This video, by Deb Ford, discusses how to prevent and even reverse Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline through natural methods. It emphasizes that genetics are not the sole determinant, but rather diet and lifestyle choices play a significant role. Key topics covered include the importance of sleep, stress management, exercise, a healthy diet (like the Mediterranean diet with intermittent fasting), avoiding environmental toxins and certain medications, and engaging in brain-stimulating activities.
Key Takeaways
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Dementia and Alzheimer's disease are on the rise, and there are currently no meaningful drug treatments, but there is hope for prevention and reversal through natural means.
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Genetics may increase risk, but lifestyle choices, including diet and epigenetics, are far more influential in determining how you age and your cognitive health.
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Dr. Dale Bredesen's research suggests that Alzheimer's has multiple causes, not just one, and addressing these varied factors through a comprehensive approach is key.
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Dementia is both preventable and treatable if the underlying causes are identified and corrected, and early intervention leads to better outcomes.
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Adequate and restorative sleep, ideally 8 hours, is crucial for brain detoxification and memory consolidation, with chronic sleep deprivation increasing dementia risk by up to 30%.
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Chronic stress elevates cortisol levels, which are inflammatory to the brain, impair memory, and can lead to brain shrinkage, making stress management a priority for brain health.
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Regular exercise, especially aerobic and weight training, significantly reduces Alzheimer's risk by improving circulation, reducing inflammation, and stimulating the growth of new brain cells.
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A healthy diet, such as a lower-carbohydrate Mediterranean diet with intermittent fasting, protects the brain from toxic plaque and tangles associated with Alzheimer's disease.
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Avoiding environmental toxins, or 'dementogens,' found in pesticides, plastics, cosmetics, and air/water, is crucial, as they can significantly contribute to cognitive decline.
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Certain common medications, including anti-anxiety drugs, cholesterol-lowering statins, and antihistamines, can cause memory loss and increase the risk of dementia.
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Actively engaging your brain through lifelong learning, puzzles, new experiences, and activities that challenge mental effort helps grow new neurons and maintain neuroplasticity.
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okay i think we're about ready to start
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this month's webinar
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okay this may be
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probably the most important video that a
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lot of you are ever going to see
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it's on how to keep your brain
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strong and healthy as the body because
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you know i'm all about health vitality
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and longevity and longevity let's think
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if you're lucky enough to have longevity
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but you've lost your memory what good is
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longevity
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your memories slowly fading away and
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that's tragic you know i joke my goal is
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to live to be 100 know i'm there and
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glad i'm there and that doesn't happen
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by accident these days as we get older
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the disease that's most feared is
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dementia and for good reasons it is on
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the rise and there's no meaningful
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treatment for this dreaded disease that
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robs us of our memories
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and it continues to increase every year
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you know it steals our lives it steals
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the fulfilling life
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i have people that come into my shop or
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the office and they just want a magic
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pill to help them recover their
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sharpness and feel confident their
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abilities i'd love to have that you know
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more people all the time last year
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especially it's taken its toll on so
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many people the stress the isolation and
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even the virus has triggered memory
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problems in people
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and if you're one of them you're not
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alone and i want you to know there is
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hope
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for unfortunately there's no magic pill
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but the good news is according to a ton
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of research that's been going on for
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quite a long time there's a lot we can
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do to prevent and even reverse this
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disease through natural means including
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diet and lifestyle even if it's genetic
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diet and lifestyle you've heard me say
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it it is the most powerful medicine we
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have it can be up to 95
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effective in
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some of the new research that's coming
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out from very large respected
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universities it is really clear that
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alzheimer's disease and other forms of
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dementia are strongly related to
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lifestyle choice choices things i'm
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going to tell you about here in just a
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minute regardless of what those
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commercials are telling us
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and they try to impress on you there is
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no meaningful drug therapy for
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alzheimer's disease or any form of
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dementia but there is hope
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i love how the geneticists say
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genetics load the gun but diet and
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lifestyle and epigenetics those things
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you're exposed to pulls the trigger
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choices you make every day can have a
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dramatic effect on just how you age now
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that is what i'm going to talk about
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today the latest ongoing research on
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healthy
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brain aging
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you know when i was finishing up my
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doctorate
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in clinical nutrition one of my last
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classes was in neurology we were
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studying some of the latest research on
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dr dale bredesen he's since gone on to
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write the book the end of alzheimer's
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and now his latest book a follow-up the
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first survivors of alzheimer's in their
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own words how patients recovered life
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and hope in their own words oh my gosh
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what fabulous
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stories and what it's powerful you know
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bredesen has developed programs and
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provides guidance to doctors and
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patients all over the globe truly a
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pioneer his outcome on the research was
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there's not just one cause of
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alzheimer's disease in fact you know 36
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43 there's a bunch of them and if you
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focus on just one thing one pill you're
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going to have a problem you're going to
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miss the mark it's like trying to fix a
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bad roof by replacing one shingle
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patching one hole there are potentially
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so many things that can be causing
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memory problems and diet and lifestyle
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are fundamental but also hormones you
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know there's some other things so he has
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a panel of lab tests that cover the wide
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spectrum of causes insulin inflammation
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hormones toxins sleep circulation and
