Daniel Priestley

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

You don't like it as much as you like your brain. Yeah, in my life. So there's a study from the Mayo Clinic where they looked at people who had primarily a fat-based diet. So fish, healthy oils, avocados, nuts and seeds. They had 42% less risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. And then they looked at people who had primarily a protein-based diet.

You don't like it as much as you like your brain. Yeah, in my life. So there's a study from the Mayo Clinic where they looked at people who had primarily a fat-based diet. So fish, healthy oils, avocados, nuts and seeds. They had 42% less risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. And then they looked at people who had primarily a protein-based diet.

So think of a caveman diet, 21%, less risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. And then they looked at people that had a standard American diet, simple carbohydrate-based diet, bread, pasta, potatoes, rice. Fruit juice, sugar, a 400% increased risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. It's the sugar and the foods that quickly turn to sugar, which goes with the insulin diabetes type 3 hypothesis.

So think of a caveman diet, 21%, less risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. And then they looked at people that had a standard American diet, simple carbohydrate-based diet, bread, pasta, potatoes, rice. Fruit juice, sugar, a 400% increased risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. It's the sugar and the foods that quickly turn to sugar, which goes with the insulin diabetes type 3 hypothesis.

You have to manage it. And the reason this is so important to me is... Having high blood sugar makes your blood vessels brittle and more likely to break, which means it takes longer for things to heal and you're more likely to have a stroke. And having a stroke increases your risk of Alzheimer's tenfold. So are you a fan of the keto diet? For some people.

You have to manage it. And the reason this is so important to me is... Having high blood sugar makes your blood vessels brittle and more likely to break, which means it takes longer for things to heal and you're more likely to have a stroke. And having a stroke increases your risk of Alzheimer's tenfold. So are you a fan of the keto diet? For some people.

I find that it doesn't have enough plants in it, which means it's probably not going to be awesome for your microbiome. So I'm more a fan of a paleo diet that has healthy fat, healthy protein, and lots of plants.

I find that it doesn't have enough plants in it, which means it's probably not going to be awesome for your microbiome. So I'm more a fan of a paleo diet that has healthy fat, healthy protein, and lots of plants.

Oh, I know more about this than I want. It activates the limbic or emotional circuits in the brain. And so when you lose someone important to you or even a pet, like I had It made me cry. A white shepherd and so beautiful and so sweet. And he got cancer. And when he died, he still lives in my head. And I lost someone important to me about 20 years ago. And for like a year, I was just not okay.

Oh, I know more about this than I want. It activates the limbic or emotional circuits in the brain. And so when you lose someone important to you or even a pet, like I had It made me cry. A white shepherd and so beautiful and so sweet. And he got cancer. And when he died, he still lives in my head. And I lost someone important to me about 20 years ago. And for like a year, I was just not okay.

And so I scanned myself and my emotional brain was so busy. And it's like when you have someone, they actually become ingrained in every fun place in your brain. So they get stored in multiple places in your brain. And when they're not there anymore, your brain still looks for them. And figuring out ways to sort of calm down your emotional brain can be so helpful.

And so I scanned myself and my emotional brain was so busy. And it's like when you have someone, they actually become ingrained in every fun place in your brain. So they get stored in multiple places in your brain. And when they're not there anymore, your brain still looks for them. And figuring out ways to sort of calm down your emotional brain can be so helpful.

No, it's more the insular cortex and the thalamus. And that's what we found with depression. I published a study with scientists from USC and Los Angeles Children's Hospital on depression. And what we found, those were the structures that were dramatically overactive compared to people who were not depressed.

No, it's more the insular cortex and the thalamus. And that's what we found with depression. I published a study with scientists from USC and Los Angeles Children's Hospital on depression. And what we found, those were the structures that were dramatically overactive compared to people who were not depressed.

Right. And so it's the prefrontal cortex you bring in to the loss that often determines how you deal with it. Okay. And so your emotional brain fires up if you're drinking and taking the prefrontal cortex offline. It can't manage it. So one thing people don't understand is is the fibers from the prefrontal cortex to the rest of the brain are inhibitory, which means they calm things down.

Right. And so it's the prefrontal cortex you bring in to the loss that often determines how you deal with it. Okay. And so your emotional brain fires up if you're drinking and taking the prefrontal cortex offline. It can't manage it. So one thing people don't understand is is the fibers from the prefrontal cortex to the rest of the brain are inhibitory, which means they calm things down.

So if this isn't working right, the emotional part can sort of override it, and it becomes problematic. And so protecting this is so important to managing so much of your life. I mean, it's really the most human thoughtful part of us. And what we found within hope was that insular cortex was low. It's really low. Interesting to us. And hope is tomorrow can be better and I have a part in it.

So if this isn't working right, the emotional part can sort of override it, and it becomes problematic. And so protecting this is so important to managing so much of your life. I mean, it's really the most human thoughtful part of us. And what we found within hope was that insular cortex was low. It's really low. Interesting to us. And hope is tomorrow can be better and I have a part in it.

When you're hopeless, you don't believe you have agency to make tomorrow better. And so often there are hope training courses that can be good. And I, with all of my patients, I do this exercise called the one-page miracle I referred to earlier. It's like write down what do you want. Relationships, work, money. Physical, emotional, spiritual health. All these things. Write it down.