outcomes we acquired with BrainTap, that was simply with BrainTap. Once you add in these different options, you’ll be able to enhance the mind in lower than six weeks. We took, like I mentioned, each individual in our research, which is now in an even bigger research at Seminole State Faculty, we’re going to publish as soon as we get to 100 individuals. However we’re getting the identical statistics, 39% extra neuroplasticity in six weeks. Which means the mind’s capability to work went up 39% in six weeks. And that’s what’s taking place. It’s like as we age, sadly, the mitochondria, the power of the system dowregulates as a result of we’re not doing the fitting issues. Now, that’s not our pure and regular. That’s simply what’s taking place with our way of life. As a result of we’re designed to stay till we die. We’re not designed to slowly die and then give our cash to the hospital on the finish of dying. You already know, I might somewhat, you realize, like they are saying within the rock and roll data, I’d somewhat burn out than fade away. You already know, mainly individuals are fading away.

Katie: That’s such a superb level. And to get on a bit particular into the protocol facet, I do know I feel there’s a BrainTap sitting behind you for anybody watching on video. What modalities is it utilizing and what’s the affect it’s having on the mind and how a lot time does it soak up a given day to see these outcomes?

Dr. Porter: Nicely, we imagine that two of the occasions you need to use the BrainTap, you don’t must spend any additional time. Simply set your alarm for 10 minutes earlier. As a result of when you set an alarm, too, I don’t suggest the blaring alarm. I like to recommend some piece of music that’s stunning that wakes you up and tells you as we speak’s a fantastic day to perform one thing. Since you don’t need to put your nervous system on crimson alert.

However when you get up 10 minutes early, do one in all our 10-minute SMR periods. That is digital espresso. It’s going to get up the mind. That is key for mind perform. The morning periods are in all probability crucial. As a result of when you begin your time off proper, there’s a saying, win the morning, win the day. After which in the midst of the day, or when you can’t do this since you’re working, do it as quickly as you get dwelling from work. Two o’clock within the afternoon, our temperature drops 2 levels. That is regular for all people world wide. That is when our physique resets. Now, at night time, it will increase temperature 2 levels at 2 o’clock. That’s why when you’re a type of those that wakes up in the midst of the night time throwing off the covers since you’re scorching, it’s as a result of your mind is dysregulated. We have to get that mind regulated. However within the afternoon, we have to reboot the mind as a result of we’re, our physique is designed to stay within the Serengeti, despite the fact that in genetically, they’ll’t determine why these our bodies aren’t evolving as a result of they’re saying we evolve, however they’re nonetheless the identical our bodies that had been round 200,000 years in the past. They’re not, they’re no completely different. So we’re designed to take a nap in the midst of the day, however we don’t do this. We do, we go get espresso, tea, chocolate, no matter, preserve going. But when we are able to do a 20-minute session in the midst of the day and prepare our mind to get into theta.

Now, when you’re having dementia, then we suggest gamma in the course of the center of the day. And we have now an entire sequence referred to as Mind Health that we have now individuals do. And it has to do with cognition and it has phrases in it. Now, phrases are necessary as a result of phrases can change as much as 2,300 gene expressions. So we need to upregulate your gene expression. Now, at night time, we’re going to have you ever take heed to the delta periods, which goes to place you into deep delta. It’s going to assist to detoxify that mind, particularly when you’ve been compromised in the course of the day as a result of perhaps you’re doing issues and you overdid it. Some individuals, we are saying this with youngsters, however we don’t understand it’s true for adults, too. They go, they’re too drained to sleep. Most adults are too drained to sleep. So how we do that is by gentle, flashing gentle. Our eyes have essentially the most mitochondria per sq. centimeter than another a part of the physique. Our eyes are actually designed, and they know this now, that we transmit and we obtain gentle by our eyes. You’ve in all probability had the expertise the place you’re sitting studying a e book or watching TV, and you felt like any individual’s watching you flip round and perhaps it was your husband or one in all your youngsters you. You had been feeling their phototactic alternate. As a result of each cell is broadcasting eight, 10 nanometer gentle. And it’s, it’s not simply, I got here into individuals began realizing once they mentioned shedding, however we at all times shed. Once you’re round any individual, you’re at all times transmitting and receiving their info within the type of power. That’s why we have now what we name power drainers and power gainers. You already know, there are individuals that you simply’re round that appear to drag your power down, and there are individuals that appear to drag your power up. In fact, we need to be round gainers, not drainers.

