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Introduction and talk overview 0:06
great well great well welcome everybody thank you for coming welcome everybody thank you for coming welcome everybody thank you for coming this morning this morning this morning um this is two hours um this is two hours um this is two hours that could save your life and i'm not that could save your life and i'm not that could save your life and i'm not being dramatic being dramatic being dramatic what we're going to go over today are what we're going to go over today are what we're going to go over today are things that will help to preserve your things that will help to preserve your things that will help to preserve your brain function brain function brain function it is the start of counteracting it is the start of counteracting it is the start of counteracting everything you've heard about everything you've heard about everything you've heard about diet and disease prevention we've been diet and disease prevention we've been diet and disease prevention we've been working on it all year we started in working on it all year we started in working on it all year we started in february with talking about february with talking about february with talking about cardiovascular health and what cardiovascular health and what cardiovascular health and what what kind of ways to eat are important what kind of ways to eat are important what kind of ways to eat are important to maintain your cardiovascular to maintain your cardiovascular to maintain your cardiovascular system and the best health we continued system and the best health we continued system and the best health we continued on in the summer with our nutrition on in the summer with our nutrition on in the summer with our nutrition presentation presentation presentation the same message so people that have the same message so people that have the same message so people that have been here before you're going to hear been here before you're going to hear been here before you're going to hear the same thing again i'm sorry but it the same thing again i'm sorry but it the same thing again i'm sorry but it turns out turns out turns out i'm repeating it because it's relevant i'm repeating it because it's relevant i'm repeating it because it's relevant to every single to every single to every single talk we're doing on prevention of talk we're doing on prevention of talk we're doing on prevention of chronic disease chronic disease chronic disease whether you're talking about cancer whether you're talking about cancer whether you're talking about cancer prevention which we haven't done yet and prevention which we haven't done yet and prevention which we haven't done yet and that people are interested we'll do next that people are interested we'll do next that people are interested we'll do next year year year cardiovascular prevention and cardiovascular prevention and cardiovascular prevention and maintaining brain health maintaining brain health maintaining brain health it's the same approach to lifestyle and it's the same approach to lifestyle and it's the same approach to lifestyle and diet so you're going to hear repeat but diet so you're going to hear repeat but diet so you're going to hear repeat but sometimes people need to hear things sometimes people need to hear things sometimes people need to hear things more than once more than once more than once the other thing is that this is not
Brain health, prevention, and the take-home message 1:21
it's a very simple approach but the it's a very simple approach but the implementation requires implementation requires implementation requires overriding many years of your overriding many years of your overriding many years of your dietary habits and overcoming dietary habits and overcoming dietary habits and overcoming some of our genetics because our some of our genetics because our some of our genetics because our genetics make us genetics make us genetics make us crave things that are not the healthiest crave things that are not the healthiest crave things that are not the healthiest for us for us for us so it is a process and it's been a so it is a process and it's been a so it is a process and it's been a process for me process for me process for me quite honestly um changing my diet quite honestly um changing my diet quite honestly um changing my diet to be as healthy as it needs to be and to be as healthy as it needs to be and to be as healthy as it needs to be and it's a process that's happened over the it's a process that's happened over the it's a process that's happened over the period of a number of years so period of a number of years so period of a number of years so i don't necessarily expect people to i don't necessarily expect people to i don't necessarily expect people to just you know just you know just you know jump like that and and you know jump like that and and you know jump like that and and you know implement all these changes implement all these changes implement all these changes but armed with the knowledge you know but armed with the knowledge you know but armed with the knowledge you know where you need to get where you need to get where you need to get you know you see your end point and you you know you see your end point and you you know you see your end point and you can begin can begin can begin working towards it and we'll give you working towards it and we'll give you working towards it and we'll give you some of the tools and some of the tools some of the tools and some of the tools some of the tools and some of the tools you can't cover at all today but i'll be you can't cover at all today but i'll be you can't cover at all today but i'll be referring you to other resources referring you to other resources referring you to other resources and we will go over more of this in the and we will go over more of this in the and we will go over more of this in the future at future talks but future at future talks but future at future talks but there's there's so much i need to tell there's there's so much i need to tell there's there's so much i need to tell you i can't you know we could spend you i can't you know we could spend you i can't you know we could spend two days doing this and maybe we will at two days doing this and maybe we will at two days doing this and maybe we will at some point in the future some point in the future some point in the future so um this is a little different than so um this is a little different than so um this is a little different than what you have what you have what you have in your handout because i added some in your handout because i added some in your handout because i added some things since we put our hand out things since we put our hand out things since we put our hand out together but you can take notes together but you can take notes together but you can take notes you know whenever people come to a you know whenever people come to a you know whenever people come to a presentation you know out of two hours presentation you know out of two hours presentation you know out of two hours of a presentation of a presentation of a presentation you take home a colonel and you know you take home a colonel and you know you take home a colonel and you know have you ever like listened to it for have you ever like listened to it for have you ever like listened to it for two hours and then at the end said two hours and then at the end said two hours and then at the end said uh oh what was like what was the take uh oh what was like what was the take uh oh what was like what was the take home or what was i supposed to learn home or what was i supposed to learn home or what was i supposed to learn so i want to make it easier for you so i want to make it easier for you so i want to make it easier for you so if you remember cupcakes sneakers so if you remember cupcakes sneakers so if you remember cupcakes sneakers and pillows that will be your take-home and pillows that will be your take-home and pillows that will be your take-home message and when you think of those message and when you think of those message and when you think of those things again things again things again you'll remember what i said about you'll remember what i said about you'll remember what i said about cupcakes cupcakes cupcakes sneakers and pillows so this is a new model for maximizing
Alzheimer's burden and why prevention matters 3:26
so this is a new model for maximizing memory and reducing alzheimer's disease memory and reducing alzheimer's disease memory and reducing alzheimer's disease if you talk to the national institutes if you talk to the national institutes if you talk to the national institutes of health and they of health and they of health and they put out a very extensive report a couple put out a very extensive report a couple put out a very extensive report a couple of years ago of years ago of years ago on prevention of alzheimer's they on prevention of alzheimer's they on prevention of alzheimer's they got an esteemed body of people together got an esteemed body of people together got an esteemed body of people together neuroscientists neurologists neuroscientists neurologists neuroscientists neurologists gyns uh people just you know from gyns uh people just you know from gyns uh people just you know from all fields that could um have knowledge all fields that could um have knowledge all fields that could um have knowledge of brain function of brain function of brain function and they put out a many many page report and they put out a many many page report and they put out a many many page report i don't know 20 or 50 pages i don't i don't know 20 or 50 pages i don't i don't know 20 or 50 pages i don't remember at this point remember at this point remember at this point because i haven't looked at it since because i haven't looked at it since because i haven't looked at it since because the take home message from that because the take home message from that because the take home message from that one was one was one was there's nothing you can do and that is there's nothing you can do and that is there's nothing you can do and that is dead wrong so dead wrong so dead wrong so i didn't honestly pay you know once i i didn't honestly pay you know once i i didn't honestly pay you know once i went through it and saw that went through it and saw that went through it and saw that i i really never went back to it it i i really never went back to it it i i really never went back to it it wasn't very wasn't very wasn't very um it wasn't very helpful and it wasn't um it wasn't very helpful and it wasn't um it wasn't very helpful and it wasn't very very very um it didn't tell people what they need um it didn't tell people what they need um it didn't tell people what they need to do to do to do because these problems memory decline because these problems memory decline because these problems memory decline and alzheimer's are absolutely and alzheimer's are absolutely and alzheimer's are absolutely preventable preventable preventable and a really important book i want to and a really important book i want to and a really important book i want to refer you to refer you to refer you to is right up here brain brain by dr david is right up here brain brain by dr david is right up here brain brain by dr david perlmutter perlmutter perlmutter an incredible neurologist who has studied the field of brain who has studied the field of brain health for many years he's put out a health for many years he's put out a health for many years he's put out a number of books they're really good number of books they're really good number of books they're really good books books books um and um and um and his this talk is largely from his book his this talk is largely from his book his this talk is largely from his book and he has a plan and he has a plan and he has a plan a step-by-step plan that we're going to a step-by-step plan that we're going to a step-by-step plan that we're going to go over with you go over with you go over with you about what you need to do to maintain about what you need to do to maintain about what you need to do to maintain your brain health and like i said your brain health and like i said your brain health and like i said you won't only maintain your brain you won't only maintain your brain you won't only maintain your brain health you will reduce your risk of health you will reduce your risk of health you will reduce your risk of cancer cancer cancer and you will reduce your risk of and you will reduce your risk of and you will reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease cardiovascular disease cardiovascular disease if you follow these steps so they're cupcakes they look really so they're cupcakes they look really cute don't they i mean really they're cute don't they i mean really they're cute don't they i mean really they're chocolate chocolate chocolate vanilla they have um multicolored vanilla they have um multicolored vanilla they have um multicolored frosting they're just adorable i mean frosting they're just adorable i mean frosting they're just adorable i mean cupcakes could be cuter cupcakes could be cuter cupcakes could be cuter and um here are some sneakers in all and um here are some sneakers in all and um here are some sneakers in all different colors different colors different colors and you could do that too you could have and you could do that too you could have and you could do that too you could have a different color secret for every day a different color secret for every day a different color secret for every day of the week of the week of the week make exercising more fun make exercising more fun make exercising more fun and pillows there are two people a man and pillows there are two people a man and pillows there are two people a man and a woman and they're sleeping really and a woman and they're sleeping really and a woman and they're sleeping really soundly so we're going