Dr. Oz Podcast - Genius Foods to Boost Memory and Protect Your Brain | Dr. Oz | S9 | Ep 59

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	Three foods to ward off Alzheimer's and sharpen your mind.
	You can basically make a healthy version of fries.
	Genius foods for critical thinking.
	The idea you can make guacamoi that's good for your brain.
	It's really good for your brain.
	And memory rescue.
	What you eat is medicine or it's poison.
	Supercharge your brain for better memory.
	Something as simple as beets.
	Coming up next...
	Are you ready to save some lives today?
	Yeah!
	I love you, Dr. Ron.
	A revolution when it comes to brain health.
	Based on the radical idea, you don't need to wait until your memory starts to fail before you start to preserve it.
	We're giving you the new foods that can protect your brain from diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia right now.
	Foods that researchers say could give you the edge, a sharper mind, a better memory.
	What y'all want?
	And we start with brain documentarian Max Lugavir's deeply personal journey.
	This is my mom.
	Her name is Kathy.
	How do you feel?
	Pretty dreadful.
	Yeah.
	About three years ago, she started showing signs of cognitive difficulty and memory loss.
	Where are you right now?
	In our rental apartments.
	No, no, no.
	Be serious.
	I am.
	It was definitely traumatic coming to terms with the idea that my mom could have some kind of neurodegenerative disease.
	Because I have no prior family history of dementia, it sent me down the rabbit hole to figure out ways that I could not only help her, but also prevent future memory loss for myself as well.
	We are heading to Providence, Rhode Island, where we are going to meet Suzanne DeLamonte, who is one of the top neuropathologists in the world.
	I read articles that posited this idea of Alzheimer's being type 3 diabetes, a form of diabetes of the brain.
	That struck me as being a really powerful idea because we know why people become diabetic.
	You're credited as having coined the term type 3 diabetes.
	Do you think that diabetes type 3 is an accurate description of Alzheimer's disease?
	I think it's a great description.
	When we first saw the phenomenon, we started looking, making a list of what happens in diabetes, what happens in the brain.
	And you go down those, everything's there.
	Changes in the brain begin 30 years before the first symptom.
	So that's why I'm here shooting this video, asking you to co-create with me a documentary to take a journey to the cutting edge of neuroscience.
	Along the way, we're going to challenge some very commonly held assumptions that we make about what constitutes a healthy diet.
	all to figure out whether or not America's most feared disease is inevitable or avoidable based on choices that we make.
	Max joins us when he first announced his documentary Breadhead.
	It woke up a lot of people to the relationship between what we eat and our brain health.
	So what is the latest in this research?
	You've been in this for a couple years now.
	Yeah, so I mean with the documentary Breadhead, I became obsessed with understanding everything that I possibly could about how to protect our brains, how to shield our brains against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease.
	Today, if you make it to the age of 85, you have a 50% chance of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
	But over the course of my research journey, interviewing the top researchers from around the world, I stumbled upon a profound discovery that the same things that you can do that are going to shield your brain against dementia tomorrow actually also make your brain work better today.
	You did these interviews, compiled all this data, doctors, nutritionists.
	You're not a doctor.
	You're a great researcher, though.
	And you came up with this concept of genius foods.
	Yes.
	So what are they?
	What's the most surprising takeaway from what you've learned?
	So, we used to think that if you were to compare the genes in your body to the keys on a piano, like the piano here, we used to think that the notes that were played were predetermined.
	Like if I play boom.
	Yes.
	But now, thanks to this whole new concept of epigenetics, this is a really bold new idea in research.
	We know now that our choices, the foods that we're eating, the ways that we're living our lives, influence the song that's played by those notes.
	For example, ready, go.
	Only the flourish was real.
	Your talents never cease to amaze me.
	That's what I hate.
	But the truth is, you know, if you have the notes in your genome that may put you at risk, at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease, perhaps with your lifestyle, by eating the right foods, such as the genius foods, you can make sure that that song never gets played.
	Or you play different music, the music you want to play for your life.
	So let's get to this idea.
	Max says the new foods you want to eat every single day are out there.
	You have to start including them in your diet to boost your brain power.
	We're going to start off with carotenoids.
	Explain what they are to everybody.
	So these are really powerful and incredibly important compounds.
	They give plants their pigments.
	So when you see vegetables in the produce section that are red, yellow, orange, those are a sign of the presence of carotenoids, which actually boost the processing speed of the brain, which is a central feature of cognitive decline.