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trauma injury and i'm going to tell you
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a little bit about that more later
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there's so much research and so much
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hope you know today
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and it's not just me it is it's not just
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obscure doctors here and there there are
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wonderful respected leaders
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everywhere that are giving this
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information so in addition to bredesen
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there's dr david perlmutter america's
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favorite neurologist another great
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leader in the field is dr mark hyman 14
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times best-selling author contributed to
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cbs this morning today's show i mean
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he's been on dr oz he's a contributing
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editor he preaches the same thing i'm
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going to tell you about then there's dr
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sarah godfrey lover woman doctor
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best-selling author as well
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and she like me
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had to discover the power of diet and
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lifestyle personally in fact most of
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these medical doctors came into
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functional and integrative medicine out
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of their own health crisis drugs failed
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to get them better so they had to dig
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deeper for answers and discover true
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wellness so like we all have to do if
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you really want to be well and have a
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quality of life you got to hit those
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foundational things i hope you know you
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don't wait until there's a crisis
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you can start now preventing these
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problems or at least at the first sign
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of brain fog
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memory lapses
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you know you need to start making some
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real changes to get your brain back on
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track you know where if you have brain
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fatigue you know as you get tired you
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just don't think as well
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that's an important sign and then
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finally dr kat toops he she collaborated
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with
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dale bredesen and her specialty was
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alzheimer's disease trials she herself
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recovered from dementia and significant
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cognitive impairment she knows firsthand
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and she has these nine-month trials with
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brenna said it's called the four wins
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clinical trial and they were using all
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the standardized neurocyte testing you
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know some plus some pretty advanced
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things like the neuroquant mri
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and findings suggested that dementia is
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both preventable and treatable if we can
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find and correct the cause dementia is
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not a dense sentence she says the
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earlier we get people the better the
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results and in fact in the studies she
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did 84
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improved 12 declined
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and 4 no change dr troops and others
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report that alzheimer's disease is a
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neurodegenerative disorder but it's not
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a mysterious untreatable brain disorder
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it is reversible it's a multi-system
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illness that occurs due to many factors
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you know it's a call not to give up
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it is research that gives hope
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okay
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get my little
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room to work here and we'll be all set
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well here we go
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okay so alzheimer's disease and dementia
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when they begin to develop the good news
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is that with attention to diet and
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lifestyle there's things you can do to
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start protecting your memory even
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reversing decline and we're going to be
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taking a closer look at that but first
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let's examine how the memory works
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the peak performance center states that
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memory is the mental
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function that enables you to acquire
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retain and recall sensations impressions
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informations and thoughts you've
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experienced
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you know it's just the sum total of your
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life and we need to protect that
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it's not just genetic
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and i'm going to cover lightly cover the
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key points that can vastly decrease your
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risk of memory loss even if it is
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genetic
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and i think
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we have given the wrong impression to
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the public when we say oh it's genetic
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you're doomed that simply is false with
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cancer
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we think that it's less than five to ten
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percent genetic and even then the genes
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have to be activated and with
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alzheimer's disease yes there is the
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apo4 variant
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apoe4 variant but that just increases
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your risk it's not assured a large
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percentage of people with double apoe4
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variant have no signs of dementia so
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don't let them tell you that it's
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genetic genetics may load the gun but
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remember what you do daily pulls the
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trigger the key lifestyle
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areas that we're going to have to pay
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attention to are the same ones i always
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talk about
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the rules of biology that we just cannot
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continue to break so i'm going to tell
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you what you can do
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because we want to protect these
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memories you know we gather over a
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lifetime it's all of our experiences and
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it makes up who we are and what we
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really enjoy in life
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short-term memory where it's also called
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the working memory
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is not stored permanently information
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passes from the sensory member into
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short-term memory where then and again
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it's held for about 20 to 45 seconds
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but it is here that the mind processes
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it and allows it to pass along into
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long-term memory the mind's memory bank
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long-term memory refers to
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lasting retention of information
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processed like a computer but not as
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reliable
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accessing and retrieving memories is a
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really complex
