A fascinating discussion on everything to do with brain health.
Yes, it’s two hours. No, there’s not a Coles notes version. Yes, we are well aware that not everyone has the time or ability to listen to a two hour podcast but a surprising number of you do seem to have the time to complain about it in the comments every time we post one. There’s plenty of quick hit content on the blog as well.
The first couple of minutes gives you a good overview of the podcast. It is time stamped so you can check out clips on specific topics if you like.
I’ll watch when I get time but if caffeine is killing me, I guess I’ll die or drink a lot more alcohol. LOL
Thomas – I never drank coffee. Now they claim that caffeine shrinks your brain. Good to know. My brain needs all the help it can get.
“It is time stamped so you can check out clips on specific topics if you like.”
Well, aren’t I the dumb@$$. I made a bit of a snarky remark on the last long one because I can’t hear any podcasts and my eyes can’t take more than about 20 minutes max of cc. I do have time, being retired.
But… BUTT! There are some aspects of brain health I’m very interested in, being of an age at risk for cognitive decline.
As proof… why didn’t I think of using the time stamps to get to the specific clips that I’d be interested in? Duh!
Thanks, Francisco.
Transcripts, I like to read not watch.
Same here on transcripts, VOWG. Sometimes they are available and sometimes not. Over on The Conservative Treehouse blog, Sundance includes them when they are available.
A little complaining is feedback for any blogger. Too much and it’s just annoying whining. For the blogs I’ve visited, sometimes the “Why don’t you…” are just not possible and the blogger will explain why not.
The problem is that the next week or the next month, new visitors will show up who aren’t aware that the complaint or wish list has been brough up dozens of times before and the explanation for “why not” has been given several times as well.
SDA is pretty responsive given the massive staff and unlimited funding they have. (Hahahahahahahahaha! Regulars will get the joke.)
Really, most bloggers do the best they can with what they’ve got and Kate and crew do just fine.
You wanna talk about brain health?
I have my parents live with me 92 and 94 years old.
Could do a Tik Tok thingy make a few bucks.
My mother’s late 80’s and doing very well. My late father was 90 and using my computer for a math game and web research…a lot of times at 5am. I’d go downstairs and articles from WebMD would be printed out on the computer.
There is something called BrainHQ which has ‘scientifically’ designed games to promote brain health. It’s different than other sites and kind of fun…for those with the time.
Frankly Frankie Boi, once yer eyes start to deteriorate, and yer wearing hearing aids, maybe you will understand better, till then STFU! I won’t mention my ADD as another barrier to listen to 2 hours of BULLSHITT.
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No coffee timestamp!
ARRRGGHHHHH!
I can help. 2 cups and under is fine. Try to keep caffeine under 200 mg a day. Also if you wait an hour after waking up before having coffee you won’t have the afternoon crash.
Soooo, informed for a twuck driver, alla unDORK!
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It is a sad world when a blogger feels the need to apologize to a bunch of ingrates about free content that can simply be ignored.
WTAF?
Carter, i take it you are new to the site.
Hey, you can do both! Ignore AND complain!
Yeah, skip the video and just buy a bottle of smartwater.
I have a couple of comments about this video, although haven’t yet finished it.
1. I’ve always asked, rhetorically, when does a thought become a chemical? Because the brain is an electrochemical machine; and those chemicals, along with the more direct electric nerve impulses, are how the rest of the body is affected by the brain. I still think it must be possible to think oneself well, if one knew how to do it.
2. In the specificity of his analysese, his diagnoses, how accurate is he?
3. In his proscriptions, how successful is he?
4. How repeatable are his tests and observations, or is there a little of the Martian Canals about his studies?
However, very thought provoking and coincides with my limited exploration of the subject matter. But how true is it we will find out eventually.
Further, he claims he has scanned 250,000 brains, at 15 minutes per scan. 8 hour day equals 32 scans. 200 days per year = roughly 40 years. So, he has assistants, he couldn’t possibly have analyzed all these scans.
However, as I first mentioned above, his central point is something I personally think.
Robert -O, there are mountains of Eastern meditations based on 1. Books upon books of the how to think one’s self well. The how to do it is as complicated and individual as we are. The consciousness is considered beyond thought (the book of the dead has the fastest and most accessible break down) Much is focused on recognition of, and abiding in same. However most people can’t hear that one instruction and snap to it so there are many many baby steps and remediations. Stop thinking negatively, can’t do it, ok pause before grasping and remain in the gap, can’t do it, totally unself aware of the contents of your thoughts, ok, try journaling and also here’s a mantra… If I had to theorize, based on these practices, I would expect “the gap” between thoughts to be idle in hot standby where in all outcomes are yet possible, chemically and otherwise. Thinking ones self well is more likely when the bad patterns are not so entrenched. Once one has progressed to something clinical, probably not alone but also not western medicine alone either. Dr Amen is one man with one team and one lifetime body of work. Quite good but time tested. Still a lot of here’s a hammer I discovered for all these nails. Meditative practices have thousands of years behind them. As we moderns measure the physiological usefulness we secularize and adopt – just look at the explosion in use of mindfulness meditation or pranayama.
Thanks, will give this a listen. PS re: caffeine – I’m only 26 minutes in but he’s giving very specific advice to this fellow about his brain injury that may or may not apply to others regarding the blood vessel constriction effect and healing a wound. You many or not have a hole in your head. Perhaps you don’t, and you are after dopamine optimization, or you may or may not have slow caffeine metabolism (which can muck with your sleep cycle or how the brain poops, among other profoundly important cycles). He says there is a connection between poor sleep and dementia and suggests caffeine could be a contributor. How do you sleep? It’s easy to cut the caffeine out and see what happens. Or not, if it’s not a problem. Huberman has a half dozen podcasts just on caffeine and how to optimize brain chemistry and Bredesen also has specific advice that is both pro and con depending on your circumstances. Plus other research papers, particularly around diabetes should be factored in as IMO the health of your blood sugar management system is absolutely critical (including hack/ jack with ketones / fasting /ketosis / cellular reset). It’s complicated with no one size fits all.
Over on another blog, there’s some discussion of dementia being Type III diabetes.
I’m on the snowbird road, so I won’t get to this video for another couple of days, but as I said above, there are parts of this video that will interest me.
Thank you, commenters who are pointing to specific interesting bits.
Two hours! I can barely watch a drag race…
I watched it all and apparently if I quit drinking booze I can improve my brain. I think I’ll roll the dice …