	Processing speed seems to be dialed down.
	So these foods are directly related, and the compounds at the container are directly related with increased processing speed.
	Give me your favorite ones and show me how you actually make them into a meal because people can just eat carrots all day long.
	At least most of us won't.
	Right, so these foods are everywhere in the supermarket, but they need to be consumed with fat to be absorbed.
	If you eat these foods like a sweet potato, which is rich in beta-carotene, without fat, you're not absorbing any of those carotenoids.
	So what I like to do is I like to saute them in a little extra virgin olive oil.
	Or if you're going to eat— And make fries.
	Yeah.
	Sort of.
	Yeah, well, you want to use low heat, but yeah, you can basically make a healthy version of fries.
	So you're getting these carotenoids.
	The oil, the fat, actually helps your body convert those carotenoids to vitamin A, which is very important.
	So the same for carrots, you just mix it with Greek yogurt and it's good to go.
	Any fat will work?
	Yeah, exactly.
	All right.
	So you also have a very active Instagram account and you have these fighting phytonutrients that I keep seeing you post there.
	Yeah.
	So walk me through these.
	Yeah, so I love to share these parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
	It's all about music today.
	Yeah.
	I'm going to welcome out.
	Garfunkel, Paul Simon.
	I'll be back.
	Exactly.
	So these foods are, these herbs are rich in a compound called apigenin, which strengthens the connections between your brain cells.
	Those connections are where your memories lie, Dr. Oz.
	All right, so I've got a special guest to move us to the next topic, right?
	They're going to show us this next genius food, which is all about keeping up with the kombuchas.
	I want you to meet two sisters who are obsessed, obsessed, with one type of probiotic, which is kombucha.
	Can we call you the kombucha sisters?
	Yes.
	You really are identical.
	It's unbelievable.
	Both the turtle map.
	Glass of energy.
	So you actually didn't love it at first, but you've slowly changed.
	Yes, we did not love it at first.
	We were both kind of excited to try it, but a little skeptical because of the taste.
	So what we did was we drew straws.
	I lost.
	I thought you love twins.
	Max and I could practice for months.
	We barely got the music part right over there.
	Yeah, so I lost.
	I tried it first.
	It was a little difficult going down at first.
	It's a nice, different taste, I would like to say.
	But eventually, after drinking it, it really tastes great, and I actually crave it now.
	I personally love kombucha, but Max, the health benefits make it lovable for other reasons.
	Yeah, so you want to make sure that it's a low sugar variety, but why kombucha is so good for you is that, you know, there's this new area of research looking at the role of gut health in an optimally performing brain.
	And kombucha is packed with probiotics.
	So you drink these probiotics, and it's really good at helping stabilize the gut lining, which can reduce inflammation.
	So we're going to ask you to go to the next level, kombucha sisters.
	All right.
	We're going to go somewhere else in the gut.
	Max, please help me with this.
	We have unpasteurized, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar.
	Not talked about yet on the show.
	I'm hearing a lot of things about it, so please explain to us why this might be your best genius food option.
	So apple cider vinegar is great because it's been shown to improve insulin sensitivity, which is really important because people that have reduced sensitivity to insulin have an increased risk for developing Alzheimer's disease.
	It also can induce feelings of satiety and prevent blood sugar spikes, actually.
	Interestingly, so if you were to consume a shot of that, for example, with a starchier food like rice or potatoes, it can actually minimize the blood sugar impact.
	What do you guys think?
	It smells very strong.
	Strong, acidic.
	Yeah, it's strong.
	Kind of sweet.
	It'll wake you up in the morning, too.
	I don't like it.
	I would actually mix it with a little bit of sparkling water.
	I like it more like that.
	Kombucha goes down a little easier.
	But these are all the kinds of foods that we're learning more and more about because you can use your guts to help you.
	It makes a big difference.
	So, keeping up with the kombuchas, you go with this?
	Yeah, all right, let's do it.
	Put that down.
	You're never going to drink that.
	I've got something better for you.
	I got this.
	Oh, man.
	That was never going to work.
	This is a stylish way.
	Yes.
	Are you ready?
	Ashotsky, kombucha sisters.
	Now put Max Porter down.
	Are you ready?
	On three.
	One, two, three.
	Woo!
	Whoa.
	What do you think?
	Describe it.
	If you can speak still.
	Strong.
	Times two.
	Times two.
	All right.
	OpEx.
	Max is taking these new genius foods and more and turning them into genius meals to supercharge your brain.
	Stay with us.