to talk about soundly so we're going to talk about soundly so we're going to talk about these things and what it has to do with these things and what it has to do with these things and what it has to do with your risk for your risk for your risk for alzheimer's and the other thing alzheimer's and the other thing alzheimer's and the other thing is hormones hormones have a lot to do is hormones hormones have a lot to do is hormones hormones have a lot to do with brain health and risk reduction and with brain health and risk reduction and with brain health and risk reduction and we'll go into that later as well um how many people have read alzheimer's um how many people have read alzheimer's statistics how statistics how statistics how how many cases and the burden on society how many cases and the burden on society how many cases and the burden on society okay we'll go over it it's pretty dismal okay we'll go over it it's pretty dismal okay we'll go over it it's pretty dismal um um um right now alzheimer's is affecting 5.3 right now alzheimer's is affecting 5.3 right now alzheimer's is affecting 5.3 million americans million americans million americans one out of eight people over age 65 will one out of eight people over age 65 will one out of eight people over age 65 will develop develop develop alzheimer's the health care costs alzheimer's the health care costs alzheimer's the health care costs are 172 billion dollars a year it affects people it affects people um men women more than men um men women more than men um men women more than men so one out of five women so one out of five women so one out of five women and one out of seven men after age 55 i and one out of seven men after age 55 i and one out of seven men after age 55 i think there's something wrong in that think there's something wrong in that think there's something wrong in that statistic i'm going to check it statistic i'm going to check it statistic i'm going to check it um it's expected to be 7.7 million um it's expected to be 7.7 million um it's expected to be 7.7 million people by 2030 people by 2030 people by 2030 and it's estimated that there are 10.9 and it's estimated that there are 10.9 and it's estimated that there are 10.9 million unpaid caregivers because you million unpaid caregivers because you million unpaid caregivers because you know the responsibility for caring know the responsibility for caring know the responsibility for caring for somebody with alzheimer's or for somebody with alzheimer's or for somebody with alzheimer's or dementia dementia dementia falls frequently on the family who are falls frequently on the family who are falls frequently on the family who are not paid caregivers not paid caregivers not paid caregivers here's a really concerning chart because here's a really concerning chart because here's a really concerning chart because this is in a five-year span of time the this is in a five-year span of time the this is in a five-year span of time the death from alzheimer's death from alzheimer's death from alzheimer's increased by almost 50 percent increased by almost 50 percent increased by almost 50 percent while heart disease deaths went down while heart disease deaths went down while heart disease deaths went down because we have stims and other things because we have stims and other things because we have stims and other things that we can do to that we can do to that we can do to help keep people dying when they get help keep people dying when they get help keep people dying when they get their heart attacks and stroke deaths their heart attacks and stroke deaths their heart attacks and stroke deaths have gone down as well have gone down as well have gone down as well so while other chronic illnesses where so while other chronic illnesses where so while other chronic illnesses where we've made some we've made some we've made some inroads into treatment we have done inroads into treatment we have done inroads into treatment we have done nothing nothing nothing for alzheimer's current alzheimer's research is looking current alzheimer's research is looking for for for pharmaceutical agents that will have an pharmaceutical agents that will have an pharmaceutical agents that will have an impact impact impact once alzheimer's has set in well once alzheimer's has set in well once alzheimer's has set in well once it's set in you've lost a lot of once it's set in you've lost a lot of once it's set in you've lost a lot of your opportunity your opportunity your opportunity for doing anything there are physiologic for doing anything there are physiologic for doing anything there are physiologic changes that have occurred in the brain changes that have occurred in the brain changes that have occurred in the brain that cannot be undone current alzheimer's research i call it current alzheimer's research i call it looking for love in all the wrong places looking for love in all the wrong places looking for love in all the wrong places remember that song remember that song remember that song they're looking in the wrong place and they're looking in the wrong place and they're looking in the wrong place and they are committed they are committed they are committed to devoted i don't know how many to devoted i don't know how many to devoted i don't know how many billions of dollars to alzheimer's billions of dollars to alzheimer's billions of dollars to alzheimer's research research research and the solutions in front of us and it and the solutions in front of us and it and the solutions in front of us and it doesn't cost doesn't cost doesn't cost very much so they're looking for the magic bullet so they're looking for the magic bullet well there's not a magic bullet there's well there's not a magic bullet there's well there's not a magic bullet there's not a magic bullet for any chronic not a magic bullet for any chronic not a magic bullet for any chronic illness illness illness and you know we've seen this whether and you know we've seen this whether and you know we've seen this whether it's heart disease or diabetes it's heart disease or diabetes it's heart disease or diabetes lifestyle educating people lifestyle educating people lifestyle educating people weight loss those are the things that weight loss those are the things that weight loss those are the things that really have tremendous impacts the really have tremendous impacts the really have tremendous impacts the pharmaceutical agents pharmaceutical agents pharmaceutical agents not so much and especially for not so much and especially for not so much and especially for alzheimer's alzheimer's alzheimer's it may slightly delay the onset of the it may slightly delay the onset of the it may slightly delay the onset of the disease but it really does disease but it really does disease but it really does nothing to affect the underlying causes nothing to affect the underlying causes nothing to affect the underlying causes and we're going to talk about the and we're going to talk about the and we're going to talk about the underlying causes today underlying causes today underlying causes today because that's where prevention lies so you're not going to find your so you're not going to find your solution in a pill at least not a
Risk factors: inflammation, diabetes, and genetics 9:19
solution in a pill at least not a solution in a pill at least not a pharmaceutical pill pharmaceutical pill pharmaceutical pill i've developed a supplement called brain i've developed a supplement called brain i've developed a supplement called brain food that will help food that will help food that will help nourish your brain yes it's in a pill nourish your brain yes it's in a pill nourish your brain yes it's in a pill it's in a capsule it's in a capsule it's in a capsule but i'm talking about pharmaceuticals but i'm talking about pharmaceuticals but i'm talking about pharmaceuticals pharmaceuticals can't undo the damage pharmaceuticals can't undo the damage pharmaceuticals can't undo the damage what needs to be done is you need to what needs to be done is you need to what needs to be done is you need to prevent the damage from happening in the prevent the damage from happening in the prevent the damage from happening in the first place and that's what this talk is first place and that's what this talk is first place and that's what this talk is all about we're going to go over all about we're going to go over all about we're going to go over alzheimer's risk factors age is one of alzheimer's risk factors age is one of alzheimer's risk factors age is one of them okay we can't do anything about our them okay we can't do anything about our them okay we can't do anything about our age right age right age right that's not a modifiable risk factor that's not a modifiable risk factor that's not a modifiable risk factor genes there's a gene called the apoe4g genes there's a gene called the apoe4g genes there's a gene called the apoe4g or the apob gene or the apob gene or the apob gene that is a gene if you have a certain that is a gene if you have a certain that is a gene if you have a certain variant of it your increased risk variant of it your increased risk variant of it your increased risk heart disease strokes and alzheimer's heart disease strokes and alzheimer's heart disease strokes and alzheimer's disease disease disease now you may say okay well genes you now you may say okay well genes you now you may say okay well genes you can't change genes either right you know can't change genes either right you know can't change genes either right you know it's what you're given it's what you're given it's what you're given we're going to prove that that's wrong we're going to prove that that's wrong we're going to prove that that's wrong and we're going to talk about how you and we're going to talk about how you and we're going to talk about how you can change your genes can change your genes can change your genes later on in the talk diabetes is a later on in the talk diabetes is a later on in the talk diabetes is a tremendous risk factor for alzheimer's tremendous risk factor for alzheimer's tremendous risk factor for alzheimer's disease and we know that diabetes is disease and we know that diabetes is disease and we know that diabetes is something that is modifiable something that is modifiable something that is modifiable you can change your blood sugar levels you can change your blood sugar levels you can change your blood sugar levels whether you're diabetic or pre-diabetic whether you're diabetic or pre-diabetic whether you're diabetic or pre-diabetic and this is one of the most and this is one of the most and this is one of the most urgent things for you to begin working urgent things for you to begin working urgent things for you to begin working on to lower your risk on to lower your risk on to lower your risk not only of alzheimer's because you not only of alzheimer's because you not only of alzheimer's because you might feel like well hey that's 25 years might feel like well hey that's 25 years might feel like well hey that's 25 years in the future in the future in the future but i'm talking about better brain but i'm talking about better brain but i'm talking about better brain function memory and thinking ability function memory and thinking ability function memory and thinking ability now risk factors low fat diet have been risk factors low fat diet have been proven to be proven to be proven to be a risk factor for alzheimer's disease a risk factor for alzheimer's disease a risk factor for alzheimer's disease and and and a high carb diet has been proven to be a high carb diet has been proven to be a high carb diet has been proven to be a risk factor for alzheimer's disease a risk factor for alzheimer's disease a risk factor for alzheimer's disease they've done epidemiologic studies they've done epidemiologic studies they've done epidemiologic studies and asked people you know they have the and asked people you know they have the and asked people you know they have the people who have alzheimer's and people people who have alzheimer's and people people who have alzheimer's and people who don't and they've asked them what who don't and they've asked them what who don't and they've asked them what they've been eating they've been eating they've been eating and this is what's been found and this is what's been found and this is what's been found inactivity if you're not physically inactivity if you're not physically inactivity if you're not physically active active active you must become physically active to the you must become physically active to the you must become physically active to the best of your ability best of your ability best of your ability and i know people have orthopedic and i know people have orthopedic and i know people have orthopedic problems other things that can limit problems other things that can limit problems other things that can limit your ability to be active but your ability to be active but your ability to be active but most people who are up you've been able most people who are up you've been able most people who are up you've been able to walk and come and sit in here to walk and come and sit in here to walk and come and sit in here you probably can do something physical you probably can do something physical you probably can do something physical that will lower your risk of chronic that will lower your risk of chronic that will lower your risk of chronic disease disease disease high body fat is another risk factor for high body fat is another risk factor for high body fat is another risk factor for alzheimer's alzheimer's alzheimer's and low hormone levels so we're going to and low hormone levels so we're going to and low hormone levels so we're going to go through these one by one go through these one by one go through these one by one so what causes alzheimer's people people heard of inflammation people people heard of inflammation raise your hand if you've heard the term