Dr. Daniel Amen
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I thought that was fascinating.
Yeah.
So we go back to bright minds, blood flow, it's clearly exercise.
And I think...
Coordination exercises and strength training are both really important for blood flow.
Retirement and aging is learn new things.
And everybody should get blood work every year, I think.
And one of the tests you should always get is ferritin.
So ferritin is a measure of iron storage.
And if your iron is high, it promotes aging.
And you should donate blood twice a year.
So donating blood twice a year for people who have high baritone levels, good for their brain, good for the... So there was something behind the whole leech idea.
Well, it's so funny.
Tana and I were in Istanbul.
We went to the spice market and had leeches for sale in the spice market.
And I look at my wife and I'm like, why do they have leeches for sale here?
And she's a neurosurgical ICU nurse.
And she said, because they suck blood.
And it can help wounds heal.
And it also takes off excess iron.