Louisa Nicola

The Neuro Experience

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This podcast interviews the best experts in the world to bring emerging themes in athletic performance, neurology, sleep physiology and medicine. Louisa regularly consults for technology development companies, professional athletic organizations and consults with the biggest names in NBA, MLB and NFL. Louisa is on the scientific advisory board of Tonal, Hone Health, Klora and Momentous. Find Louisa on Instagram @louisanicola_

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Louisa Nicola

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Health

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Jul 7, 2026

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118: Dirty Medicine and How Generic Drugs Are Poisoning Us | Katherine Eban 05.06.2020

The Generic Drugs You're Taking May Not Be As Safe Or Effective As You ThinkAs the cost of prescription medication soars, consumers are increasingly taking generic drugs: low-cost alternatives to brand-name medicines. Often health insurance plans require patients to switch to generics as a way of controlling costs. But journalist Katherine Eban warns that some of these medications might not be as...

What you should know about the NFL, Concussions, and Brain Damage 28.05.2020

Football isn’t just a contact sport — it’s a dangerous game of massive bodies colliding into one another. And while it may seem obvious that this sport can do extraordinary damage to brains and bodies, it’s taken far too long for the NFL, the medical community, and football fans to fully reckon with this. On the episode today we are speaking with Morgan Ingmanson who is the Director of Medical Aff...

116: The Neurobiology of Stress | Dr. Andrew Huberman 13.05.2020

Andrew Huberman is an American neuroscientist and tenured professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has made several important contributions to the fields of brain development, brain plasticity, and neural regeneration and repair. #AndrewHuberman has been fascinated by humans and in particular, the human brain since a very early age and demonstra...

115: The Plant Fed Brain | Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, MD 08.05.2020

There is increasing evidence showing that the dynamic changes in the gut microbiota can alter brain physiology and behavior. Cognition was originally thought to be regulated only by the central nervous system. However, it is now becoming clear that many non-nervous system factors, including the gut-resident bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract, regulate and influence cognitive dysfunction as wel...

114: The Mathematics of Biology & COVID-19 | KIT YATES 27.04.2020

Maths is an unloved subject. It’s a commonplace view that maths is hard, that maths is abstract and removed from everyday concerns. Why do you think that is? In today’s society, mathematics underpins almost everything we do. It is vital to the ways in which we communicate with each other and the methods we use to navigate from place to place. It has completely altered how we buy and sell and it ha...

113: Understanding COVID-19 and How to Slow the Aging Process | DAVID SINCLAIR 22.03.2020

This is episode 113 of the neuro experience podcast, I’mlouisa, I’myour host. Today we are joined by David Sinclair, a Harvard med professor who specialises in aging. For the first part of the episode we took a hook and focused it on COVID-19. David explains what the virus is, what the latest research n the virus is and how we can build our immunity to protect ourselves against it. Then on the bac...

112: Marathons, Failure, Health and Success | Selena Samuela from Peloton 03.03.2020

Of all the species that ever existed, scientists estimate that less than 0.1% are alive today. In 2010, the Cincinnati research agency AcuPoll found that as many as 95% of new products introduced each year fail. According to the researcher Richard Wiseman, 88% of all new year’s resolutions don’t last. Eight out of ten entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within the first 18 months according to...

111: How to Optimize Your Health Through Precision Medicine | Dr. Matt Dawson M.D 28.02.2020

Dr. Matt Dawson is a precision medicine physician in Lexington, KY, co-host of the Wild Health Podcast, and has been obsessed with performance optimization as long as he can remember. He received scholarships to play two sports in college even with “minimal talent” because of his voracious reading and implementation of any fitness or nutritional techniques that would give him an edge. Dr. Dawson c...

110: How Your Brain Processes Self-Talk | JASON HAMERA 20.02.2020

You know the little voice inside your head — the one you’ve carried around inside you since before you could remember? Call it what you will: your conscience, your subconscious, the inner you. This voice is a part of us, a part of who we are, and we self identify with that voice on an inherent level. Known as self-talk, this internal chatter can be cheerful and supportive or negative and self-defe...

109: Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Body | Dr. NEAL BARNARD, M.D 19.02.2020

Hormones, diabetes, mood disorders, endometriosis, and the value of eating a plant based diet!!! I’m joined today by Dr. Neal Barnard, MD- the American nutrition researcher, author and health advocate. Dr. Neal’s work promotes a plant based diet and has been featured in the vegan documentaries ‘what the health’ and ‘forks over knives’. Hi sup coming book - your body in balance explores the new sci...

108: Gastroenterologist Explains the Link Between Food and the Brain | Dr. BRIAN DOORECK 28.01.2020

It’s hard to miss the barrage of headlines warning about cancer’s link to, well, just about everything, or so it seems. “THIS IS THE BIGGEST CANCER CAUSING FOOD, AFTER READING THIS YOU WILL NEVER EAT IT ANYMORE,” screams one headline—in all-caps to boot. “Popular foods that could cause cancer,” warns another. Today I have Dr. Brian Dooreck on the podcast to tell us the link between cancer and nutr...

107: The Science of FITLIGHT | Reaction time, vision training, brain performance 23.01.2020

So many of you ask how we train our athletes, in this episode I will introduce you to the product that I am the ambassador for- Fitlight trainer. I believe in science, I believe in numbers. Science produces data and with data we can capitalise on the growth of our athletes. FITLIGHT Corp. specializes in designing and creating equipment and technology applicable in a variety of industries. In our q...

