The ADHD Doctor: “I’ve Scanned 250,000 Brains” You (Steven Bartlett) Have ADHD! & Coffee Is Damaging Your Brain!!! Dr Daniel Amen

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

If your brain makes you ‘you’, how can you treat your brain so that you are the best possible version of you? In this new episode Steven sits down again with world-leading psychiatrist and brain disorder specialist, Dr. Daniel Amen. Dr. Daniel Amen is the founder of Amen Clinics, which has the world’s largest database of 225,000 brain scans for psychiatry, he is also the founder of BrainMD, a company specialising in brain-directed supplements. Dr. Amen has provided brain scans for celebrities such as Bella Hadid and Justin Bieber, and is a 12-time New York Times best-selling author. In this conversation Dr. Amen and Steven discuss topics, such as: His aim of creating a revolution in brain health Why brain and not mental disorders are the key issue Depression comes from brain health How optimising your brain will optimise your life The difference between physical trauma and emotional trauma Why playing racket sports will make you live longer The scan of Steven’s brain Steven’s ADHD and how to live with ADHD Why orange juice can make your brain worse The importance of blood flow to the brain How caffeine and nicotine constricts blood flow to the brain When you stop learning your brain starts dying How loneliness accelerates dementia Depression doubling the risk of Alzheimer's in women Why he doesn’t believe in the power of positive thinking Screen time creating anxiety and depression How sleep cleans the brain Sugars damaging impact on the brain Why not flossing can make you depressed How your body wash is poisoning you Ways to stop negative thinking The impact of certain fatty foods on reducing Alzheimer’s How weight gain is making you dumb You can purchase Dr. Amen’s most recent book, ‘Change Your Brain Every Day: Simple Daily Practices to Strengthen Your Mind, Memory, Moods, Focus, Energy, Habits, and Relationships’, here: https://amzn.to/3QcmEnT Follow Dr. Amen: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3tHjm4r Twitter: https://bit.ly/3scQpgr Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now: https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Follow me: Instagram: http://bit.ly/3nIkGAZ Twitter: http://bit.ly/3ztHuHm Linkedin: https://bit.ly/41Fl95Q Telegram: http://bit.ly/3nJYxST Sponsors: Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb Linkedin: linkedin.com/doac Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Justin Bieber, Muhammad Ali, Miley Cyrus, and then there's murderers, rapists,
0:05.1	arsonists. I probably have seen more brains than anybody in the world and now
0:11.0	your brain. So this is going to be really hard for you. You have ADHD. Really?
0:17.2	Dr. Daniel Aiman, the world's leading expert on the brain. Dr. Aiman's mission is to
0:22.7	end mental illness. By creating a revolution in brain health.
0:26.2	Buckle up, Dr. Aiman. Let me know what you see. Your brain is involved in everything you do.
0:31.3	And after today, you will always care about your brain. What things make the brain
0:35.9	worse? The drugs, alcohol. Not getting good sleep, sugar, fruit juice. Getting a
0:40.8	soccer ball with your head and caffeine. And caffeine? The trinket. What's bad about sugar?
0:45.5	You're more likely to get obesity. And as your weight goes up, the actual physical
0:50.6	size and function of your brain goes down. That should scare the fat off
0:55.1	anyone. And then there's social media. If you're on three and a half hours a day,
0:59.1	you begin to wear out those pleasure centers that bring you happiness and they
1:04.4	bring you pleasure and they bring you drive. You thrill them to death. But you're
1:09.4	not stuck with the brain you have. You can make it better if I can prove it. So it
1:14.7	starts with, let's look at my brain. Let's do this. We have evidence of, and that's
1:21.1	normal in our society. The problem is, two or three of those can impact the
1:26.3	rest of your life and nobody knows about it. I find it incredibly fascinating that
1:33.2	when we look at the back end of Spotify and Apple and our audio channels, the
1:37.0	majority of people that watch this podcast haven't yet hit the follow button or
1:41.5	the subscribe button wherever you're listening to this. I would like to make a
1:44.1	deal with you. If you could do me a huge favor and hit that subscribe button, I
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