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electrochemical response that's
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dependent on a lot of variables
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so
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those variables are really important
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because you may have some hidden signs
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of aging and it's usually around age 40
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when people start taking note of subtle
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changes in their ability to multitask
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maybe to remember new information and
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that's a sign that key areas in the
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brain responsible for memory the
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hippocampus in particular starting to
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shrink or atrophy at this point
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it is typically a significant reduction
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in the connection among neurons as the
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brain changes so does behavior and so
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given the blood flow drops in most of
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the frontal cortex people most commonly
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experience declines in verbal fluency
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you know you can't think of the word you
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want they also have a harder time it is
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what they call executive functioning
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that's like planning and organizing your
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day following recipes and fixing a
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menu
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but perhaps you're wondering if this is
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simply effective aging or if there's
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anything you can do that can be done to
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protect your memory as your age
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yes there is
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the national institute of aging states
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that while there are many things about
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the aging process that could affect
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memory
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it is simply the result of an aging body
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in mind but there's still many factors
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within our control that contribute to
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memory retention including
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sleep
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reduced stress regular exercise healthy
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diet creating new experiences those are
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the ones we're going to take a closer
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look at today along with some of the
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supplements that can help
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you know we've got to keep these things
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in mind because when they get out of
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balance that can have a negative effect
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permanently on our memory so we're going
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to start out
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number one sleep
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again i've done whole radio shows on
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this and i myself had to become a real
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student of sleep i wear the aura ring
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love it
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uh o-u-r-a it's really a wonderful way
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to track your sleep so if you're not
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getting eight hours of restorative sleep
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you are increased risk for dementia your
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brain actually detoxifies as you sleep
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if you have sleep apnea that's a real
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devil it robs your brain not only the
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detoxification but also oxygen if you
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shortcut your sleep you're going to have
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memory problems not only does the brain
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detoxify but adequate sleep is necessary
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to consolidate those memories
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also it's going to be important to know
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that many of the drugs for sleep are
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suspected of increasing your risk for
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dementia ambien sonata lunesta i'm going
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to tell you more about that later
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but bottom line sleep you need it you
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can go without food and water for a long
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time but if you go off out sleep for
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even a day your body your mind really
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suffers studies show that chronic sleep
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deprivation can increase your risk of
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dementia by up to 30 percent
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so how do you get more sleep how do you
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get better sleep
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the american better sleep counsel
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suggests that you make a regular
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schedule of eight hours
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you may have to just schedule go to bed
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at 8 o'clock 9 o'clock 10 o'clock
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whatever time you have to get up back it
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up making it sleep a part of your to-do
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list planning your bedtime should be
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like any other appointment supporting
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your schedule by creating bedtime
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routine that relaxes you hot baths a
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good book soothing music
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you know you don't want to eat
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or
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have any alcohol or exercise for a
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couple hours before you sleep don't use
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a computer or a phone or a tablet
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anything with blue screens because
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that's going to stimulate your pineal
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gland it acts like caffeine
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some try stress reducing you know yoga
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stretches before bedtime or there's some
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supplements like magnesium valerian
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melatonin you know but we need sleep
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what's your biggest cause for sleep
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deprivation we gotta turn it around
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okay stress number two
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stress hormones absolutely
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contribute to cognitive decline so how
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does stress affect memory well stress
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elicits a response from the body by
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telling the brain you're in danger and
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then that body releases the hormone
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called adrenaline into the bloodstream
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you know it's like sticking your finger
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in the light socket adrenaline works to
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increase the heart rate and blood
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pressure so you can fight or fight you
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know it's it's great if you're in danger
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but a constant state of arousal can lead
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to long-term anxiety and fear have we
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not seen this this last year
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and that's going to have a negative
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effect on your memory additionally
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stress can activate the pituitary gland
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to release more acth which contributes
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to another part of the adrenal gland
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that dumps cortisol into the bloodstream
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you know the belly fat
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well cortisol can have some beneficial
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effects when it comes to relieving
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stress it binds to the brain's
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hippocampus that memory center and
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that's the one that's responsible
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converting new experiences into memory
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and you know when it does that it is
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disrupting your memory forming process
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stress hormones like cortisol are
