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the buddha said to keep the body and good health is a duty. Otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear and poet. Leigh hunt said. The groundwork for all happiness is good health. My guest today is to release a mosque. Ony she's, the founder and director of the women's brain initiative, and associate director of the all high mors prevention clinic at we'll Coronel, addison, where she serves as an associate professor of neuroscience in neurology and radiology. She is also the charles bestselling, author of brain food and her new book, the x x, brain and I'm telling you I fell in love with her and this message in everything she was about to share with you right now, because in this episode we discussed the differences between men and women brains and how they function. What we need in order to optimize our own individual brain health, the foods we should

wouldn't and shouldn't be eating the main causes of brain fog. Why alzheimer's is affecting so many of us, especially women, and what we can do about it and so much more. This blew my mind again. I fell in love with her and the information and everything she's talking about. So I hope you enjoy this hope. You get a lot of value out of this and if you do make sure to share this with a few friends that you think would be inspired, and this would be helpful for as well. You can copy and paste the link wherever you're listening to this or use louis. As dot com, slash one zero, nine one and send them this and again. If this is your first time here, please click the subscribe button to apple podcast, right now or spotify, or anywhere that you're listening to this podcast and stay up to date from the latest and greatest from the school of greatness. Okay. In just a moment, I bring you the one and only dr lisa mosconi. while the back ever wanted a school greatest pike ass, very excited about our guest doktor lisa Moscow, any is a brain scientist neuroscientist and,

Does amazing research on brain foods and the differences between female brains and male brains, and we're talking a little bit before about why these brains are different. How can you first explain how they're different and do certain foods affect the brains differently for men and women It's a really good question and yes, I can definitely speak to women's brains and how they are and they're not different from men's brains. I think that everybody has their own opinions and how women brains are different from men's brains. There's. Certainly I get asked a lot of mars and venus type questions and barbie and lego, and that's not my field of expertise, an expert yeah yeah. No, I know I'm not a psychologist or ssc all ages, but then my background is in is in biology. These are like neuroscience biology,

seeing your physiology, so we look at actual real road differences between. the brain and the male brain, and I think I did it anatomical in a way, it's not like men's brains are lacking some parts that women. As have the other way around? differences are more functional and they're quite evident from the very moment of conception. This is because we have different dna is in part. Three women have to ex chromosomes in men, have an x and the Y chromosome in that matters, even though they are not such huge differences, but the axe chromosomes as almost a thousand genes more than the Y chromosome. So from the moment we are born when we have almost a thousand genes more them

many of which are really important for brain function, no just for reproduction, but also for brain. That mean what does that mean what women have a thousand genes? more and more than men? What does that mean when an inch genes What what genes are worked out of what is needed is a way that this matter is the main. There I need more nutrients to to to to burn calories, he's. Does it mean they have more functionalities? Thinking a memory like what does it actually mean they had that's right, defending it This thing right yet again, the point is tat. The products of the genes differ and had won a product. is any media. The river, your dna,

except in the very moment they were born starting with reading, and then the baby's developing on the floor, birth or brains are becoming wired a little bit differently and that's really hormonally based so women's brains produce more estrogen like easter, diy and progesterone, and boys brains make more androgens like to stop thrown in this hormones that are really really important, because they're not just involved in reproduction and having children, but they're, really incredibly important for them. Brain functionality these these hormones? You need to think about this harness and having having superpowers now just in the body, but also in the brain in that so estrogen for context or estrada iowa, which is the most potent form of estrogen, is incredibly important for immune. When you see it, It boosts the immune system in the body and the brain for plasticity esteem.

the formation of new runs in synopsis in the brain, so it gives you receive funds, should a brain so and also, most importantly, its key for energy production, In the brain, so at the cellular level, estrogen leisurely pushes your neurons to burn. Glucose is sugar, which brings me to your next question next question: to make energy into stasis. It does the same thing in men's brains and boys' brains. The difference, though Is that these hormones different, they learn Geraghty in their lifespan, so to start to run an andrew johnson genera decline. Fairly gradually over time, which is wonderful, so many manistee of free dial in the seventies or eighties, which is, is crazy. Yeah? I think Mick Jagger, You must be ready to just have a kid now

not uncommon, as is fairly norma and is great, and that means that this distrusted, this andrew genes are also supporting your brain same time, but for the women estrogens, literally decline that is fast amid life during menopause, which is something that impacts your body. Your overall functionality of your body and also your brain is in that dictates why women's brains need a different kind of care. The man's brains is knox super different, but there are some things, some nuances that I think it is worth really focusing on, because we have different needs and different strengths and different risks and that release frightened for hand what an order them. What are the male brains, really need for brain health and optimization, and what are the women's brains need for optimism for their lives,

the research. What are the? What are the? What are the same things they need and when then, what are the different things I think? Well, I think there is a lot of research, showing that things like a healthy diet, solid exercise, routine enough sleep, low stress, stress, reduction, avoiding toxins. These are all things that work really well for both men and women. But then there are things within lean discarded that are more specifically how for two men or women, for example, diet? I think we're all aware. The diet is incredibly important for health for health and we all eat pretty much eight times a day. If you are fasting later Perhaps it will be the least twice a day, but you see broadway six times a day, so I will say most people eat about three times right.

The every day we have a lease three chances to make the right choice in feed their body and brain with right nutrients, really support the aim of health and has the seller function or not really damage or body in their brain. At the same time now within a healthy eating pilar- and there is some evidence that women really benefit from plan a diet, perhaps even more so the men do, which is not to say that It should not be using plant based or enough ledges and fruit it just the debris. Such points to plant based nutrients is being especially supportive of women's brain health. Specialists are any midlife and that's what a variety of reasons that we have to share a few commander thumb There's a lot of research, including my own research, where we do brain scans.

specialized specialize. I specialize in women's brains, because that's what I've been doing for twenty years ever since they could and with caution at about it? And just recently I launched the women's brain initiative: a wife could not medicine in new york city, I'm the founder, yeah ended up which means I have to find all the support of the finding it or not Still it worth it and we re trying to fight to better understand how brain health plays out differently in women than in men The way we do, that is between brain scans and measuring a number of things, including behaviour committee performance, but also we do a diet questionnaires. We do exercise questioners in the first months who look at intellectual activity with it will cost leap with a stress we measure, a lot of parameters implies MA

we might have everything was impossible measure without stressing our participants too much, but then it turns out back to the super strong correlation between antioxidant in take em brain energy levels for women. for women. Yes for women, especially whereas for both women and men, consumption of pollen, saturated fatty acids, since to be incredibly important, so fat for men also because the stuff that is a horseman then makes men, really incredibly great burning fat but has asked to Jane, is a cop, love and hormone. The women S, hearing better a burning carbohydrates than fact we tend to accumulate the fat for sure hold onto it, whereas the average woman is excellent. Physiologically burning cards in that might dictate

why some very high fat diets work really really well for men and not always so well for women, and the other way around a man who are incredibly on vegan diet for sure and if it truly hate them and- that they need their meeting. I think diet is very personal, but on average Antioxidants are good for your brain in part, because the brain is a must. metabolic and the active organ of the entire body, and you run some glucose light of people might disagree but It is true that mean the brain is literally wire to run on glucose, because metabolism creates free radicals and oxidative stress

So the only way they will, we have to reduce oxidation, which is damaging to the brain in the long term, is to our our intake of antioxidants from diet and plan said the best way to do so. If you could recommend five foods that are the most powerful antioxidant foods that we should consuming on a consistent basis. What would you say is this main food. I got set. We coffee, I love chairs I got the first coffee coffee, yes, so double espresso. He's dead beverage with the highest antioxidant power of all energy is on poverty in gas Are you just speak right line

So this asylum- this is real science. Was it isn't that trust I felt so what a number of scientists have done is to rate all sorts of foods based on their or a number, which is an anti is a measure of Antioch to end capacity and a double its press. It really comes up, and What okay, coffee yeah, that's rich in antioxidants, point of fairness in on hydrodynamic acids. For for that matter, it's a really strong plant based antioxidants, so they're very protective and really support your health over by the brain. The point is this: an inverted you shape between cafe in take an gains, if you will, where the optimum benefit for your brain is busily one or two as presses a day at the most it. This is they,

two three cups of american coffee: coffee, not water, water down. diversity and easily the with different a name here that light fro sting of the coffee beans is actually better because it really saudi and tax, it ends up in the best possible way. You get the most out of your car if you're going to get a coffee, do the light, roast coffee or a double shot of explaining that? Yes, but no more than that, this later Otherwise your gains go down. One cup of coffee or two shots of espresso yeah penalized around there yeah not too much just don't over, do it and does the fetty, you know he's very personal gain. Some people do very well with coffee. Some people do not for women. It depends on on your time of the month.

