10,000 Steps a Day Could Cut Alzheimer’s Risk in Half | Robert Love | DSH #1853
25 min
•Mar 10, 20263 months agoSummary
Dr. Robert Love discusses how Alzheimer's disease can be prevented and even reversed through lifestyle interventions including exercise, sleep, diet, and stress management. He critiques media coverage that downplays non-pharmaceutical treatments and highlights research showing 7 out of 10 Alzheimer's patients improve with lifestyle changes, while also addressing broader health system failures in the United States.
Insights
- Alzheimer's prevention and reversal is scientifically proven but systematically underreported due to pharmaceutical industry influence on media narratives
- 10,000 steps daily cuts Alzheimer's risk in half; nature-based walking without distractions provides additional 20% cognitive improvement
- ADHD medication in children has significant long-term social and developmental costs that may outweigh academic benefits
- School system design actively impairs learning through stress and sleep deprivation, contradicting its stated educational mission
- Inexpensive, safe supplements like creatine, fish oil, and magnesium are effective for cognitive health but lack pharmaceutical industry promotion
Trends
Shift from genetic determinism to lifestyle-based Alzheimer's prevention in medical scienceGrowing skepticism of pharmaceutical solutions for chronic diseases in favor of preventive health approachesIncreasing recognition of gut-brain axis in neurological health and disease preventionEducational technology disruption through AI-based personalized learning (Alpha School model)Biohacking and quantified self-tracking adoption among health-conscious professionalsMagnesium deficiency as underrecognized risk factor for cognitive declineSleep optimization becoming central to cognitive performance and disease preventionSchool start time reform gaining evidence-based support for improved student outcomes
Topics
Alzheimer's disease prevention and reversalExercise and cognitive healthSleep optimization and brain healthGut health and neurological functionMagnesium supplementationBDNF and neuroplasticityMedia bias in health reportingPharmaceutical industry influence on healthcare narrativesADHD medication in childrenSchool system design and student outcomesStress management and cognitive functionFish oil and omega-3 supplementationCreatine for memory improvementNature-based cognitive enhancementAI-based personalized education
Companies
Shopify
E-commerce platform sponsor offering tools for building online stores, inventory management, and marketing
SelectQuote
Life insurance comparison service helping consumers find affordable coverage with no medical exam required
Quince
Direct-to-consumer clothing brand emphasizing quality basics and ethical manufacturing practices
Alpha School
Educational software platform founded by Mackenzie Price enabling accelerated learning through iPad-based curriculum
Oura
Wearable ring technology for tracking sleep metrics, HRV, and recovery data
Sleep Number
Smart mattress manufacturer offering temperature-modulating beds designed to optimize sleep quality
Quantum Upgrade
Quantum energy streaming service claiming to reduce stress brainwave activity and improve ATP production
People
Dr. Robert Love
Alzheimer's expert and medical doctor discussing prevention and reversal protocols through lifestyle interventions
Dr. Dale Bredesen
UCLA medical doctor credited as one of first to reverse Alzheimer's disease and publish clinical data
Dr. Heather Sanderson
Naturopathic doctor from San Diego who conducted COVID-era clinical trial reversing memory loss without drugs
Dr. David Perlmutter
Neuroscientist and author researching gut health connection to brain health and cognitive function
Dr. Stephen Gundry
Cardiologist and researcher contributing to science on gut bacteria and brain health relationships
Mackenzie Price
Founder of Alpha School, an AI-based educational platform enabling accelerated personalized learning
Tony Robbins
Business and life coach whose Date with Destiny and Business Mastery programs address stress management
Mark Bergman
Author of research showing 50-minute nature walks improve cognitive function by 20%
Dr. David Smith
Oxford researcher finding fish oil and B-complex vitamins reduce Alzheimer's risk by 30%
MrBeast
Content creator referenced as example of managing stress across multiple complex business operations
Quotes
"Treatment for Alzheimer's is extremely effective and a lot less expensive than prescription drugs because it works for 7 out of 10 people."
Dr. Robert Love
"Alzheimer's is not just a disease of the brain. It's a disease related to our overall body health."
Dr. Robert Love
"If you're going to grow your business, you actually need to be able to handle the level of stress here so you can move beyond that."
