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Podcast: Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss
Episode: Nutrition Nugget: BDNF
Description: Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks and approachable science. This week, Jenn's talking about BDNF. Ever heard of it? Kinda reminds us of drugs but it's not. It's Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor which turns out has a direct connection to our mental health. Really! Those with mental health challenges have lower levels of BDNF. So what lowers it? What can we do to increase it? In just a few minutes, Jenn answers all these questions and more! Like what you're hearing? Be sure to check out the full length episodes; new releases every Wednesday. Have an idea f...