Dr. Daniel Amen
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Absolutely not. And so in my NFL work, 80% of our players got better when we put them on a rehabilitation program. And these are damaged brains, right? Some of our players, like Dick Butkus... You know, he played for decades and had tens of thousands of hits to his head. He called me his brain savior because on the right treatment, his brain just a couple of months later was much better.
Absolutely not. And so in my NFL work, 80% of our players got better when we put them on a rehabilitation program. And these are damaged brains, right? Some of our players, like Dick Butkus... You know, he played for decades and had tens of thousands of hits to his head. He called me his brain savior because on the right treatment, his brain just a couple of months later was much better.
And that's the big news in neuroscience is you're not stuck with the brain you have. You can make it better now. And I can prove it. And every day your brain, there's a part of your brain called the hippocampus, really interesting. It's shaped, hippocampus is Greek for seahorse because that's how it's shaped. Every day it makes 700 new stem cells.
And that's the big news in neuroscience is you're not stuck with the brain you have. You can make it better now. And I can prove it. And every day your brain, there's a part of your brain called the hippocampus, really interesting. It's shaped, hippocampus is Greek for seahorse because that's how it's shaped. Every day it makes 700 new stem cells.
And that's the big news in neuroscience is you're not stuck with the brain you have. You can make it better now. And I can prove it. And every day your brain, there's a part of your brain called the hippocampus, really interesting. It's shaped, hippocampus is Greek for seahorse because that's how it's shaped. Every day it makes 700 new stem cells.
So every day your brain is making 700 new baby seahorses that are involved in mood and memory and your behavior changes. is either growing them or murdering them, right? If you have to have two to four glasses of wine at night, you're murdering the babies. If you're smoking a lot of pot, you're murdering the babies.
So every day your brain is making 700 new baby seahorses that are involved in mood and memory and your behavior changes. is either growing them or murdering them, right? If you have to have two to four glasses of wine at night, you're murdering the babies. If you're smoking a lot of pot, you're murdering the babies.
So every day your brain is making 700 new baby seahorses that are involved in mood and memory and your behavior changes. is either growing them or murdering them, right? If you have to have two to four glasses of wine at night, you're murdering the babies. If you're smoking a lot of pot, you're murdering the babies.
I posted something two days ago that if you're under 50 and smoking marijuana, you have a six-fold increase of having a heart attack. It's like, whoa, not good for the blood flow in your body. If you go to bed a half an hour early tonight, you're growing your seahorses. If you take a multiple vitamin and fish oil and optimize your vitamin D level, you're growing your seahorses.
I posted something two days ago that if you're under 50 and smoking marijuana, you have a six-fold increase of having a heart attack. It's like, whoa, not good for the blood flow in your body. If you go to bed a half an hour early tonight, you're growing your seahorses. If you take a multiple vitamin and fish oil and optimize your vitamin D level, you're growing your seahorses.
I posted something two days ago that if you're under 50 and smoking marijuana, you have a six-fold increase of having a heart attack. It's like, whoa, not good for the blood flow in your body. If you go to bed a half an hour early tonight, you're growing your seahorses. If you take a multiple vitamin and fish oil and optimize your vitamin D level, you're growing your seahorses.
If you eat food you love that loves you back, like brand healthy hot chocolate, you're growing your seahorses. And Megan, it comes down to one question. And I played this game with my daughter, Chloe, when she was little. Thank you.
If you eat food you love that loves you back, like brand healthy hot chocolate, you're growing your seahorses. And Megan, it comes down to one question. And I played this game with my daughter, Chloe, when she was little. Thank you.
If you eat food you love that loves you back, like brand healthy hot chocolate, you're growing your seahorses. And Megan, it comes down to one question. And I played this game with my daughter, Chloe, when she was little. Thank you.
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If we want a healthy mind, it actually starts with a healthy brain. You know, I've had the blessing or the curse to scan over a thousand convicted felons and over a hundred murderers, and their brains are very damaged.
If we want a healthy mind, it actually starts with a healthy brain. You know, I've had the blessing or the curse to scan over a thousand convicted felons and over a hundred murderers, and their brains are very damaged.
So I start every day with today is going to be a great day because once you get the physical functioning of your brain healthy you then have to program and so i knew i was going to talk to you first thing that came up in my mind so i start every day and if you have children It's really good to do this at breakfast, which is if you have breakfast. So why is today going to be a great day for you?