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inflammatory to the brain and that in
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itself will impair memory and actually
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cause the brain to shrink
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last year so many people have been under
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so much stress with covet and politics
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and isolation and basically coping in
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general it's not been easy so you've got
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to make stress management a priority
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with over 75 of doctors visits being due
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to conditions caused by stress it's easy
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to see why learning some stress reducing
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techniques is really good for your
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overall health not to mention it's going
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to be a preventive measure when it comes
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to reducing your risk for developing
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dementia you know avoiding added stress
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avoiding watching the news or anything
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that's going to contribute to elevated
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stress
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you got to do it because the brain is
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like a computer when it gets overloaded
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and it can't process anymore it starts
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to delete files and it you know hobbles
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along
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incorporating daily stress reducing
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activities
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like deep belly breathing
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for five minutes is super helpful at
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rewiring the brain you know gets you out
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of the fight and flight
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helps you get into resting and digesting
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i also found you know when i tell my
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clients you take 10 deep breaths every
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time you go to the bathroom it's a
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perfect way to incorporate some of these
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techniques into
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little bitty breaks throughout the day
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you know i'm also going to give you some
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tips um
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that are going to be good at helping to
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release endorphins that's the body's
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built-in
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mood enhancer okay so exercise is going
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to help and that also helps sleep
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meditation is a perfect proven stress
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reliever that it also eases anxiety and
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when practiced regularly it's going to
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give you a feeling of well-being
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acupuncture
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has been used effectively for many
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stress-related conditions anxiety high
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blood pressure and depression so many
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things we can do
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you know and i'm going to give you a
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little guided meditation
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you know it's it is important to carve
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out time for calm
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finding stress relief for some of us is
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a continuous journey meditation is a
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great stress relieving practice and it
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can essentially be done at any time all
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you need is a few minutes and a quiet
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place
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if you're new to the concept of the
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practice try this guided meditation to
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get you started
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your mind and body is going to thank you
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so to perform this meditation find a
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comfortable position either seated in
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the chair or on the floor
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or you know if you sit you know use the
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the back cushion keep your back straight
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not rigid rest your hands and your lap
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baby palms up close your eyes
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take notice of your body
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its weight
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how it feels
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then slowly become aware of the
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sensations around you and within you
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relax any part of the body feeling tight
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breathe into the tightness
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tune into your breath
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allow it to go in and out naturally
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you might notice that your brain starts
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to wander it's natural
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just try to bring it back to the breath
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try to stay in the experience for five
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minutes
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from time to time you're gonna get lost
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in thought and when you do
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return to the breath
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you ever tried meditation
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it's really wonderful
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okay next thing
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all right exercise
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can have up to a 50
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reduction in alzheimer's risk put on
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your tennies right now according to
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harvard exercise helps memory and
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thinking through both direct and
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indirect means the benefits of exercise
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come directly from its ability to reduce
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insulin resistance reduce inflammation
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and stimulate the release of growth
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factors that bdnf i always talk about
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brain derived neurotrophic factors
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that's the chemical that actually helps
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build new brain cells the growth of new
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blood vessels in the brain and even the
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abundance and survivals of new brain
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cells
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indirectly exercise improves mood and
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sleep and reduces stress and anxiety so
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many studies have been done that the
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prefrontal cortex and the medial
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temporal context
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cortex those are the parts of the brain
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responsible for thinking and memory have
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greater volume in people who exercise
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versus those that do not
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so exercise bill's brain derived
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neurotrophic factor bdnf we call it
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miracle grow fertilizer for the brain
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you know walking briskly 30 minutes a
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day and really if you can multitask
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while you're doing that like talking or
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bouncing a ball or listening to music
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that pushes those brain synapses a
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little bit better you know get a glow
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going you want to walk like you're late
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for an appointment
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you know circulation and bdnf is great
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for the brain
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so that's going to be aerobic exercise
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now weight training a few times a week
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is also really good including upper body
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and lower body so you've got the biceps
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you want to do the triceps you want to
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do the shoulder you want to do the chest
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you want to do the back the abdomen the
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glutes the quads the calves get