	Woo!
	Where were you when you found out that your husband had killed himself?
	Doctors who snapped.
	All nuise.
	That's coming up tomorrow.
	Hey, Dr. Oz, Max here.
	So I just woke up not too long ago, hence the bedhead, and I'm about to prepare one of my favorite recipes for my new book, Genius Foods, called Cheesy No Cheese Eggs.
	You only need three ingredients to make it: extra virgin olive oil, eggs, and one of my favorite kitchen staples, nutritional yeast.
	Just crack them into a bowl.
	Now you want to whisk the eggs.
	These are almost done.
	We want to go back to our extra virgin olive oil and we want to use it as a sauce and pour some, about a tablespoon, on top of your eggs.
	And then one of my favorite ingredients, nutritional yeast.
	Sprinkle a little bit burly.
	All right, Dr. Oz.
	Well, there you have it, my famous cheesy no cheese eggs.
	I am back with Max Zugerberg.
	We're about to taste this genius meal.
	But first, I want to know why this is so good for you.
	Yeah, so Dr. Oz, eggs have sort of taken a beating over the past couple of decades, but the reality is nauseating.
	Anyway, keep going.
	So, you know, when an embryo is developing, the first structure to develop is the nervous system, which includes the brain.
	Therefore, an egg yolk is literally designed by nature to contain all of the ingredients required for a healthy brain.
	You like it?
	This is life-changing.
	I mean, it is really good.
	I'm so mad I didn't think of this first.
	People, where is any more?
	I happen to adore the taste, but I'm not the best arbitrage because I have eccentric taste buds.
	So I've asked a member of our bike club to step in here.
	Kayan is here.
	And KYN, come join us.
	Thanks for coming.
	Now, Kay, before you taste this, I understand that you lost your cell phone recently and had a bit of an issue.
	Yes, Dr. Oz.
	I was searching and searching all over.
	When I finally found the phone, it was in my bra.
	In your bra?
	In my bra.
	Is that where you stole your phone?
	Obviously.
	Oh, my goodness.
	You ever do that, Max?
	You probably don't do that at all.
	I would hope not.
	Give this a taste.
	I would have had someone call it.
	So this is a terrible place to lose a phone.
	Now, I want an honest opinion here.
	And Max, by the way, how many eggs, what's the mix here?
	Yeah, so you could use two to three eggs depending on your hunger.
	I love using a liberal amount of extra virgin olive oil.
	And you know, most cheeses are made with unhealthy oils.
	Nutritional yeast is sort of a nutritional underdog because it's packed with B vitamins.
	It's an actually, it's an essential part of this meal.
	What do you think?
	Honest opinion.
	It's creamy and cheesy and tastes just like an omelette.
	Yeah, I don't understand why no one thought of this before.
	It's brilliant.
	It's amazing.
	Stay here and keep eating.
	Good luck with that.
	Next up, this is one of Max's favorite genius meals for dinner time.
	It is the Jamaican Me Smarter Patty.
	They're actually, you know, there's actually, there's no patty at all, right?
	It's a patty-less Jamaican meat patty.
	So I've basically taken that recipe and upgraded it to the max.
	Oh, please.
	Another piece.
	Max.
	Oh, gosh.
	I'm getting dizzy.
	That was actually unintentional.
	Why are you describing it?
	Jenny, come in here.
	Jenny from the bike club.
	While he's describing this, because I'm starting to get faint from his puns.
	So this is grass-fed beef, and we've got lots of herbs and spices.
	So it should taste like a Jamaican beef patty with purely healthy ingredients.
	What do you think?
	It's delicious.
	It tastes really good.
	It's about your flavor.
	Now, let me ask you something.
	I heard you forgot your husband's birthday, a roof aux pas.
	Is that true?
	Yes, I did forget my husband's birthday.
	I have a tendency of forgetting birthdays.
	I didn't realize it was his birthday until the night of, and he said no cake.
	And you thought?
	I thought, what are you talking about?
	It's my birthday.
	Could this help you remember his birthday?
	Yes, definitely.
	And would you enjoy remembering his birthday if you tasted this?
	Of course, this is delicious.
	It's savory.
	It's rich.
	It's good for you.
	God bless you.
	Max, the punster.
	All these recipes are on Dr.Oz.com.
	Be sure to pick up a copy of Max's book.
	It's called Genius Foods.
	It is very, very well done.
	If you're worried about Alzheimer's and your family, you better pick up Genius Foods.
	Right back.
	Our number one fear, going number two in public.
