Daniel Priestley

One walks away unharmed. The other one's permanently disabled. Why? It's their brain reserve. The brain they brought into the explosion often determines how they are. So I argue we should always be building reserves. And I turned 70 this year, and I know 50% of people 85 and older have Alzheimer's disease. One in two. Horrifying statistics. And so I know that.

So between now and 15 years from now, what are the things I can do to build my reserve so the gravity of age... has less impact on me. Because your brain is going to shrink with aging regardless of any... It's going to show. Although I have a whole group of super brains, people that are 80, 90, 105, like stunningly beautiful brains.

So between now and 15 years from now, what are the things I can do to build my reserve so the gravity of age... has less impact on me. Because your brain is going to shrink with aging regardless of any... It's going to show. Although I have a whole group of super brains, people that are 80, 90, 105, like stunningly beautiful brains.

But they're people that had stunningly beautiful brain reserve habits.

But they're people that had stunningly beautiful brain reserve habits.

That they didn't smoke. They weren't drinkers. They ate well. They were not overweight.

That they didn't smoke. They weren't drinkers. They ate well. They were not overweight.

And the going wisdom until recently was excessive beta amyloid plaque formation caused Alzheimer's. And there's a lot of questions around that theory. I think I have a mnemonic I like called bright minds. You want to keep your brain healthy or rescue it, you have to prevent or treat the 11 major risk factors. So I think there are, in fact, many roads to Alzheimer's disease.

And the going wisdom until recently was excessive beta amyloid plaque formation caused Alzheimer's. And there's a lot of questions around that theory. I think I have a mnemonic I like called bright minds. You want to keep your brain healthy or rescue it, you have to prevent or treat the 11 major risk factors. So I think there are, in fact, many roads to Alzheimer's disease.

And people go, what's the difference between Alzheimer's and dementia? Dementia is the umbrella category. You start losing your faculties. Alzheimer's is one of the types. But the more you get into it, you realize it's a pretty mixed bag. And so Bright Minds, Blood Flow... retirement and aging, inflammation, genetics, head trauma, toxins, mental health.

And people go, what's the difference between Alzheimer's and dementia? Dementia is the umbrella category. You start losing your faculties. Alzheimer's is one of the types. But the more you get into it, you realize it's a pretty mixed bag. And so Bright Minds, Blood Flow... retirement and aging, inflammation, genetics, head trauma, toxins, mental health.

You know, if a woman is depressed, it doubles her risk of Alzheimer's disease. If a man is depressed, it quadruples his risk of Alzheimer's. And then the sleeper in all of these is infections, immunity and infections. Many of us think it's a major, one of the major causes of Alzheimer's disease. In fact, there's a new study out on COVID.

You know, if a woman is depressed, it doubles her risk of Alzheimer's disease. If a man is depressed, it quadruples his risk of Alzheimer's. And then the sleeper in all of these is infections, immunity and infections. Many of us think it's a major, one of the major causes of Alzheimer's disease. In fact, there's a new study out on COVID.

People who had COVID had a significantly increased risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. And then neurohormones. And we have this epidemic of low testosterone in young males now. Diabesity and sleep. Diabesity is you either have high blood sugar and or you're overweight. And that one risk factor. If you have that one risk factor, now all of a sudden you have 10 of the 11 risk factors.

People who had COVID had a significantly increased risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. And then neurohormones. And we have this epidemic of low testosterone in young males now. Diabesity and sleep. Diabesity is you either have high blood sugar and or you're overweight. And that one risk factor. If you have that one risk factor, now all of a sudden you have 10 of the 11 risk factors.

If you have one, if you have diabetes. If you're overweight. or you have high blood sugar, it lowers blood flow to your brain. It prematurely ages your brain. It increases inflammation. Fat cells produce something called adipokines, which is inflammatory molecules. It changes your genetics. Fat stores toxins. You're more likely to be depressed. It damages your immunity.

If you have one, if you have diabetes. If you're overweight. or you have high blood sugar, it lowers blood flow to your brain. It prematurely ages your brain. It increases inflammation. Fat cells produce something called adipokines, which is inflammatory molecules. It changes your genetics. Fat stores toxins. You're more likely to be depressed. It damages your immunity.

It takes healthy testosterone, turns it into unhealthy cancer-promoting forms of estrogen, and impairs your sleep. And then people go, oh, but you're fetching. And it's like, no, I published a study on 33,000 people. As your weight goes up— the size and function of the brain goes down. Somebody's got to like say the truth.

It takes healthy testosterone, turns it into unhealthy cancer-promoting forms of estrogen, and impairs your sleep. And then people go, oh, but you're fetching. And it's like, no, I published a study on 33,000 people. As your weight goes up— the size and function of the brain goes down. Somebody's got to like say the truth.

The truth is being in an unhealthy weight is unhealthy for your brain and body.