He asked. Are you asked? Should you should not be taken coffee eyes? Neither is about being a waiter what you're doing so when you estralla your levels and very high, which is, in the first sight the first half of yours. I call you respond to cafe in in a much more sensitive way, but you response in the second half of your month after month is actually blunted. So you may end up thinking. Oh my goodness, discoveries doing nothing for me in just string. Tat cuts just a year budget. One respond. So in the second half of the monetary. You fear, because yesterday is down in the progress that is up, so should you not everything?

There's a woman and a sort of drink aids is done over because you feel tired than you're like coffee is doing nothing for me. I'm gonna have to drink tank cops, you want it. I think it makes sense to its you. Probably the need that much at the beginning of the first half of the month, and then you might need a little more and to get the same effect, but you dont, want to avoid because the tamasha, so what are the other? What other foods would you say are high in antioxidants that both men and women should be eating berries? Everybody talks about berries, I don't eat berries ever do that free I'd, I'd, never eat paris, I don't like them. They just don't like the taste of none. Never again, I don't eat berries, I don't eat fruit, except for bananas and apples. Hi lots of vegetables. We lots of heads the boss,

but I'm sure I dont have a range of my diet of probably all these foods that you're to be talking about that are beneficial. So what it worked. If we don't eat berries, what supplements or other foods should we be eating to support us that say. I didn't the kind of girl it is really helpful. Is lemon lemon juice? Really, yes- and this is interesting as a scientist- I'm always emily- of the sensitive about fads or trends. We have to go, but hot was you will lemon first thing in the morning? That's actually scientifically proven to make sense yes, sir lemon I hope, go say if you drink hot water with them. First thing: in the morning it kick starts

this is a really nice way to settle, really supports elimination, because seasick asset from lemon is one of the best laxity on earth s. Drawing me makes it goes it about him. It's a thing in hot water is so hot water is a basic dilated, whereas cold war, recent visa constrictor they so they saw a day later. It makes him veins pop, whereas cold water makes your veins collapse. What do we want? We want. applying I'm assuming you're intervenes to park. Patricia cold water or cold drinks, then well, it depends on what you are trying to do you. I think you want to drink or whether to cool down, but it would be better throughout today.

to drink water, room temperature or in the morning. You wanted to be warm because your dehydrated friendly nighttime that you haven't been drinking and you want to bother to really absorbed deal actualized, that in the water and the secret ass, if from the lemon or sir, because your master said rely relaxing because you drink a hot water also supports a healthy elimination. So it is true that hot weather in Atlanta makes you go. Does it sound strategy so via lukewarm or room temperature or warm water? Does it hydrate you more than a cold water? That's right! It hides rates, you more hydrates him so so pregnant breastfeeding women and pregnant women would benefit from drinking a lot of want water, hot water, because it really helps keepin hydrate

it it's really important that we do a brain scan. I do brain scans, that's my background and I strongly recommend to all their patients to drink a cup of warm water, hot water. Right before we put the ivy was right before the blood draw, because it really have some veins pop up in that is so much better. So much is it to get the line and that's the thing you needed sign of dehydration and the problem in the united states that so many people are chronically dehydrated. in a clinical. Where do you end up at the hospital? It is my the hydrogen, which is a real problem in it really impact your brain, so even if two to four percent water loss, which is nothing can cause neurological symptoms of dehydration from brain fog, which is something that everybody suffers from re brain

forget it is one of the reasons that most people come to work with eyes because they feel of fog. and and trying to find solutions until they hit a glass of water That really is so brain fog, meaning for getting things not having clear memory, not sure what they want to hear tat yet This feeling, like your brain, is not following cleaner, yes, The main causes of brain fog is that dehydration, is that nutrition. Is that sleep There are a number of factors. I think you is different for different people, but hydration is, is a very common factor that you can't reverse by just drinking water and also purify water doesn't help it needs to be water electrolytes in his voice. It is not just fluid your brain doesn't just need something wet. It rained needs the fluids the electrolytes, the real water constraints.

ten glasses of water a day isn't enough to be It gives the impression I get it yeah your blood pressure goes up, but you're, not hydrate. You need The electrolytes some things are inevitable like allergy season, but while you can't avoid it, you can at least save on your prescription allergy medications by checking good goodrx with good goodrx. You can compare prescription prices at over seventy thousand pharmacies to help you find the best price and you can find discounts of up to eighty percent good rx, as recommended by doctors, pharmacists and millions of people across country who have saved on their prescriptions speaking of millions of people over twenty, four million used good our ex just last year to save on their medications, and you can to whether that's on your algae, man's or other prescriptions actually have a team member who is prescribed a brand name medication, but her insurance would only cover the generic brand and she has had side effects with a generic brand. So she was forced to pay out of pocket for the brand name with good our acts she

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and filtered that is, then it appears that they're ok. This is why they learn because they care about voices so much in those. So it just saints print walsh doesn't cost any more than she would fight wars. You're just you're, buying to a different voice remains the vice principal spring waters, better, yes Well, contents, the electrolyte, okay, hmm, but what I learned is that you can call the cc and they can come to your house and do onions. Yeah and they you a very decent report?

latin. You know what kind of water you get from this pc in the condition of your own pipes in the house, Manca the flute report and you can buy a filter that really addresses your ones to see. If it meets of your. How was your filter on your top water yeah sure that it's right and truthful to them, and sometimes they just need a very simple few throws. Sometimes you may need a much more powerful one. It depends on where you live in los angeles and thank you you're probably gonna get it. I mean yeah, I think you're. I think people are just so afraid of tap water because they hear the stories of how all these chemicals are. All this, you know feast this matter or whatever it is like MIKE, had fasting and all the plastics are in there. But

makes sense to say, okay well, why don't you test? It? Have someone from the city common test it and make sure that it is safe. They can give you a full report, I'm assuming based on what you're saying and then you can add a filter as needed and and retested with the filter. If you want to make sure you're one hundred percents But, as you know there, if you're just drinking out of a thin plastic bottle, there's that's probably seeping in some plastic and some some contamination as well. So it's like you gotta to you to test all these things, but it shows that were explicitly one and it is important to really drink your voice. It is incredibly important with electric lights, with a large like tat, so for me, the major reason to drink water. It's done. Nothing can happen inside your brain unless there's water was it literally parlors. Every single can could reaction that take place inside the brain, including energy production. no water, no energy

brain fog. You're not going to remember things for an asbestos bent. You know as well as you can. How does that clinical studies they showed they had randomize people into before? Taking a test right to groups of people about to take a task in this group is given water like a foot gas at watering. This group is not the group that just drank a glass of water before taking the test twenty percent by the reaction times, fourteen fifteen percent, it mainly performance in the only thing that was different- was literally that they were hydrated. No, it's not huge fifteen percent. It's not like one hundred percent, but still if you can improve your reaction times by twenty percent, but just drinking water were not so drinking. room temperature, water, drinking, say dehydrated feel like you did. You know

little trick. That is really really helpful. If you sure. If you're dehydrated or not what you want, is feel a war like a bottle weed warm water and takes more steps once every thirty seconds, just a tiny step, a tiny, tiny sip. It's annoying by this. Like five six minutes, you really want the water, it means, I thought you just didn't know about it. You just had to be careful You shouldn't your eye. The hydrating right caffeine is dehydrating. Yes, caffeine, caffeine. You need to make sure you drink water, afterwards, right which is why you go to a fancy, restaurant and they bring you. Your little extra is pressing where a glass of water water spring was As for european water, yes, water, so