	I don't want people hearing me go.
	All nuance.
	That's coming up on Friday.
	So I know losing your memory, losing your memory is one of the things you fear most.
	But the good news is there's more research than ever to help.
	And today, the plan to supercharge your brain for better memory.
	And here to help us out is world-renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Daniel Amon.
	He has created a memory rescue plan to help you sharpen your memory and strengthen your brain.
	And it all starts with this, bright minds.
	Now, each letter here represents the bright minds risk factors, right?
	Each of these letters reveals a different risk factor for memory loss.
	I'm going to put all of them on Dr.Roz.com and today I'm going to reveal the ones, the risk factors that you can spot and tackle right now.
	We're going to start with B for blood flow.
	There it shifts to something that's so critical.
	Dr. Mahal, explain to folks how they can know if blood flow is the reason they're not quite as sharp as they should be.
	Well, the things that steal your blood flow, hypertension, even pre-hypertension, has been shown to decrease blood flow.
	And your brain uses 20% of the blood flow in your body.
	So even though it's only 2% of your body's weight, so what you do is so important.
	Getting your heart healthy is absolutely critical to brain health.
	And if you don't exercise, odds are you have less blood flow to your brain.
	So as always, you come with some hard evidence.
	And Dr. Amon's specialty are these brain scans that show us how much blood flow is actually going into different parts of your brain.
	And he therefore can show us why it can influence memory.
	And it's the big part.
	He has proof that you can actually improve it starting now.
	So please, if you don't mind, take the hot seat and explain what these are so folks are oriented.
	And the front of the head is up there, right?
	And the back of the head is down here.
	Correct.
	So we're looking at a spec scan.
	And that's what we do here at Amon Clinics.
	We look at blood flow and activity.
	And when we see a dent like we do at the top or a hole here in the back top part of the brain, we get really concerned because the hole means an area of low blood flow.
	And this is a 46-year-old woman who had a family history of Alzheimer's disease.
	And she's already showing evidence because this is the first area that dies in Alzheimer's disease.
	That's very alarming.
	Did she have symptoms that might make you think she was having memory?
	Her memory wasn't good.
	Her attention was not good.
	She was more irritable.
	She couldn't accomplish things the way she wanted to.
	So you've got physical evidence that goes along with the symptoms so many of us complain about.
	So you put her on a program.
	Show me physical evidence.
	Did she improve, by the way, with your program?
	So she did all the bright minds risk factors that we talk about.
	I talk about memory rescue.
	And two years later, her follow-up scan is over here.
	Just to be clear, this pothole here, right, like a moth ate this area away, is almost completely gone there.
	I never thought you could actually see physical evidence of brain recovery.
	I thought once you had a pothole, you sort of stuck with that.
	You could work around it, but you're showing me evidence that the blood flow itself has changed dramatically.
	Yes.
	So let's go through some of these plants that you have, the specific things you put this lady on that allowed her within two years to, from what I can tell, improve her brain scan.
	So one of the most important things is your diet.
	What you eat is medicine or it's poison.
	And what we found that increases blood flow, or something as simple as beets.
	Beets have nitrates in them, they increase nitric oxide, that widens blood vessels, and it gets you better overall blood flow.
	The other thing was ginkgo.
	And Ginkgo has been shown in scientific studies to increase blood flow to the brain and to help support memory.
	All right.
	Next risk factor that you can fight is the R in bright minds.
	And the R stands for retirement or actually aging, which is the key issue here.
	How can we fight natural brain aging?
	Well, when you stop learning, your brain starts dying.
	But it doesn't have to.
	And that's where I get really excited.
	The older I get, the more serious I need to be about my health.
	All right, so come on over here.
	We've got Tecla and Elisa.
	They are best friends, at least they were before this competition started.
	And they're here to try Dr. Amy's favorite memory exercise.
	It's called the Stroop test.
	Now again, you're advocating that we exercise the brain like we would our muscles in order to keep it from aging, as most of us would expect it to.
	But you guys say you've got a whole different agenda.
	So are you up for this competition?
	Yes.
	Ready.
	Everyone at home can play along with this, but you just got to learn the rules real quick.
	So explain how this test is, it's called the stroop test.
	It's very well known in medicine.
	Well, and it's just another way to work your brain.
	So you will see on the screen a word, and it will be spelled a certain way, but it will be a different color.
	Your task is to just say the color of the word when you see it.
	Not the color that it spells.
	So on purpose, they're sending you competing messages.
	You can read this and it says blue, or you can just see the colors and it says red to you, right?
	Oh my gosh.
	So you've got to train your brain.
	That's the exercise here.
	Okay.
	That's a lot of work for my brain.
	It is.
	Just the color that it's in, not the color of spells, the color that it's in.
	Yep, for this.
	Everyone in the audience.
	All right.
	Dr. Odd, my brain is tired already.
	Okay, and everyone at home now, do this.
	Let's see how good you are.
	I'm bright.
	All right, let's go.
	Take it away.
	Go.
	Red.
	Purple.
	Thank you very much.
	Keep going.
	Keep going, technically.
	Good, one more.
	Brown.
	Blue.
	Black.
	I'm tired.
	John, where'd you get?
	But brown's wrong, obviously.
	You know that.
	Where'd you get blue from?
	It doesn't spell or look blue.
	It looks blue to me.
	What kind of test is this?
	I'm having fun.
	The point is, it helps work your brain.
	And it's fun.
	How often should we do this?
	Well, you should be working your brain every day.
	So just think, learn something new 15 minutes every day.
	Now, in all seriousness, you saw it wasn't quite as easy as you thought.
	No, because we get into a rut in life.
	I think that's part of the issue with aging.
	We sort of figure life out, we think, and we get into our little rut, like just, you know, what is the word spell?
	And we can't retrain ourselves to look at life a little differently.
	So exercising your brain comes in many different ways.
	But if you don't exercise it, you're going to end up with an aging process that none of us want to excuse.
	And the things you just mentioned are versions of that.
	All right, so I'm going to leave you back over here.
	You can keep practicing.
	Okay, God bless your book.
	Thank you very much.
	Love you.
	All right.
	The next risk factor is fight in the memory rescue plan has to do with G.
	And G is about bright, bright minds being genetics.
	All right.
	So can you change?
	Can you defy your genetics?
	Absolutely.
	So in my family, people are obese.
	I have a 67% chance of being obese.
	But I'm not because I don't engage in the behaviors making it likely to be so.
	Genes are not a death sentence.
	So they're actually foods that act like medicine.
	And when you mix it with green tea, it seems to be even more effective.
	Green tea is so awesome because it helps with focus, it improves your immunity, and it has been shown in several studies to decrease the plaques we think are responsible for Alzheimer's.
	I think that foods can change your genetic destiny is profoundly important.
	And I want folks out there who are sort of giving up on this topic, a little nihilistic about their ability to change their destiny, to recognize that.
	There's one more risk factor I want you all to pay attention to.
	You're going to start fighting it today.
	It's the D.
	It is an acronym.
	It stands for diabetes.
	Provocative word.
	Diabetes.
	You guys know what diabetes is?
	Oh, good.
	Can't do the right show.
	Up next.
	What is it that diabetes?
	And how can you fight it to protect your memory?
	Stay with us.
	Where were you when you found out that your husband had killed himself?
	Doctors who snapped.
	All nuise.
	That's coming up tomorrow.
	The plan to supercharge your brain and fight memory loss.
	Dr. Amon is back.
	He's isolated the 11 major risk factors for memory loss.
	And now, a provocative one, he says you can reverse start now.
	It is diabetes.
	The D Bright Mind stands for diabetes, which no one has ever heard of.
	What is it?
	Well, it's a combination, and so common in the United States, of diabetes or pre-diabetes mixed with obesity or being overweight.
	And that combination is a disaster for the brain.
	So this is so important because two-thirds of Americans are overweight, nearly 40% obese.
	I think of it as the biggest brain drain in the history of the United States.
	We have to do better.
	All right, so come on over here.
	Let's get some prevention tools here because you can prevent these problems.
	I wouldn't talk about them with such passion if I thought you were destined to suffer no matter what you tried.
	But the next step of your memory rescue plan all comes down to what we put in the body.
	So rescue me from diabetes and obesity, or when they're married, you're calling them diabetes.
	So food is medicine or it's poison.
	And there are certain spices that can help you balance your blood sugar.
	Cinnamon decreases blood sugar levels in one study by 24% in people who are diabetic.
	Ginger, turmeric that they make curry from, nutmeg, which makes things taste awesome.
	Cayenne pepper, people like spicy things.
	All those things are good.
	And then high fiber foods like lentils or broccoli, avocados.
	People don't think of them as high fiber, but they are.
	Chia seeds, pears, apples, oranges.
	There's so many wonderful high fiber foods that will really help.
	And then magnesium.