raise your hand if you've heard the term raise your hand if you've heard the term inflammation related to chronic illness inflammation related to chronic illness inflammation related to chronic illness great great great we know that inflammation silence called we know that inflammation silence called we know that inflammation silence called silent inflammation silent inflammation silent inflammation is the cause of all chronic illnesses is the cause of all chronic illnesses is the cause of all chronic illnesses heart disease alzheimer's and cancer heart disease alzheimer's and cancer heart disease alzheimer's and cancer those are chronic illnesses cancer those are chronic illnesses cancer those are chronic illnesses cancer doesn't just doesn't just doesn't just fall from the sky it is a long process fall from the sky it is a long process fall from the sky it is a long process in developing in developing in developing just like we're accustomed to thinking just like we're accustomed to thinking just like we're accustomed to thinking of heart disease that way of heart disease that way of heart disease that way alzheimer's disease somehow we think of alzheimer's disease somehow we think of alzheimer's disease somehow we think of cancer we think it's just like cancer we think it's just like cancer we think it's just like all of a sudden one day it just fell all of a sudden one day it just fell all of a sudden one day it just fell down on us down on us down on us it also is a many year process in it also is a many year process in it also is a many year process in developing for the most part and developing for the most part and developing for the most part and what causes or what one of the what causes or what one of the what causes or what one of the underlying processes in any of these underlying processes in any of these underlying processes in any of these chronic diseases chronic diseases chronic diseases is called inflammation and it's a series is called inflammation and it's a series is called inflammation and it's a series of changes that go on of changes that go on of changes that go on in your body that cause your cells not in your body that cause your cells not in your body that cause your cells not to function properly and to function properly and to function properly and open them up to risk so with cancer open them up to risk so with cancer open them up to risk so with cancer it opens you know renegade cells up to it opens you know renegade cells up to it opens you know renegade cells up to growing and your body doesn't have the growing and your body doesn't have the growing and your body doesn't have the immunity immunity immunity to tamp them down you know we're always to tamp them down you know we're always to tamp them down you know we're always developing renegade cells that could developing renegade cells that could developing renegade cells that could become become become cancer we're doing that all the time and cancer we're doing that all the time and cancer we're doing that all the time and for the most part our bodies have a for the most part our bodies have a for the most part our bodies have a healthy immune response that healthy immune response that healthy immune response that crushes it puts that fire out crushes it puts that fire out crushes it puts that fire out if you have chronic inflammation going if you have chronic inflammation going if you have chronic inflammation going on because of poor diet on because of poor diet on because of poor diet high body fat and lack of activity and high body fat and lack of activity and high body fat and lack of activity and these things have all been correlated these things have all been correlated these things have all been correlated with risk of cancer as well as with risk of cancer as well as with risk of cancer as well as alzheimer's and heart disease alzheimer's and heart disease alzheimer's and heart disease you will increase your risk and the you will increase your risk and the you will increase your risk and the mechanism mechanism mechanism is silent inflammation and people are is silent inflammation and people are is silent inflammation and people are are accustomed to hearing about are accustomed to hearing about are accustomed to hearing about inflammation like your joints hurt inflammation like your joints hurt inflammation like your joints hurt you have arthritis you have rheumatoid you have arthritis you have rheumatoid you have arthritis you have rheumatoid arthritis arthritis arthritis um you know things get swollen and they um you know things get swollen and they um you know things get swollen and they hurt hurt hurt that those are markers of inflammation that those are markers of inflammation that those are markers of inflammation those same those same those same processes can go on inside your body processes can go on inside your body processes can go on inside your body only sometimes they're in areas that only sometimes they're in areas that only sometimes they're in areas that don't feel pain don't feel pain don't feel pain you can have tremendous inflammation you can have tremendous inflammation you can have tremendous inflammation going on in your brain but your brain going on in your brain but your brain going on in your brain but your brain doesn't doesn't doesn't have the kind of nerve sensations that have the kind of nerve sensations that have the kind of nerve sensations that give you give you give you a pain reaction like your joints do a pain reaction like your joints do a pain reaction like your joints do so i know that pain you know when you so i know that pain you know when you so i know that pain you know when you feel pain it's a circuit that's gone to feel pain it's a circuit that's gone to feel pain it's a circuit that's gone to your brain and you know comes back down your brain and you know comes back down your brain and you know comes back down but i'm talking about inflammation in but i'm talking about inflammation in but i'm talking about inflammation in the brain your brain doesn't the brain your brain doesn't the brain your brain doesn't have a sensor for pain to tell you have a sensor for pain to tell you have a sensor for pain to tell you that's going on like it does with a that's going on like it does with a that's going on like it does with a swollen joint swollen joint swollen joint so um silent inflammation goes on so um silent inflammation goes on so um silent inflammation goes on can go on inside the linings of your can go on inside the linings of your can go on inside the linings of your blood vessels and when that happens blood vessels and when that happens blood vessels and when that happens you develop plaque that's very inflamed you develop plaque that's very inflamed you develop plaque that's very inflamed that's at risk of rupturing that's at risk of rupturing that's at risk of rupturing and blocking off an artery and causing a and blocking off an artery and causing a and blocking off an artery and causing a heart attack or a stroke heart attack or a stroke heart attack or a stroke so this what we call silent inflammation so this what we call silent inflammation so this what we call silent inflammation because you don't feel it in your blood because you don't feel it in your blood because you don't feel it in your blood vessels you don't feel it either unless vessels you don't feel it either unless vessels you don't feel it either unless they're really pretty they're really pretty they're really pretty blocked and you get angina and then blocked and you get angina and then blocked and you get angina and then you're having chest pain you're having chest pain you're having chest pain but prior to that happening you can have but prior to that happening you can have but prior to that happening you can have a lot of plaque buildup and inflammation a lot of plaque buildup and inflammation a lot of plaque buildup and inflammation in your blood vessels and it's another in your blood vessels and it's another in your blood vessels and it's another area that you don't feel the pain area that you don't feel the pain area that you don't feel the pain so inflammation is one of the underlying so inflammation is one of the underlying so inflammation is one of the underlying causes of alzheimer's disease causes of alzheimer's disease causes of alzheimer's disease we sometimes refer to it as brain on we sometimes refer to it as brain on we sometimes refer to it as brain on fire and alzheimer's has so been connected and alzheimer's has so been connected with blood sugar regulation problems and with blood sugar regulation problems and with blood sugar regulation problems and diabetes diabetes diabetes that we started calling it diabetes type that we started calling it diabetes type that we started calling it diabetes type 3.
3. 3. you know diabetes type 1 is the type of you know diabetes type 1 is the type of you know diabetes type 1 is the type of diabetes that generally younger people diabetes that generally younger people diabetes that generally younger people develop develop develop it's an autoimmune disease their it's an autoimmune disease their it's an autoimmune disease their pancreas stops making pancreas stops making pancreas stops making insulin and they require insulin at a insulin and they require insulin at a insulin and they require insulin at a young age young age young age then type 2 diabetes which i think most then type 2 diabetes which i think most then type 2 diabetes which i think most people are familiar with right that term people are familiar with right that term people are familiar with right that term happens more middle age although happens more middle age although happens more middle age although children are now developing diabetes children are now developing diabetes children are now developing diabetes type 2 because of their obesity type 2 because of their obesity type 2 because of their obesity so diabetes type 2 is related to so diabetes type 2 is related to so diabetes type 2 is related to obesity and poor diet and obesity and poor diet and obesity and poor diet and alzheimer's is now being considered alzheimer's is now being considered alzheimer's is now being considered diabetes type diabetes type diabetes type grief so connected with issues of blood grief so connected with issues of blood grief so connected with issues of blood sugar regulation sugar regulation sugar regulation okay we're going to talk about genetics okay we're going to talk about genetics okay we're going to talk about genetics now now now how many people truly believe that what how many people truly believe that what how many people truly believe that what you're you're you're given as far as your genes is it given as far as your genes is it given as far as your genes is it it's you don't have any choice about it's you don't have any choice about it's you don't have any choice about what's going to happen with that how what's going to happen with that how what's going to happen with that how many people think that you're stuck with many people think that you're stuck with many people think that you're stuck with your jeans your jeans your jeans great you guys are way ahead of the gate great you guys are way ahead of the gate great you guys are way ahead of the gate okay there's something called okay there's something called okay there's something called epigenetics um that we're learning more epigenetics um that we're learning more epigenetics um that we're learning more and more about in probably the last 10 and more about in probably the last 10 and more about in probably the last 10 to 15 years to 15 years to 15 years in science so what if you have the apoe in science so what if you have the apoe in science so what if you have the apoe gene gene gene what if you have the diabetes gene my what if you have the diabetes gene my what if you have the diabetes gene my mother had and both mother had and both mother had and both my mother and her sister died of my mother and her sister died of my mother and her sister died of complications of diabetes my mother had complications of diabetes my mother had complications of diabetes my mother had renal failure renal failure renal failure and my hand of meningitis which had a and my hand of meningitis which had a and my hand of meningitis which had a very high mortality in diabetics very high mortality in diabetics very high mortality in diabetics so i more than likely have the diabetes so i more than likely have the diabetes so i more than likely have the diabetes gene gene gene whether i get it or not depends on a whether i get it or not depends on a whether i get it or not depends on a number of factors this field called epigenetics now this field called epigenetics now you have your genes and you know people you have your genes and you know people you have your genes and you know people i think are familiar with i think are familiar with i think are familiar with the watson crick you know model of dna the watson crick you know model of dna the watson crick you know model of dna the spiral the spiral the spiral people are familiar with that right it's people are familiar with that right it's people are familiar with that right it's a pretty you know a pretty you know a pretty you know common uh media so this is what your genes look media so this is what your genes look like like like and your genes are all bundled up and your genes are all bundled up and your genes are all bundled up into chromosomes you know you have 46 of into chromosomes you know you have 46 of into chromosomes you know you have 46 of these these these 48 with your um sex 48 with your um sex 48 with your um sex chromosomes and these chromosomes chromosomes and these chromosomes chromosomes and these chromosomes have genetic material that have genetic material that have genetic material that coil all coiled up here coil all coiled up here coil all coiled up here here's the coil but you don't just have here's the coil but you don't just have here's the coil but you don't just have the coil the coil the coil the coil is wrapped around something the the coil is wrapped around something the the coil is wrapped around something the coil is wrapped around coil is wrapped around coil is wrapped around proteins called histones proteins called histones proteins called histones and these histones can be modified and these histones can be modified and these histones can be modified and um somewhere on here they had a nice somewhere on here they had a nice epigenetic mechanism epigenetic mechanism epigenetic mechanism okay so histones are affected by a okay so histones are affected by a okay so histones are affected by a number of things number of things number of things development what's happening in utero development what's happening in utero development what's happening in utero what was happening with your mother when what was happening with your mother when what was happening with your mother when you were inside you were inside you were inside okay you know we're all born and past okay you know we're all born and past okay you know we're all born and past that so that's not really relevant to us that so that's not really relevant to us that so that's not really relevant to us environmental chemicals can affect the environmental chemicals can affect the environmental chemicals can affect the expression of your genes expression of your genes expression of your genes drugs and pharmaceuticals can affect it drugs and pharmaceuticals can affect it drugs and pharmaceuticals can affect it aging diet exercise aging diet exercise aging diet exercise so just because you have a certain gene
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so just because you have a certain gene so just because you have a certain gene doesn't mean that gene is going to get doesn't mean that gene is going to get doesn't mean that gene is going to get activated activated activated the gene doesn't do its dirty work until the gene doesn't do its dirty work until the gene doesn't do its dirty work until it gets activated it gets activated it gets activated you can keep your genes quiet you can you can keep your genes quiet you can you can keep your genes quiet you can keep your alzheimer's gene keep your alzheimer's gene keep your alzheimer's gene and your diabetes gene and your heart and your diabetes gene and your heart and your diabetes gene and your heart disease genes disease genes disease genes quiet by the types of things that you do quiet by the types of things that you do quiet by the types of things that you do and that's what we're talking about and that's what we're talking about and that's what we're talking about today today today now there are other genes that you do now there are other genes that you do now there are other genes that you do want to have activated what genes are want to have activated what genes are want to have activated what genes are those those those they're genes called the longevity genes they're genes called the longevity genes they're genes called the longevity genes we actually have genes that will help us we actually have genes that will help us we actually have genes that will help us live longer and healthier and reduce our live longer and healthier and reduce our live longer and healthier and reduce our risk of heart disease risk of heart disease risk of heart disease if we can activate them and we'll be if we can activate them and we'll be if we can activate them and we'll be talking about some of the ways to talking about some of the ways to talking about some of the ways to activate our longevity activate our longevity activate our longevity genes so it's a combination of genes so it's a combination of genes so it's a combination of things that we're doing that will affect things that we're doing that will affect things that we're doing that will affect our our our epigenetics so epi means the things epigenetics so epi means the things epigenetics so epi means the things going on going on going on around our genes and this is where we're around our genes and this is where we're around our genes and this is where we're really aiming really aiming really aiming all of our efforts these are the things that affect these are the things that affect epigenetics right epigenetics right epigenetics right you mentioned them in the beginning you mentioned them in the beginning you mentioned them in the beginning cupcakes cupcakes cupcakes sneakers pillows and hormones this is sneakers pillows and hormones this is sneakers pillows and hormones this is suzanne summers in her suzanne summers in her suzanne summers in her seminal book the sexy years so what about diabetes and carbohydrates so what about diabetes and carbohydrates you don't have to be a diabetic you don't have to be a diabetic you don't have to be a diabetic to have sugar be causing a problem on to have sugar be causing a problem on to have sugar be causing a problem on your brain right now um this cartoon says if a vegetarian um this cartoon says if a vegetarian diet is good for losing weight diet is good for losing weight diet is good for losing weight how come they use grain to fatten pigs how come they use grain to fatten pigs how come they use grain to fatten pigs and cows and cows and cows exactly so we're going to talk about exactly so we're going to talk about exactly so we're going to talk about what you need to do what you need to do what you need to do in your diet so that you don't get in your diet so that you don't get in your diet so that you don't get fattened like a pig or a cow because fattened like a pig or a cow because fattened like a pig or a cow because basically basically basically a low fat high carb diet is exactly what a low fat high carb diet is exactly what a low fat high carb diet is exactly what fat is human pigs cows and humans um there's something called a mild um there's something called a mild cognitive impairment that cognitive impairment that cognitive impairment that is sometimes a sign of the beginning of is sometimes a sign of the beginning of is sometimes a sign of the beginning of alzheimer's disease alzheimer's disease alzheimer's disease and sometimes something that happens on and sometimes something that happens on and sometimes something that happens on its own that does not progress to its own that does not progress to its own that does not progress to alzheimer's disease alzheimer's disease alzheimer's disease but it is forgetfulness lack of focus but it is forgetfulness lack of focus but it is forgetfulness lack of focus slower thinking ability that's going on slower thinking ability that's going on slower thinking ability that's going on more than the usual kind of age related more than the usual kind of age related more than the usual kind of age related you know why did i walk into this room you know why did i walk into this room you know why did i walk into this room or or or problem finding a word it's beyond that problem finding a word it's beyond that problem finding a word it's beyond that and it's been found that diabetes and it's been found that diabetes and it's been found that diabetes increases the risk of mild cognitive increases the risk of mild cognitive increases the risk of mild cognitive impairment insulin resistance which is before insulin resistance which is before diabetes happens diabetes happens diabetes happens you become resistant to insulin that's you become resistant to insulin that's you become resistant to insulin that's why you become diabetic your body needs why you become diabetic your body needs why you become diabetic your body needs more insulin because it's resistant to more insulin because it's resistant to more insulin because it's resistant to its effect its effect its effect so your body needs more insulin to do so your body needs more insulin to do so your body needs more insulin to do the job the job the job of utilizing sugar and eventually of utilizing sugar and eventually of utilizing sugar and eventually your body asks your pancreas for so much your body asks your pancreas for so much your body asks your pancreas for so much insulin insulin insulin because it requires so much to overcome because it requires so much to overcome because it requires so much to overcome the resistance the resistance the resistance that your pancreas gives out can't that your pancreas gives out can't that your pancreas gives out can't produce anymore produce anymore produce anymore and then you need to use insulin by and then you need to use insulin by and then you need to use insulin by injection injection injection so before you ever get to that point so before you ever get to that point so before you ever get to that point while you're still while you're still while you're still in the insulin resistant phase and how in the insulin resistant phase and how in the insulin resistant phase and how do you know if you're insulin resistant do you know if you're insulin resistant do you know if you're insulin resistant well there are a couple of ways one is well there are a couple of ways one is well there are a couple of ways one is is your waist measurement more than 35 is your waist measurement more than 35 is your waist measurement more than 35 inches if you're a female and more than inches if you're a female and more than inches if you're a female and more than 40 inches if you're a male what is your hemoglobin a1c we'll be what is your hemoglobin a1c we'll be talking about that more later it's a talking about that more later it's a talking about that more later it's a blood test blood test blood test of sugar utilization of sugar utilization of sugar utilization so these are some of the ways you can so these are some of the ways you can so these are some of the ways you can figure out if you're insulin resistant figure out if you're insulin resistant figure out if you're insulin resistant or not if you actually if you actually develop um diabetes no this is still on if your carbohydrate no this is still on if your carbohydrate intake is higher than it should be and intake is higher than it should be and intake is higher than it should be and your utilization is not optimal your utilization is not optimal your utilization is not optimal you still can double your risk of you still can double your risk of you still can double your risk of alzheimer's disease and double your risk alzheimer's disease and double your risk alzheimer's disease and double your risk of any kind of dementia so you don't of any kind of dementia so you don't of any kind of dementia so you don't even have to have diabetes even have to have diabetes even have to have diabetes you have to have just poor sugar you have to have just poor sugar you have to have just poor sugar utilization and we're going to talk utilization and we're going to talk utilization and we're going to talk about about about how to remedy that our genetics and our physiology our genetics and our physiology have been the same for 10 million years have been the same for 10 million years have been the same for 10 million years but our diet has changed tremendously but our diet has changed tremendously but our diet has changed tremendously and to our detriment we were not and to our detriment we were not and to our detriment we were not designed to be riding around in cars and designed to be riding around in cars and designed to be riding around in cars and using electronics instead of using electronics instead of using electronics instead of running around talking to people and running around talking to people and running around talking to people and finding them in the woods finding them in the woods finding them in the woods and we were not designed to go to the and we were not designed to go to the and we were not designed to go to the supermarket and supermarket and supermarket and and procure our food we were supposed to and procure our food we were supposed to and procure our food we were supposed to be be be out in the forest chasing animals and out in the forest chasing animals and out in the forest chasing animals and picking fruit and vegetables picking fruit and vegetables picking fruit and vegetables and what's happened as a result is a and what's happened as a result is a and what's happened as a result is a tremendous increase in the percentage of tremendous increase in the percentage of tremendous increase in the percentage of carbohydrates in our diet now what i'm carbohydrates in our diet now what i'm carbohydrates in our diet now what i'm showing here is not showing here is not showing here is not just how many carbs people are eating just how many carbs people are eating just how many carbs people are eating it's the carbs that the experts it's the carbs that the experts it's the carbs that the experts recommend this is what the food and drug recommend this is what the food and drug recommend this is what the food and drug and the agriculture department recommend and the agriculture department recommend and the agriculture department recommend people are eating more than that people people are eating more than that people people are eating more than that people are eating more than the recommended are eating more than the recommended are eating more than the recommended amount amount amount so we used to have five percent of our so we used to have five percent of our so we used to have five percent of our carb of our diet come from carbohydrates carb of our diet come from carbohydrates carb of our diet come from carbohydrates back in our ancestral diet back in our ancestral diet back in our ancestral diet and 75 for fat and 75 for fat and 75 for fat so when you talk about are eggs okay to so when you talk about are eggs okay to so when you talk about are eggs okay to eat and is dietary fat okay eat and is dietary fat okay eat and is dietary fat okay most definitely and when man most definitely and when man most definitely and when man uh and one of the reasons it's felt that uh and one of the reasons it's felt that uh and one of the reasons it's felt that man progressed as far as he did and homo man progressed as far as he did and homo man progressed as far as he did and homo sapiens with our bigger brain sapiens with our bigger brain sapiens with our bigger brain is that we started eating fish with is that we started eating fish with is that we started eating fish with those tremendous omega-3
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those tremendous omega-3 those tremendous omega-3 oils in them and that allowed our brains oils in them and that allowed our brains oils in them and that allowed our brains to grow bigger to grow bigger to grow bigger what happened when agriculture came in what happened when agriculture came in what happened when agriculture came in um and we started um and we started um and we started um developing grains for growth with um developing grains for growth with um developing grains for growth with agriculture is agriculture is agriculture is brains actually shrank them so people brains actually shrank them so people brains actually shrank them so people say well people have always eaten bread say well people have always eaten bread say well people have always eaten bread and and and you know in the bible people you know in the bible people you know in the bible people you know bread was the staff of life you know bread was the staff of life you know bread was the staff of life well it was but it wasn't necessarily well it was but it wasn't necessarily well it was but it wasn't necessarily the healthiest thing that people should the healthiest thing that people should the healthiest thing that people should have been doing have been doing have been doing so um we were so um we were so um we were really meant to eat this kind of diet really meant to eat this kind of diet really meant to eat this kind of diet actually very high fat and it won't make actually very high fat and it won't make actually very high fat and it won't make you gain weight you gain weight you gain weight i promise the right kinds of fat i promise the right kinds of fat i promise the right kinds of fat our current recommended diet that the our current recommended diet that the our current recommended diet that the experts recommend experts recommend experts recommend is that 60 of our calories should come is that 60 of our calories should come is that 60 of our calories should come from carbs from carbs from carbs that's where the 8 to 10 servings of that's where the 8 to 10 servings of that's where the 8 to 10 servings of grain a day comes from the grain a day comes from the grain a day comes from the agriculture department food pyramid now agriculture department food pyramid now agriculture department food pyramid now they have a plate on their plate they have a plate on their plate they have a plate on their plate actually they don't even have fat listed actually they don't even have fat listed actually they don't even have fat listed on the plate only protein and on the plate only protein and on the plate only protein and carbohydrates carbohydrates carbohydrates so they completely ignore the benefits so they completely ignore the benefits so they completely ignore the benefits of good fats which is essential to of good fats which is essential to of good fats which is essential to keeping your brain keeping your brain keeping your brain healthy you must have adequate good fat pardon somebody say that jump okay pardon somebody say that jump okay okay now how many people think okay now how many people think okay now how many people think that you are stuck with the number of that you are stuck with the number of that you are stuck with the number of brain cells you were born with brain cells you were born with brain cells you were born with do we grow new brain cells yes okay do we grow new brain cells yes okay do we grow new brain cells yes okay good such an educated audience good such an educated audience good such an educated audience um we do grow new brain cells and um we do grow new brain cells and um we do grow new brain cells and actually actually actually it wasn't until about 30 years ago or 20 it wasn't until about 30 years ago or 20 it wasn't until about 30 years ago or 20 years ago that scientists years ago that scientists years ago that scientists figured that out i mean even the figured that out i mean even the figured that out i mean even the scientists thought that you were just scientists thought that you were just scientists thought that you were just stuck with what you were born with and stuck with what you were born with and stuck with what you were born with and as as as you lost brain cells you lost function you lost brain cells you lost function you lost brain cells you lost function well it turns out well it turns out well it turns out we can grow new brain cells we do grow we can grow new brain cells we do grow we can grow new brain cells we do grow new brain cells new brain cells new brain cells and dr perlmutter called it the gift of and dr perlmutter called it the gift of and dr perlmutter called it the gift of neurogenesis because it for sure is a neurogenesis because it for sure is a neurogenesis because it for sure is a gift gift gift if we're able to develop new brain cells if we're able to develop new brain cells if we're able to develop new brain cells to take over to take over to take over ones that have died off or no longer ones that have died off or no longer ones that have died off or no longer functioning well functioning well functioning well so we can make new nerve cells and this so we can make new nerve cells and this so we can make new nerve cells and this is a picture of a nerve in the different is a picture of a nerve in the different is a picture of a nerve in the different parts of the nerve parts of the nerve parts of the nerve these dendrites are little fingery these dendrites are little fingery these dendrites are little fingery projections and they reach out and touch projections and they reach out and touch projections and they reach out and touch other nerves other nerves other nerves and that's how we get communication and that's how we get communication and that's how we get communication between nerves and what is fertilizer for brain growth and what is fertilizer for brain growth for the growth of new for the growth of new for the growth of new baby brain cells something called bdnf baby brain cells something called bdnf baby brain cells something called bdnf and it's a long word but really you and it's a long word but really you and it's a long word but really you definitely want to familiarize yourself definitely want to familiarize yourself definitely want to familiarize yourself with it with it with it brain derived neurotrophic factor and brain derived neurotrophic factor and brain derived neurotrophic factor and trophic trophic trophic means helps it grow and neuro nerves so means helps it grow and neuro nerves so means helps it grow and neuro nerves so this is something that is formed in the this is something that is formed in the this is something that is formed in the brain that helps the growth of new nerve brain that helps the growth of new nerve brain that helps the growth of new nerve cells cells cells what does bdnf do it protects the nerves what does bdnf do it protects the nerves what does bdnf do it protects the nerves that are already there that are already there that are already there it encourages new connections you know i it encourages new connections you know i it encourages new connections you know i mentioned the dendrites want to mentioned the dendrites want to mentioned the dendrites want to touch other nerves so it encourages that touch other nerves so it encourages that touch other nerves so it encourages that connection and of course connection and of course connection and of course good brain function depends on good good brain function depends on good good brain function depends on good connections connections connections bdnf goes down people have alzheimer's bdnf goes down people have alzheimer's bdnf goes down people have alzheimer's disease disease disease and it's increased by lifestyle and it's increased by lifestyle and it's increased by lifestyle so you can raise your bdnf i'm going to so you can raise your bdnf i'm going to so you can raise your bdnf i'm going to tell you exactly how to do that so what about cholesterol at the so what about cholesterol at the beginning before we got started ruth beginning before we got started ruth beginning before we got started ruth asked about eggs and they have so much asked about eggs and they have so much asked about eggs and they have so much cholesterol and then the yolks cholesterol and then the yolks cholesterol and then the yolks and um is that is that okay for us and um is that is that okay for us and um is that is that okay for us well this is part of the whole well this is part of the whole well this is part of the whole discussion about what discussion about what discussion about what is up what is the optimal diet and the is up what is the optimal diet and the is up what is the optimal diet and the optimal diet is not what's been promoted optimal diet is not what's been promoted optimal diet is not what's been promoted by the government by the government by the government in cahoots with the pharmaceutical in cahoots with the pharmaceutical in cahoots with the pharmaceutical agency uh or agency uh or agency uh or companies the drug companies they would companies the drug companies they would companies the drug companies they would have you be on a high carb diet have you be on a high carb diet have you be on a high carb diet and low cholesterol and target and low cholesterol and target and low cholesterol and target cholesterol cholesterol cholesterol as the evil factor in getting ill as the evil factor in getting ill as the evil factor in getting ill and want you to be on medicine to lower and want you to be on medicine to lower and want you to be on medicine to lower your cholesterol your cholesterol your cholesterol well not only doesn't that work well not only doesn't that work well not only doesn't that work especially for women and most of the men especially for women and most of the men especially for women and most of the men that are on statin medications that are on statin medications that are on statin medications statin medications increase your risk of statin medications increase your risk of statin medications increase your risk of diabetes diabetes diabetes men and women so just what you're trying men and women so just what you're trying men and women so just what you're trying to prevent to prevent to prevent you're on a medication that causes not only is cholesterol not the evil not only is cholesterol not the evil factor here factor here factor here you need cholesterol cholesterol you need cholesterol cholesterol you need cholesterol cholesterol promotes communication these dendrites promotes communication these dendrites promotes communication these dendrites that want to connect that want to connect that want to connect they need cholesterol to connect the they need cholesterol to connect the they need cholesterol to connect the axon which is axon which is axon which is um it's like an electrical wire um it's like an electrical wire um it's like an electrical wire you know transmits through this wire it you know transmits through this wire it you know transmits through this wire it needs cholesterol to have a proper needs cholesterol to have a proper needs cholesterol to have a proper coating coating coating just like our wires have rubber coatings just like our wires have rubber coatings just like our wires have rubber coatings around to insulate around to insulate around to insulate and promote the flow of electricity and promote the flow of electricity and promote the flow of electricity these axons these myelin sheaths promote these axons these myelin sheaths promote these axons these myelin sheaths promote the flow the flow the flow of electricity from one neuron to the of electricity from one neuron to the of electricity from one neuron to the other other other and depend on cholesterol and depend on cholesterol and depend on cholesterol and cholesterol also promotes and cholesterol also promotes and cholesterol also promotes neurogenesis the gift of neurogenesis neurogenesis the gift of neurogenesis neurogenesis the gift of neurogenesis cholesterol helps that so don't be cholesterol helps that so don't be cholesterol helps that so don't be afraid of cholesterol cholesterol is afraid of cholesterol cholesterol is afraid of cholesterol cholesterol is your friend cholesterol is not your your friend cholesterol is not your your friend cholesterol is not your enemy and i know it's very hard because enemy and i know it's very hard because enemy and i know it's very hard because you've been promoted for so many years you've been promoted for so many years you've been promoted for so many years for the last 40 years for the last 40 years for the last 40 years that you should be on a low fat high that you should be on a low fat high that you should be on a low fat high carb diet carb diet carb diet and you know maybe they didn't promote and you know maybe they didn't promote and you know maybe they didn't promote high carb but when you remove all the high carb but when you remove all the high carb but when you remove all the fat from everything you're doing fat from everything you're doing fat from everything you're doing you've got to eat something and people you've got to eat something and people you've got to eat something and people have ended up eating a lot of have ended up eating a lot of have ended up eating a lot of carbohydrate carbohydrate carbohydrate and we have seen the health of america and we have seen the health of america and we have seen the health of america go down down down since 1970.