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everything in there a couple times a
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week
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exercise is thought to be the most
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beneficial is aerobic exercise
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that's really good for the circulation
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but oh my gosh the weight training is
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also essential
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but they're all good you know we talk
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about aerobic and we're talking to
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anything that's going to get the heart
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pumping a little bit faster you know
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walking running cycling and dr troops
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and bredesen's trial they did strength
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training
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they did balance they did aerobics and
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then they did high intensity interval
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training a couple times a week i like to
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use the seven app for that you can
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download it it's free look for the seven
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that is orange you got it but then
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youtube has some free videos as well you
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know choose something you enjoy and then
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just schedule it in early in the day
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that's going to boost the thyroid
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function and it also feels rewarding to
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just check it off the list you know i
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love super
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slow heavy weights
21:54
but do what's right for you you know
21:57
lots of apps out there you know in this
21:59
day i think we have so many choices that
22:01
can help us but you need to find
22:03
something you got to just do something
22:05
if you need help let me know your body
22:08
simply has to move it's another one of
22:10
those rules of biology and another way
22:13
to boost your memory is through a
22:14
healthy diet you know i had to say it
22:17
diet is everything diet just like
22:20
exercise and stress relief and improve
22:22
sleep that's going to help protect and
22:24
build memory and diet is really
22:27
important too a ucla study
22:30
that was published in the american
22:32
journal of geriatric psychology found
22:35
that the
22:36
mediterranean diet is one of the main
22:39
lifestyle factors that can keep the
22:41
brain from developing the toxic plaque
22:45
and tangles associated with development
22:47
of alzheimer's disease
22:49
plaque
22:50
that refers to those toxic
22:53
proteins called beta amyloid in the
22:56
brain
22:57
that's it is present in alzheimer's
22:59
disease but
23:01
it's associated it's not the cause it's
23:05
associated there's a lot of people with
23:07
plaque that have no alzheimer's disease
23:09
so when we go back to the mediterranean
23:11
diet what comes to mind
23:13
you know in in tubes clinical trial that
23:16
they found that a mild state of ketosis
23:19
gave even better results so the number
23:22
one recommendation i have is to start
23:25
with a lower carbohydrate diet with an
23:27
extended overnight fast and that really
23:30
enhanced memory function you know my
23:32
show a few weeks ago is about
23:33
intermittent fasting so you can go back
23:35
and listen to that so you can get all
23:37
the benefits from the intermittent
23:39
fasting and the recommendation is to
23:41
really work up to 14 to 16 hours a day
23:44
where you don't eat most days and then
23:46
also do not eat three hours before
23:48
bedtime that way your body is not
23:51
digesting it's detoxifying so for
23:54
example you could take your last bite at
23:56
6 pm and then maybe you don't eat again
23:58
until maybe 9 10 o'clock the next day
24:01
since sleep takes up about 8 hours
24:03
that's pretty easy to accomplish work up
24:05
to it if that's appropriate for you now
24:08
intermittent fasting is really coming on
24:10
strong because of all of the amazing
24:14
benefits that i talked about in my
24:16
podcast by radio show you know the diet
24:18
recommendation is really to eat a lot of
24:21
colorful vegetables
24:23
and low to no grains and no sugar you
24:26
know we eliminate all the processed
24:28
foods and while i'm talking about what
24:30
to avoid i should just point out we want
24:34
to avoid food sprayed with glyphosate
24:36
roundup mostly gmo foods glyphosate
24:40
roundup destroys a lot of the healthy
24:43
bacteria in our gut so you want to buy
24:45
organic we're going to talk about this
24:46
we'll get to the toxins later but this
24:49
change is not only good for us but it
24:51
also
24:52
keeps our farmers from being exposed to
24:54
these toxic chemicals and of course it's
24:55
toxic to us as well so when you're
24:58
making these changes it's easier to
24:59
think about what you can eat rather than
25:01
what you can't you just shop the
25:03
perimeter of the grocery store and try
25:06
to read the the ingredient list you know
25:08
on processed foods it's going to drive
25:10
you crazy and it's going to be
25:11
overwhelming but if you just shop the
25:13
perimeter
25:15
fresh produce and meat section you're
25:17
golden you know what researchers find is
25:19
certainly interesting people to that
25:21
adhere to this mediterranean type diet
25:24
is associated with a larger amount of
25:27
gray matter in the medial temporal
25:29
portions of the brain that's where the
25:31
hippocampus is and the brain's memory
25:33
center better memory less amyloid less
25:36
tau protein in comparison to those
25:39
that were less involved with the
25:41
mediterranean diet interestingly
25:43
these relationships persist persisted
25:46
even though
25:47
researchers corrected for the genetic
25:49
status of apoe4
25:52
so
25:53
it just surpasses genetics so pretty
25:56
nice so what do you think of when you
25:58
hear about the mediterranean diet
26:01
hopefully it's not bread and pasta
26:04
grains and starches equal sugar so we
26:08
really need to be cautious of that
26:09
refined carbohydrates and sugar and
26:12
sugars raise glucose and insulin and
26:15
that
26:15
causes a spike in the brain so over time
26:19
that's going to lead to insulin
26:20
resistance and damage the blood vessels
26:22
in the brain area responsible for memory
26:26
we call it dementia type 3 diabetes so
26:30
we want to limit breads grains and sugar
26:33
to control these spikes
26:35
focus more on food staples colorful
26:38
vegetables and fruits olive oil nuts and
26:41
seeds legumes and beans and herbs and
26:44
spices and wild caught fish and
26:46
pasture-raised
26:48
poultry
26:50
occasional red meat but also grass-fed
26:53
and some eggs and cheese for your
26:55
protein a good diet with lots of
26:57
vegetables decreases inflammation and
27:00
just about every other chronic disease
27:02
you can imagine other
27:04
important concepts that studies include
27:08
that time restricted eating
27:10
so you know the diet and the time
27:12
restricted eating cornerstone is the
27:14
healthiest diet so limit your food
27:16
intake to about eight maybe 10 hours a
27:19
day and um you know in a nutshell what
27:22
this does is it helps promote autophagy
27:26
and
27:27
what that is it's just like pruning out
27:30
the old the damaged cells and when you
27:33
do that new ones come back that reduces
27:36
inflammation including neuro
27:38
inflammation
27:40
okay number five
27:42
toxins
27:43
dementogens is what many toxins are
27:46
being
27:47
labeled now i'm going to dig into the
27:49
research on those toxins that we're
27:51
hearing about you know we've heard about
27:53
obesogens those are environmental toxins
27:56
that make you gain weight make you obese
27:58
then we all know about carcinogens you
28:00
know the ones that cause cancer but what
28:02
about dementogens
28:04
these compounds can cause dementia
28:07
including these are thousands of
28:10
chemicals that have entered our
28:11
environment since world war ii when
28:13
germany's chemical warfare was
28:16
repurposed for our agricultural purposes
28:19
pesticides
28:21
applied to kill pests in the plant
28:24
can also destroy our cells when we eat
28:26
that food so eat organic our bodies were
28:29
never designed to detoxify the myriad of
28:32
toxins we're exposed to daily i suggest
28:34
becoming really familiar with apps you
28:37
can look up anything one is called skin
28:40
deep and the other one is think dirty a
28:43
really great website is the
28:45
environmental working group
28:47
ewg.org
28:49
all those you can scan the barcode and
28:52
see if it's a good product to use or not
28:54
you know put your detective cap on and
28:56
look for all the potential exposures you
28:58
may have that's going to include
29:00
cosmetics household cleaners yard
29:03
chemicals you know
29:04
candles even anything that you smell you
29:08
drink you put on your skin
29:10
toxic air food water our biology our
29:13
biology just can't adapt that fast so if
29:16
you're taking in more toxins then your
29:18
body can process that spells trouble
29:21
sooner or later and neurological health
29:24
is very sensitive and it's a problematic
29:27
area for these toxins you know we look
29:29
at children and adhd and autism spectrum
29:32
disorder intelligence everything is
29:34
changing for the worse
29:36
the root cause
29:39
21st century disease requires 21st
29:42
century treatment
29:44
doctors bredesen heilman or hyman pearl
29:48
mudder eamon gottfried tupes leaders in
29:51
functional medicine that are reversing
29:54
alzheimer's disease yes actually
29:57
reversing
29:59
excuse me however
30:01
it's exciting it's not just one pill it
30:03
can be many things dr bredesen's
30:06
original research found that there were
30:07
many factors and it can require
30:11
a change in your whole personal
30:13
environment you know patching one whole
30:15
like i said isn't going to do it you
30:17
know this is when i tell people you know
30:20
they've given up sugar and they think
30:22
they should be feeling great and maybe
30:23
they're not but if you're sitting on
30:26
three tacks
30:27
and you only remove one
30:29
are you gonna feel better is aspirin
30:31
gonna help nope you've got to remove all
30:34
the tax you know we're talking about all
30:37
these things the dementogens and sleep
30:39
and stress and diet and exercise and
30:42
with the brain
30:43
you know early on you may call it brain
30:45
fog senior moments forgetfulness fatigue
30:49
it's just a brain that's not well
30:52
but it can get better just like any
30:53
other condition but it takes work and it
30:55
requires change of diet and lifestyle
30:58
bredesen wrote the book the end of
31:00
alzheimer's and several studies and
31:02
trials that have been completed that
31:05
show
31:05
benefits improvements and over 84 of the
31:09
people who made the changes necessary
31:12
you know removing the root cause and
31:14
improving diet and lifestyle not
31:16
overnight sometimes it takes a few
31:19
months to see improvement
31:21
but declining function stops fast and
31:24
then it begins to reverse how exciting
31:27
there is not a single drug on the market
