Dr. Majid Fotuhi

What I found exciting about my work was people will come in, we do these things, and then they couldn't believe I'm the same person.

So, doc, I can't believe I just memorized 100 words.

I couldn't memorize five words.

And they can't believe they just did this.

And when patients came in and I told them, you know, sir, we're going to work with you and your memory will improve because we know this is what we do all the time.

And they would say, doc, I don't want to disappoint you, but I can't remember what I ate for lunch today.

Don't expect me to memorize 20 words, let alone 100 words.

And one person I'll never forget is, it was this heavyset gentleman, he was like 300 pounds, who came to see me.

I started my brain center back in 2012.

And I told him, sir, you will definitely memorize 100 words.

He says, doc, there's no way I'm going to do this.

I said, sir, I've done this before, you will.

He says, look, I bet you a hundred dollars, I won't.

I said, sir, you don't have to pay me, but we've done this, everything.

You're only in your sixties and you will.

He said, no, I won't.

I said, okay, fine, a hundred dollars.

I bet you a hundred dollars, you will memorize a hundred words.

And in 12 weeks.

So then he went to start our program, obviously at obesity and a lot of acid metabolic things, and he started to work.