	So magnesium rich foods like pumpkin seeds, black beans, quinoa, sunflower seeds, cashews.
	You can make delicious food with this, and it's medicine for your mind.
	All right, so these aren't food-like substances.
	They got to be actual foods.
	So I asked a member of our bike club to join us.
	Linda, turn all your recipe, all your foods.
	We're using recipes that we came up with based on those building blocks over there.
	So take it away, Tigers.
	So we started with some broccoli quinoa patty.
	So this has everything you could ever want to fight diabetes.
	High fiber from the broccoli, the quinoa.
	We even threw, I threw them some lentils.
	There's flax seeds in there.
	Kicked up the spice with some cayenne pepper.
	All you have to do is throw it in the processor, make patties out of it, throw it in the oven, bake it for about 15, 20 minutes.
	It's rich.
	It's beautiful.
	My daughters love this.
	This looks good, but this looks great.
	Now, what is that?
	All right.
	So black bean brownies, right?
	Really, really easy.
	Black beans, high in fiber.
	The only sweetness you're going to see here that comes from the dark chocolate chips that are on the top.
	Fat from coconut oil, really simple, really easy, delicious.
	I didn't tell my daughters that they weren't real brownies, and they still want them.
	Linda, these are so good.
	I mean, they're voluptuous.
	It's fantastic.
	Thank you.
	There's no suffering in getting well.
	Right.
	No suffering in getting well.
	Fantastic advice.
	So let me ask you a question.
	You worry a lot, Linda.
	Oh, gosh, that's true.
	I know it seems off topic, but I'll ask you, do you?
	I do.
	You're a worrier.
	Yeah.
	Well, we come back.
	The battle of the brain scans.
	Big question is, do women really worry more than men?
	Dr. Ehman actually has the answer.
	Yeah, hold on.
	We have the answer today.
	I know you all have an opinion, but we have a real answer.
	Stick with us.
	I don't want people hearing me go.
	All nuance.
	That's coming up on Friday.
	Dr. How come my wife worries all so much stuff?
	My wife is stressed out about being stressed out.
	My wife is obsessed with earthquakes.
	My wife worries that I use her hair care products on my beard.
	Running out of food at a party.
	So if we're having a house party, we have 20 guests coming for dinner, rest assured we will have food for 40.
	My fiancé worries about what she's going to wear every single day, no matter what we're doing.
	Definitely money.
	But a close second would be how or her husband can't keep the garage clean.
	When I don't pick up the phone, my fiancé worries that I'm dead.
	Dr. Ross, why does she worry so much?
	On behalf of all the men out there, I get it.
	My wife Lisa worries that the only reason I'm ever late must be due to some catastrophic traffic incident in which I was involved.
	This has been an ongoing fear our entire life.
	But the question is, do women really worry more than men?
	It is the male perception that that is true, but I'm back with psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amon.
	He compared over 46,000 scans of male and female brains, the world's largest gender brain study ever.
	Why?
	Why would you put yourself through this?
	Why do you want to study the dangerous differences between men and women?
	Well, I have five sisters, three daughters, 14 nieces.
	I just had to know.
	And it was so helpful.
	I have 25 cousins, one male.
	So I'm curious too.
	So I want to see what the women in the audience have to say about that.
	Who here thinks women worry more than men?
	All the women, even the men agree.
	Hold on, Howie, what's your name?
	Tarina.
	Why do you think that's true?
	It is true.
	Just like the man said about his wife getting ready.
	When we go to get ready, the man's waiting on us because not only are we worried about what we're going to wear, what we're going to accessorize, our hair, what our friends are going to think, and it's exhausting.
	You're on the same philosophy, huh?
	We worry about everything.
	Our kids, our husbands, the only thing they worry about is how much money they make.
	We have to worry about where we live, where our kids go to school.
	Everything.
	Who they're going to marry.
	Here's the question.
	Who, I said, what drives you crazy about how you worry versus your husband or your man?
	Are you guys married?
	So let me ask that question of you.
	What drives you baddie when you think about how you worry versus him?
	It just doesn't seem to affect him all that much.
	Things just kind of, you know, he just rolls with it.
	I think.
	And not you?
	No, I'm much more, you know, focused, especially when it comes to the kids.
	Like every little detail, I want to make sure, you know, everything's taken care of.
	No surprises.
	All right, so I think we've established the symptoms.
	Come on over, Dr. Amond.
	Let's put some science behind this.
	So we all sort of sense this might be the case.