So additionally to get gentle into the mind, which is phototactic power, what a mitochondria does within the cell, that is only a simplified model. So if we have now some scientists on the road, it’s not the complete model as a result of I’m not going to speak concerning the Krebs cycle and all that. However what occurs is gentle goes into the physique. It’s absorbed by the hemoglobin. So within the ears, all of the blood in your physique goes by your ears each 45 seconds. The remainder of your physique, it does it in 15 seconds. In order that’s how briskly blood pumps by your physique. However within the ears, it slows down sufficient that we are able to produce a lightweight impact. So we’re going to place blue and crimson gentle, and we’re going to additionally encode that gentle with Nogier frequencies. Dr. Nogier, who was an iridologist, really mentioned there’s seven frequencies of the physique. After they’re out of tune, the physique will get sick. So what we do is each two minutes, that modifications within the ear lights. So we’re bathing the physique with gentle. It’s going by the meridians straight into the mind first as a result of the ear blood really heats and cools the mind. So if we need to get gentle into the mind, we do it by the eyes, by the ears.

Now the mind has power due to the mitochondria. Let’s say that the mitochondria is beginning to exit as a result of that cell is about to die referred to as apoptosis. The cell with the power goes to return alongside. It’s going to be absorbed there. That cell goes to return again to life as a result of the mitochondria goes to soak up that phototactic power. The Krebs cycle goes to begin up once more. Nitric oxide goes to be launched. Vasodilation, blood circulation. Circulation. For this reason it helps the mind perform. The extra blood circulation and circulation, nitric oxide, it’s a naturally occurring phenomenon. Now you’ll be able to take nitric oxide too to assist with mind perform, which I do. And Nathan Bryan, who’s a superb pal of mine, has a superb product. However we do this stuff. However gentle does it naturally.

And so after we’re doing this, what occurs is the mind begins to manage. Now the mind has power to coach. Similar to going to the health club, we want power to go to the health club to construct muscular tissues. We want gentle within the mind to coach the mind. That is referred to as brainwave entrainment. Now, we additionally then mirror the identical factor we’re doing with gentle. These are earth frequencies. So when you and I had been in your spaceship and we’re flying towards earth and we had been to measure the earth’s frequencies, it might be between 0.5 and 100. So these are the frequencies of the earth. These are the frequencies our physique is used to experiencing. So we’re not doing something unnatural. We’re simply mainly, that’s why they name it hacking the mind or biohacking. We just like the time period well being optimization a bit higher as a result of most individuals don’t just like the phrase hacking. However what we’re doing is we’re imitating nature. After which the physique will get into sync. When it’s in sync, it begins to launch its personal neurochemicals. You begin to get excessive by yourself provide. And whenever you’re in, every one in all these brainwave states produces neurotransmitter exercise.

Now, neurotransmitters will not be made within the mind. They’re instructed from the mind to the intestine. Now, there are three brains, simply so everybody is aware of. So whenever you’re engaged on dementia and Alzheimer’s and these sort of issues, TBIs, it’s not a mind within the head factor. It’s a coronary heart mind. You could have 40,000 neutrino cells. So we put gentle pads on the guts. We’ve got a lightweight pad we placed on the intestine. On the similar time, we’re doing BrainTap. So now we’re feeding the physique what it wants most, gentle power, and the intestine is regulating. There’s extra neuron connections within the intestine than there are within the mind between our ears. So when you concentrate on, and that’s the place all of the neurotransmitters are made. Within the intestine.

