YOUR BRAIN. REVEALING SECRETS – PODCAST

Episode 02: The right food for your brain

In the second episode of Your Brain. Revealing Secrets, food scientist and nutrition expert Prof. Torsten Bohn explains how what we eat shapes not only our physical health, but also the way our  brain functions throughout life.

In this conversation, we explore how the brain regulates appetite and energy intake, why healthy eating is about more than counting calories, and how dietary choices can influence the risk of cognitive decline and neurodegenerative diseases.

What you will learn:

• Which dietary patterns are associated with better brain health
• How to identify healthy food choices beyond marketing claims and labels
• Whether food supplements are really necessary
• Why “a calorie is not always a calorie”
• How meal timing can affect metabolism and overall health
• Practical strategies for building healthier eating habits that last

About the guest:

Prof. Torsten Bohn, Head of the Nutrition and Health Research Group at the Luxembourg Institute of Health and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research for more than a decade, shares evidence-based insights on nutrition, cognition, and the connection between the brain and the body.

Episode 01: You Are Your Own Medicine

In the first episode of Your Brain. Revealing Secrets, neurologist and brain researcher Prof. Rejko Krüger explains why your brain is constantly changing — and how that gives you the power to protect it throughout life.

In this conversation, we explore how the brain adapts to its environment through brain plasticity, why neurodegenerative diseases often develop silently for decades, and what science tells us about preventing cognitive decline.

What you will learn:

• What brain plasticity is and why it matters at every age
• The difference between dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s disease
• Why having certain genes does not necessarily mean you will develop a disease
• How lifestyle and environmental factors influence brain health
• The 14 modifiable risk factors linked to dementia
• Why staying curious, active, and socially engaged can protect your brain

About the guest:

Prof. Rejko Krüger, Director of Transversal Translational Medicine at the Luxembourg Institute of Health, has spent more than 30 years researching brain health and neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

The Programme Dementia Prevention (pdp) aims to reduce the risk of dementia through the identification of modifiable risk factors and incentivisation of targeted interventions, including lifestyle changes.

The pdp invites individuals with cognitive complaints who are motivated to improve their brain health and referred by their treating physician. It is funded by the Ministry of Health and Social Security and is coordinated by the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL) in collaboration with the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH).