Dr. Majid Fotuhi

So breathing that air is going to be bad for you.

However,

Our brains, our bodies have a lot of resilience.

And in an ideal world, you have zero bad things happening to you.

But in real world, you can't have a sterile life.

You know, you have stresses, you have financial problems, you drink once in a while, you eat bad food once in a while.

Fortunately, our brains have a healing mechanism.

That's what I think I find amazing about our brain.

Our brain has a repair kit.

One of the molecules in that repair kit is called BDNF, brain drive neurotrophic factor, which actually increases when you exercise.

So if there are minor wear and tears, the healing mechanisms in our brain fix those things.

So if you drink two glasses of wine, I'm not promoting wine.

I mean, I think ideally you should never smoke.

You should never drink.

You should never do drugs.

You should never be stressed.

You should sleep perfectly all the time.

But the thing is, if occasional things happen, our brain have a healing mechanism.

Now, I don't want to go on and on and on, but as a neurologist, I see people with large strokes who recover.

I mean, sometimes kids have a problem and we have to eliminate and actually aspirate half the brain and they still do well.