The Dr. Goodenowe ALS Challenge
The Dr. Goodenowe ALS Challenge, a no-cost, province-wide health initiative supporting Saskatchewan residents diagnosed with ALS.
The Dr. Goodenowe ALS Challenge, a no-cost, province-wide health initiative supporting Saskatchewan residents diagnosed with ALS.
What you’ll learn:
• What causes a stroke? Is it possible to prevent a stroke?
• What happens to the brain during a stroke? Is it possible to restore brain function after a stroke?
• What are the essential biomarkers of stroke risk and recovery? How can you measure them?
What you’ll learn:
• Good vs bad cholesterol: is there a difference?
• APOE2, APOE3, and APOE4- what's the difference, and why do they matter?
• Cholesterol and mortality: do we have the story backwards?
What you’ll learn:
• Why do we lose muscle mass and bone density as we age? Is it inevitable?
• Why maintaining muscle mass and bone density is the most important determinant of health in old age
• How to build muscle and increase bone density at any age.
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Join Dr. Dayan Goodenowe in person for a full day of cutting-edge neuroscience: research, real-life case studies, and biochemical insights spanning autism, concussion and TBI, Alzheimer’s and dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and the science of healthy aging and lasting vitality. Learn More Here →
What you’ll learn:
• The biochemistry of cellular energy metabolism: fats vs sugar
• How impaired mitochondrial function drives diabetes and what you can do to support mitochondrial health
• The power of muscles and how diet and lifestyle can restore metabolic health
What you’ll learn:
• How the brain adapts to stress
• How short-term survival mechanisms can create long-term dysfunction
• How nutrition and lifestyle can support brain health and restore function
What you’ll learn:
• How eating patterns affect your brain and make you addicted to food
• How your metabolism drives your appetite and how to reset your metabolism to control cravings
• Biochemical markers of a healthy metabolism that everyone needs to know