If you have an espresso, if you have coffee, you must drink water with it before or after does it matter after Before I don't know, I mean how long does it take to drink the coffee? It doesn't matter the way. Gotcha yeah. What are the, What are foods that can enhance the performance of our brain functionality?

many foods that are really some foods. Some new trends, especially really important, and I think a mega threes are really crucial for brain held for a really long time. People really scared of eating fat, and now we come to understand the fact is not just fact, but different fats have very different functions in the body and polly and saturated fatty acids, including a mega three and a mega seeks a mega nines, a really important for brain housed in in a specific ratio seal is it's a tutor, want gracious or to molecules over mega six for everyone molecule over mega three. But the point is Dan, depending on the circumstances, Omega six facts are more pro inflammatory would, as the mega three is, that anti inflammatory in the standard american diet really favors the pro inflammatory types of fat. So it's helpful to keep him

Do we really need to increase in take of america's freeze and that's easy to do, for people who eat fish, for example, fishes? and six hundred source of or so amanda, but then that had a lot of plant based sources as well liked. so I'm plant based and I discovered flaxseed oil- it's right there. of course yeah. Oh good, okay, here nobody knows what it is yet. Flax seeds are the oil, the oil so not flaxseeds. Oil is more concentrated. Okay right, so one tablespoon of flax seed oil contains almost seven grams of a Lie which is basically audio manga threes. You mean ready for your brain down software to be such, although

I think what you really want to maximize the hiv, which is a different form of america. Trees in your brain, is to convert the ale aid into the hiv in part to the fact is lost in the process. so you might want to have a little bit more like. I was short for, like maybe eight thousand nine hundred and ten drums today,. The ultimate drain, how I've I take some deejay supplements now, what's the what's the difference between the power of foods that hat contains nutrients versus the power of the oil is contract, or else the country's supplements that we take is their difference. Should we be adding some attention to our food have access to these foods. What's your thoughts have a liar sites. I sit sir I'm part of the global council in brain how's. That is asked,

the a p and we're over three and thirty six scientists who have done a lot of research on this topic and we were asked about sub and you should have seen unbelievable, even even among scientists that people really split up into groups that useless super helpful, independent He says he was very, very interesting. They scientists who read books yeah science books and scientists who do not- and it was really interesting how the engine standing of what people actually do in real life, with with quite different So I think the over on sunset

Scientists have a different point. The scientists have a different point of view. It doesn't sound like there's a consensual lies that supplementary consensus reached at the end, but I think it is really interesting how there are scientists were just pure academics at dawn. I used to be one Donald Don applied in there. Yes, yeah it's middle, so I think it's important for scientists to know what people actually doing could real. Like what kind of supplements do people take, what kind of supplements to people looking for

Why are doing that? Whether their claims have be made, or they claim to be at least stick? And so we, we went through a whole list of supplements and whatnot, and the consensus is that if you have a deficiency or if your diet is really low in certain nutrients, that you cannot obtain from your diet, then supplementation has value but supplements do not replace foods. So what you want to do is always try to improve your diet so that your diet can supply all the nutrients that your body needs, and that is particularly important for antioxidants, which I was telling you before they're just so important for brain energy levels and foot protection against aging. There's, there's a ton of research showing that antioxidant supplements are taking vitamins,

sea watch me nae. Watch me eat from a supplement is not nearly as helpful as getting the same exact nutrients from foods in park is that I would like to mean e with a vitamin d, but it's actually a different either forms at alpha, two cost embarrassed again, my dallas in from sub Many more often than not, you get the alpha type unless you go through mixed, took off from companies, whereas food typically contain more than one form in every other form has slightly different design in your body in your brain, thus unable trials just keep failing agreement,

Exactly a strange, we know from observation of studies. The people who consume a certain, not a certain amount of anti oxidants, are protected, cognitive, the against dementia guest, aging or not, and then clinical trials try to replicate tat. Indeed, just never find than a fact. its interests. Some hang. You say that food is number one if you're unable to get certain nutrients from specific foods than seldom attention definitely supports, but it does not replace. I guess so it actually adds value. It improves it'll, help you, but it's not going to be the best No, yes, and thus, I think, sometimes supplements are used to lead a bit like an excuse like I'm worried. All the pizza can be and sweets, and then I take my long predominant fishing submarines. Law have other nutrients. I need at eight saving

Now you is it further if taken in the context of a healthy, well balanced diet many depends in Arusha vigo, vegetarian. You might be deficient in some nutrients the same way as as a very high fat diet, mainly with fibre or more until yesterday, so diet. Sir personnel, I think it's just feeling waiting to to be aware that some restrictive diet can meet can really deserves supplemented taken. Have you have you always reply burst freedom? yes, so my mom is a very strict vegetarian. And when I moved to new york very confused everything changed my diet changed everything changed and they from what I have heard that moving from

italy to new york choices Well, I was always used to cooking at home and all sunday when it was a lot of take heart and going out to eat and restaurants, not knowing what exactly are resulting in on this different using and I'm curious so I never had five, if I never had sushi, sushi she to silly when I moved to new york is a long time ago now, Everything was very interesting, but I think my water, which is not ready for it and the cookies this cookies everywhere, but these are my guys slow down. They were literally shot like cooking than your through other carry here's the coffin gray, but is much coffee, a plate of cookies and sandwiches danger to send. It was really strange. Sir. There

It's bizarre, but I remain based. I think it was more like an eighty, twenty twenty percent, more fish eggs, dairy, I'm, not a big meat person. I've never been, but now I think, I'm ninety nine point nine percent plant based- and it's been a while, though, when you've learned, you know the more you've studied brain foods and the functionality of optimizing, your brain and you know living longer and having the function of your brain use. What have you? What would you shy away from? What would you say you know what that's probably the worst thing for your brain: to have functionality and to to to function longer and live longer with your brain health? What are the the main foods you would

absolutely never touch you never give your family or kids cause? You just feel like it's very harmful processed meats and processed foods, and now we don't eat, I don't eat processed foods. I really try to stick to whole foods. include. Like that's the case histories. I was just thinking. Oh my this is maybe not true. I do a crackers occasionally by then, I really don't eat a lot of processed foods. what's the meaning of processed those who really lost is a peanut butter could have been. I am by third, by but I wouldn't call it processed food. I mean it's not fresh from the plan, but certainly not burgers or hot dogs. Where popcorn in just frozen pizza and don't eat that.

in some way and what is the point is processed foods due to brain health. Adidas a lot of research showing that standard american diet or the sad diet Really really is really really bad news for your brain, and we have seen days many times using brain scans with published. Is time and time again, then this It's a biased, but where we were using a mediterranean style pattern as an example of a healthy diet wishes what scientists we tell you it most ion. It's really endorse and mediterranean style diet is a healthy, is brain, healthy diet. and we were comparing the brain scan of people and the magic. and diet did those of people at the same exact age, discussion up level

when a western diet orange standard american diet? You could see the difference just by looking at the brains through if R, if what are the brains? Look like on the mediterranean diet, verse, I wish I could show you, sadly stay the the the sad american processed diet. What is it just like a light up? It's lit up more, it's more rich. Looking, for what is that, if we are really difference is tat, the brains of people on the western diet? Look all there in looks like you, I I wish I could show you. I have the brain scans. They they shrink your. If you send me I'm done and on our youtube, we can put it up on the video here. So people can see this if you imagine afterwards absolutely? I send it to you just picture that in your mind, if you can the brain of a fifty year old person, on a mediterranean style? Diet looks very for The brain is is, is is composed three different parts,

but mostly just two parts, decent brain and then there's fluid inside your hand. you want to have as much grain as you can, and it's leader fluid as you can. I mean you want to have some fluid, because it's protective but not too much. You have more fluid and less brain, It means your brain is shrinking you're losing neuron and fluid, is taking over the space. If you compare the brain scans, you can tell People on western diet show brain shrinkage already emit life and that continue over time and worse than that- and we have published this. The western diet is associated with the emergence of a plaques. ready made life. people are mandatory and diets and basically, zero plaques at in our hand, what's that mean famous?

