Programme Information

Nutrition & Supplements

Nutrition is your most powerful tool.

• It directly impacts the health and functioning of the brain by providing the nutrients needed for the structure and functioning of your neurons, as well as the nutrients needed for the various processes within the brain.

• It also impacts the brain indirectly, by having great influence on all the various systems of the body. 

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During the programme we'll help tailor a highly personalised nutritional plan for you or your child.

• We don't give blanket recommendations.

• We help figure out what works for you or your child's body, how to reach your goals, as well as what is manageable and sustainable.

• This will be an iterative process, driven by feedback and data.

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Expect to learn:

• What foods provide the vitamins and minerals needed to help correct the nutritional and neurotransmitter imbalances.

• The minimum amounts of protein and fat needed to fulfil their vital functions.

• You or your child's individual level of carbohydrate tolerance.

• How to eat in a manner that keeps one satiated whilst keeping your calories in check.

• Which foods tend to work for you or your child and those that don't.

  • Many people can be intolerant or have specific reactions even to 'healthy' foods.

• Guidance on the timings of food for particular goals such as for concentration or sleep.

• Guidance on whether 'therapeutic diets' would be warranted such as the ketogenic, autoimmune, or elimination diets, as well as advice on concepts such as fasting.

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Supplement guidance

Although we have a food first policy - whereby we try to meet your nutritional needs via food before supplements - supplements still have unique benefits that can accelerate you progress.

You will receive specific guidance on:

• The most appropriate supplements in the best forms and dosages.

• How best to take them and when.

Lifestyle & Environment

The latest research has helped explain mechanistically just how important various lifestyle and environmental factors can be in either worsening or improving brain function.

During the programme you'll have the option to:

Optimise focus, productivity and ongoing motivation.

• Understand the neuroscience underpinning these functions.

• Schedule the right amount of work and break periods in the appropriate sequence.

• Learn how to get into focus, as well as to drop out of focus and into a relaxed state quickly.

• Understand and apply the key factors influencing ongoing motivation to allow you or your child to see your goals come to fruition.

Manage stress, remain calm, and have the space to take on more.​

• Learn exercises that influence the vagal tone, which helps put you or your child into a calm state.

• Learn tactics such as breath-work to immediately reduce your heart rate and calm yourself down in any stressful moment.

• Develop a meditation routine that can help reduce impulses and helps strengthen control over your mind.

• Understand the importance of downtime / hobbies and help schedule these into your weekly routines.

• Learn how to increase your stress tolerance.

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Navigate successfully the encroaching aspects of  technology, such as social media, phone use, screen time and gaming.​

• Understand the neuroscience for why these technologies can be so addictive.

• Learn various behavioural tactics to manage the use of these effectively and to mitigate the negative impacts.

Sleep well and wake refreshed.

• Learn about the vital processes that occur within the brain when you sleep.

• Utilise a variety of tools to improve your sleep, from behaviours both in the day and evening, nutritional /supplement advice, as well as worthwhile consumer products.​

Utilise movement and exercise for their wide ranging benefits, such as:

• Increasing muscle mass and decreasing fat mass, improving blood flow to the brain and metabolic health.​

• Stress relieving, improves mood, and helps calm an overactive mind, thus helping improve focus and attention.

• Increase baseline dopamine.

  • Which helps with impulsivity, focus, and motivation.

Clean up your environment.

• Toxic load is ever increasing in our modern world, with toxins causing unique issues to the brain.

• Learn how to best minimise this exposure as well as increasing the capacity of your body to handle these toxins.

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Utilise the most affective biohacking tools and wearables.​​

• Examples include: blue light blocking glasses, biofeedback devices, hot and cold therapy products, continuous blood glucose and ketone monitoring devices, sleep monitoring devices, and more.

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Learn the key psychological and social factors impacting your brain.​

• Our brains are hardwired with certain psychological and social needs in order to thrive. Some examples are:

  • Safety and security.

  • Sense of community.

  • A strong sense of identity and a safe space in which to assert it.

  • Challenge, achievement and purpose.

• Understand these core needs to help evaluate if they need prioritising; they can impact neurology just as profoundly as nutrition or exercise.