go down down down since 1970. go down down down since 1970. healthy oils things like healthy oils things like healthy oils things like fish oil and fatty fish like salmon fish oil and fatty fish like salmon fish oil and fatty fish like salmon they increase bdnf and i told you you'd they increase bdnf and i told you you'd they increase bdnf and i told you you'd want to get familiar with that very want to get familiar with that very want to get familiar with that very technical term technical term technical term that's your brain fertilizer i talked a little bit about statins i talked a little bit about statins already in women they already in women they already in women they increase diabetes by 48 increase diabetes by 48 increase diabetes by 48 and if anybody here is on lipitor women and if anybody here is on lipitor women and if anybody here is on lipitor women especially it does have been shown especially it does have been shown especially it does have been shown not to do a thing to prevent risk of not to do a thing to prevent risk of not to do a thing to prevent risk of heart disease and death from heart heart disease and death from heart heart disease and death from heart attacks attacks attacks it doesn't do a thing it was a real it doesn't do a thing it was a real it doesn't do a thing it was a real sleight of hand by the pharmaceutical sleight of hand by the pharmaceutical sleight of hand by the pharmaceutical company that makes lipitor
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company that makes lipitor company that makes lipitor to bundle together the data from men and to bundle together the data from men and to bundle together the data from men and women it did help some men cut down women it did help some men cut down women it did help some men cut down their risk of heart attacks their risk of heart attacks their risk of heart attacks but it didn't do anything for women and but it didn't do anything for women and but it didn't do anything for women and you know if that came out in the press you know if that came out in the press you know if that came out in the press well you've lost 50 of the population well you've lost 50 of the population well you've lost 50 of the population there goes 50 there goes 50 there goes 50 of their sales so they bundled that of their sales so they bundled that of their sales so they bundled that information information information and said overall it helps cut down risk and said overall it helps cut down risk and said overall it helps cut down risk of heart attack of heart attack of heart attack so especially if you're a woman you're a so especially if you're a woman you're a so especially if you're a woman you're a really increased risk of getting really increased risk of getting really increased risk of getting diabetes from your statin medication and diabetes from your statin medication and diabetes from your statin medication and it's not going to do anything for your it's not going to do anything for your it's not going to do anything for your heart health and like i said increased diabetes means and like i said increased diabetes means increased alzheimer's disease so the increased alzheimer's disease so the increased alzheimer's disease so the last thing you want to do is be on a last thing you want to do is be on a last thing you want to do is be on a medication medication medication that's going to increase your risk of that's going to increase your risk of that's going to increase your risk of diabetes and alzheimer's so what about dietary fat we talked so what about dietary fat we talked about carbs about carbs about carbs carbs have definitely been shown to carbs have definitely been shown to carbs have definitely been shown to increase risk of mild cognitive increase risk of mild cognitive increase risk of mild cognitive impairment impairment impairment as well as alzheimer's disease so um first of all dietary fat so um first of all dietary fat like i said cholesterol is good brain like i said cholesterol is good brain like i said cholesterol is good brain food food food the other thing about cholesterol is the other thing about cholesterol is the other thing about cholesterol is cholesterol turns into hormones cholesterol turns into hormones cholesterol turns into hormones all those good hormones estrogen all those good hormones estrogen all those good hormones estrogen testosterone testosterone testosterone dhea start with cholesterol dhea start with cholesterol dhea start with cholesterol so without cholesterol your hormonal so without cholesterol your hormonal so without cholesterol your hormonal status is diminished status is diminished status is diminished and your brain doesn't work as well being on a high carb diet increases your being on a high carb diet increases your risk of risk of risk of mild cognitive impairment fourfold mild cognitive impairment fourfold mild cognitive impairment fourfold and they have done studies on and they have done studies on and they have done studies on young people who were subjected to young people who were subjected to young people who were subjected to memory tests and when they memory tests and when they memory tests and when they ate high carb before their memory test ate high carb before their memory test ate high carb before their memory test their function was way diminished their function was way diminished their function was way diminished so this isn't even people with so this isn't even people with so this isn't even people with diminished function because of age and diminished function because of age and diminished function because of age and that sort of thing that sort of thing that sort of thing carbs directly diminish the speed of carbs directly diminish the speed of carbs directly diminish the speed of your brain function healthy fats and we'll talk about what healthy fats and we'll talk about what that means that means that means diminish the risk of mild cognitive diminish the risk of mild cognitive diminish the risk of mild cognitive impairment impairment impairment in half it cuts it in half so you need in half it cuts it in half so you need in half it cuts it in half so you need to have plenty of healthy fats to have plenty of healthy fats to have plenty of healthy fats and you need plenty of healthy protein i and you need plenty of healthy protein i and you need plenty of healthy protein i know know know there there are some there there are some there there are some very strong um and convincing movies and very strong um and convincing movies and very strong um and convincing movies and information out there like forks over information out there like forks over information out there like forks over knives to convince people to eliminate knives to convince people to eliminate knives to convince people to eliminate all all all animal protein from their diet and what animal protein from their diet and what animal protein from their diet and what happens is happens is happens is as a vegetarian it could be quite as a vegetarian it could be quite as a vegetarian it could be quite difficult to get adequate protein difficult to get adequate protein difficult to get adequate protein so we can see that having healthy so we can see that having healthy so we can see that having healthy amounts of protein will help to maintain amounts of protein will help to maintain amounts of protein will help to maintain keep you from getting mild cognitive keep you from getting mild cognitive keep you from getting mild cognitive impairment impairment impairment the thing that's been found with the thing that's been found with the thing that's been found with alzheimer's disease is alzheimer's disease is alzheimer's disease is people with low dietary fat and low fish people with low dietary fat and low fish people with low dietary fat and low fish intake intake intake are associated with increased are associated with increased are associated with increased alzheimer's disease alzheimer's disease alzheimer's disease the more healthy fats and the more fish the more healthy fats and the more fish the more healthy fats and the more fish that people took in that people took in that people took in the lower the risk of alzheimer's by the lower the risk of alzheimer's by the lower the risk of alzheimer's by very significant amounts very significant amounts very significant amounts so diet plays a critical role whether so diet plays a critical role whether so diet plays a critical role whether it's mild cognitive impairment losing it's mild cognitive impairment losing it's mild cognitive impairment losing some of your memory or actually getting some of your memory or actually getting some of your memory or actually getting alzheimer's disease sneakers and um amanda middlemen is our sneakers and um amanda middlemen is our exercise exercise exercise expert she's here and in the back and expert she's here and in the back and expert she's here and in the back and she'll be talking to us about she'll be talking to us about she'll be talking to us about what we need to do as far as exercise to what we need to do as far as exercise to what we need to do as far as exercise to increase increase increase b d and f so you b d and f so you b d and f so you nourish your brain you make fertilizer nourish your brain you make fertilizer nourish your brain you make fertilizer for your brain when you exercise excess body fat is a problem the higher excess body fat is a problem the higher your body fat the smaller your brain your body fat the smaller your brain your body fat the smaller your brain so body fat and why is that body fat so body fat and why is that body fat so body fat and why is that body fat you are producing inflammatory chemicals you are producing inflammatory chemicals you are producing inflammatory chemicals in your body fat in your body fat in your body fat but the medical profession used to think but the medical profession used to think but the medical profession used to think body fat was just an body fat was just an body fat was just an inner you know type of tissue that it inner you know type of tissue that it inner you know type of tissue that it didn't really do anything it doesn't didn't really do anything it doesn't didn't really do anything it doesn't have very much of a blood flow have very much of a blood flow have very much of a blood flow uh it wasn't really involved in our uh it wasn't really involved in our uh it wasn't really involved in our physiology that much physiology that much physiology that much and now we know that our fat plays a and now we know that our fat plays a and now we know that our fat plays a huge role in our huge role in our huge role in our physiology and in our fat in our body physiology and in our fat in our body physiology and in our fat in our body fat particularly our mid-abdominal fat fat particularly our mid-abdominal fat fat particularly our mid-abdominal fat we make inflammatory chemicals so the we make inflammatory chemicals so the we make inflammatory chemicals so the silent inflammation i was talking to you silent inflammation i was talking to you silent inflammation i was talking to you about about about is fueled all over your body by your is fueled all over your body by your is fueled all over your body by your mid-abdominal fat
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and it has been correlated brain size and it has been correlated brain size on imaging with body fat and the people on imaging with body fat and the people on imaging with body fat and the people with higher body fat with higher body fat with higher body fat have more brain shrinkage so it's really have more brain shrinkage so it's really have more brain shrinkage so it's really imperative to start taking steps to imperative to start taking steps to imperative to start taking steps to reduce your body fat here's something that increases bdnf here's something that increases bdnf caloric restrictions caloric restrictions caloric restrictions caloric restriction has been studied for caloric restriction has been studied for caloric restriction has been studied for many many years many many years many many years and has definitely been associated with and has definitely been associated with and has definitely been associated with slowing down the aging process slowing down the aging process slowing down the aging process and very significantly reducing risk of and very significantly reducing risk of and very significantly reducing risk of all chronic illnesses caloric all chronic illnesses caloric all chronic illnesses caloric restriction restriction restriction is not an easy thing to do because the is not an easy thing to do because the is not an easy thing to do because the type of clerk restriction that was type of clerk restriction that was type of clerk restriction that was studied was studied was studied was a 30 reduction in the calorie intake i'm a 30 reduction in the calorie intake i'm a 30 reduction in the calorie intake i'm it's not easy to do it's not easy to do it's not easy to do so we're going to give you some hints so we're going to give you some hints so we're going to give you some hints later on in the second part later on in the second part later on in the second part about how you can activate the same about how you can activate the same about how you can activate the same genes that get activated when you genes that get activated when you genes that get activated when you engage in caloric restriction but engage in caloric restriction but engage in caloric restriction but without putting yourself through that without putting yourself through that without putting yourself through that amount of calorie restriction on a amount of calorie restriction on a amount of calorie restriction on a day-to-day basis turmeric you have people heard about turmeric you have people heard about turmeric and it's anti-inflammatory turmeric and it's anti-inflammatory turmeric and it's anti-inflammatory effects effects effects