common form of dementia in the population is characterized by the presence these plaques instead plaque on your teeth to be plaque in your brain lesions yeah. There are lesions inside the brain that are console here the hallmark of the signature of a sang diseases for a really really long time site. he's everybody saw data Simon, wasn't a disease of old age and nice, because there seen turns become evident when people are injured salmon days now, people are getting them in a fifty. Is the plan build up? That's right so I'll say, These starts with negative changes in the brain decades prior to one forgetting keys or forgetting the names that have been meet life in the varies. besides the we can do tat gives in brain scandal. This plan is lesions that you can see, building up inside your brain in theirs very clear difference. timeline for people

western diet. We could develop the pact's earlier than people who follow healthier diet, wow it a really that's a big flag, their away when, if you notice someone's brain scan, is shrinking the brain tat their building, some of these early stage plaques around their brain, they ve got more fluid less brain matter. Zero way to reverse that, so your brain can actually grow and expand and become healthier, reverse alzheimers plaque that possible. The, since they were working on so scientists have been working on developing vaccines for alzheimer's disease, really be the long time. The idea is tat if you remove the plan your brain ones with stop deteriorating, but so far all they can equal tyres face and wishes in removing the plaques

We have removed the plaques, but de do not reverse dementia were coming impairment or geography, so that is, pointing writing in so many ways. I can't even begin to tell you That's another reason why the entire site, if it community is not moving towards prevention, people say I didn't too late. We should start treating days When people are younger it's like when you're preventive shaving we want to. We want people. not to get those plaques the so when you get when you start to build up these plaques, what Can you say, as you can remove the plaque potentially what? Yes, you still cannot reverse dementia or alzheimer's. Are you able to reverse all in some way? Is that possible

depends on what you meant by reversing simon, says, there's alzheimer's disease, which is the actual. I followed you the lesions, an axe and tangles in the bunch of other things and then just dimension. We nickel syndrome with the sentence. We can. reversal of time is by removing the plants, but the problem is that it unable to reverse the symptoms of dementia. Currently is that right I want no one's, but no one's had dementia and then reversed. It. Nothing clinical trials

in real real life. Has someone done this that you're aware of things? So I so is there a way to slow it away? This is our way to slow this process down, so it doesn't get worse and it's kind of like a manageable symptoms where it's like. Okay, I'm you know, I'm forgetting or I'm losing memory, but it's not worse and worse and worse every day, every scene that there's ten madison that we have the same days giants and slow down progression. I do not possess the artist that played the most common well, we only have four medications of truth. it's easy to have as you an it as inhibitors was tried, the most common. We have memory team for some cases. They do slow down progression by it, but they do not fix. It they were not there.

There is alzheimer's, a murder is the most prevalent in the world. Is it in the usa? Is it in Europe? Is it in what countries, regions or hanging from the united states is hiding. top and then that are either countries as well in europe, some places in asia. I think industrialized countries in general experience very experienced higher rate of dementia and one thing that I would like to point out that is against my work said: outside disease affects women more than men more women than men to fate more crap. Why is that people don't realize is that almost two thirds of all a famous patients are women. for every man suffering from alzheimer's or two women

and that's one of the reasons that I started looking into alzheimer's says that I have a family history of us I mean. Is that really affects the women in my? Well, they say you can't believe that my grandmother was one of four siblings three sisters and one brother, all three sisters develop is disease and died on it, for, as the brother was spared For me, that was terrifying. for my mom as well, and I started asking questions was like. Why does it matter? Is it just my fan or number number on my cruise or your parents? Have that then you're going to have what I think the result, a lot of people like my grandfather out of my dad's, you that you know for a really long time. Most people understood alzheimer's disease, as some kind of inevitable consequence of aging or bad gene

dna, but we now understand that no more than two percent of all that time cases are genetically inherited inherited. It must have believed to have five people in your family. Have it and you still have a two percent chance of getting it from them? The gene is that right, this isn't the whole population. I think it is five people in your family. Is it you want to get test them tonight now. Is it? Is it because of the diet? Saving eating is the reason why the and yet or is it going to get it no matter what well so the two percent of the population is genetic. Naturally, the torment for ninety eight percent of the population is multi factoid. So there are a number of factors that really matter, including your jacket background, not in a closet it way, but more. There are if your blue eyes and jane to give your browser

I think there are some genes that negatively impact brain health and genes that are protective. So it's a combination of things, but then medical history, supremely important lifestyle, huge and environment they really aren't matter. Found is stat and put, aging. Your hormones are also incredibly important, especially for women. There is whatever sound have to a really long time? People with say to me: women live longer than men and alzheimer's disease. uvalde age of obviously, more women than men have alzheimer's disease, but will we showing his dad. Yes, women live led a bit longer than men, foot and a half years on average forty five years, but we tend to develop on signs disease at a younger. Each man- and this is why what is It's like if men applause

One of the reasons for the reason that we are looking into the matter this time in this by his manner. Ports and it literally that do remain a point. We lose the superpowers of estrogen in brain through quite a transition. You can see her brain energy levels, literally change your women's brains, connectivity changes, white man, volume changes, blood flow changes, everything kind of changes in, for some women is just it. Just a fate is just a transition. the brain and just because a new basis and is a new norma. We move on its own us now remembered how laws that transition take months as the years and I the heirs its ear. She might covid brain fogginess for a couple of years and then it should balance out.

Women. However, the sentence that men are poised don't go away in, may turn into something more serious, including a higher risk of outside. it's disease. So basically we start developing alzheimer's plaques, not all women and is not universal, but some women, women. We have predisposition to alzheimer's disease, start developing these red flags, but at some disease in their sport and fifty is so much earlier than we had thought before and then, of course, thinking so you're going to remain a poisoned. Your brain is changing and really need support in your ear poorly you're, not exercising you're, not sleeping. You have a ton of stress those factors. Really worked together against you in a way. So I think, really important for men for women. say women really need to start thinking about getting emit life, that a brain is like a muscle

the things that we can do to make us stronger and more resilient, we can exercise it properly. We can feed it properly. We can take care of it properly and your brentwood perform so much there for you in any age, and men and women need to do slightly different things. What not slightly For example, for some women we have a lot of patients who come to us. They learn so much more about their brains in their read the risk factors and then some women with start taking hormones for minor replacement there, It's really case by case. some women swear by it. Some women swear at it, the really does not work ahead. Does it help at all? For some women is a godsend, and I think it's really important. Have a conversation with a doctor

I'll, just your monopolised specialists, but I think it's a brain doctor would not there yet were not there. Yet. I do not work in the EU. Section between neurology neurosciences women's health, which is a very unusual space, a very interesting space, but is challenging space, and I think my hope for the future is that we're start looking at women as Oregon as a person right not like you go to the end of her knowledge is to look at your side or you know you go to the obituary end to looking over his dying. You have to go to a brain prison to look at your brain believe in integrative and I think that we're moving in that direction. It's all connected- it's yeah yeah, might be a problem here, but it's factory, something else you know it's all it's all connected, yes, that is really really important. Whoever, whenever paste

