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The Paleo Solution - Episode 388 - Cavin Balaster - Severe TBI Recovery
Manage episode 201820489 series 4687
This week on Episode 388 of the podcast we have Cavin Balaster, author of the new book How to Feed a Brain. Cavin survived a two story fall, was comatose for 12 days, suffered from a diffuse axonal injury (DAI) and had less than a 10% chance of recovery. Cavin has a very interesting experience of recovery from a severe traumatic brain injury, and has done a great job of digging into info to help his recovery, and is a very inspiring person with a great outlook. Listen in as we chat about TBI’s, recovery, and more.
Show Notes:
00:00 – Summary/Pre-Intro 3:15 – Intro and Traumatic brain injury (TBI) 5:50 – Cavin’s background and brain injury 8:30 – Nutrition sparking Cavin’s study 10:58 – Greatest challenges Cavin faced along the way 15:09 – Cavin’s nutrition 17:50 – Increasing Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor (BDNF) 20:12 – Journaling 21:49 – Supplements 25:47 – Fasting 30:32 – Pfizer stopping hunt for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s drugs 39:46 – Cavin’s advice for TBI 45:43 – Where to find Cavin
Article: Pfizer ends research for new Alzheimer's, Parkinson's drugs
Websites: feedabrain.com Preview of interview series: feedabrain.com/preview
adventuresinbraininjury.com adventures in brain injury podcast
Book: How to Feed a Brain
465 episodes
The Paleo Solution - Episode 388 - Cavin Balaster - Severe TBI Recovery
Robb Wolf - The Paleo Solution Podcast - Paleo diet, nutrition, fitness, and health
Manage episode 201820489 series 4687
This week on Episode 388 of the podcast we have Cavin Balaster, author of the new book How to Feed a Brain. Cavin survived a two story fall, was comatose for 12 days, suffered from a diffuse axonal injury (DAI) and had less than a 10% chance of recovery. Cavin has a very interesting experience of recovery from a severe traumatic brain injury, and has done a great job of digging into info to help his recovery, and is a very inspiring person with a great outlook. Listen in as we chat about TBI’s, recovery, and more.
Show Notes:
00:00 – Summary/Pre-Intro 3:15 – Intro and Traumatic brain injury (TBI) 5:50 – Cavin’s background and brain injury 8:30 – Nutrition sparking Cavin’s study 10:58 – Greatest challenges Cavin faced along the way 15:09 – Cavin’s nutrition 17:50 – Increasing Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor (BDNF) 20:12 – Journaling 21:49 – Supplements 25:47 – Fasting 30:32 – Pfizer stopping hunt for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s drugs 39:46 – Cavin’s advice for TBI 45:43 – Where to find Cavin
Article: Pfizer ends research for new Alzheimer's, Parkinson's drugs
Websites: feedabrain.com Preview of interview series: feedabrain.com/preview
adventuresinbraininjury.com adventures in brain injury podcast
Book: How to Feed a Brain
465 episodes
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