How To Increase BDNF: BDNF Boosting Supplements, Herbs & Exercise

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Objectives: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays an essential role in brain and metabolic health. The fact that higher concentrations are associated with improved cognitive performance has resulted in numerous intervention trials that aim at elevating BDNF levels. This systematic review provides an overview of the relation between various nutritional factors and BDNF concentrations in controlled human intervention studies. Methods: A systematic search in May 2020 identified 48 articles that examined the effects of dietary patterns or foods (n = 3), diets based on energy intake (n = 7), vitamins and minerals (n = 7), polyphenols (n = 11), long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n = 5), probiotics (n = 8), and miscellaneous food supplements (n = 7). Results: In particular, studies with dietary patterns or foods showed increased peripheral BDNF concentrations. There are also strong indications that polyphenols tend to have a positive effect on BDNF concentrations. Four of the 11 included studies with a polyphenol intervention showed a significant increase in BDNF concentrations, one study showed an increase but this was not statistically analyzed, and two studies showed a trend to an increase. Discussion: The two polyphenol classes, phenolic acids, and other phenolic compounds were responsible for the significant effects. No clear effect was found for the other dietary factors, which might also be related to whether serum or plasma was used for BDNF analysis. More work is needed to understand the relation between peripheral and central BDNF concentrations.

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[BoostYourBiology]

💎 Are you currently doing or using anything to BOOST BDNF? Drop a comment below!

[johnlandis]

My favorites are L-theanine, Bacopa, Magnolia Bark, and Gingko Biloba! Thanks for listing different supplements and herbs Boost your Biology!

[anjumafshan]

Hi dr, am suffering from brain stroke paralysis since 5years .please make a video on brain stem cells increase neuro stem cells through fasting. How to make my lesions overcome. Thank you God bless you.

[dannyoconnor]

How does olive leaf extract rank as a bdnf booster

[benis]

Interesting video as always, keep up the good work!

[DinDin-jdlg]

Awesome! Very well structured video
👍👍👍 deserved my subscribed and liked!!

[kimdavis]

Great interesting video Lucas... hmm I’m taking a number of these supplements... I’m concerned I might be overdoing it as if a little is

[Ayrad]

Great video, does walking for hours boosts BDNF ?

[chooseyourself]

great video! i saved all your links!:)

[pelletey]

No mention of lions mane? Thought that would be the first one you'd mention, it is a mushroom though and not a herb lol

[bastyo]

I take sublingual Noopept while working out to increase BDNF.

[shaniyabisburg]

How many mg's of Beta Alanine is reccomended?....

[wyattbutters]

I would love to hear your opinion on the Animal Pak Multivitamin. Do you think it does more harm than good? I only take 1 packet a day instead of the recommended 2.

[markbalogh]

I've noticed that a lot of heavy metal chelation herbs supplements also increase neurogensis

[reansone]

I think we should be questioning a bit more as to - why vit A and zinc might cause toxicity, affect bdnf? Since they are such base important nutrients this does not seem to be completely correct. I bet deficiency would cause loss of BDNF as well. I'm not doubting the studies but I think likely these folks who experience toxicity have some major underlying issues or something more to the story. My guess would be that it is something to do with the american diet/lifestyle in limiting other dependent cofactors of these nutrients. Also if the BDNF increase may just be a survival mechanism in this case coming from the body's recognition in lack of base nutrients, so the body/brain is kicking itself into high gear in order to get more of those important nutrients. Never personally noticed any adverse affects from taking cod liver oil, actually I feel immediately better typically right after taking it, you can really feel it go work right away because it is such a base level important nutrient.

[thetitan]

Just wondering if you have any recommendations on how to heal the brain from an opioid addiction. My brain still feels in limbo months after stopping.

[beedebawng]

What are known causes of chronic bdnf overexpression? I assume that could only be caused by consumption (of herbs, roots etc) rather than the other inherent means?

[damovicious]

Too much? I was wanting to stack them all..

[gifgt]

Is 12, 500 iu Vit A supplement once a week ok long-term?