the population in india has the lowest the population in india has the lowest the population in india has the lowest rate of alzheimer's rate of alzheimer's rate of alzheimer's of any population group in the world and of any population group in the world and of any population group in the world and it is about that because of their it is about that because of their it is about that because of their very high use of turmeric in cooking very high use of turmeric in cooking very high use of turmeric in cooking it's a it's a it's a spice they use frequently in curry spice they use frequently in curry spice they use frequently in curry turmeric is a very strong turmeric is a very strong turmeric is a very strong anti-inflammatory anti-inflammatory anti-inflammatory and we use it for people who have joint and we use it for people who have joint and we use it for people who have joint inflammation as a safe anti-inflammatory inflammation as a safe anti-inflammatory inflammation as a safe anti-inflammatory but turmeric not only has but turmeric not only has but turmeric not only has anti-inflammatory processes anti-inflammatory processes anti-inflammatory processes or effects it increases your or effects it increases your or effects it increases your bd and f so there is that term you know bd and f so there is that term you know bd and f so there is that term you know popping up again popping up again popping up again it is brain fertilizer and it's part of it is brain fertilizer and it's part of it is brain fertilizer and it's part of our new brain food product our new brain food product our new brain food product and sleep and this is the part that was and sleep and this is the part that was and sleep and this is the part that was left out of your hand out so you may left out of your hand out so you may left out of your hand out so you may want to take some notes on this sleep is the foundation of good health sleep is the foundation of good health and sleep governs tremendous number of and sleep governs tremendous number of and sleep governs tremendous number of processes in our body it governs our processes in our body it governs our processes in our body it governs our metabolism metabolism metabolism it governs our hunger and satiety if you it governs our hunger and satiety if you it governs our hunger and satiety if you lack sleep chronically you will be lack sleep chronically you will be lack sleep chronically you will be hungrier hungrier hungrier you want to eat more and you'll put on you want to eat more and you'll put on you want to eat more and you'll put on more body fat more body fat more body fat it's verified there that's how it it's verified there that's how it it's verified there that's how it governs our weight governs our weight governs our weight uh it also governs our immunity when you uh it also governs our immunity when you uh it also governs our immunity when you are are are short on sleep you are more likely to short on sleep you are more likely to short on sleep you are more likely to get sick get sick get sick um and it governs a number of other um and it governs a number of other um and it governs a number of other things like you know creativity things like you know creativity things like you know creativity our ability to respond to stress our ability to respond to stress our ability to respond to stress uh memory is affected if you're short on uh memory is affected if you're short on uh memory is affected if you're short on sleep sleep sleep and the speed of your brain function and the speed of your brain function and the speed of your brain function your ability to think how quickly you your ability to think how quickly you your ability to think how quickly you think is definitely think is definitely think is definitely impacted by lack of sleep there was a recent study that came out there was a recent study that came out from england that looked at from england that looked at from england that looked at a week of sleep deprivation and it a week of sleep deprivation and it a week of sleep deprivation and it affected affected affected 700 genes so you know what i was saying 700 genes so you know what i was saying 700 genes so you know what i was saying about about about epigenetics you can either epigenetics you can either epigenetics you can either keep your healthy genes functioning and keep your healthy genes functioning and keep your healthy genes functioning and activated or you can turn them off activated or you can turn them off activated or you can turn them off you can either activate your unhealthy you can either activate your unhealthy you can either activate your unhealthy genes or genes or genes or keep them quiet and lack of sleep keep them quiet and lack of sleep keep them quiet and lack of sleep activated 700 genes activated 700 genes activated 700 genes it increased people's stress it increased people's stress it increased people's stress inflammation it lowered their immunity inflammation it lowered their immunity inflammation it lowered their immunity and it slowed their metabolism genes and it slowed their metabolism genes and it slowed their metabolism genes that govern that govern that govern all those things all those things all those things like i mentioned sleep increases risk of like i mentioned sleep increases risk of like i mentioned sleep increases risk of increases your hunger increases your hunger increases your hunger it increases risk of dementia and it it increases risk of dementia and it it increases risk of dementia and it decreases your immunity decreases your immunity decreases your immunity and we'll talk some about sleep and what and we'll talk some about sleep and what and we'll talk some about sleep and what to do about sleep in the second part to do about sleep in the second part to do about sleep in the second part i want to talk a little bit about i want to talk a little bit about i want to talk a little bit about hormones because hormones are hormones because hormones are hormones because hormones are also what we call neurotrophic and if also what we call neurotrophic and if also what we call neurotrophic and if you remember i explained what that means you remember i explained what that means you remember i explained what that means neuro is nerves and trophic means helps neuro is nerves and trophic means helps neuro is nerves and trophic means helps it grow and i think of it as it grow and i think of it as it grow and i think of it as you know like a flower garden like you you know like a flower garden like you you know like a flower garden like you plant a little seedling plant a little seedling plant a little seedling and you water it and you maybe get some and you water it and you maybe get some and you water it and you maybe get some you know like rose food you know like rose food you know like rose food or fertilizer and you see it grow and or fertilizer and you see it grow and or fertilizer and you see it grow and you see it flower you see it flower you see it flower and become beautiful and your brain and become beautiful and your brain and become beautiful and your brain cells cells cells do the same thing but you need to give do the same thing but you need to give do the same thing but you need to give it water and you need to give it it water and you need to give it it water and you need to give it fertilizer and rose food or whatever fertilizer and rose food or whatever fertilizer and rose food or whatever else you use else you use else you use you know on your um on your plants to you know on your um on your plants to you know on your um on your plants to make them flower make them flower make them flower and hormones are also neuroprotective and hormones are also neuroprotective and hormones are also neuroprotective that means that means that means keep your nerves healthy progesterone is definitely brain progesterone is definitely brain fertilizer and there have been a number fertilizer and there have been a number fertilizer and there have been a number of studies that show of studies that show of studies that show people who have had traumatic brain people who have had traumatic brain people who have had traumatic brain injuries where you know happens in injuries where you know happens in injuries where you know happens in football they get a bump on the head it football they get a bump on the head it football they get a bump on the head it happens on the battlefield happens on the battlefield happens on the battlefield uh it happens with car accidents and uh it happens with car accidents and uh it happens with car accidents and when you have a traumatic brain injury when you have a traumatic brain injury when you have a traumatic brain injury depending on the severity you can get depending on the severity you can get depending on the severity you can get death of some brain cells death of some brain cells death of some brain cells it turns out that people both men and it turns out that people both men and it turns out that people both men and women who are given women who are given women who are given progesterone by intravenous within 72 progesterone by intravenous within 72 progesterone by intravenous within 72 hours of their injury hours of their injury hours of their injury cut down the amount of damage that cut down the amount of damage that cut down the amount of damage that occurs to their brain tissue occurs to their brain tissue occurs to their brain tissue you know that shows up on imaging you you know that shows up on imaging you you know that shows up on imaging you know techniques know techniques know techniques mris and things but more importantly mris and things but more importantly mris and things but more importantly their function was improved over and their function was improved over and their function was improved over and above people who did not get above people who did not get above people who did not get progesterone progesterone progesterone so progesterone has been shown to have so progesterone has been shown to have so progesterone has been shown to have this tremendous benefit this tremendous benefit this tremendous benefit in preventing brain damage and enhancing in preventing brain damage and enhancing in preventing brain damage and enhancing the function the function the function and growth of new baby nerve cells and growth of new baby nerve cells and growth of new baby nerve cells and it may modify the progression in and it may modify the progression in and it may modify the progression in alzheimer's now one of the problems alzheimer's now one of the problems alzheimer's now one of the problems given the way the pharmaceutical given the way the pharmaceutical given the way the pharmaceutical industry is set up industry is set up industry is set up and the way profits go is nobody really and the way profits go is nobody really and the way profits go is nobody really wants to study progesterone very much wants to study progesterone very much wants to study progesterone very much because because because it's a natural substance you can't it's a natural substance you can't it's a natural substance you can't really patent it really patent it really patent it and so who's going to get the corner on and so who's going to get the corner on and so who's going to get the corner on the market so the market so the market so all of the neuroendocrinology all of the neuroendocrinology all of the neuroendocrinology literature that i read is always saying literature that i read is always saying literature that i read is always saying and so we need to find a pharmaceutical and so we need to find a pharmaceutical and so we need to find a pharmaceutical that will do this that will do this that will do this so they're looking for a pharmaceutical so they're looking for a pharmaceutical so they're looking for a pharmaceutical agent that's going to do agent that's going to do agent that's going to do what we already have progesterone what what we already have progesterone what what we already have progesterone what it already does it already does it already does and progesterone has lots of other and progesterone has lots of other and progesterone has lots of other wonderful effects on our body so why wonderful effects on our body so why wonderful effects on our body so why would we want a pharmaceutical would we want a pharmaceutical would we want a pharmaceutical when we can use progesterone it's got to when we can use progesterone it's got to when we can use progesterone it's got to be one of the safest hormones known to be one of the safest hormones known to be one of the safest hormones known to man man man or woman so progesterone is wonderful or woman so progesterone is wonderful or woman so progesterone is wonderful brain fertilizer brain fertilizer brain fertilizer now this is a secret now some of you i now this is a secret now some of you i now this is a secret now some of you i know know this because know know this because know know this because we work together but vitamin d is not a we work together but vitamin d is not a we work together but vitamin d is not a vitamin vitamin vitamin it's a hormone and its chemical it's a hormone and its chemical it's a hormone and its chemical structure structure structure is just like any of the other steroid is just like any of the other steroid is just like any of the other steroid hormones which are the steroid hormones hormones which are the steroid hormones hormones which are the steroid hormones those are the ones that start getting those are the ones that start getting those are the ones that start getting manufactured with cholesterol is the manufactured with cholesterol is the manufactured with cholesterol is the first step first step first step progesterone estrogen testosterone progesterone estrogen testosterone progesterone estrogen testosterone dhea pregnenolone these are all steroid dhea pregnenolone these are all steroid dhea pregnenolone these are all steroid hormones hormones hormones