Dr. Daniel Amen

Why don't we screen our brain given that if you're blessed to live to 85 or older, you have a one in two chance of having lost your mind, right? You have a 50% risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia just by being 85. And I'm like, no, I'm not okay with that, right? I love my six kids, but I never want to have to live with them, right?

Why don't we screen our brain given that if you're blessed to live to 85 or older, you have a one in two chance of having lost your mind, right? You have a 50% risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia just by being 85. And I'm like, no, I'm not okay with that, right? I love my six kids, but I never want to have to live with them, right?

Why don't we screen our brain given that if you're blessed to live to 85 or older, you have a one in two chance of having lost your mind, right? You have a 50% risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia just by being 85. And I'm like, no, I'm not okay with that, right? I love my six kids, but I never want to have to live with them, right?

I don't want them, we're taking his keys from him. We're going to put him in a, no. Put him in a home.

I don't want them, we're taking his keys from him. We're going to put him in a, no. Put him in a home.

I don't want them, we're taking his keys from him. We're going to put him in a, no. Put him in a home.

Yes. So in 2005, I wrote a book called Preventing Alzheimer's with a friend of mine. And I got so much grief. It's like, no, you can't do that. No, you can't do it. Last year, The Lancet published an article that said 50% of Alzheimer's disease is preventable.

Yes. So in 2005, I wrote a book called Preventing Alzheimer's with a friend of mine. And I got so much grief. It's like, no, you can't do that. No, you can't do it. Last year, The Lancet published an article that said 50% of Alzheimer's disease is preventable.

Yes. So in 2005, I wrote a book called Preventing Alzheimer's with a friend of mine. And I got so much grief. It's like, no, you can't do that. No, you can't do it. Last year, The Lancet published an article that said 50% of Alzheimer's disease is preventable.

And how do you prevent it? You prevent or treat the 11 major risk factors that steal your mind. So if you knew a train was going to hit you, wouldn't you at least want to get out of the way?

And how do you prevent it? You prevent or treat the 11 major risk factors that steal your mind. So if you knew a train was going to hit you, wouldn't you at least want to get out of the way?

And how do you prevent it? You prevent or treat the 11 major risk factors that steal your mind. So if you knew a train was going to hit you, wouldn't you at least want to get out of the way?

yes right and so for example what we learned is if you're overweight as your weight goes up the actual physical size and function of the brain goes down and that should scare the fat off anyone if you have diabetes much more likely to get alzheimer's disease if you have low blood flow to your brain for Whatever reason, too much caffeine, alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, not good for your brain.

yes right and so for example what we learned is if you're overweight as your weight goes up the actual physical size and function of the brain goes down and that should scare the fat off anyone if you have diabetes much more likely to get alzheimer's disease if you have low blood flow to your brain for Whatever reason, too much caffeine, alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, not good for your brain.

yes right and so for example what we learned is if you're overweight as your weight goes up the actual physical size and function of the brain goes down and that should scare the fat off anyone if you have diabetes much more likely to get alzheimer's disease if you have low blood flow to your brain for Whatever reason, too much caffeine, alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, not good for your brain.

And so when you fall in love with your brain, you realize you have to treat it. better. And I think COVID, and that was the reason I saw Kendall. She got really anxious after she got COVID. And you could just see the inflammatory bomb that went off in her brain. Infectious disease is a major cause of psychiatric illnesses. and nobody knows it, and I didn't know it, right?

And so when you fall in love with your brain, you realize you have to treat it. better. And I think COVID, and that was the reason I saw Kendall. She got really anxious after she got COVID. And you could just see the inflammatory bomb that went off in her brain. Infectious disease is a major cause of psychiatric illnesses. and nobody knows it, and I didn't know it, right?

And so when you fall in love with your brain, you realize you have to treat it. better. And I think COVID, and that was the reason I saw Kendall. She got really anxious after she got COVID. And you could just see the inflammatory bomb that went off in her brain. Infectious disease is a major cause of psychiatric illnesses. and nobody knows it, and I didn't know it, right?

It was not in my training program. But COVID, for example, if you get COVID, you have a 25% increased risk of having a new onset psychiatric illness within the next six months. It's like, oh my goodness. Or Lyme disease, and California, we have a lot of Lyme disease here.

It was not in my training program. But COVID, for example, if you get COVID, you have a 25% increased risk of having a new onset psychiatric illness within the next six months. It's like, oh my goodness. Or Lyme disease, and California, we have a lot of Lyme disease here.