How to Keep Your Memory Strong as You Age, with Joan Lunden

Change Your Brain Every Day

Dr Daniel Amen

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever walked into a room and immediately forgotten why you came in? You're not alone. In fact, that's the title of former Good Morning America host Joan Lunden's new book. In this episode of The Brain Warrior's Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel and Tana Amen are once again joined by Joan for a discussion on how to keep your mind and memory strong, even as the aging slowly process begins to work against you.

For more info on Joan's new book "Why Did I Come Into this Room?' visit https://www.amazon.com/Why-Come-into-This-Room/dp/1948677296

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. I'm Dr. Daniel Aeman and I'm Tanna Aeman. In our podcast we provide you with the tools you need to become a warrior for the health of your brain and body.
0:19.0	The Brain Warriors Way podcast is brought to you by Aemon Clinics, where we have been transforming
0:25.5	lives for 30 years, using tools like brain-spect imaging to personalize treatment to your
0:32.0	brain.
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0:34.1	visit Aaman Clinics.com.
0:35.9	The Brain Warriors Way Podcast is also brought to you
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0:41.6	neutraceuticals to support the health of your brain and
0:44.4	body. To learn more go to brainMD.com.
0:48.6	Welcome back. We are here with you in London having a fabulous time talking about a new book.
0:57.8	Why did I come into this room?
1:00.1	Joan. so many people complain about memory.
1:09.1	And Alzheimer's is expected to triple in the next 25 years and if you're blessed to live to 85 you have a 50% chance
1:19.6	5 0% chance of being diagnosed with dementia one form or another.
1:26.6	I know you're not okay with those odds
1:30.1	and neither am I, but the exciting thing is you can do something about it. In your research, what were some of the most important factors that you learned about aging and memory.
1:49.7	Well besides the obvious, which is eating healthy as clean as possible, nutrient-dense proteins,
1:56.2	lots of vegetables and fruits, and also not gorging yourself.
2:02.8	Like those are the obvious, but also drinking alcohol
2:09.1	and smoking some of these things to stay away from them, which is, you know, just making good lifestyle choices.
2:16.0	And then challenging your brain, and they say that the best way is to learn something completely new.
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