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Recovery and the brain.
Sleep, cold, heat, hydration and fasting, and what each one does to cognition.
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The Hidden Cost of Dehydration: How It Impacts Your Brain
Your brain is roughly 75% water, so even mild dehydration costs you focus. Here is what happens, the early warning signs, and how much it affects you.
30 Jun 2025
Recovery
The Neuroscience Behind a Hangover: What Happens to Your Brain After Drinking?
A hangover is a neurological event, not just a headache. Here is what alcohol does to your neurotransmitters, dopamine and sleep, and why fog follows.
23 Jun 2025
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What Actually Happens to Your Brain in the Sauna?
Saunas are not only muscle recovery. Here is what heat does to your brain: heat shock proteins, blood flow, and the effects on mood and mental clarity.
18 Jun 2025
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How can breathwork improve your physical and mental health?
Breathwork changes your nervous system on demand. Here is how controlled breathing affects stress, focus and recovery, and what the science actually supports.
20 Nov 2023
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Ketosis & the Ketogenic Diet
Ketosis burns fat for fuel instead of carbohydrates. Here is what that does to your brain, the main ketogenic variants, and what the research really shows.
17 Apr 2023
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Intermittent Fasting for Brain Health
Does fasting help your brain? Here are the main protocols, what happens neurologically when you fast, and what the evidence does and does not support.
10 Apr 2023
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Brrrr - Embrace the cold, cold water
Why do athletes sit in freezing water? Here is what cold immersion does: cold shock proteins, circulation, immunity, and the effect on mood and focus.
3 Apr 2023
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Hope Molecules - Exercise & Myokines
Your muscles release myokines when you train, and they travel to your brain. Here is how exercise lifts mood and protects cognition at a molecular level.
27 Mar 2023
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ZZZZ: A Primer on Sleep Stages
Sleep is when the brain repairs itself. Here is what happens in each stage, from N1 through to REM, and why it matters most during concussion recovery.
20 Mar 2023
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RICE vs MEAT: Movement is the panacea for injury
Ice may delay healing rather than speed it up. Here is why RICE fell out of favour, what the MEAT protocol proposes, and what the evidence now supports.
13 Mar 2023