	But let's break down the differences between the male and the female brains based on these wonderful scan that you've been doing.
	So walk us through the science.
	Make everyone feel a little at ease when they understand how the male and the female brain are different.
	So again, we're looking at spec scans, and spec looks at blood flow and activity.
	It looks at how your brain works.
	And in this view, blue is average activity.
	Red is the top 15%.
	So red is the areas that are working the hardest.
	And in our study, it was so significant.
	Males had increased activity here in the back bottom part of the brain and the cerebellum.
	For females, it was everywhere.
	Especially in the front part of the brain, which is involved with really important things like executive function, focus, forethought, judgment, impulse control, worry, and in their emotional brains, which actually gives them an increased vulnerability to things like depression.
	But it's also why they take care of kids because that's involved in bonding.
	So what's this?
	One little spot of worry in the middle of your brain?
	Well, that's actually not the worry spot.
	If you see it in female brains, it's much bigger.
	Men are, and it's hysterical.
	We have tunnel vision, so we're really good at shooting things.
	Women have peripheral vision.
	So if a guy's checking out a pretty girl, she totally catches him, but he will never catch her just because of how the brain is wired.
	I think the women are feeling pretty good about this, but I want to get back to this issue of worrying because women are worried about worrying.
	Is there a good part of worrying?
	What's the benefit of having so much of your brain taking up its time worrying when the men seem to get away with not much?
	Well, so the worrying here in the front, it's why women lived on average seven years longer than men.
	It's why they actually make good executives.
	If a man is married, he lives longer because someone's worried about him.
	If a woman is married, she actually doesn't live longer because no one's worried as much about her.
	But I see this as positive.
	The way to help it, we really need to find natural ways to boost serotonin in the brain, and that'll help calm it down.
	Exercise does it, which is fascinating.
	All right, so all the women out there, it's okay to worry a little bit, but because of that, you may actually be benefiting.
	So you get a little twofer for that.
	You can find Dr. Amon's full memory rescue plan on drive.com and his new book, which is fantastic.
	It's called Memory Rescue.
	Now, I don't remember.
	Are we supposed to do something with that book?
	My memory's fading.
	We're supposed to give it away.
	We are?
	To everyone in the audience.
	To everyone in the audience, we're all going home with a copy of the book.
	Enjoy it.
	We'll be right back.
	Where were you when you found out that your husband had killed himself?
	Doctors Who Snapped.
	All nuise.
	That's coming up tomorrow.
	Spring has finally sprung, which means it's time to shed those winter layers.
	And it's more than just putting away your heavy sweaters and jackets.
	It is time to say goodbye to your dull winter skin and give yourself the springtime glow that you deserve.
	So if healthy, radiant skin seemed out of reach this winter, it may no longer be.
	Thanks to my trusted sponsorship partner, Number Seven.
	Now, Number Seven has found that you can get glowing, healthier skin in just seven days, seven days with a new product.
	So naturally, I had some of my viewers put their new challenge, Glowin'7, to the test.
	We're going to hear from them in just a minute.
	But first, who better to join me on behalf of Number Seven than dermatologist Dr. Whitney Bow, who's known for helping her patients achieve the Bow Glow.
	Thank you for being here.
	Thanks for having me.
	So why do women want the glow?
	Achieving glowing skin is one of the most common asks among my patients starting as early as their 20s.
	Your skin is basically a window into your overall health.
	So it reflects things like what you're eating, how well you're sleeping, your overall stress levels, and of course the skincare products that you're using every single day.
	So when you have healthy glowing skin, it basically signifies that you're doing all of those other things correctly.
	So for these many patients you see, what do you recommend for them so they can actually get the glow?
	Well I just started recommending a brand new serum.
	So Dr. Oz, you know I'm a big fan of Number Seven's products.
	Yes, you are.
	Their new early defense glow activating serum is one of my new favorites.
	In this day and age, we're all about fast results.
	And what's so great about this serum is that it delivers healthier glowing skin in just seven days.
	In fact, 87% of consumers saw a more radiant complexion in just one week.
	And it's been clinically proven to not only give you brighter skin, it reduces the appearance of pores.
	And ultimately, it makes your skin smoother and more even.
	You guys like seven-day solutions?
	Let's show them why this might work and how your skin loses its glow in the first place and what we can do to fight against dull skin and uneven skin tone, which is part of the problem.
	So cell turnover, it starts to slow down as we age.
	When I'm talking about aging, as you pointed out, even at age 20, it has started to slow down.
