Reclaim Your Brain

Reclaim Your Brain

Online

Patrick Holford

Thursday, April 29, 2021 - 19:00 to 20:30

Body

Life

Wellbeing

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Learn five secrets to transform your brain and mental wellbeing

Description:

Has Covid left your brain addled, mood low and motivation lacking? In this talk, Patrick Holford will give you five ways sharpen you mind, improve your mood, reduce stress and anxiety and promote good sleep. These are especially important if you often feel:

Gelatinously exhausted, running on empty?

Anxious, panicky, overwhelmed and stressed?

Never feel like you’ve had enough sleep?

Enthusiastically negative with frequent mood dips?

Struggle to concentrate and stay calm, focussed?

‘Need’ coffee, sugar, nicotine, alcohol, drugs?

Crave sugar and carbs and are gaining weight

Check your phone frequently and feel bereft without access to digital connection?

Feel like there’s something more that you ‘need’ to buy or consume to feel good?

This online talk, with time for questions, will give you five practical actions to take away to transform brain function, improve your mood, sharpen your memory, reduce anxiety and sleep better.

About the speaker, Patrick Holford

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Patrick Holford, BSc, DipION, FBANT, NTCRP, is a pioneer in the field of nutrition. He is the author of 37 books, translated into over 30 languages and selling millions of copies worldwide, including The Optimum Nutrition Bible, The Low GL-Diet Bible, Optimum Nutrition for the Mind and The 10 Secrets of 100% Healthy People, 10 Secrets of Healthy Ageing and Good Medicine.

Patrick started his academic career in the field of psychology. He then became a student of two of the leading pioneers in nutrition medicine and psychiatry – the late Dr Carl Pfeiffer and Dr Abram Hoffer. In 1984 he founded the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION), an independent educational charity, with his mentor, twice Nobel Prize winner Dr Linus Pauling, as patron. ION has been researching and helping to define what it means to be optimally nourished for the past 25 years and is one of the most respected educational establishments for training nutritional therapists. At ION, Patrick was involved in groundbreaking research showing that multivitamins can increase children’s IQ scores – the subject of a Horizon television documentary in the 1980s. He was one of the first promoters of the importance of zinc, antioxidants, high-dose vitamin C, essential fats, low-GL diets and homocysteine-lowering B vitamins and their importance in Alzheimer’s disease prevention.

Patrick is the Founder of the Food for the Brain Foundation and on the board of trustees, and a Director of the Brain Bio Centre, the Foundation’s treatment centre that specialises in helping those with mental health issues, ranging from depression to schizophrenia. He is an honorary fellow of the British Association of Nutritional Therapy, as well as a member of the Nutrition Therapy Council and the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council. He is also Patron of the South African Association of Nutritional Therapy. In 2014 Patrick was inducted to the Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame.

Patrick is frequently quoted in the media and presents lectures and workshops throughout the world.

"Patrick Holford is one of the world's leading authorities on health and nutrition" – The Daily Mail

Timetable:

7pm

Online talk starts

8.30pm

Online talk ends

Venue:

Online event

External links:

Patrick Holford's website

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