We really doesn't work for all women and there is no recommendation to use it for alzheimer's prevention. Yet we were. Canada were hoping that we find the gateway to help integrate these therapies into in a safe way but I just met this guy, say that you know. The point I would want to replace me in therapy is: do you want women, the estrogen that the board is not longer making but- Is disasters coming coming from because make make it's so estrogen is the most ancient of hormones. that means that it can go across species plants make estrogens animals make estrogens women make a student in estrogens plant enter a woman's body and if you consume this plant based foods, often enough

Secondly, a very gentle her morning replacement therapy over time, which is one of the reasons that people think tat a mediterranean style, dire did is more plant centred, is beneficial for women's health, because Women on this kind of diet have a much lower risk of a number of things from cardiovascular disease and stroke to depression, to alzheimer's disease, dementia and ulcer a few have flash is it they don't suffer from men are poised It has so many american women do that. I've heard from different scientists and nutritionists about the meat being a complete protein and having like these nutrients nutrient dense. within the meat. Now, how But I'm hearing you say that plant based is

just as many nutrients and proteins and antioxidants and all these other things. What are the? What are the benefits or the or the the the cons against eating quality meat? Let's say for brain function and brain health? Is there other things we should look out for if we do have a lot of meat or some meat in our diet,. It's a it's a really interesting point. I think so many people right now. in the light of meat, There are a lot of diet out there that really support and encourage eating good quality meat, but quite a lot meat, I say the research points to plant based diet as being healthier overall and would protective

for the boy was said yes for the brain, but I think us in general there are not many days high two recommendations that with a lot of meat. I think I think every person is is different, but to your point, there's no need to eat meat to obtain complete. protein needs. Its uneasy way is that here Convenient for you, if you're, not an animal, it's a it's a good way to obtain complete protein It's one small on to you in a small portion of food to obtain the same amount of protein from plant based foods. You need to eat more of those. But there are some that the drive some plan plant- is truth that actually quite rich in protein, we share like hemp seeds, complete protein tempat, complete protein nutritional east complete protein. Good source of vitamin b twelve, so

It's fish is a good A complete protein is actually that actually been linked time and time again, with a lower dementia by you on the seventy percent was insufficient week to service week. One hour your chance of dementia by seven percent per. Let me say that again yeah research showing that is this solid research showing, eating one to two servings of fish. The week socio, the seventy percent, though the risk of a time is as is well yes summoned scientists are locked, the huge enjoy your first all right, I have in a long time, and then I'm going to say that I kind of miss it I really like it. I'm italian the reason why you're, if you know

two servings of fish are weak, will decrease the demand of the alzheimer's or the dementia risk. Is that what you think this tiny little dimension? So if you are, if you as a narrow scientists and researchers, know that their, why haven't dream fish? I can obtain the faint nutrients and plans can plant based feeds and aid it took me took me a minute to get to that point, because I really cared about my brain. and they always associated eating fish with support in brain health research so I really wanted to make sure that switching to a plant based diet, would not endanger my brain in any way shape or form.

And I did a lot of research really looked into all the different foods to supply the omega three. The fish provides a wonder to make sure that protein intake was more than article. I wanted to make sure they might be twelve was also totally fine? I do not want to become deficient in any new trends, It was in one diet over the other and then I with that, so I'm happy. I made the right choice for me personally, and I'm very careful with my fishermen in take even do black task to make sure that they have the right level some new trends from my diet. I went to see the antibiotics, then I really like a czech religious back get my brains can really soon so excited about them. What are they? You could only eat five foods every single day for the rest of your life to optimize brain health. Brain

Our duty, longevity support memory, all those things now over those five foods be on a daily basis. I would say to you that, but better would definitely go for berries regions. And rich in fiber and low in sugars, and they provide really an enormous amount of antioxidants for small serving size and just evidence that consuming two to three servings of berries per week really slows down. if you decline in both men and women, and especially women, say you might want to try that I gotta start, which, which berries, which to refill the best blackberries

actually have more antioxidants than even blueberries there? That's an interesting type of burying their not as easy to find as blueberries, but you can get them frozen and there are still quite intense. Nor is it with its. The victim modified blackberry words frozen its put in a smoothly and bland did it's in in a liquid form d I'll still matter or do you need it now rob warm raw form or is it doesn't matter, cooking, so cooking, vitamin c vitamin c, on all the antioxidants are really easily damaged by heat? So freezing shootin review stand toronto guardsmen, by too much. Obviously it on one to be frozen for ten years to men, and so we are blackberry, blueberry goji, berries

living with concentrated sources of vitamin c. There's a kind of plan that I haven't been able to find a coquette do plan. Which seems to be this. The most powerful concentrated source of vitamin c on the planet They have been- Tralee, I pacific islands and never standing here, but I would like us right because we got berries number one. what would be the same mobile disability. Good Actually, I actually had mulberry tree in my backyard in ohio growing up and I would eat some mulberries every now and then so maybe I'll get back into mulberries that can be night. You can also find them dry or drawn while there is work to be done very good and very tasting. I you know you stole the nutrients when their dried. Yes, yes, a little bit less than the fresh once by the air. it's either. I grow though, and they got you yeah

and those are high in antioxidants, I'd say those are high in antioxidants, yeah, they're, high in tax, okay, great, ok, so we got berries is what you get the berries I would go for. Dark leafy greens is a really important. They contain a ton of fighting trends. two really good. You need to have antioxidant anti inflammatory properties and a lot of fiber in spine. It's really important for a number of reasons, the most obvious being that is supports, got health, obviously and seventy percent of the immune system is in the gut, so eating fiber, supports the which, especially now, is a huge concern for everyone, but also fine. It has a really important module authority function on sex hormones, binding globally, which it's. What regulates flow of hormones inside the body

and so it really helps support hormonal health as well service, a two reasons to eat fiber and go for you, leafy greens and grains, don't have to expand all the time so many other that are just all those the largest size of the different microgreens there, collard greens, if you like them, but also cruciferous vegetable psychology, flower, not now it's the season, so cauliflower broccoli, brussel sprouts. when Asco, the yummy, I'm sure you eat veggies does a lot of veggies yeah then regarding this had been the first to will I ever thrust and poland saturday, the fatty acids there that the america threes, whether from fish to fish, you're right through it, as for those who do eat fish, then it's fish, so salmon,

and unsure of his heading smash, smash shots. Alright, That is really decisive, very concentrated sources. Are there any beginning, and if you didn't get that from fish, what would be the substitute you would do plant based new plan maids, sir? A mega three, some hemp seats for sure our sexy flax or walnuts, almonds, chia seeds and those seaweed, I actually love seaweed night, those little the nautilus shades of fleet. I can eat those four days on a cigarette yeah. Yes, iodine source of many nutrients, menomena if another one that is really good you can put in your movie is very dark. Green. you know a sweet, peas

I didn't know that until recently, sweet peas, actually good sources of forcefully pits, which is a leap it attached to other components of their good. For you, and some are very reaching a mega three this well, sir, grim tease sweet peas, mommy soybeans. Does it all been so good? I'll call you give it and they also contain fibre and some antioxidants at the same time, a healthy them illegal says a protein is well, but about protein, and they d be the fact, the fibre, ok, that's the is that part of the plant based? What's the banner? I personally would go for complex carbohydrates from things like sweet potatoes. Is it really good for you, because it's a source of it's high in fiber, but also The sugar is that the print villainy is actually gonna, take a step back and go for fighter estrogen reach foods, especially for

women because we don't talk about is enough that are food. They have as trajectory first is the very mild, have a mild effect in the body, but it really support health. For women and kind of law in order to circumvent women because they never do undisturbed and His foods are very similar to the ones who were just talking about. They include flax, seeds, sesame seeds, chickpeas, all sorts of beans, dried, apricots and dried figs are really good sources of berries at another source and tropical fruit and going back to fruit is there eating fruit, but it the evidence that women in particular, who consume one serving with tropical fruits per week, had better fish. We see in the later I said a man, a pause. Yeah understand

look man go pineapple empire is good. First is a fighter estrogen state support for television programmes, while the important thing I think is to really delay man a pause as much as you can order, may should they? U dont guide the same terms, because they can be really really unpleasant. Ok, yeah! and then my number five would be water. Always included in your head. since you like that, he had been in his room in nice, especially in this, is then is to use medicinal herbs to make your tea time,

it's so good. It just boil the water and pour it over like couple of sprigs a time of rosemary or sage, because those plans and that they're good sources of antioxidants, but they also doubled, inflammatory drink. Your and is so are these all the things that you do on a daily basis or I drink. My water every every morning, a drink nor need juice. Thing in the morning, and already knowledge is really do you know what it is now no varied, sir. It's a fruit that comes from turkey and the pacific islands there. Or for the actual food, but it can be used and the Jews is incorrect. really has incredible benefits for the skin.