Sean (Host)
"The system that's set up to increase learning and ideally retention right actually retain the information so we can use it later, the system is set up to impair learning and memory because of the high stress."
Dr. Robert Love
"Creatine improves memory in patients with Alzheimer's disease. That's amazing. That should be front page news on every newspaper until everyone's on creatine."
Dr. Robert Love
Full Transcript
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Okay, guys, we're here at A4M, day two, here with Dr. Robert Love, and you would label yourself an Alzheimer's expert, right? Yes. And that's what you're known for these days? Yes. Let's dive into it. Awesome. A lot of talk about it these days about potentially, I hate using the C word on YouTube, but treating Alzheimer's and it's promising, right? So the science about Alzheimer's is changing. When my grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer's when I was, well, he wasn't diagnosed then, he died when I was about in first grade, they just thought Alzheimer's was genetic. And that's been the thought around Alzheimer's up until very, very recently. And now we know data from the past 10 years shows that there are many things that we can do to prevent Alzheimer's disease, reduce the risk of Alzheimer's, and even reverse Alzheimer's disease. I want to cite the work of Dr. Dale Bredesen, a medical doctor from UCLA. He was one of the very first doctors to reverse Alzheimer's in his practice and then publish the data. And then most recently, Dr. Heather Sanderson, who's a naturopathic doctor from San Diego. She did a clinical trial actually during COVID. And she had a clinical trial where she did no drugs. So there's no prescription drugs. It was just diet, exercise, lifestyle, sauna, red light therapy, and then brain exercises. She reversed memory loss in patients with Alzheimer's during COVID when you couldn't go outside and couldn't see your family. So that was really tremendous. So the science is very clear. Alzheimer's can be prevented and it can be reversed. if you're willing to do certain things. Now, that doesn't mean everyone can get all the way better, and it doesn't mean everybody can get better. But right now, we know the majority of people, seven out of 10, seven out of 10 people, the data shows seven out of 10 can improve their memory once they've been diagnosed with Alzheimer's if they're willing to engage in the important lifestyle behaviors. That's incredible, seven out of 10. Seven out of 10. And what's really disturbing, Sean, is that there was a New York Times article about this, and I was actually interviewed for the article. I was at Burning Man at the time, and I had to, you know- They interviewed you there? They interviewed me there, and I had to go somewhere so I could get on the phone. I was on the phone with a very nice woman for about an hour talking about the current science about Alzheimer's, about Dr. Dale Bredesen's work, about Dr. Heather Sanderson's study, how they reversed Alzheimer's. The article finally came out a couple months ago and it basically said the exact opposite. It said, treatment for Alzheimer's is expensive and doesn't work for everybody. That's a shame. The real headline should have been, treatment for Alzheimer's is extremely effective and a lot less expensive than prescription drugs. because it works for 7 out of 10 people. But the headline said it barely works for anybody. So the headline was very deceptive, which is very unfortunate because, as you know, so much media is sponsored by Big Pharma. And so Big Pharma is probably telling big news agencies, please don't publish data on how exercise helps your brain. That's not what they want, right? They're just protecting their business, just like any business would. And so they don't want us doing exercise. They want us taking their drugs. And so it's really a shame that so many doctors get this wrong. So many doctors read the headlines and think there's nothing you can do and that the Alzheimer's prevention is a scam. And it's really not. It's just good science. What are the rates at these days? Are they at all time highs for getting Alzheimer's and dementia? The rates have been increasing, specifically in the United States, because we've been getting less healthy. The United States has the worst health outcomes, and we pay more per capita, more per person for medicine than any other country. So we pay more, and we have the worst health outcomes. That's crazy. That basically means the whole system's broken. Might as well just break the entire… Starting a business means wearing many hats. Designer, marketer, manager, while chasing your vision. Shopify powers millions of businesses with tools to build beautiful stores, create content and market with ease. From inventory to shipping, everything runs smoothly. If you're ready to sell, you're ready for Shopify. Sign up for your one euro trial today at Shopify.nl. That's Shopify.nl. I don't really chase trends anymore. I just want clothes that work, feel good and last. I've stopped buying a lot of clothes and started buying better ones. Stuff that fits right, holds up, and I actually wear. That's why I've been going with Quince. They've got basics I actually use, organic cotton sweaters, clean polos, lightweight jackets, stuff