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The Dr. Hyman Show

Sharper, Stronger, Smarter: Build a Better Brain at Any Age

The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Mark Hyman

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Medicine

4.6 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Not long ago, conditions like Alzheimer’s were rare, but today, nearly one in two people over 80 are diagnosed with it. In contrast, in places like the Amazon, dementia affects only about one in a hundred—highlighting how modern lifestyle plays a major role in brain health. The brain isn’t an isolated organ; it’s deeply influenced by diet, sleep, movement, stress, toxins, and emotional well-being. Many people who once struggled with brain fog, depression, or memory loss have experienced dramatic improvements by healing their bodies—addressing gut health, detoxifying harmful substances, optimizing nutrition, and supporting the brain’s energy systems. With the right tools, including targeted nutrients, lifestyle changes, and even therapies like breathwork or plant medicines, it’s now possible not only to protect the brain from decline but also to enhance clarity, focus, and resilience at any age. In this episode, I discuss, along with Dr. Daniel Amen and Alberto Villoldo, how the body and brain are intimately connected and how we can think and feel better when we address our overall health first. Dr. Daniel Amen is a physician, double board-certified psychiatrist, twelve-time NY Times bestselling author, and founder and CEO of Amen Clinics, with 10 US locations. Dr. Amen is the author of many books including the mega-bestseller Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, as well as The End of Mental Illness, Memory Rescue, Healing ADD, and Your Brain Is Always Listening. In March 2022, Tyndale will publish his new book, You, Happier: The 7 Neuroscience Secrets of Feeling Good Based on Your Brain Type.   Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., is a medical anthropologist, psychologist and shaman, who studied the spiritual practices of the Amazon and the Andes for more than 30 years. While at San Francisco State University, he founded the Biological Self-Regulation Laboratory to study how the mind creates psychosomatic health and disease.  Founder of The Four Winds Society, he instructs individuals throughout the world in the practice of energy medicine. Dr. Villoldo has written numerous bestselling books, including Power Up Your Brain: The Neuroscience of Enlightenment (with David Perlmutter MD), Shaman, Healer, Sage; and WSJ bestseller One Spirit Medicine.   This episode is brought to you by BIOptimizers. Head to bioptimizers.com/hyman and use code HYMAN10 to save 10%. Full-length episodes can be found here: What Damages Your Brain And How To Reverse ItHow Creating A Healthy Brain Creates A Happy MindHow to “Grow a New Brain” for Lifelong Health

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on this episode of the Dr. Hyman Show.

0:02.7

So fixing your brain starts with fixing your body and optimizing all the inputs into your system

0:07.3

and minimizing the bad stuff, the bad inputs, whether it's stress, poor diet, toxins,

0:12.5

allergens, bad bugs, drugs like caffeine, alcohol, sugar, whatever's causing your brain to not work.

0:20.9

Feeling tired, tense, or foggy, magnesium might be the missing link.

0:25.9

Most people are low, and standard supplements don't cut it.

0:29.1

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0:33.6

Better sleep, less muscle tension, mental clarity, all with no laxative side effects.

0:38.1

Try magnesium breakthrough by bioptimizers at bioptimizers.com slash hymen for 10% off.

0:44.3

Before we jump into today's episode, I want to share a few ways you can go deeper on your health

0:48.3

journey.

0:48.8

While I wish I could work with everyone one-on-one, there just isn't enough time in the day,

0:52.7

so I've built several tools to help you take control of your health. If you're looking for guidance, education, and community,

0:58.0

check out my private membership, the Hyman Hive, for live Q&A's exclusive content and direct

1:03.1

connection. For real-time lab testing and personalized insights into your biology, visit

1:07.2

Function Health. You can also explore my curated doctor-trusted supplements and health

1:11.3

products at Dr.hyman.com. And if you prefer to listen without any breaks, don't forget, you can

1:16.4

enjoy every episode of this podcast, Add Free with Hyman Plus. Just open Apple Podcasts and tap

1:21.7

try free to start your seven-day free trial. Your brain is not just this disembodied organ

1:27.1

that is sitting in your skull connected

1:29.5

from the rest of what's going on in your body. We learned about the blood brain barrier in medical

1:33.1

school, but that's ridiculous. The brain is constantly interacting, communicating with everything

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