Brain Washing (Not Brainwashing) | Marc Milstein, PhD

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James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Brain researcher Marc Milstein, Ph.D. joins today's conversation to discuss The Age-Proof Brain: New Strategies to Improve Memory, Protect Immunity, and Fight Off Dementia. Dr. Milstein and James discuss good brain habits, the link between gut health and brain health, and strategies to lower your risk for Alzheimer's and dementia.Additional topics include:Brain shrinkage after age 40 (00:06:43)How sleep aids affect the 'brain washing' process (00:12:04)Anxiety and depression's impact on dementia (00:17:15)How diet affects performance (00:35:48)Alpha GPC and nootropics (00:37:02)The gut-brain connection (00:40:21)The Seven Second Memory Rule (00:51:19)------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book Skip the Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	I am obsessed with not losing any of my brain ability as I get older.
0:10.5	And I'm also really nervous about dementia and Alzheimer's, my grandmother had Alzheimer's.
0:15.7	In fact, I would like my brain to be smarter as I get older if such a thing is possible.
0:19.4	So I had on neuroscientist, Dr. Mark Milstein, who just wrote a book, The Age Proof Brain,
0:25.5	new strategies to improve memory, protect immunity, and fight off dementia.
0:30.4	So great book, great conversation, here we go.
0:34.0	This isn't your average business podcast, and he's not your average host.
0:41.2	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:52.2	In the book, The Age Proof Brain, you offer solutions to maybe avoid dementia.
0:56.5	I didn't know you could avoid things or postpone things like Alzheimer's or dementia.
1:01.2	Yeah, so that's what we're seeing is that it's not destiny in a vast majority of cases
1:07.2	and that we have things that we can do.
1:09.4	I like to say in the book, little things because nobody wants to make major changes.
1:12.7	So how do we do little things that can protect our brain and really also get the best out of
1:17.6	it each day?
1:19.0	And so we do see that we can lower risk of dementia anywhere from 30 to 60%.
1:22.2	I know that's a big range, but that's where the studies are showing us.
1:26.1	And it's about some lifestyle factors.
1:28.0	And I didn't know this either, that dementia is what Alzheimer's causes and other things
1:33.4	cause dementia too, but that's sort of the end goal of Alzheimer's is dementia.
1:38.1	I thought maybe it was like, oh, everybody gets a little bit of dementia, but some people
1:41.8	get it really serious with Alzheimer's.
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