It's a chest chain and contains over a hundred vitamins and minerals and fight for nutrients in general that are strong antioxidants and it was. It also has some from a twenty prophecies, and I would mention at home in general, does it that sound a little bit more wellness than than science. But the point is even the anna talks about noni juice, there's a whole page, They go over all this dense fruits and they have a whole section about these. Wish. I found many many years ago and there was like well, I ain't going to have to try it and they handed it to health food store that was excited, and it doesn't taste good ideas.

It tastes good, but you know it's good for your brain and your body and everything actually. Yes. Well, okay. I noticed the effect. Really, yes and my friends do my friends do too when they come over, it's fun to just go over to my fridge in my pantry, because they have all this very weird unusual things then, and now most of my friends are drinking noni juice and it really helps it really really helps. If anyone has digestive issues It really changes. A lot of a lot of people are issues remarkable. I was interested in the antioxidant situation, but it's really interesting that we only drink water at home herbal tea, a lot we grow herbs in the garden yeah no process foods in the house, unless the occasional pastry or no pastries, now what

How do you live without a pastry I bake bake bread. We buy bread from whole foods, okay, so you eat bread and the farmer's market with you yeah. I do try that, but you don't make cookies. It don't bake occasion. Bans in I am not able to big muffins and never done it. I mean I could, I think, but could he says I baked a madam by them. I'd rather make do you cook. I can't I actually enjoy. When I, when I want to cook, I actually enjoy it, but I love the convenience of having healthy food. Just delivered to me are given to me. or I like to use my time with other things. So it's not that I don't cook just I choose not to

I choose to learn in other ways, but so you will cook cookies, but you'll make them yourself, yeah ingredients better. I guess time for my toaster. I got snacks from whole foods, but mostly she's happy when was true. Literally asked for goji berries for the snack I was here. I've been make the I grew up eating no tell on cash so good. So you'd make it your homemade really not. Yes, I make my own version. What's with hazelnut, sir, this Hazan, that he's a net boil? rock how yeah a little bit of coconut oil and dark chocolate chips and sweden,

the prices and then suddenly has been made the syrup etc, and it has a foot processor like a good one. I think I have accusing hired so is not crazy thing to have especially helpful. You can, but this doesn't sound healthy still Is it healthier off of foods. I mean really really healthy and then they contain modern, saturated fatty acids that are good for the heart to have antioxidants have a little bit of vitamins and minerals that tastes so good, they're wrong, they're, not processed, they just he should have. You should have an you- should have an online store where you're selling or ghana, Kate. You tell her. You know. You're gonna, tell me no tell her when I search, I see the union while level at home, I make banana ice cream. For my daughter is the quickest thing? you like bananas, so this is very. This is so you

The benign to bananas then get too Natural dates. Take the pit inherited this with the kind of thing in a minute. It it gives you that sarah and then you want to soak the dates a little bit, so they get really soft and put everything in the vitamix and just With a leader, cashew milk, to give it a bit extreme minutes they'll to keep it just, it turns out perfect. The bananas need to be frozen. it's great that's what she wants for a snack, so am I great or not what foods do you think men should be eating differently than women? Men can tolerate fat, animal fat in larger quantities. The women in this is this is ready on. Other trading depends in some way

It would do wonderfully well with animal fat and some men who don't but on average I think and men's metabolism supports fat breakdown in a way that is more efficient. The women's bodies and is this is research I mean there's a lot of research on that is in part to the whore one system, part by the composition, myself, fibre, nor manner more wired for explosive performance in high intensity, naval training and records many women can do all of that and more absolute you just on average. So I think this foods are good for everybody, if you want to eat them in and then there is the stiff and die it's out there, but I think the sluggish whole foods are really the focus of the diet. I think that is the most important thing. Don't stay

way from processed foods, there's just so much research showing that on these different chemicals do their part of the foods it used to be trans and saturated, a transitory defiance, but now there's all sorts of guns and more if fires in the ton of refined oils and a ton of antic troy- and hence in we know, don't die, is that of reach or high aim? Processed foods increase your risk of heart disease by over. Thirty percent, the double your risk of dementia did risk of cancer. Increase your risk of depression. The increase your of humor ratchet stroke. Why don't even taste good? Does foods. I mean that's the burden there convenient they're cheaper by didn't taste good do nothing for your energy levels and they a very harmful to your health.

I think it's really unfair, that healthy food is so expensive. But I don't know it's a matter of a really making a choice and they think it's important to know. It is because as a society. We are aware that what we eat It changes the way we look at the foods. That we put bodies will dictate what kind of We can wear what kind of performance we can we can have, but the first we It really also impact how our brains work, so they really make a huge difference in the way that we think it would feel member. So, in a way the same that way there we save foot attire meant that we would like to say for the time, and we should also need

retirement we should think of is food as information food as function and food as something that is protective and can really help you leave your life to the fullest. It's a tool, it's an asset. I one hundred percent agree and I'm curious. What are the studies shown? I know that I know about the blue zones, but what are the? What are the studies shown about the areas of the world where there's the least amount of alzheimer's? mantua where people live long, but they also remember long. I guess as well. Is there those funds as well? Are they other regions that you're whereof sending who signs and very well could act had eyes than their above five or six the world than then They re there. The national geographic has done such incredible work, just cracked, describing the lifestyle of this population.

by then I either have like other longevity hot spots. All over this one beautiful beautiful place in China that I'll never remember the name of its and I know I need to find out now. It is just gorgeous vivre and the finally that it looks like it. Just came out of a dream and people there. qualify for the booze on and then there's some part of europe in the air, with the lowest rates dimension in some other pirates, some other parts of Europe as well, where people live really long ages and do not experience cognitive deterioration. The baby is really protected day. What really all of them having man is very low, stress belonging and being part of the community and being supported? Exercise? Not

going to the gym, but just moving your body on a regular basis, good sleep like prioritizing sleep, taking naps and plant based diets really now I know meat is a luxury. Meat is a luxury in many parts of the world and that's the way. Don't it's a once a month. Type of thing going someplace we gotta get, is like a celebration of its a cell impression exactly it's his passion treat late when I was growing up, which is not a hundred years ago? But you, when I was growing up in is fully? And then I was in france for a while and eating meat? was really a sunday special rule yeah, I thought of it now meal, oh no, absolutely not and endorsing the meat was coming straight from the farm, not factory farming

the actual tradition of farm with a farmer who knew the chickens by name and kind of cried the little bit I go near my mom was I got it. They were gone. No more I might my mom- has been arrested here frame over thirty years to me. I was later when she. there are no more in my bed. You don t believe me I know, while occasionally when, when they go out to the restaurant, to win this offensive. Sorry, but not not in the house or fish she'll she'll call it. The fish doesn't have a name. So it's okay. It's like yeah wow. That.

