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What Louisa Nicola has said on podcasts

35 statements · 26 positive · 7 negative · 2 neutral

  1. Resistance training provides the greatest brain-health return on investment.

    “the biggest amount of return on investment is from resistance training”

    Listen at 0:14

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  2. Resistance training improved cognitive outcomes in people with mild cognitive impairment.

    “they not only preserved their cognitive functions, they enhanced their processing speed, they enhanced their fluid intelligence”

    Listen at 0:34

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  3. APOE4 is among the strongest genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease.

    “The APOE4 gene is one of the strongest risk factors of getting Alzheimer's disease.”

    Listen at 1:20

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  4. Carrying APOE4 does not make Alzheimer’s disease inevitable.

    “But it is not a foregone conclusion that you're going to get it.”

    Listen at 1:27

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  5. One APOE4 copy raises Alzheimer’s risk two to threefold.

    “when you have a copy of the APOE4 gene, it raises your risk by two to three times.”

    Listen at 2:06

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  6. Two APOE4 copies raise Alzheimer’s risk tenfold.

    “If you have two copies of the gene, it raises your risk by 10 times.”

    Listen at 2:13

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  7. One APOE4 copy raises Alzheimer’s risk about sixfold in females.

    “one copy of the gene of APOE4 gene for a female raises your risk by about six fold”

    Listen at 2:30

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  8. A doctor can test for APOE4 using a simple blood test.

    “You can get the APOE4 gene checked out with your doctor. It's a simple blood test.”

    Listen at 2:43

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  9. Strong legs are the most important tool for preventing Alzheimer’s disease.

    “Having strong legs is by far the most important tool in your toolbox for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.”

    Listen at 2:56

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  10. Greater leg strength was associated with larger brain and gray-matter volume in identical twins.

    “the twin who possessed the greatest strength and the most leg power had a bigger brain, larger gray matter volume”

    Listen at 3:21

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  11. Neural effects of resistance training require lifting around 80% of one-repetition maximum.

    “in order to produce the neural effects of resistance training, you need to be lifting at around 80% of your one repetition max”

    Listen at 3:57

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  12. Exercise-released myokines benefit cognitive performance.

    “when they're released from the muscle, they go up to the brain and they do beneficial things for our cognitive performance”

    Listen at 4:52

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  13. Structured, consistent exercise can grow new hippocampal neurons.

    “you can grow new neurons in the hippocampus from structured exercise and consistent exercise”

    Listen at 5:24

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  14. Exercise changes interleukin-6 into an anti-inflammatory cytokine.

    “when we exercise, it depends on where the site is. Interleukin 6, instead of acting as a pro inflammatory cytokine, instead of creating inflammation, it acts as an anti inflammatory cytokine.”

    Listen at 6:47

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  15. Exercise-related interleukin-6 downregulates tumor-cell growth.

    “Interleukin 6 is also responsible for the downregulation of tumor cell growth.”

    Listen at 7:11

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  16. Thirty minutes of daily aerobic activity can reduce activity across thirteen cancer types.

    “just 30 minutes a day of aerobic physical activity can downregulate 13 types of cancers”

    Listen at 7:34

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  17. Heavier lifting increases neural drive and benefits the brain.

    “the heavier you lift, the greater the neural drive. The greater the neural drive, the better it is for your brain.”

    Listen at 9:08

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  18. The deadlift is the single best exercise for protecting the brain.

    “Deadlift.”

    Listen at 9:22

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  19. A correctly performed deadlift uses almost every muscle in the body.

    “the deadlift can use almost every muscle in your body”

    Listen at 9:26

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  20. Ten air squats each hour can compensate for a sedentary lifestyle.

    “if you do 10 air squats every hour, this can compensate for your sedentary lifestyle”

    Listen at 10:50

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  21. Exercise rapidly lowers post-meal glucose spikes.

    “the best way to bring that glucose spike back down is by doing any form of exercise you can”

    Listen at 11:46

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  22. Women should prioritize high-intensity exercise before zone-two training.

    “I'm trying to push women to first work on Zone five. Zone three, Zone four, Zone five.”

    Listen at 14:11

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  23. Zone-five training is better for the brain than five-kilometer outdoor running.

    “what is better for the brain? I would say that the Zone 5 is better for the brain.”

    Listen at 15:59

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  24. A two-year exercise program reversed age-related cardiac effects by twenty years.

    “he reversed the age related effects and defects of the heart by 20 years”

    Listen at 18:19

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  25. VO2 max is the strongest predictor of all-cause mortality.

    “VO2 max is the strongest predictor of all cause mortality.”

    Listen at 18:56

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  26. The Norwegian 4x4 protocol uses four-minute intervals at 90–95% maximum heart rate.

    “you want to get your heart rate elevated to 90 to 95% for four minutes on, four minutes off, repeat four times”

    Listen at 19:33

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  27. Midlife is the key opportunity window for brain health and longevity.

    “midlife is the window of opportunity for brain health and for longevity”

    Listen at 21:30

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  28. Systolic blood pressure above 135 begins damaging small brain capillaries.

    “if you are hypertensive, this is anywhere over 135. Okay, systolic over 135. That's when things start to break down.”

    Listen at 24:37

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  29. Aggressive pharmacological blood-pressure reduction preserves gray matter and cognitive function.

    “when they aggressively manage these patients and they bring their blood pressure down, they did it pharmacologically through something called an ACE inhibitor. It's a medication to drive down blood pressure. When they bring it down pharmacologically, these patients preserved their brain gray matter and their cognitive functions.”

    Listen at 25:00

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  30. Exercise-based strength gains are recommended for managing high blood pressure.

    “we want to get stronger and we want to do this via exercise”

    Listen at 25:38

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