High Performance Health Podcasts - 259
EP 259: Brain Fog, Hormones and Protecting Against Alzheimer's Disease and Other Forms of Dementia with Dr Kavita Desai
Angela talks to Dr Kavita Desai - Women’s Health Specialist, Founder of Revivele & Author of Lady Parts: Putting Women’s Health Back Into Women’s Hands.
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Angela talks to Dr Kavita Desai - Women’s Health Specialist, Founder of Revivele & Author of Lady Parts: Putting Women’s Health Back Into Women’s Hands - about how to properly care for our brains, look after our cognitive health and prevent dementia, one of the most serious conditions affecting human health world-wide.
Key Takeaways
Best Moments
'We don't prioritise ourselves, and we feel guilty if we do'
'Women seem to be disproportionately affected by dementia'
'We are at very significant health risks as we go through our perimenopausal years'
'I am a huge advocate of trying to prevent long term disease'
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The High-Performance Health Podcast is all about optimising your body, mind and lifestyle for high performance.
Packed full of actionable insights, strategies, bio hacks, lifestyle hacks, mindset strategies and expert performance advice, Angela Foster is on a mission to optimise your human potential. Featuring interviews with some of the top experts on the planet in the fields of health, performance and business, this show aims to inspire, educate and empower you to live an energetic, healthful and limitless life.
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About the Guest
Dr. Kavita Desai, Pharm. D., Women’s Health Specialist, Founder of Revivele & Author of Lady Parts: Putting Women’s Health Back Into Women’s Hands
Kavita Desai, Pharm. D. is an accomplished pharmacist and the founder of the health and wellness company, Revivele, which is dedicated to educating women about hormonal health, disease prevention and cognitive health as well as providing tangible solutions and resources. She is also the author of the new book, Lady Parts: Putting Women's Health Back Into Women's Hands.
Originally from Ontario, Canada, Dr. Desai earned her Doctorate in Pharmacy from Ohio Northern University in 2000, after which she went on to pursue a career in teaching hospitals, a cardiac risk factor prevention program, and ultimately launching her private integrated clinical pharmacy and medical center in 2007 with a focus on preventative medicine.
After 13 years in practice, she was faced with the unimaginable when her mother was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. After witnessing the decline of her mother’s health and focusing more attention on her own cognitive health, she redirected her clinical skills to focus more specifically on women’s health, brain health, and disease prevention.
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About Angela
Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance.
Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance.