This, and this is fascinating, stuff. So yeah but don't say you know one another reason and then keep going back to women until you hit that were made, but due to their studies with hundreds of thousands of people showing that diets high in processed foods really are strongly associated with a higher risk of cancer, whereas diets that are high in whole foods in minimally processed foods, especially veggies and fruit and whole grains and gums, are associated with a much lower risk of cancer. Especially women like breast cancer after menopause is much lower for women who eat healthy, whole foods and all say especially using legumes and fish is associated with a later onset of menopause and better hormonal health eating and fish.

How we gonna sensation remember more longer, we'll go through manner poise later in not having received them, whereas dies of their high in processed foods and refine foods and sugar and refined carbs a really bad in that in that regard, the really anticipate I don't see the menopause any of any women who have no genetic reason to go through menopause early. They accelerate the aging process, educate me on the female. variance, and his manner pause usually happen for women. If you want what fifty one the average age of fifty and why does it happen earlier for some, and why does it happen later for others, and does every woman go through it at some point, or is there a way to? I guess extend this process, so it doesn't.

Nah a really good question. So all women go through menopause in their lifetime. average age of menopause, the median age Menopause is fifty two in the union states, The latest you can go for these women are poisons that I'm fifty eight in the united states, the earliest. You can go through many places in your thirties. What happened and stuff like that educate me? What happens when you go through menopause? What happens female body to the brain, the dna, what is happening I know you ask well a lot of things are happening, so it depends. There are different reasons to go through menopause for most women you go through menopause spontaneously. And the age is impart genetic genetically related in part. It really depends on your lifestyle, so

Many women is important to ask your mom How what was your mother when she won t remain opposed, because there is a strong link and that my mom went remain a pause in her late fifty, so I'm, hopefully, all sir target in late fifties how If I have a lot more, my stress than my mom used to have and that's one factor that may accelerate the onset. The menopause smoking Is the number one risk factor for early menopause? What about what about it about studies of smoking vaping as vaping affected as well. I don't think so I don't know I'm not sure that there is real. search. Trombetta. I look it up. I don't know, but smoking is the number one risk factor for early menopause in women who are not genetically wired to go through menopause early.

And then lifestyle seems to be really really a huge, either protective factor or damaging factor. For so many women in some women go through manner, pause earlier than the voice spontaneously because a magical interventions- and this is something that we don't talk about enough at all, but one in every nine american women gets a hysterectomy warrant for act to me, which is the surgical removal of the EU. There is all the more For a number of reasons, however, that preceded it, you basically goes from an opposed, basically overnight. The video. Yes, yes, because you're over here

removed? If only you, there is a rule that can steal negatively impact blood flow to the over its and can also lead to early surgically induced menopause wishes. We don't talk about enough, and especially we don't talk about the fact that those procedures effect A brain did not know they know they know, there's something wrong with your brain, but this is something that also impacts. Your brain and we know from a number of studies that women fool receive he struck me more so in fact to me- have a higher risk of alzheimer's disease as computer two women who go through menopause spontaneously is not causative is a correlation, so getting the over is removed, who perhaps that you'd

Islam is associated with a higher risk. So if you, if you can prevent getting one of those surgeries, are getting those removed, try not Two is what I'm hearing you say. Well, yeah, it depends there are. There is some situations where surgery is, is a lifesaver, of course in in cases, though, I wonder because the main reason for the hysterectomy is having fibroids not hurt there's, just no sugar code in that, but they wonder if we had more of a conversation round, the link between the reproductive system and the brain, a wandering surgeons and doctors would be able to come up with different solutions rather than I'm just going to take out the you. Are there it's just a start to just get rid of it, and also for so many women to question. Did they just ask you? Do you want to have kids? Do you have enough kids

pointing planning to have more no than they just just remove the ovaries as well, because it's a cleaner surgery. It makes sense if you're just thinking reproduction, but the point. that we're not think in brain but were not looking and one man, in Oregon, he is and where the brain sticks to the ovaries and the users in your reproductive system and gets feedback from it and the health of your reproductive system, integrity or death system is important to the functioning. I'll get a brain, so there's no way around it obviously set some women The surgeon- I am not saying that we should decline, is procedures without saying, as they lose should find ways to protect our brains, especially For women who goes to men are poised because my reply precede because I was

during an interview with Andrew huber meant the nourishment us out of you can answer it and he was mentioning briefly. I will think we went into them much that that an orgasm happens and rain connected down the spine and your brain. Has I guess I don't what they're called a little synapse or something that's, all the way down into your sexual organs, and so, if you're, removing a sexual, the uterus or something from the female body. That's connected to the brain right, that's right! exactly right, so there must be so if you're, essentially, there's a pathway that there's a pipe that is going through your body and then you cut the pipe in half and remove something it's not able to flow back and forth from the sexual organ to the brain. As nat I'm assuming, and so what does that do to the brain by

menopause early, you know how long does it take and what does that mean until you can truly balance out brain functionality? What do women typically go through mentally physically well, I wish that we had more research on that. So that could answer your question in greater detail. we. We have been looking into that we're, starting now to with we're trying to do brain scans. Prior before and after the priest, in to really understand what's happening and what the long term effects are. What we know For sure is that the offence of surgical men are poised on the brain are more acute, then the effects are not true. Whispered, Hannah's monopolies, because when you go through not spontaneous, is a better word spontaneous pause it takes years for some women takes a couple of years, for some women can take fifteen years

so the brain has a chance to adjust gradually if you're plunged into men applies the paramount and poise so quickly. Cons is a shock at your brain needs, and this is just a figure of speech were to be. Your brain is to adjust much faster n jack Hayes the one and replacement therapy is indicated. I shall remain if you, if you're getting these procedures before manner poise, then it is helpful for many women to to go there. If european route- and this is a conversation than is to be the needs to happen with the doktor beef- is hence on why you had this: did you read if it were talking about cancer, then that may not be a good option by other options for sure and it's it's really important to explore down and I have to say did the more I talk about this.

the more feedback I receive from men. Are poised specialists, and obituary and doctors and surgeons. I really honestly don't know about that. Yeah brain people do I'll bet? You an do not angry about that studying the brenner studying doing part of the body armor. Does the drive me crazy about western manderson? Is that were so train to just look at one thing at a time I did your brain person Look at the brain. You know nothing about monopolised. I had to really gets, might really fast about that And, if you don't know about you, when autumn monopolised specialist, you dont really not much about break. You know about brain function, but not in detail by you, Joe we have voted to come we're very vertical in knowledge, and they think that a more horizontal approach is also needed. and what you need to go further, because first said that

you can go horizontally really and the person in front of you I'm curious. I've got a few final questions for you, but I'm curious about the correlation between our brains and mental health disorders. Mental health is a big topic, especially in the us right now, and a lot of people saying that they're going through depression or having mental health disorders or mental health challenges and diseases depressions in in mental health. How much of that is associated with the foods we eat? Obviously the environment, the stress sleep, I'm a huge proponent, I believe, with all those things will support the way you think the self talk you know the healthy relationships you're in or lack of healthy relationships, all affected,

or health as well. But how much have you noticed? Food has a direct impact on depression in zaire he or mental health disease. There is this the strong evidence that food has a strong impact on mental health and desert there's a whole field. It is growing, is gonna traditional psychiatry, dvd looks at. Is it started many years ago at harvard where I just There are a lot of teams that started looking into that and how specific foods literally support patient, neuro, transmitters in the brain by, for example, pseudo torn in, is an order transmitted. Is it not a chemical that is really important for happiness and sleep and appetite

And is there not a transmitter that is deficient in away in depression? In many patients with depression said the drugs there we have ten to improve the action of serotonin and is a very strong association between certain foods, actually in amino acid is got shipped to faint and production of Sarah. Turning because the brain takes trip to feign in washington basics and transforms that into a serious warning. I had the brain, so you need to have this essential amino acid in your in your diet, and chocolate is a good source by the way And so are a number of plant based foods, including bananas, and That's really important in the other trick is their consuming carbohydrates, together with a trip to faint source, really helps because trip to faint usually takes a back seat to other amino acids. They compete for entry inside the brain, but first