that holds up to daily wear and still looks good. The quality's solid and everything's built to last. What makes Quince different is how they do it. They work directly with top factories, cut out the middleman, and you're not paying for brand markup, just quality clothing. And they only partner with factories that meet high standards for craftsmanship and ethical production. Refresh your wardrobe with Quince. Go to quince.com slash dsh for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. That's quince.com slash dsh. Now available in Canada too. Free shipping and 365 day returns. Quince.com slash dsh. Our medical system and start from scratch and get some people together and say, okay, what's healthy for us? What's not healthy for us? okay, let's start recommending this and not recommend this. And we'll actually have a better healthcare system than what we have today. It's that bad. And COVID didn't help because it increased anxiety and stress. Stress harms the brain. And Americans, seven out of 10 Americans are overweight or obese. And that number has been increasing. It's been increasing children. I'm terrified about that. I mean, what happens when half of Americans are diabetic because they grew up as obese children? Oh my God. That's scary. The whole economy breaks, right? because we're all going to be trying to help these poor people and they're not going to be able to work the way that they would. So because our health has been getting worse, Alzheimer's has been increasing because Alzheimer's is not just a disease of the brain. It's a disease related to our overall body health. A lot of people link it with gut health, right? Yes, very much so. There's really good research. Dr. David Perlmutter writes about this. He's coming on tomorrow. Oh, terrific. There's a few people in science that are my heroes. He's done a really tremendous job with the science, especially around gut health. and Dr. Stephen Gundry as well. And so, yes, poor gut bacteria is related to poor brain health. What's good for your gut is good for your brain. And that's one of the reasons why so many prescription drugs or proton pump inhibitors or a lot of these interventions hurt our brain because they hurt our gut bacteria. Right. Antacids, I just found out yesterday too. I used to take Tums. I used to carry Tums with me everywhere. I remember the commercial Tum to Tum Tums. Yeah, so viral. We talk a lot on this show about taking risks and trying to get ahead, but let's be real, the world feels shaky right now. AI's changing jobs, markets are all over the place, nothing feels guaranteed, and at some point you realize no one's coming to save you. You've got to protect yourself, and one thing people forget about is life insurance. 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Save more than 50% on term life insurance at selectquote.com slash dsh today to get started at selectquote.com slash dsh. and so that was so interesting because they said you should take tums because it has calcium whereas the other supplements the other ones have magnesium and at the time we didn't understand how important magnesium is so interesting a magnesium deficiency is actually an increase a risk factor for alzheimer's disease so tums is saying you should take calcium you should take tums because it has calcium no you should actually take something else because that's magnesium because uh magnesium is so important for brain health i take it almost every day i take it for stress mainly, but I didn't know it helped with that. What kind of magnesium? It's the blue bottle, pure encapsulations. I don't know. I think glyphosate. Glycinate. Glycinate, yeah. Glycinate's very good. Good for overall body. Well absorbed, doesn't upset the stomach. A magnesium threonate is really good. It's a smaller form of magnesium. That can cross the blood-brain barrier. It's a little bit more expensive, but that's shown to be really helpful for the brain. Maybe I'll switch to that one. You could do both. It's very hard to overdose on magnesium. Now, I'm not saying it's not impossible. I'm not saying take the whole bottle. But in general, if you're taking magnesium in a sensible way, it's very hard to overdose. Most seven out of 10 are deficient in magnesium, according to the USDA. Yeah, the biggest thing I'm battling with right now is stress mitigation. So I'm looking for supplements and methods for that. Stress, you're a young guy, you're successful. What's stressing you? I think just business, life, you know. I like to work all the, so definitely work-related. Good for you. I love to work. Yeah, I feel like most of my stress is work-induced. Interesting, the thing that you love is causing you stress. It's like good and bad because I love doing it, but it's also, I feel like anytime you're in business, there's going to be some stress. Yeah, there's so much uncertainty, right? Especially entrepreneurship. Absolutely. And what I found is in order to grow as an entrepreneur, I really learned this from Tony Robbins. I just finished his Date with Destiny program. Business Mastery is great. If you want to grow your business, go to Business Mastery with Tony Robbins. It's awesome. And basically, if you're going to grow your business beyond a certain level, you need to be able to handle the level of stress at this level to