well vitamin d is essentially a steroid well vitamin d is essentially a steroid well vitamin d is essentially a steroid hormone low vitamin d levels correlate with low vitamin d levels correlate with increased risk of alzheimer's increased risk of alzheimer's increased risk of alzheimer's and it's not it's a there is a cause and and it's not it's a there is a cause and and it's not it's a there is a cause and effect because it's been found that effect because it's been found that effect because it's been found that people with higher intakes of vitamin d people with higher intakes of vitamin d people with higher intakes of vitamin d because people always say well how do because people always say well how do because people always say well how do you know it's not you know it's not you know it's not low just because that's something that low just because that's something that low just because that's something that happens with alzheimer's disease happens with alzheimer's disease happens with alzheimer's disease people that take in more vitamin d people that take in more vitamin d people that take in more vitamin d have a lower rate of alzheimer's so have a lower rate of alzheimer's so have a lower rate of alzheimer's so people who are taking more vitamin d in people who are taking more vitamin d in people who are taking more vitamin d in their diet their diet their diet and we know that vitamin d has and we know that vitamin d has and we know that vitamin d has tremendous anti-inflammatory tremendous anti-inflammatory tremendous anti-inflammatory neurotrophic effects um neurotrophic effects um neurotrophic effects um and neuroprotective effects and and neuroprotective effects and and neuroprotective effects and i've learned a lot about this more than i've learned a lot about this more than i've learned a lot about this more than what the typical anti-aging doctor what the typical anti-aging doctor what the typical anti-aging doctor would know about because i got involved would know about because i got involved would know about because i got involved learning about a condition called learning about a condition called learning about a condition called burning mouth syndrome burning mouth syndrome burning mouth syndrome have people here heard about it you've have people here heard about it you've have people here heard about it you've heard of it heard of it heard of it um it is a condition that affects um it is a condition that affects um it is a condition that affects anywhere from one and a half to maybe anywhere from one and a half to maybe anywhere from one and a half to maybe seven percent of menopausal women and seven percent of menopausal women and seven percent of menopausal women and it's um it's um it's um 90 of people that have it are 90 of people that have it are 90 of people that have it are perimenopausal and menopausal women and perimenopausal and menopausal women and perimenopausal and menopausal women and it's a condition where it's a condition where it's a condition where you feel like the inside of your mouth you feel like the inside of your mouth you feel like the inside of your mouth has been scalded like you drank has been scalded like you drank has been scalded like you drank something that was too hot something that was too hot something that was too hot and there really have not been good and there really have not been good and there really have not been good treatments for it and for some people it treatments for it and for some people it treatments for it and for some people it gets so significant that it becomes gets so significant that it becomes gets so significant that it becomes a very significant chronic pain factor a very significant chronic pain factor a very significant chronic pain factor in their lives in their lives in their lives prevents them from sleeping enjoying prevents them from sleeping enjoying prevents them from sleeping enjoying food food food socializing and it ends up being quite socializing and it ends up being quite socializing and it ends up being quite serious in terms of disruption to their serious in terms of disruption to their serious in terms of disruption to their lives lives lives although you can't see anything it all although you can't see anything it all although you can't see anything it all looks normal there's not a growth there looks normal there's not a growth there looks normal there's not a growth there but it turns out it's a neurological but it turns out it's a neurological but it turns out it's a neurological condition condition condition the nerves aren't functioning well and the nerves aren't functioning well and the nerves aren't functioning well and what i found in the what i found in the what i found in the course of doing our hormone restoration course of doing our hormone restoration course of doing our hormone restoration program program program is that a number of people with burning is that a number of people with burning is that a number of people with burning mouth syndrome mouth syndrome mouth syndrome had their symptoms go away had their symptoms go away had their symptoms go away with being on hormones and so i started with being on hormones and so i started with being on hormones and so i started really researching the neural really researching the neural really researching the neural immunology neuro endo immunology immunology neuro endo immunology immunology neuro endo immunology um literature pretty esoteric uh um literature pretty esoteric uh um literature pretty esoteric uh most doctors don't read it you know it's most doctors don't read it you know it's most doctors don't read it you know it's not the american the journal of the ama not the american the journal of the ama not the american the journal of the ama or the new england journal or lancet or the new england journal or lancet or the new england journal or lancet it's pretty it's pretty it's pretty esoteric journals um in societies that esoteric journals um in societies that esoteric journals um in societies that you have to be invited to join you can't you have to be invited to join you can't you have to be invited to join you can't just like i wanted to find up and go to just like i wanted to find up and go to just like i wanted to find up and go to one of their conferences but it's one of their conferences but it's one of their conferences but it's my invitation only um in my invitation only um in my invitation only um in buried in that literature is this buried in that literature is this buried in that literature is this information about progesterone and information about progesterone and information about progesterone and traumatic brain injury traumatic brain injury traumatic brain injury injury and buried in there is injury and buried in there is injury and buried in there is information about the benefits of information about the benefits of information about the benefits of other hormones and how we actually make other hormones and how we actually make other hormones and how we actually make these hormones these hormones these hormones in the nerves in our brain and so in the nerves in our brain and so in the nerves in our brain and so the information that i um fared it out the information that i um fared it out the information that i um fared it out on in order to understand the burning on in order to understand the burning on in order to understand the burning mouth syndrome which is a neurological mouth syndrome which is a neurological mouth syndrome which is a neurological problem problem problem um ends up i can it's applicable um ends up i can it's applicable um ends up i can it's applicable to all of us in terms of maintaining our to all of us in terms of maintaining our to all of us in terms of maintaining our good brain function good brain function good brain function so um testosterone depletion so um testosterone depletion so um testosterone depletion accelerates dementia in men accelerates dementia in men accelerates dementia in men and we see that and we see that and we see that testosterone is important in regulating testosterone is important in regulating testosterone is important in regulating a protein that gets deposited a protein that gets deposited a protein that gets deposited in the brains of people with alzheimer's in the brains of people with alzheimer's in the brains of people with alzheimer's called beta amyloid called beta amyloid called beta amyloid and we think that beta amyloid we're not and we think that beta amyloid we're not and we think that beta amyloid we're not sure if it's there it's kind of a sure if it's there it's kind of a sure if it's there it's kind of a bystander or if it really causes the bystander or if it really causes the bystander or if it really causes the brain decline brain decline brain decline but definitely testosterone has been but definitely testosterone has been but definitely testosterone has been shown to shown to shown to help regulate that and cut down on the help regulate that and cut down on the help regulate that and cut down on the amount of beta amyloid amount of beta amyloid amount of beta amyloid and so there is some talk in this and so there is some talk in this and so there is some talk in this esoteric neuroimmunology literature esoteric neuroimmunology literature esoteric neuroimmunology literature about using testosterone to prevent about using testosterone to prevent about using testosterone to prevent alzheimer's dementia and other types of alzheimer's dementia and other types of alzheimer's dementia and other types of cognitive decline which means thinking cognitive decline which means thinking cognitive decline which means thinking thinking ability thinking ability thinking ability and decline and thinking ability again and decline and thinking ability again and decline and thinking ability again they were looking for a drug that would they were looking for a drug that would they were looking for a drug that would mimic testosterone mimic testosterone mimic testosterone rather than actually considering rather than actually considering rather than actually considering studying testosterone in its effects studying testosterone in its effects studying testosterone in its effects estrogen for women we have known for estrogen for women we have known for estrogen for women we have known for many years many years many years is very important in the speed of our is very important in the speed of our is very important in the speed of our brain function and women who have their brain function and women who have their brain function and women who have their ovaries removed if you have a ovaries removed if you have a ovaries removed if you have a hysterectomy before menopause hysterectomy before menopause hysterectomy before menopause and get your ovaries taken out you lose and get your ovaries taken out you lose and get your ovaries taken out you lose 15 of your brain speed right there 15 of your brain speed right there 15 of your brain speed right there anybody had their ovaries removed before anybody had their ovaries removed before anybody had their ovaries removed before menopause because you're you're fighting menopause because you're you're fighting menopause because you're you're fighting an uphill battle an uphill battle an uphill battle then there's estrogen replacement women then there's estrogen replacement women then there's estrogen replacement women on estrogen replacement on estrogen replacement on estrogen replacement frequently notice that their brain frequently notice that their brain frequently notice that their brain function improves function improves function improves speed focus memory all of those things speed focus memory all of those things speed focus memory all of those things are estrogen protected by estrogen and dhea dehydroepi endosterone is a and dhea dehydroepi endosterone is a hormone that is our vitality hormone that is our vitality hormone that is our vitality immunity and moon hormone immunity and moon hormone immunity and moon hormone and we find that dhea and we find that dhea and we find that dhea helps new nerve growth all of these helps new nerve growth all of these helps new nerve growth all of these hormones help your nerve grow hormones help your nerve grow hormones help your nerve grow uh dhea levels naturally decline as we uh dhea levels naturally decline as we uh dhea levels naturally decline as we age age age so by the time we're in our 40s i don't so by the time we're in our 40s i don't so by the time we're in our 40s i don't mean older mean older mean older older i mean like by the time you're in older i mean like by the time you're in older i mean like by the time you're in your mid 40s your dhea level is half of your mid 40s your dhea level is half of your mid 40s your dhea level is half of what it was when you were in your 20s what it was when you were in your 20s what it was when you were in your 20s and it keeps going down from there and and it keeps going down from there and and it keeps going down from there and this is a hormone that's really this is a hormone that's really this is a hormone that's really important for like i said important for like i said important for like i said energy immunity vitality and mood as energy immunity vitality and mood as energy immunity vitality and mood as well as well as well as protecting your brain cells and brain protecting your brain cells and brain protecting your brain cells and brain function function function so the lowered levels that happen as so the lowered levels that happen as so the lowered levels that happen as people people people age are associated with memory loss and age are associated with memory loss and age are associated with memory loss and decrease in cognitive function decrease in cognitive function decrease in cognitive function so that ends the first part which went so that ends the first part which went so that ends the first part which went on
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