31:30
out there that is going to reverse or
31:32
stop it it may slow it down i don't know
31:34
if that's good okay
31:36
you know and some of these people are
31:37
six to eight years out from the initial
31:39
study and they're showing sustained
31:41
improvement you know there's a book i'll
31:43
tell you about a little bit that is
31:45
their stories they're talking about
31:47
they're they're on the website you know
31:49
executives that were able to go back to
31:51
work even start new businesses now that
31:54
is wonderful that's miraculous you know
31:57
and for us women
31:58
it's even more important because we got
32:01
to get handle on this we are more than
32:03
twice as likely to develop it as men we
32:06
live longer you know but the last days
32:09
to be in confusion or the last decade to
32:11
be in confusion in fact women are at
32:14
greater risk for dementia than breast
32:17
cancer over a lifetime so the sooner we
32:19
clear out the diet and lifestyle errors
32:21
that you know and begin to avoid and
32:24
detoxify those harmful chemicals and
32:27
enhance better brain function a lot
32:29
better
32:30
an exposure can start even before you're
32:32
born
32:33
shocking fact that according to the red
32:36
cross
32:37
newborn umbilical cord toxins were 208
32:43
210 were neurotoxins
32:47
and that was 10 years ago conventional
32:49
physicians don't even look at this
32:52
you know and that amyloid plaque that
32:54
was once thought to be the cause of
32:56
alzheimer's disease
32:57
now what we think
32:59
that is because those toxins are
33:01
inflammatory
33:03
and the amyloid plaque may actually be a
33:06
protective response
33:08
possibly
33:09
antimicrobial and it may actually bind
33:11
to the toxins as a protective agent you
33:14
know we've watched drug trials that were
33:16
effective at removing the amyloid the
33:20
disease actually worsened it sped up the
33:23
decline
33:24
so we don't want to do that plaque is a
33:27
byproduct not a cause toxins can
33:30
absolutely be part of the cause and some
33:32
of these toxins include metals and
33:35
that's mercury that's lead that's
33:37
cadmium that's arsenic but also fluoride
33:41
and radon gras and the fluoride can be
33:43
in your toothpaste radon gas
33:46
air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide
33:48
nitrogen dioxide ozone carbon monoxide
33:51
and so many more then you've got the
33:52
organic chemicals that we talked about a
33:54
little bit these are pesticides but
33:56
they're also paint thinners petroleum
33:58
products there's plastics and
34:00
phthalates cosmetics you've got bpa
34:04
bisphenol a but all the plastic not just
34:07
a it's widely used to make plastics
34:09
found in food storage containers dental
34:12
sealants sealants flame retardants and
34:14
even baby bottles
34:17
ddt scientists have found a strong link
34:20
between pesticides and parkinson's
34:23
disease and alzheimer's and so much more
34:26
go to ewg.org
34:28
for a more complete listing
34:31
now another kind of toxin that is really
34:33
important to be aware of
34:35
biotoxins these are produced by bacteria
34:40
molds
34:41
viruses and they can contribute to
34:44
cognitive decline and pathology of
34:47
alzheimer's we know lyme's disease
34:50
epstein-barr virus to name a couple but
34:53
now covid has left many with lasting
34:56
brain fatigue many researchers are just
34:58
watching and waiting to see a big crease
35:00
in dementia following covet dental
35:02
infections and gum bacteria are critical
35:06
and there's a product that was
35:08
recommended called dental cyto and then
35:10
there's a wash dentist love the results
35:14
you know if you've got a lot of bacteria
35:16
in your mouth the porous cribiform plate
35:19
allows migration into the brain
35:22
you don't want to do that
35:24
okay so you know i've got to touch on
35:27
diet pop so bad for the brain
35:29
researchers in boston crunched the
35:31
numbers and found that people who
35:32
consume diet soda are nearly three times
35:35
more likely to experience stroke and
35:37
dementia
35:38
vascular issues
35:40
you know we really have to have
35:44
independent research because 100 of the
35:46
studies done by the artificial sweetener
35:48
companies find this beneficial
35:51
100 of the independent independent
35:53
research finds it's bad that's why we
35:55
need independent research where nobody's
35:58
hands are in the pocket
36:00
and i just want to touch once again on
36:02
glyphosate roundup
36:04
that doesn't affect our biology directly
36:08
but indirectly because it affects our
36:10
microbiome
36:12
and when you're messing with that you're
36:13
increasing inflammation oxidative stress
36:16
in the gut and in the brain
36:18
microbiome is powerful we've talked
36:21
about that a lot in all my shows
36:23
hormones gatekeepers of inflammation
36:26
european union and the world health
36:28
organization has implicated glyphosate
36:31
in cancer so we want to avoid it by
36:34
eating organic and non-gmo
36:37
these bacteria process the toxins that
36:40
can make them even more or less toxic
36:43
you know and you can even get a urine
36:45
test to see what your level of
36:47
glyphosate is i think it's a good thing
36:50
so finally i want to touch on some drugs
36:53
that are very common drugs in our
36:56
environment that can cause memory loss
36:58
be sure to consult your health care
37:00
professional your doctor before stopping
37:03
or reducing the dosage of any
37:04
prescription sudden withdrawal can
37:06
trigger serious side effects my infer my
37:10
point here is just to educate you so
37:12
always use your health care professional
37:15
and
37:16
they need to be aware of the process
37:19
but some of the drugs i'm going to
37:20
discuss can result up to a 50 increase
37:24
odds of dementia according to
37:26
observational study published recently
37:28
in the peer-reviewed jama
37:31
the internal medicine journal so class
37:34
of drugs really implicated are the
37:36
anti-cholinergic
37:38
according to mayo
37:40
that is really important because that's
37:42
the neurotransmitter in your brain
37:44
acetylcholine and it blocks that and
37:47
that's essential for processing your
37:49
brain so doctors describe prescribe
37:52
these drugs for a lot of different
37:55
conditions you know not only chronic
37:57
obstructive pulmonary disease but
37:59
bladder conditions gotta go gotta go
38:02
allergies gastrointestinal disorders and
38:05
symptoms of parkinson's disease
38:08
so don't dismiss forgetfulness and
38:10
mental confusion as a normal part of
38:12
aging
38:14
scientists researchers and doctors all
38:16
over
38:17
now no memory loss as you get older is
38:20
no
38:21
by no means inevitable indeed forget
38:24
what we learned
38:26
years ago in school
38:28
that
38:28
you had so many brain cells we now know
38:31
we can grow new brain cells reshape
38:34
their connections throughout life never
38:36
accept less so the first category are
38:39
the anti-anxiety drugs
38:42
benzodiazepines they have a sedative
38:44
effect so that's going to be xanax
38:46
librium clonopin adivan
38:49
restoril
38:50
halcyon
38:52
benzodiazepines are used also in
38:54
anesthesia for this very reason you know
38:57
they want you to be able to forget i
38:59
know a formerly very very dynamic woman
39:03
whose memory was devastated by
39:06
anesthesia
39:07
immediately she knew it
39:10
next next one cholesterol drugs lipitor
39:12
quest or so core they can cause memory
39:15
loss drugs that lower cholesterol can
39:18
impair memory and other mental processes
39:20
by depleting the brain levels of
39:22
cholesterol as well as the underlying
39:25
memory and learning you know the brain
39:28
it's about a quarter of the body's
39:30
cholesterol you've got to have
39:32
cholesterol for the brain a study
39:34
published in pharmacology or i'm sorry
39:36
pharmacotherapy in 2009 found that three
39:39
out of four people using these drugs
39:41
experienced adverse cognitive effects
39:45
probably
39:46
or definitely related to the drug in
39:49
february 2012 the fda ordered a drug
39:52
companies to add a new warning label
39:55
about possible memory problems to
39:58
prescribing statins
40:00
then you've got anti-seizure drugs
40:03
and they're also used for nerve pain
40:05
bipolar disorder mood disorder you know
40:08
diamox tegritol gabapentin like like
40:11
here
40:13
why
40:14
lyrica and topamax and depakote
40:17
antidepressant drugs tricyclic
40:20
antidepressants are prescribed for
40:22
depression and anxiety
40:25
obsessive-compulsive even sleeping or
40:27
smoking cessation and even menstrual
40:30
cramps cramps and hot flashes ellaville
40:34
cinequal quan
40:36
tophernil about 35 of adults taking them
40:39
reports some degree of memory impairment
40:41
and about 54
40:43
report having difficulty concentrating
40:46
then you have narcotic painkillers the
40:48
opioids fentanyl
40:50
vicodin morphine and oxycontin then
40:53
you've got parkinson's drugs uh the
40:55
dopamine
40:56
agonists they're going to treat
40:59
parkinson's disease so
41:01
mirapex and requip those are also
41:04
associated hypertension drugs or beta
41:06
blockers slow the heart rate lower blood
41:08
pressure um treat glaucoma tremors
41:13
to norman coral reg low pressure toprol
41:16
and endurol
41:18
sleeping aids
41:20
yeah
41:20
non-benzodiazepine
41:23
sedatives they're hypnotics
41:25
lunesta sonata ambien big time
41:29
uh incontinence drugs one's for
41:31
overactive bladder
41:33
detrol is one of them anablex
41:37
2006 study of oxybutanin er for example
41:41
found the effects on memory to be
41:43
comparable to 10 years of cognitive
41:46
aging in other words the study put it
41:49
we're transforming these people from
41:51
functioning like 67 year olds to 77 year
41:56
olds and then antihistamines like
41:58
benatril can inhibit the action of
42:00
acetylcholine there again that's the one
42:02
that works on the memory
42:04
another one that's kind of controversial
42:06
are ppis proton pump inhibitors for the
42:10
stomach prilosec protonix prevacid
42:13
nexium
42:15
those turn down the stomach acid
42:18
and
42:19
can have a significant risk of
42:22
incident of dementia compared to
42:24
patients who do not take the medication
42:26
but that could be cause of the b12
42:29
deficiency caused by the medication we
42:31
don't know more
42:33
studies need to be done again this
42:35
program is only for education so if
42:38
you're on any of these medications
42:40
and think you might be having some side
42:42
effects discuss it with your doctor i
42:44
highly encourage you to do the diet and
42:46
lifestyle choices that you know are
42:47
going to be helpful and dr bredesen has
42:50
a fantastic set of labs in his recode
42:55
program that i'll tell you about in a
42:56
minute and you can find that online
42:58
to help you fine-tune your approach
43:01
so those are the toxins that can affect
43:03
your memory but what else can you do to
43:06
help your memory
43:08
exercise your brain
43:11
you know we've gotten so used to using
43:13
our computers and you know our tablets
43:16
and everything we've gotten so passive
43:17
our brain doesn't have to do anything
43:19
and your brain is like a muscle and you
43:21
don't use it it's gonna shrink it's
43:23
gonna atrophy and you know you to
43:25
exercise it you've got to keep it moving
43:28
so how do you exercise your memory by
43:31
engaging your brain in activities that
43:34
make it work increase your mental effort
43:36
every day you know in this day and age
43:38
we really have become so dependent you
43:41
know you don't have to memorize anything
43:43
you can just like take a picture of it
43:45
or jot it down and it's everything you
43:48
know we're not going to get rid of our
43:49
phones that's for sure so we've got to
43:51
do other things that are going to help
43:52
increase our memory so in an effort to
43:54