106: What makes your work worthwhile? | Michael Chernow 13.12.2019

Michael Chernow is the founder of Seamore’s, co-founder of the meatball shop, and co-founder of WellWell. quite literally the modern day renaissance man, Michael is a restaurateur + entrepreneur, tv host, fitness personality, and family-man, dedicated to inspiring the world through positivity, hospitality and service. .In this episode we cover: .1. Business and Entrepreneurship 2. Struggles that c...

105: How a NAVY SEAL Helped Lebron James fix his back | DONNIE RAIMON 21.11.2019

Today’s guest needs no introduction, he is the OG of biomechanics and he’s is making waves in the industry. Donnie Raimon, part owner in DBC in Miami. He is Lebron James’ personal biomechanist. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it is a specialist in human movement who combines biology and physical mechanics — Donnie is the man who has helped Lebron overcome his back problems back in 20...

Donnie Raimon Teaser. 20.11.2019

TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE HUGE!Have you subscribed? LEAVE A REVIEW and go in the running to win a FREE individualised mental performance coaching plan from a Nuero Athletics certified coach! GO!The Neuro Athletics Newsletter Instagram: @louisanicola_Twitter : @louisanicola_YouTube: @Louisa NicolaThe Neuro Experience Podcast is proud to have hosted: Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Gabrielle Lyon, Dr Layne Nor...

104: Hacking your Heart and Preventing Diabetes | Dr. Mike Herring M.D 19.11.2019

Dr. Mike Herring is an internal #medicine #physician and certified personal trainer withType I #diabetes. .Diagnosed at 6 years old - diabetes is the condition in which the body does not properly process food for use as energy. Most of the food we eat is turned into #glucose, or #sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insu...

103: How to Access ALL Fitness Classes with ONE membership | SHARI CASTELLI 16.11.2019

ClassPass is a fitness membership program that helps take the boredom and monotony out of working out. It is taking the nation by storm, and for good reason! if you find yourself feeling uninspired to complete your workouts day after day, ClassPass may be a good alternative to a gym or studio membership. Here's why:The way ClassPass works is you purchase a set number of classes from the website, t...

102: Why is Everybody Depressed? 28.10.2019

Podcast family this is a short deep dive into a conversation I had with my amazing friend Mark Metry. Something that has been on my mind for a while now. .Everywhere you look today, people are stressed out. Many reach a breaking point and sink into depression – a mental health issue few of our grandparents or great-grandparents experienced..Or is it?.Perhaps people 50 or 75 years ago just didn’t t...

101: Have we found a cure for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Depression and ALS? | Dr. Jay Lombard 30.09.2019

If you’ve ever “gone with your gut” to make a decision or felt “butterflies in your stomach” when nervous, you’re likely getting signals from an unexpected source: your second brain. Hidden in the walls of the digestive system, this “brain in your gut” is revolutionizing medicine’s understanding of the links between digestion, mood, health and even the way you think. Scientists call this little br...

100: 26 Year Old Built a Brand That Changed Over a Million Lives | FAM MIRZA 20.09.2019

Making a business a success is difficult. But making your business a success and changing the lives of others at the same time is almost impossible. Fam Mirza, the founder and CEO of 1Face, has managed to do just that. And he has done this through a combination of adding value to his business, doing something different, and being persistent. Not only has Mirza demonstrated what he can do for the b...

Pit Stop! 16.09.2019

Hey guys! As many of you know, podcast reviews me the WORLD to me and I am taking this short pit stop to ask you to please leave a review. If the podcast brings you any value whatsoever. Please reach out to me via IG or email if you have any questions you want answered from the best doctors in the world and I will personally go out there and find them and get the answers for you! Find me here: @th...

99: Building an Empire After Being in a Coma for Four Days | Chris "Drama" Pfaff 14.09.2019

Today’s episode is with Chris “Drama” Pfaff. In 2009 at age 22, with no background in business or fashion, he launched a t-shirt and streetwear line, Young & Reckless, which has grown into a nationwide brand, with distribution in more than 3,000 Macy’s, Dillard’s and PacSun stores, celebrity endorsements from Puff Daddy and Justin Bieber, 43 employees, and $31 million in revenue last year. ."I fel...

98: Increase Your Kitchen IQ to Stay Mentally & Physically Fit | KEVIN CURRY 23.08.2019

Joining me today is Kevin 'fit men cook' Curry. In this episode we learn how Kevin combated depression with nutrition, how you can increase your kitchen IQ, why falling in love with cooking will help your weight loss and fitness journey and how he built the fit men cook brand and community. In this episode you will learn: How to increase your kitchen IQWhat it means to be truly fit and healthy Why...

97: Know Your Lane- The Biomechanics of Life | DAVID ALEXANDER 07.08.2019

So excited about this one Neuro Athletes! It's real, honest and raw! David has been helping some of the world's top athletes reach their full potential for over 17 years. As the creator of DBC he wanted to develop a facility that would help athletes do more than just train, but also educate them on what exactly their mind and bodies are going through during their training process. His approach is...

96: The Neuroscience of a Carnivore Diet | PAUL SALADINO, MD 02.08.2019

Dr Paul Saladino is a board licensed physician and functional medicine practitioner. He is a he advocate and one of the biggest fans of the carnivore diet which you might even convert to after this episode. In this episode you will learn what the carnivore diet is, the nutritional difference between meat and plants and how different types of meat affect your brain performance. I am excited to talk...

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