Maybe some magical reasons: if you have a little bit carbs together with your trip to find tat, pushes the trip to feign inside your brain so did do you have, growing up as a kid my mom for forget, milk that warrant milk with honey one time I used to have. I got tall glass of milk before bed every night now with honeyed up, but just I would drink milk all day, whole milk, and I think it's what made me grow so tall, but it also I was always saying that stuffy nose. I was always feeling tired like when I was working out in practice or in sports. I always felt like I was just like my body was drained eight and I felt kind of lethargic because I was drinking so much milk, probably

I mean gallon gallons a week I mean I used to this is when I was in middle school. I went to a private boarding school and I lived in a dorm with an all boys dorm and there was a milk dispenser in our dorm like the five gallon kind of commercial grade milk dispensers from a cafeteria, I literally had them move it in my room. the five gallons of milk that I was drinking most of it other boys in the dorm- would come in and drink it as well, but I was probably consuming a couple of gallons a week, I'm assuming ryan just breaking it like it was water just drew this drink drew drink. Here I don't know what that did. For me,

negative effects long term, but I don't drink any more milk. Now I can only not based milks. I have now been trends in feeling, I'm a Big fan of macadamia nut milk oh milk, but it's got a lot of calories in there and sugar. It tastes sweet, but I feel like I'm drinking too much almond milk and I feel, like it's affected me in a negative way. So I try to pull back on the all the milk, because I just started drinking all almond milk and the yeah. So it's trying to have that balance yet christ is really gain. If you tried the brand and first job, I don't want the amendment. Was it ok, I'm Hearst John. I gotta come by fridge someday? I just read history like the door. Did you tell us what we saw the dried berries

To answer your question, I think you just I did a great example of how we perhaps too much something consider healthy, can negatively impact here, your performance in your mood for it right like we know that so many foods have a strong effect. A mood We all know that in twitter, with your tighter drink, a cup of coffee, you're, you're, sad you have ice cream or a piece of chocolate, and that, three late, because we all intuitively now the sun foods have an impact on our mental state yeah, the reason being that the nutrients in in the foods really do have an effect on the chemistry of the brain, Which I find very beautiful in some ways: re anywhere it with the cold out in this marketing experience, where we're going

do american users rather than people who really appreciate the food and understand it and there's a disconnect when the way the food is grown and what kind of uses and benefits it can really get from certain foods and what ends up being in your fridge, but on your plate, but I also think they were going back to the roots add more and more people are really interested, in learning what kind of functions different foods can have and how to use them for the best yeah? Are you gonna get down about? I love it here this

fascinating. I could dive into the stuff more and more, and hopefully we do more stuff in the future. But I want people to get your your books, brain food, the surprising signs of eating for cognitive power. If you just want to learn about the foods to optimize your brain in general and the all seven new book called the annex x, brain, which is the groundbreaking science empowering women to maximize hog and of health and prevent also where's disease, with forward by my my dear friend, Maria shriver, on those well and in law? These amazing she's been a big you not champion of this. Obviously, this disease in preventing and helping to overcome this for many years for for all human beings has been inspiring to see her mission on this, but about these books I recommend and uganda their bodied mark hymen,

in the cover of this book here are lots of great research, lots of great science lots of recipes in here as well for things you can do for your brain health and optimization. So I highly recommend getting both of these I'm gonna get this want the exact brain. I'm gonna give it from my mom who is about to turn seventy this year. I think sixty nine or seventy this year so want to make sure, and luckily she's got great memory and she's sharpen and healthy, but want to continue to. You know prevent that from from happening in the future for her as well. So sure people get the books and also Follow you on social media. What's the best place to connect with you? What do you have anything, It sure way to fancy for twitter. And that I handle his doctorate d are underscored at moscone.

grind on my website: LISA mosconi, dot com. We will have all that linked up in the show notes as well. In this area went to brain scan can join us loved him. I mean not dr amen, I'm not sure. If you're familiar with him, he's been trying to get me to do a brain scan down here in california for awhile part of me is worried. Like part of me, says one of the liquid like: don't you have to drink something, or you have to put something in your veins to like scanning a fair? Well, it depends that we have some brain scans, on tat. You should have done the machine and their allies cans, but will soon the saint machine to look at blood flow to the brain, brain energy levels in the brain connectivity rain. So we look at a lot of different things without really huge. Nobody touches iv in and put the iv for that noises you see if you do a brain scan, what were you

be able see and understand about your brain or we look. We so many different I have in. I have different protocols to get different inter so my middle city friend needs and tall different tolerance. Profiles like you they are the ones the idea good. So we can only do I might I and that's fine, and in that case we look at the announcement your brain will look at the structure with centres there's any shrinkage with c. We look at inflammation. We look at things like if you have any glee, always is any signs of an inflammatory presence. In the brain, demille nation strokes, reasons. To more is thing clinically, but then we also have the research data. When we look at connectivity between different parts of the brain, we look brain energy production. We have this new technique to look at atp levels seem great.

Like energy bitterly might a contract. Even in the brain. We look at blood flow. We can rest in state Have him right that we have allowed the different sequences and then, if it offered to buy your little kay. You can also give me the idea in the region. then we can look at bring glucose metabolism and we can look at me like plaques on cyprus, plaques, delusion, and now it can also worth doing at them. Have you done? A lot of rain stands on yourself now and scheduled and schedule today I yeah, do it after you do you love me, know the scene right so at first I was too young for my own prosecco, but then we changed the age range and though I affect how old do you need to be thirty? Five? Okay? So I'm thirty seven! So I got a perfect

amazing. Well, I've got a. I got a couple final questions that I ask everyone on the show, and this has been powerful. These are so I appreciate you opening up and sharing your your years of experience and wisdom on this, I think, can be really helpful for a lot of people. This is a question. I ask everyone at the end called the three truths so I'd like you to imagine a hypothetical situation where it's the end of your life, many many years from now and you ve lived as long as you want to live and you've accomplished every dream. You've done everything you want to do, But, for whatever reason it's the last day- and you have to take all of your work with you all of the interviews- you've done your books- your talks. Your research, everything, The various said ever has to go with you to the next place wherever you go, but you have a piece of paper and a pen and you get to write down three things you know to be true about these. Sperience is the lessons we have learned in your life that you would share with the world,

Ok, my call to three truths, but would you say, is the only way to related nodded about life about life life life in general. Yeah. What would you be your your three lessons or three truths that you would share with the world about your existence? The first thing is not scientific at all, but I would say that love is by far the most important thing that you can have in your life and really cultivate and appreciate it, because we always make time for other things and they prioritize what really matters in the end, I think the second part is that I with I hope that I might be remembered as somebody who really helped other people, somebody who had Haggerty and worked very hard, and I say non birthrate thing for me: number three or perhaps number one, and this point is really tat right- is right.

even if we know what it is that iran is wrong, even if everybody's duet leave your truth, because that really the most important thing over on for me as a person

LISA. Why don't you knowledge you for for the commitment you have to improving people's lives, to the deep research that you've been working on it for twenty plus years, the care you have about people living a healthier life through brain optimization? We need more people like you who are in the constant exploration of improvement of our health of our minds with so many more people going through mental health challenges, dementia, alzheimer's, it's a it's a horrible to to watch loved ones, lose their ability and their function. So I am very grateful and and and acknowledge you for your ability to help as many people as possible. With this. With this cause and mission and again I want to make sure people check you out online, get the books and the final

I have for you is what is your definition of greatness honesty? I think that's really. The most important thing is being honest and and helping others. I think that would be terrible. My definition, I think then real leaders are people who really help it lead by example, LISA Thank you so much for dramatic and love. It So much for listening to this conversation, if you enjoyed it and you want to dive into another similar school of greatness episode, check out the links in the podcast description, I've done more than nine hundred and fifty episodes over the past seven years, and I want to bring you more inspiration just like this.

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