increase your memory and reduce the risk
43:57
for developing alzheimer's disease or
43:59
any form of dementia it's important to
44:02
play an active role
44:04
in how you exercise your memory
44:07
so
44:07
let's look at some great memory boosting
44:10
exercises to try you know you can grow
44:13
new neurons by stimulating them
44:16
remember also that physical exercise and
44:19
memory or in meditation both increase
44:22
bdnf brain-derived neurotrophic factor
44:25
but making new brain synapses you know
44:28
exercising the brain crossword puzzles
44:30
suduko i love the app brain hq you just
44:34
do a little exercise every night and
44:37
there's another one called elevate has
44:39
great exercises that improve but also
44:41
listening to music putting together
44:43
puzzles helps the brain grow
44:46
even table tennis can stimulate the
44:49
brain's pathways brain exercise
44:51
encourages brain plasticity they call it
44:54
neuroplasticity you know we're not just
44:57
born with a set amount of brain cells
45:00
we know that's now not true the brain
45:02
can become more efficient and capable as
45:04
we get older so you have to work at it
45:07
lifelong learning you know always
45:10
learning new things is linked to a lower
45:13
risk of dementia memorizing keeps the
45:15
brain learning and growing anything that
45:18
requires you to stretch
45:20
and grow
45:22
is great for the brain interesting they
45:24
test mental
45:26
test sharp centenarians on cognitive
45:28
health and they even though if they have
45:30
a lot of amyloid plaque they still have
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great mental condition interesting isn't
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it you know that's why the drugs that
45:37
clear the amyloid plaque do not help the
45:39
people boy there's so much we don't know
45:41
but we do know
45:42
exercising the brain and the body is
45:44
essential you rest your rest so do
45:47
something you enjoy
45:48
keep involved in life read books rather
45:51
than watch tv passively don't do the
45:54
same thing all the time you gotta kind
45:56
of keep shaking it up as soon as
45:58
something becomes
46:00
broke as soon as something becomes too
46:01
easy take it up a notch try something
46:03
new you've got to do that to kind of
46:05
state super sharp
46:07
you know in those apps the brain hq dr
46:10
troops work the average increase was 24
46:15
improvement in that app
46:17
so you know you might want to test your
46:19
own recall make a list of grocery items
46:22
things to do or anything else that comes
46:25
to mind memorize it
46:27
an hour later see how many things you
46:30
can recall
46:31
studies show that learning something new
46:34
and complex
46:35
over a longer period of time is ideal
46:37
for the aging mind do math in your head
46:40
figure out problems without a pencil or
46:42
paper definitely not a computer what's
46:44
more rich vocabulary keep learning new
46:47
words or a new language that's fabulous
46:51
you know creating word pictures
46:52
visualizing the spelling of a word in
46:54
your head then try it and think of any
46:56
other words that can bend with or end
46:58
with the same two letters draw a map
47:01
from memory after returning home from
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visiting a new place try to draw a map
47:05
of the area repeat this exercise each
47:08
time you visit a new location challenge
47:10
your taste buds when eating try to
47:12
identify every individual ingredient in
47:15
your meal
47:16
subtle herbs subtle spices refined your
47:19
hand eye coordination you know so if
47:21
you're always doing brushing your teeth
47:23
with your right hand brush it with your
47:24
left hand you know learn a new sport
47:27
start doing
47:29
an athletic exercise that utilizes both
47:31
the money and bra the body and the mind
47:33
like yoga golf tennis you know anything
47:37
find something if you don't like it try
47:39
something new
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okay so as i promised i'm going to give
47:42
you supplements now
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that
47:45
show up glowingly in research but also
47:49
ones that have been proven through the
47:50
test of time many from ayurvedic
47:53
medicine four to five thousand years in
47:57
the making i'd say that's a pretty good
47:59
safety trial period
48:01
so some of these supplements
48:03
may be giving us a shortcut to success
48:06
they're the ones that are used by these
48:09
pioneers in the field that i've referred
48:11
to um
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not just on some random website from
48:15
people and companies that you've never
48:16
heard of or just out there to make a
48:18
quick buck you know these are the ones
48:19
that have been put together by doctors
48:21
pearl mudder and hyman and bredesen and
48:24
godfrey to naiman and tupes and many
48:26
other colleagues that i am proud to be
48:28
professionally associated with most of
48:30
them are involved in the field of
48:32
nutrition because of personal conditions
48:36
they had that made them realize that
48:38
true health can't be gotten from drugs
48:40
in most cases you know it's through the
48:42
choices we make every day in our diet
48:44
and lifestyle you know you've got so
48:47
much in your own hands so just a few
48:50
caveats before i go into the supplements
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okay
48:53
the brain is growing until about age 25
48:57
when it begins to shrink at age 35
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and that rate
49:02
increases
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exponentially after age 70 yikes so you
49:08
can't start too soon that memory area
49:11
that little hippocampus
49:12
takes the biggest hip hit
49:15
decline in memory slower decision making
49:17
ability and being less creative
49:20
so you might want to get a pencil and
49:22
paper take some notes because i'm going
49:23
to give you some valuable information on
49:26
supplements
49:27
but first
49:29
supplements cannot replace those other
49:32
six things
49:33
you've got to have a good diet good
49:35
lifestyle you know they're designed to
49:37
supplement and fill in the cracks
49:41
that
49:42
we may have due to depleted top soil or
49:45
you know we've got all this industrial
49:47
harmony farming that's just like killed
49:49
the soil or we may just have
49:51
biologically
49:53
higher needs for certain supplements and
49:56
some supplements a deficiency can
49:58
absolutely cause dementia b12 b1 b3 b6
50:02
vitamin d vitamin c vitamin e magnesium
50:05
zinc copper iron fish oil coq10
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absolutely can cause different kinds of
50:10
dementia
50:12
there is no one-size-fits-all but there
50:15
are some basics
50:16
and they include magnesium
50:19
300 different biochemical functions in
50:23
the body
50:24
80 of americans don't have enough
50:27
magnesium
50:28
melatonin research shows that it can
50:31
repair the blood-brain barrier
50:33
our own biological production decreases
50:35
as we get older and that could be why
50:37
you're not sleeping well
50:39
both magnesium and melatonin help us
50:41
sleep good natural restorative sleep
50:43
that is essential for a good brain you
50:45
can't get good sleep with sedating drugs
50:48
we covered that under the dementogens
50:51
another one we need
50:53
dha fatty acids from omega-3 fish
50:57
you get a lot from certain fish but most
51:00
people
51:01
don't get enough and here in the midwest
51:03
we are farmers not fishermen we don't
51:05
even like fish for the most part you
51:07
know so you'll probably need to
51:08
supplement but omega-3s have to include
51:12
epa and dha you want to look on that epa
51:15
dha needs to equal a thousand you know
51:18
it's anti-inflammatory and our brain
51:20
needs that fat it is primarily fat we
51:22
need lots of good healthy fat
51:25
dha is super important for a healthy
51:29
brain to age you know for one thing it
51:32
increases bdnf bdnf like i said
51:35
fertilizer for new healthy brain cells
51:37
vegetarians or vegans really need it and
51:40
they don't get dha from plants you need
51:43
a special supplement a vegetarian one
51:46
that comes comes from algae
51:47
you know healthy brains are really rich
51:49
in dha studies show that older people
51:53
who retain a lot of mental sharpness
51:56
have very high levels of vitamins or dha
51:59
the fat in their brain so dha has got to
52:02
be on your list but it's got to be
52:04
quality pharmaceutical grade not
52:06
rancid
52:07
don't go for the cheap stuff that is not
52:10
good at all
52:11
b12 we know that definitely can cause
52:14
cognitive decline best test for that is
52:17
not b12 test that's going to be mma
52:20
that's the metabolite not the malonic
52:22
acid another one folate b9 from dark
52:26
green leafy vegetables lowers the risk
52:28
of alzheimer disease lab test on that is
52:30
homocysteine if your level is greater
52:32
than 14 your risk is doubled for
52:35
alzheimer's disease i've had people say
52:37
that they were tested for b12 or folate
52:39
and lab tests they were high they didn't
52:41
test mma or homocysteine you know that's
52:44
just the vitamin levels in their blood
52:46
you know they could be high in the serum
52:48
that just means the liver isn't
52:49
processing it and it's getting backed up
52:51
you need to know mma methyl malonic acid
52:54
and homocysteine downstream byproducts
52:57
of the metabolism those vitamins are
52:59
also water soluble and harmless
53:03
so the sixth thing we probably are all
53:06
low in if you don't have supplement it
53:08
is vitamin d
53:10
slash hormone d it's involved 300 800
53:14
different genetic pathways depends on
53:16
where you look essential for brain
53:18
health the entire body you know vitamin
53:20
d is activated and is active throughout
53:24
the gut microbiome very few of us get
53:26
enough you know it's another one of
53:28
those eighty percent of us are a
53:29
deficient mark hyman describes it like
53:32
your wi-fi signal all over your body it
53:34
has receptors and it sends out it enters
53:37
the nucleus and it affects the bones in
53:39
the brain and it's linked to fewer
53:41
tumors better cardiovascular health
53:43
better thyroid health better insulin
53:45
function and the brain it helps it
53:49
use insulin better wow it basically
53:52
changes the programming for the cells
53:54
for the good and it's made from
53:56
cholesterol so low fat high carb diet is
53:59
absolutely horrible for the brain in yet
54:01
another way you know so those are the
54:04
basic six that you can pretty much get
54:06
in these two vitamins ultra preventive
54:09
two daily plus barlene's omega-3 one and
54:12
done
54:13
so then there are the basic blood tests
54:16
uh to see where you're at you know ask
54:18
me about them you can also um
54:20
you know we we carry these they're not
54:22
expensive but super super important now
54:25
i'm going to go into some really cool
54:27
supplements that target brain health
54:30
whole coffee fruit concentrate
54:34
it's the fruit like a berry it's not the
54:37
coffee bean
54:39
we're still learning and studying this
54:41
but
54:42
once we started learning about dbdnf we
54:45
went over all the plants to see what can
54:47
boost bdnf
54:49
whole coffee fruit
54:51
increases bdnf
54:54
143
54:57
exercise only increases at 10 to 14
55:01
percent
55:02
dosage 100 milligram
55:04
no downside no caffeine taken in the
55:07
evening and then you let it work through
55:09
the night
55:10
another one turmeric the curcumin
55:12
extract you know it's my favorite
55:14
favorite herb favorite spice it's
55:16
anti-inflammatory
55:17
you know if you only had one this is it
55:20
has multiple positive effects on genes
55:23
corrects inflammation blood sugar
55:26
interacts with towel fibrils it reduces
55:29
