289: How to combat cognitive decline in your 20s, 30s & beyond | Dean Sherzai, M.D. & Ayesha Sherzai, M.D.

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Dean Sherzai, M.D. & Ayesha Sherzai, M.D.: “Cognitive decline is something that happens slowly and gradually, starting in our thirties and in our forties… And there's a lot we can do about it.” Dean and Ayesha, neurologists and directors of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Loma Linda University, join mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to optimize your brain health at any age, plus: *Signs of cognitive decline you shouldn't ignore* *How to reap the health benefits of meditation if you hate sitting still* *Why you should make checklists for brain health* *How to better your brain by focusing on leg strength* *Why multitasking isn't actually productive* Referenced in the episode: - Dean & Ayesha's book, The 30-Day Alzheimer's Solution. - Dean & Ayesha's discussion about brain health at mbg's 2018 revitalize event. - mbg Podcast episode #70, with the Sherzai's. - Dean & Ayesha's non-profit organization, the Healthy Minds Initiative. - Research showing how leg exercise can enhance the production of healthy neural cells. - Dean's meta-analysis on Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Don't forget to use the code BRAIN30 to receive 30% off of mbg's Ultimate Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition class, led by ultra-endurance athlete, Rich Roll, and plant-based chef, Julie Piatt. You'll learn all the fundamentals of plant-based eating—perfect for if you're curious about a plant-based lifestyle but don't know where to start. To learn more, visit mindbodygreen.com/brain30. Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wachib, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.
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0:43.6	performance is not guaranteed. It's an honor to have Dr. Dean Cherzai and Dr. Aisha Cherzai
0:51.9	back in this podcast. They're directors of the Alzheimer's Prevention Program at Loma Linda
0:56.4	University Medical Center and the authors of a new book I'm pretty excited about called The 30-Day
1:01.7	Alzheimer's Solution. The definitive food and lifestyle guide to preventing cognitive decline.
1:07.7	They are true thought leaders in how to prevent neurodegenerative diseases with lifestyle changes
1:12.8	and we're going to dive into all things brain health today.
1:16.7	Welcome one of my all-time favorite husband and wife duos. You're back with another fantastic book
1:24.8	30-Day Alzheimer's Solution. It's so great to see you. Welcome. It's so wonderful to see you
1:30.4	too Jason. I was actually looking back at our pictures together from 2018. I was like wow has
1:36.4	it really been like almost three years since we saw us all last each other. I hope you're doing well
1:42.0	thank you for having us. The world has changed a little bit since then. Just a little bit since
1:46.6	you guys grace the stage of our revitalized event where we used to gather with an amazing
1:51.5	influential inspirational leaders of the wellness world for a weekend of content and
1:57.3	indelible experience. We'll get back there someday. Absolutely, absolutely. So going back it
2:04.6	looked. It's February 21. We're recording this. Can you just talk about the state of there's
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