Dr. Majid Fotuhi

So it's so fascinating that if you do slow breathing exercises,

like breathing with a count of six, hold for a count of three, and breathe out, and just do that for 10 minutes, that has been shown to reduce these collections of amyloid plaques in the brain.

Isn't that incredible?

Yes, and that's why I sort of emphasize the five pillars of brain health.

There are major things that affect the brain and there are minor things.

For example, what supplements?

Is this supplement I'm going to take and suddenly I will never get Alzheimer's disease?

No.

So there are things like air pollution.

If you live in New York or large cities, the air pollution is going to be bad for you.

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.