get to this level, right? Makes sense, yeah. And so if you're going to grow your business, you actually need to be able to handle the level of stress here so you can move beyond that. Right. You need to be able to solve all the problems here while still getting good sleep and staying healthy. So you can go out to here and then you get to this level until you then expand to here. Right. I mean, look at Mr. Beast. I mean, imagine how many different things he has going on. I just saw his setup behind the scenes on Beast Games. It was crazy. It's amazing. Imagine the stress he could have with all the different moving pieces. And he seems pretty. Starting a business means wearing many hats, designer, marketer, manager, while chasing your vision. Shopify powers millions of businesses with tools to build beautiful stores, create content and market with ease. From inventory to shipping, everything runs smoothly. If you're ready to sell, you're ready for Shopify. Sign up for your one euro trial today at Shopify.nl. That's Shopify.nl. We talk a lot on this show about taking risks and trying to get ahead. But let's be real, the world feels shaky right now. AI is changing jobs. Markets are all over the place. Nothing feels guaranteed. And at some point, you realize no one's coming to save you. You've got to protect yourself. And one thing people forget about is life insurance. If you're new to it, you're not alone. That's why I checked out SelectQuote. They've been around for over 40 years and helped more than 2 million Americans find coverage that actually fits their life and budget. They compare policies from top-rated insurance companies and do the work for you for free. You can even get same-day coverage up to $2 million with no medical exam. Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for you for less and save more than 50% at selectquote.com.dsh. Save more than 50% on term life insurance at selectquote.com.dsh today to get started at selectquote.com.dsh. Well, appearances can be deceiving. I'll say that. I don't know his exact situation, but social media only portrays the highlights. But he does seem pretty. Are you getting your exercise? Are you getting your sleep? Are you taking yourself a little exercise? As I'd like. Sleep, I'm doing decent. I'm averaging about 85 on the loop a night. I get that higher. I don't have blackout curtains, but when I get that installed. Oh, yeah, totally. Diet's pretty good. Sleep mask is really good, too. Like the Mindfold, I really like that one. I'll start using that. That one's been helpful, especially if you travel. You travel. A lot. At least once a month, yeah. And so the lights, you notice lights in the hotel room? There's like blinking lights on the ceiling? All over the place. What the hell is that? Yeah, what is that? Who's thought of that? Let's have people buy a room to sleep in and have flashing lights on the ceiling all night. That's as bad as grade school that starts when kids should be sleeping. Yeah. Children should be sleeping at 7 a.m. They shouldn't be waking up to go to school. That's just dumb, right? So either people who didn't understand the science or non-smart people or non-thoughtful people designed hotel rooms with flashing lights and school that starts while children should be sleeping, right? So you definitely want a sleep mask as you're traveling. Oh, it's something I saw on an Instagram video. If you get little like paperclips, like big paperclips, you can clip the curtains together. And so you know how it's hard to get the curtains to close, to shut out the light. Yeah, so if you get giant, you know, the big honking paperclips that can hold the curtains. That's a travel hack right there. Yes, totally. Wow. Yeah, they should start school at like nine or 10. Absolutely. The IQ would go up in the whole country. It did. So there's a study where, it's a great book called Nurture Shock. Nature Shock or Nurture Shock? And what they did was, one of the studies they talked about in this book was that a town changed the start time of school to, I think, two hours later. So instead of 8 a.m., start at 10 a.m. SAT scores went up 100 points. Holy, that's a lot. And traffic accidents by teenagers went down by half. That makes sense, because they're not tired. Of course. And they're making better decisions, right? because a lot of teenage car accidents are probably, I'm going to race my friend or I can do this. I'm going to be reckless. But if they get better sleep, they actually might make better decisions. So less traffic accidents. SAT score went up 100 points. What is that worth? I mean, that's the difference between getting to the level of college you get into. Could be Ivy League versus regular college. Exactly. Oh my gosh. Right? And just by changing the sleep. And so amazing. That hasn't been instituted nationwide. It should be. I'm excited. I'm starting an AI school in Cincinnati, Ohio, hopefully in 2026. And we're starting at 10 a.m. So it's going to be a school just about AI. No. Oh, pardon me. So if you're familiar with Alpha School, Alpha School. You're familiar with Alpha School. I heard of it. We're using their software. Okay. Is that Elon's or is that someone else? No. Her name is Mackenzie Price. Oh, yeah. I've heard of this. I actually saw her at Tony Robbins Business Mastery. She is