So throughout TBI restoration, we suggest that they get off all sugars. They go extra towards a keto sort of food regimen. I’m not saying go at it endlessly however go extra towards a keto food regimen. Possibly even do some intermittent fasting when you don’t have blood sugar issues as a result of that autophagy goes to assist to filter the unhealthy cells within the mind. And it’s going to get you again. If you happen to’re a performer, like a sports activities performer, you need to get again as quickly as potential. So that you get that clear mind, you need to do away with that mind fog. And it, I don’t need to oversimplify it, however it’s less complicated than you assume. And sitting in a darkish room might be the worst factor you are able to do. Not being energetic might be the worst factor you are able to do. Now, at first, you won’t have the ability to do something. You would possibly, in case you have a bleeding within the mind, you don’t need to use the BrainTap straight away. You should use the sound half, however we carry 30% extra blood circulation to the mind. So typically when any individual has a TBI or a mind harm, they’ve to attend three to 4 weeks earlier than they begin utilizing the sunshine a part of BrainTap. However for Alzheimer’s and that, they should begin utilizing it straight away. And they should use it thrice a day. And keep in mind, you solely must put aside 20 minutes since you’re going to take heed to it proper earlier than you fall asleep. You’re going to take heed to it earlier than you get up. In order that’s the place you’re going to get the fitting mind perform that you simply want, the mind change.

Katie: That is smart. And it jogs my memory of two quotes of, I imagine it was Einstein who mentioned, the way forward for medication shall be in frequency or frequency of vibration. After which was it Tesla who mentioned, if you wish to perceive the secrets and techniques of the universe, assume by way of power, frequency, and vibration. And as you had been explaining all that, I considered these two quotes specifically. I’d like to, in our previous couple of minutes, discuss particular makes use of with youngsters as a result of as you had been explaining that I used to be pondering by a lot potential for youngsters with studying, after all, with TBI restoration. But it surely looks as if this generally is a actually beneficial software for the dad and mom listening, for their youngsters having extra regulated nervous techniques as properly. Are the protocols the identical for youngsters or are there variations with youngsters?

Dr. Porter: Nicely, youngsters don’t actually must pay attention that a lot. They shouldn’t be that dysregulated. But when they’re, then yeah, you need to preserve the identical protocols. However in faculties, what we discover is both proper earlier than they do their work, in the event that they’re drained and they’re not in a position to do their homework, then they do it proper earlier than then. Some faculties that use it, and we have now a number of college techniques utilizing it, they name it mind prep. So within the morning, that morning time is so necessary to get the mind regulated. We discover that after doing one thing within the afternoon, like perhaps doing their schoolwork is an efficient time to do it. If a toddler does it thrice every week, they’re in all probability going to get actually good outcomes. In the event that they do it day by day, it’s effective too, however they don’t must do it greater than as soon as a day, you realize, for youngsters.

Katie: Superior. And I do know I’ll put hyperlinks within the present notes for all people listening, however I do know you may have written so much about this subject and a number of different matters and that folks could be interested by BrainTap. So I’ll put these hyperlinks within the present notes, however the place can individuals discover your work and discover BrainTap?

Dr. Porter: On social media, they’ll go to at @drpatrickporter and they’ll discover me on Instagram and YouTube. There’s a number of movies there and every little thing like that. These are going to carry them to BrainTap.com ultimately as a result of clearly that’s my firm and we need to get individuals. We’re on a mission to higher a billion brains. So when you’re listening and you need to strive it, you’ll be able to share your hyperlink with them and they get a 14-day free trial. So in the event that they don’t prefer it inside 14 days, what we do know is 70% of the those that strive that trial purchase it. So that you give it a strive if it really works for you. And our common consumer makes use of it 28 occasions a month. So not solely are they shopping for it, they’re utilizing it, which is actually necessary for me as a result of I don’t need to simply promote a product and no one makes use of it. So let’s get bettering a billion brains. And also you would possibly begin at first simply doing it one time a day, you realize, simply seeing what occurs. However throughout that 14-day trial, we have now a 21-day fast begin that’ll offer you a superb expertise. So you’ll be able to strive that. After which when you prefer it, you simply proceed that 21-day trial and then you definitely’re able to roll.

Katie: Superior. Nicely, all these hyperlinks for you guys listening on the go, hopefully when you’re strolling exterior within the sunshine, these are all at wellnessmama.com. And Dr. Porter, you might be such a wealth of data. I’m so glad we acquired to have this dialog. Thanks for your time.

Dr. Porter: Thanks for having me. And keep in mind, we’re on the market to higher a billion brains, and it’s your mind listening proper now. So let’s see if we may also help you.

Katie: I like that. And thanks as at all times to all of you for listening and sharing your most useful assets, your time, your power, and your consideration with us as we speak. We’re each so grateful that you simply did. And I hope that you’ll be part of me once more on the following episode of the Wellness Mama Podcast.

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