amyloid formation in the brain india has
55:32
less alzheimer's disease and is a much
55:34
older age but they put turmeric in
55:36
everything teaspoons every meal
55:39
curry chai tea every day their whole
55:41
life they consume a lot of it
55:43
i take it every day i swear by it i love
55:45
it extra strength curement is really my
55:49
favorite thing in the whole shop i
55:50
combine it with b-mobile to keep my
55:52
joints in great shape okay another thing
55:54
to talk about mct oil i talk a lot about
55:59
it in my intermittent fasting show but
56:02
in trials it shows significant
56:04
improvement in patients with alzheimer's
56:07
disease it's broken down easily and it
56:09
provides a really good fuel source for
56:12
the brain
56:13
another thing my one of my favorite
56:16
beverages plain old organic coffee great
56:20
for breakfast with breakfast but you
56:23
have to make sure it's organic coffee
56:24
tends to be grown in countries where
56:26
they're not governed for pesticide
56:28
herbicide fungicide
56:30
use and most coffees are just polluted
56:32
with it you know when we come to
56:34
avoiding toxins we really need to watch
56:37
this stuff but in coffee in general
56:39
large studies have shows it's associated
56:41
with a lower alzheimer's disease risk
56:43
probably because of all the antioxidant
56:45
polyphenol compounds that also nurtures
56:48
the gut microbiome and detoxification
56:50
pathways and is anti-inflammatory
56:52
you know the caffeine actually activates
56:54
some genes that reduce production of
56:57
amyloid plaque along with turmeric and
57:00
the cruciferous vegetables it activates
57:03
200 gene pathways to aid detoxification
57:08
and reduce inflammation so be too assure
57:11
to avoid it past noon you know you don't
57:14
want it to interfere with those good
57:15
eight hours of sleep and it can
57:19
another thing probiotics you gotta reset
57:21
the balance in the gut
57:23
with gmo foods preservatives and
57:26
antibiotic meat we need to be reseeding
57:28
all the time you know we
57:31
fiber that we're going to be eating
57:32
great diversity better health prebiotic
57:35
fibers are going to give them a lot of
57:37
what they need to flourish so keep those
57:40
vegetable fibers going in
57:42
now here are dr bredesen's core
57:45
supplements they're included in his
57:48
recode program i'm beyond thrilled to
57:51
now have them and offer them at the shop
57:54
because they contain all those nutrients
57:56
they're designed for brain enhancement
58:00
and to give you that beneficial edge you
58:02
know i think we're all welcome a brain
58:05
with faster processing speed better
58:07
recall improved vocabulary
58:10
more brain power to solve problems of
58:13
today you know the category of new
58:16
trophics is exciting new tropics are
58:20
nutrients that protect the brain enhance
58:23
its natural abilities and help improve
58:25
mental functioning learning memory and
58:29
basically the longevity of the brain
58:30
keeping it nice and plump and you know
58:33
working well so if they call you a fat
58:35
head that's good you want to make sure
58:37
you've got lots of good healthy fats
58:39
first one uh phosphatidylserine is
58:42
included that's a special type of fat
58:44
that keeps the brain
58:45
the cell membranes working and
58:47
communicating well studies and research
58:50
suggests it can provide memory support
58:54
for dementia or alzheimer's it can
58:56
improve mood memory decrease chronic
58:59
stress and even improve adhd symptoms
59:03
also included ginkgo biloba been used
59:05
for thousands of years for various
59:08
health purposes enhances blood flow to
59:10
the brain may improve cognition and
59:13
processing speed
59:16
l-theanine can improve focus
59:19
cognitive function
59:20
verbal fluency executive function sleep
59:24
anxiety depression giving you that sense
59:27
of calm
59:29
overall it's an excellent choice for
59:31
people who want to minimize stress and
59:33
anxiety while improving focus and mental
59:36
alertness
59:37
this next one
59:38
kerperzine a or they call it poop a
59:42
a big one
59:44
if your memory is worrying you it's what
59:46
they call the cognitive enhancer and it
59:49
helps to prevent mental decline by
59:52
inhibiting the enzyme that breaks down
59:55
the acetylcholine makes
59:57
neurotransmitters more available
59:59
promotes better communication within the
1:00:01
brain hubei
1:00:03
is also used to help people already
1:00:06
suffering from alzheimer's you know
1:00:07
studies show that hupay serves as a
1:00:09
protector of the brain preventing damage
1:00:12
that can worsen mental function causing
1:00:14
decline
1:00:16
all while supporting memory and
1:00:17
concentration another one
1:00:20
vimpocitine
1:00:22
it's it's uh
1:00:24
i've got that growing right outside it's
1:00:26
used to increase blood flow and
1:00:28
metabolism in the brain improve memory
1:00:30
cognitive function studies have shown
1:00:33
significant improvement in concentration
1:00:36
and memory so whether you're a student
1:00:38
looking to enhance retention
1:00:40
someone hoping to excel at work you know
1:00:43
those young upstarts are giving you a
1:00:45
run for your money or just a busy parent
1:00:48
trying to run a household and getting
1:00:50
pulled in a million directions and
1:00:51
you're stressed or someone in a middle
1:00:53
age wanting to stay sharp at the office
1:00:55
or a senior beginning to feel
1:00:58
brain fatigue
1:01:00
senior moments
1:01:02
you know you got to be nourishing and
1:01:04
using supportive natural supplements and
1:01:07
that can really help in addition to the
1:01:09
six things that i covered the diet the
1:01:11
exercise the sleep the stress management
1:01:13
the toxin avoidance and braid exercise
1:01:16
you may want some new tropic ingredients
1:01:20
so dr bredesen's
1:01:23
core supplements it's going to have the
1:01:25
multi it's going to have the omega-3 but
1:01:28
then it's going to have a special blend
1:01:29
of probiotics and a morning and evening
1:01:34
blend one for energizing one for
1:01:36
relaxing
1:01:38
then he has some specific ones if you do
1:01:40
his test you'll be put in subcategories
1:01:43
his subcategory type one it's the
1:01:45
inflammatory so it's got a lot of things
1:01:48
in there that really help inflammation
1:01:50
bromelain quercetin
1:01:53
tart cherry so noisy inflammation
1:01:55
arthritis gi distress or silent
1:01:58
inflammation heart disease blood
1:02:00
pressure diabetes
1:02:02
1.5 is the glycotoxic blood sugar so
1:02:06
it's got chromium and fenugreek and
1:02:08
gymnema and biloba and good cola and
1:02:12
alpha lipoic acid and holy basil and
1:02:14
vanadium a whole bunch of other things
1:02:16
it's designed for blood sugar or insulin
1:02:19
situations
1:02:20
atrophic type 2
1:02:23
lions maid extract acetyl carnitine gota
1:02:26
cola green coffee whole fruit
1:02:29
good for low hormone situations estrogen
1:02:32
progesterone thyroid anti-aging
1:02:35
brain
1:02:36
youth
1:02:38
type three is going to be toxin so it's
1:02:40
going to have
1:02:41
aids to detoxify selenium and zinc and c
1:02:45
and a and dandelion and acetyl cysteine
1:02:47
taurine turmeric barberry on and on and
1:02:50
on resveratrol
1:02:51
designed to aid elimination of toxins
1:02:54
all the dementogens the liver may need
1:02:56
help getting rid of
1:02:58
type 4 is vascular this is going to be
1:03:01
the old senility one so we're working on
1:03:03
the blood vessels vitamin a and chromium
1:03:05
and beet root and carrot and ginkgo and
1:03:07
grape seed and bilberry and lutein
1:03:09
zeaxanthin you know so many things are
1:03:11
going to help that micro circulation in
1:03:13
the heart and the brain you know if the
1:03:16
ear has a lateral crease that may be an
1:03:18
indication that the micro circulation is
1:03:21
in trouble
1:03:23
okay so is type 5 is the traumatic so
1:03:27
it is you know a lot of things that are
1:03:31
vin posetin herp a along with curcumin
1:03:34
and omega this is designed to support a
1:03:36
traumatized brain tissue soccer kids
1:03:39
head butting the ball uh lifelong
1:03:41
traumas boxing concussions um things
1:03:45
that haven't been dressed to get rid of
1:03:47
the um
1:03:49
inflammation that's there
1:03:51
this is an interesting one and the
1:03:52
favorite best seller neuro cube go to
1:03:55
cola ginkgo phosphatidyl coffee fruit
1:03:57
extract propolis
1:03:59
supported by clinical research proven
1:04:02
executive and function improved 40
1:04:05
working memory improved 28 processing
1:04:08
speed improved 20
1:04:09
clear thinking memory recall and focus
1:04:12
good for helping deliver brain fog
1:04:14
memory recall
1:04:16
improved cognitive health that is a best
1:04:18
seller
1:04:20
so there you have the six most important
1:04:22
things you need to be doing to protect
1:04:24
your brain restorative sleep
1:04:27
stress management
1:04:29
good exercise healthy nutritious diet
1:04:32
toxin avoidance
1:04:34
brain exercise possibly supplements
1:04:38
and i have to add one on here a positive
1:04:41
mindset
1:04:43
it's work to make these changes that are
1:04:45
necessary you're going to be going
1:04:47
against the modern environment
1:04:50
it's getting easier by far but it still
1:04:52
requires determination and commitment
1:04:55
it's hard yeah
1:04:57
but let me tell you dementia
1:05:00
losing your memory is harder
1:05:02
if you need help i'm here to do just
1:05:04
that i've taken bredesen's training and
1:05:06
i believe in his work
1:05:08
you can do it if you decide to follow
1:05:11
through you know we all need to be doing
1:05:13
things every day to nourish our brains
1:05:16
as well as our body
1:05:18
here's a few books you might want to
1:05:20
consider the alzheimer's solution a
1:05:22
couple of good doctors there they've
1:05:24
been doing this work a long time then
1:05:25
you've got bredesen's the end of
1:05:27
alzheimer's that he first wrote and now
1:05:29
recently um the first survivors of
1:05:32
alzheimer's speak out in their own words
1:05:34
you know so thanks for listening i hope
1:05:36
this experience has left you feeling
1:05:38
more knowledgeable than when you came at
1:05:40
protecting your memory and ready to
1:05:42
start taking some proactive steps on the
1:05:45
health of your mind you're never too
1:05:47
young to begin
1:05:50
okay
1:05:51
so for further help you can go to dr
1:05:54
bredesen's website apollohealthco.com
1:05:58
where you can order his tremendous
1:06:00
recode program great place to start or
1:06:03
if you want to schedule with me we can
1:06:04
do that too
1:06:06
just don't do nothing you know and if
1:06:09
you're starting to notice problems
1:06:11
they're only going to get worse you need
1:06:13
to do something okay so thank you so
1:06:16
much for attending this event it means a
1:06:18
lot to be able to share this important
1:06:20
information because the mind deserves
1:06:22
protection and with a little work you
1:06:25
can start reducing your risks for
1:06:27
alzheimer's and dementia and i think
1:06:30
that's the most important thing we can
1:06:32
do you know we we live
1:06:34
um
1:06:35
a lifetime and you don't want to have
1:06:39
the whole life stolen towards the end
1:06:41
with losing all those wonderful memories
1:06:44
losing your independence
1:06:46
and just not living
1:06:47
a full and vibrant life that i think you
1:06:50
deserve all right have any questions you
1:06:53
just let me know
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Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline Prevention
Deb Ford DCN RDN
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Aug 24, 2021
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Alzheimer's Disease and dementia is on the rise but recent studies show 84% of participants improved. There is hope and help when we address the many diet and lifestyle factors that have contributed to this devastating illness.