extremely smart. Her ability to communicate the need for this new kind of school is really interesting. It was excellent. When I heard her talk, I thought, oh my gosh, this woman is, she's going to crush it. And she already is. And so basically Alpha School is an iPad where you go to school for two hours a day learning things that regular kids learn in school, math, science, history. But what they learn in two hours is what they learn in regular school in two days. No way. So two hours equals two days. But you're only at two hours a day. So you basically move twice as fast as kids in regular school. The rest of the time, you can study what you want. So my school is going to focus on health, right? So you get to choose that as the school. as the creator of the school, I get to choose the curriculum. So I'm going to go to the parents who enroll the school, like, look, here's the deal. Your kids can be twice as smart as everybody else because AI software teaches to their level and teaches to their interest and they going to learn faster Number two your kids can be super healthy and they be really happy and um and that what we doing your kids are gonna sleep in you get really good sleep they're gonna learn about health and wellness um they're gonna learn about their own psychology about how they can make themselves happy live a fulfilling life discover their life purpose all this stuff yeah awesome still taking your pre-workout after you get to the gym you're already late what if your pre-workout actually worked with your body are you tired of artificial energy drinks meet NO Beats, a beet-based nitric oxide booster that supports your body's natural nitric oxide production for increased blood flow, mitochondrial ATP energy, and endurance naturally. N101 nitric oxide lozenges is a smarter way to fuel your workout. 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We talk a lot on this show about taking risks and trying to get ahead. But let's be real, the world feels shaky right now. AI is changing jobs, markets are all over the place, nothing feels guaranteed, and at some point you realize no one's coming to save you. You've got to protect yourself, and one thing people forget about is life insurance. If you're new to it, you're not alone. That's why I checked out SelectQuote. They've been around for over 40 years and helped more than 2 million Americans find coverage that actually fits their life and budget. They compare policies from top-rated insurance companies and do the work for you for free. You can even get same-day coverage up to $2 million with no medical exam. Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for you for less and save more than 50% at selectquote.com slash dsh. Save more than 50% on term life insurance at selectquote.com slash dsh today to get started at selectquote.com slash dsh. I spent in school and you could probably relate to this and I just never looked forward to going. And it's a shame because you should love to learn. I love learning now. Absolutely. It was amazing that our school system made something as awesome as learning, as awesome as learning, and made it not fun. Yeah. Not only not fun, not even looking forward to it. Painful. Almost like you dread it, like you don't want to go. That's the majority of students. And now we're drugging kids. Kids as little as five. My five-year-old kid has ADHD. No, they don't. They're a five-year-old. He won't sit still in school. Well, of course not. He's five. I don't like to sit still in school. I'm 43. I don't want to sit still. Did they try putting you on meds when you were in school? They did. What did your parents thought? My parents thought it was a good idea. I agreed to try it when I was a little kid. They said, hey, do you want to try this thing so you can do better in school? I said, sure. But once I started taking it, I said, hey, I don't like this. I don't want to keep taking this. And so what happened was my improvement, my grades in school improved, but my ability to socialize with my classmates went down. And so I became kind of weird. I didn't understand socialization or emotional intelligence. I was just, that's just really smart. Were you on Xanax? Oh, no, for ADHD, I was on Rillin. I was on Rillin in middle school, high school, and then college, I was on Adderall. Got it. And so my emotional intelligence was very low, and that was hard. And so I kind of didn't catch up until I really reduced the amount of ADHD drugs I take and started working on myself with self-development and understanding posture and body language, nonverbal communication, and all these things. So my development was stunted socially. And I think it also probably reduced my height because I slept less and I didn't eat as much food because ADHD drugs reduce appetite and so forth. And so I don't recommend them, certainly not to young children, because they're developing. Do we really want to give a medical intervention to a five-year-old? So young. You've got to have really strong data to show that five-year-olds who take real and become geniuses and nothing bad happens to them for me to give my five-year-old a hardcore drug. And really, it's a hardcore drug. It's an amphetamine. It's intense. If an adult takes it, they're like, whoa, I feel this. It's a serious drug. I remember when I went to