Dr. Daniel Amen
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And so are there other ways?
to optimize your brain.
And that's what I get so excited with players like Julius and some of the other people I've worked with is how can I help you be the very best you can be?
So it's not about taking broken people and putting them back together.
It's about taking awesome people and helping them be more awesome.
And looking at the brain for me, it literally changed everything in my life from the time I go to bed at night to what I eat to, um,
what I do to make myself happy, it's I always wanted to optimize my brain rather than steal from me.
I have six kids and I love them all dearly, but I never wanna have to live with them.
And so, I covet my independence
And as I get older, I'm like, I need to be more serious.
Because did you know 50% of people 85 and older, 5-0% of people 85 and older will be diagnosed with dementia of one form or another.
And that means if you're blessed to live to 85, you have a one in two chance of having lost your mind.
And marijuana increases the risk of dementia.
Yeah.
There are studies now, and its use is skyrocketing in older people.
So in Canada, there was a study where 15 years ago, 5% of people over 50 used marijuana.
Now, it's 21%.
At best.
We don't want dementia increasing in the population.
Alzheimer's is expected to triple by 2050.