Rutgers, people loved Adderall there, especially around test season. They would get so excited to take it. I'm like, what is this? I was like the outlier not taking it. Really? Like more people were taking it than not. Oh my gosh. Yeah, I don't know if your university was similar, but. Kids definitely wanted my Adderall. So I'll tell you that much. they'd be my friend like hey we're friends right can i have some yeah that's how it was man and uh i don't know if that's a product of the university just giving kids so many tests and they're stressed it could be that too and what's crazy is that the university system which we just mentioned is designed to have tests and stress well what impairs learning stress stress so the system that's set up to increase learning and ideally retention right actually retain the information so we can use it later, which I think is why we're supposed to go to school. The system is set up to impair learning and memory because of the high stress. Explain why this is a good idea. And nobody does. And when it brings up to teachers, they just kind of shrug and say, well, that's the system. And then kids are pulling all-nighters studying for these tests. And then they don't remember anything. It's not a very good use of four years of college. And then how much is it now? $400,000? Like 100 grand a year? It's a lot. Let's go back to Alzheimer's. That's what you're known for. and what have you seen treatment-wise that's really affected these days? So I can go two routes to this. One, I have a medical clinic where we're reversing Alzheimer's, so I can share that. And I can also just share some of the basic behaviors that are working. What would be most helpful, Sean? Let's go down what people can do out of watching this, I think. Great. So anyone who's watching this, if you want to prevent Alzheimer's disease or you're already seeing early-stage memory loss or brain fog, here are some of the most important things to do. Number one is exercise. according to the uh journal of the american medical association 9800 steps a day so about 10 000 steps a day cuts the risk of alzheimer's in half wow so if you're over age 50 so that you should be walking thousands 10 000 steps a day which is about two hours and and ideally in nature um a research uh from a a new book by mark bergman um showed that uh walking in nature for 50 minutes not being on your phone and not listening to your headset but actually being in nature improve cognitive function by 20%. Wow. By 20%. Basically one hour in nature. So get your steps in and ideally walk in nature without talking on your phone, without listening to anything. Just be in nature. Show AirPods. There's something really, he calls it gently fascinating. There's something gently fascinating about nature. We can just be in it all day and it's really good for the brain. I wonder if it's a frequency related thing or something. It's probably a lot of things. It's probably sound, smell, taste. It feels relaxing to our body, reduces stress. Some people feel more connected to God or spirit versus being inside in a square wall, a square room with artificial sounds and lights. Yeah, it should be an evolutionary brain thing, right? Yeah, so many things. So get outside in nature walking every day is where to start. Number two, if you sedentary if you don exercise start doing any form of exercise That the biggest benefit for people who are sedentary and still doing any sort of exercise even just once a week makes a difference And then one great form of exercise Starting a business means wearing many hats. Designer, marketer, manager, while chasing your vision. Shopify powers millions of businesses with tools to build beautiful stores, create content, and market with ease. From inventory to shipping, everything runs smoothly. If you're ready to sell, you're ready for Shopify. Sign up for your one euro trial today at Shopify.nl. That's Shopify.nl. We talk a lot on this show about taking risks and trying to get ahead. But let's be real, the world feels shaky right now. AI is changing jobs. Markets are all over the place. Nothing feels guaranteed. And at some point, you realize no one's coming to save you. You've got to protect yourself. and one thing people forget about is life insurance. If you're new to it, you're not alone. That's why I checked out SelectQuote. They've been around for over 40 years and helped more than 2 million Americans find coverage that actually fits their life and budget. They compare policies from top-rated insurance companies and do the work for you for free. You can even get same-day coverage up to $2 million with no medical exam. Life insurance is never cheaper than it is today. Get the right life insurance for you for less and save more than 50% at selectquote.com. slash dsh save more than 50 on term life insurance at selectquote.com slash dsh today to get started at selectquote.com slash dsh is um resistance training so weight weight weight training resistance training increases um a growth factor in the brain called bdnf brain derived neurotrophic factor and that facilitates the growth of new brain cells new neural connections and that um is neuroprotective. So that protects against dementia and actually improves memory. Lion's mane, which is one of my favorite supplements, that also increases BDNF. By the way, I have a lion's mane supplement just for disclosure. And so exercise is great for the brain. Sleep. Sleep is essential. You need to sleep to wire up new memories. And so if you're not sleeping well, people can get a sleep study for as little as 200 bucks, or they can go to their doctor and get one. It might be covered by insurance. but sleeping well is so, so important. I have an aura ring. I don't have a relationship with them but I found my aura ring to be helpful in helping track sleep. I have a sleep eight mattress. I don't have a relationship with them but that- I have that one too. Did you like that? It's very useful. Yeah. See the HRV, you can see the amount of deep sleep, REM sleep. Yeah. Can't focus, struggling to sleep or feeling wired? This balances your brain and body fast. A cutting edge EEG study found something phenomenal with quantum upgrade. Stress related brainwave activity dropped by 80%, calming alpha waves in the limbic system increased over 13x, and HRV improved big time. That's just the start. Quantum Upgrade is a 24-7 quantum energy streaming service that boosts your energy, focus, recovery, and sleep with no device needed. I personally use this myself and it's also recommended by top athletes, leading biohackers, and functional medicine practitioners. 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Alzheimer's, obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, you name it. basically every chronic disease is increased by eating poor quality food. So you want to eat organic fruits and vegetables and a healthy form of protein. You can eat, uh, you can eat plant protein or you can eat healthy animal protein, like wild caught salmon, grass fed beef, sardines, and so forth. So that's really important. Uh, so exercise, sleep, diet, you want to reduce your stress and that can be, you know, prayer, prayer, meditation, um, some sort of spiritual practice, time and nature, reduce your stress, have meaning in your life. That's really important. Yeah. So if people are retired, if you retire from something, retire into something. If you retire and you have a retirement account, that's great. Go travel, go learn, go, go volunteer to school, volunteer at a nursing home, volunteer, volunteer taking care of kids, do something because we as human beings are not meant to be sedentary and sit and watch TV. That's not what our ancestors did. Get involved in your community, do something you're passionate about. If you've retired, because that keeps us active and involved, it gives us a reason for living. And so we want to make sure that we have that. And then there's a lot of supplements that can be helpful as well that are important for the brain. Fish oil, right? Fish oil is really great. That's the one I was thinking of first. Our brain outside of water is made primarily of fat. And so we need to consume a lot of healthy fat to help repair and maintain the brain. So fish oil is high in omega-3 fatty acids, specifically DHA. So DHA, really good for the brain. I do about three... a good dose is a thousand milligrams a day of DHA. That's a good starting dose for most healthy adults. Start slowly, but get up to there. And then you can move up to about 3,000 a day. I'm at 3,000 a day. So I take a lot of fish oil. I just want to give my brain every opportunity to be healthy. Creatine, new research out of Kansas Medical School. They gave creatine to 20 adults who had Alzheimer's disease. And what they found in the study was, I think it was after eight weeks, creatine, 20 grams of creatine a day, improved memory in patients with Alzheimer's disease. So creatine improves memory in patients with Alzheimer's disease. That's amazing. That should be front page news on every newspaper until everyone's on creatine because creatine's safe. It is very inexpensive, very few side effects, and it helps improve memory in people with dementia. Like this should, every single doctor, it's super cheap. Every single doctor should be offering this to their patients, but they're not educated about it and big pharma's not pushing it. And they're probably actually trying to actively hide that research because it works. And their Alzheimer's drugs are actually quite dangerous. So creatine, a fish oil, a B-complex vitamin, a methylate B-complex vitamin. A research from Dr. David Smith at Oxford found that those who took a fish oil supplement and a B-complex vitamin reduced the risk of Alzheimer's by about 30%. So that's really good. Magnesium we talked about, really important. And lion's mane, I really like because that increases growth factors in the brain. It improves sleep, which is really great, improves memory. reduces stress and anxiety. And so Lion's Mane is a safe, effective supplement that's a medicinal mushroom that's really good for the brain and overall body as well. So those are some inexpensive starter supplements people can get good going with. We'll link your work below, your supplements. Thank you. Thanks for coming on, man. That was awesome. Sean, this was great. Thank you so much for having me. Yeah, great to meet you, man. Have a good one. Thanks, guys. I hope you guys are enjoying the show. Please don't forget to like and subscribe. It helps the show a lot with the algorithm. 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