	Yes.
	your complexion might need a little help to look radiant.
	So if your skin looks like this, right, it's nice and supple, but you still have the light reflecting off it in weird ways, you need to find a way of removing some of that dead skin.
	So products that have salicylic acid like this, together with ginseng and vitamin C, work together to help remove the dead layer of skin on the surface and give the skin a glow by protecting against free radicals and evening out the skin tone and the texture.
	So with the help of light waves bouncing gently off your skin, you begin to get that glow.
	It's what so many of you desire.
	And Dr. Oz, actually, those ingredients you just mentioned, you know, the vitamin C and the ginseng, those ingredients are found in the early defense glow activating serum.
	They're critical.
	Perfect.
	So again, used to look like this.
	This is what you look like with the glow.
	The question is, what does it really do with our viewers?
	I wanted to see how well number seven's early defense glow activating serum worked.
	So I asked two of my viewers, Mariana and Anna, to participate in the Glow in Seven challenge.
	Mariana, thanks for being here.
	What got you interested in enjoying the challenge?
	Well, you know, I don't get enough sleep.
	I don't hydrate enough.
	And my skin is the first indication of how well I'm taking care of myself.
	So you see the redness.
	I feel really dry here, but then I also get greasy in the T-zone.
	And using the serum kind of compensated for some of that.
	You know, nobody told me that I look tired this week.
	Good.
	That's a great accomplishment.
	Doesn't that drive me crazy when people say that?
	But I slept eight hours last night.
	I'm not tired.
	You sure?
	Are you sick?
	Mm-hmm.
	Right?
	And yeah, that's an accomplishment for me.
	So you're happy with your results.
	I am very much.
	And Anna, how about you?
	What has changed in your skin since you started using number seven?
	Well, I'm actually a mother of three who has a high stress and a very busy life at a nurse.
	And I feel like, you're very welcome.
	My skin just doesn't have the luster that it used to.
	And the one thing that I love about being pregnant was that pregnancy glow.
	And this actually brought it back.
	I don't wake up in the morning feeling like I need to exfoliate and scrub and moisturize for my skin to look great.
	I wake up and it just looks excellent.
	And you're sure you're not pregnant?
	I'm sure I'm not pregnant.
	You're a nurse.
	I hope I'm not pregnant.
	That's what it's happening.
	Well, you both look wonderful.
	I'm very happy you got the results you got.
	So Dr. Bo, who's the number seven serum right for?
	Really, anyone who struggles with dull, uneven skin, rough skin, or clogged pores can really benefit.
	And what's great is what you guys mentioned, like you see those immediate results, but actually it also offers long-term preventative benefits as well.
	So who can, for the rest of the folks out there, how can my viewers participate in number seven day?
	By the way, it's called the number seven seven day challenge.
	So get the sevens right.
	How do they do the seven day challenge?
	It's so easy and it's fun.
	So all you have to do is you take a dime-sized amount of the serum, rub it into cleansed skin twice a day for seven days.
	Now at the end of a week, at the end of seven days, post your photos onto Instagram using the hashtag glowin7.
	And of course, keep using the product over time if you want even more glowing, dramatic results.
	Where do you find it?
	What does it cost?
	Give us the details.
	Well, what's really great is you don't have to spend a lot of money to get that gorgeous glow.
	This serum, you get it at targettarget.com for under $25.
	You know what?
	I think every member of our audience should look as good as Mariana and Anna.
	What do you think?
	I think that's a good, good question.
	Are you guys interested in looking good in seven days?
	All right, we all go home, all of you.
	Thanks to our party members, Senator, my entire audience is going home with the number seven Early Defense Glow Activating Serum.
	Enjoy it.
	Look young.
	Look pregnant.
	We'll be right back.
	More from the movie Big.
	You don't know that?
	Actually, I know the movie really well.
	It was shot in my neighborhood.
	Have you ever thought, wow, wouldn't that be fun to do in real life?
	Well today, I have a little treat for you because we've got Catherine and Kimberly Corp, a big piano fitness.
	They're here with a much larger than life piano to show us a brand new brain and body workout that they say is as fun as it is healthy.
	We're going to have to prove that because we've got Renata here to try this out with me.
	Yay!
	And she does not like having fun.
	Okay.
	So you're going to have to prove that it actually works.
	So what do you got for us?
	So we have the first drill as a grapevine drill.
	Does this make noise?
	Yes.
	Oh.
	Yep.
	So we're going to start on the F and we're going to go nice and slowly where you step on the F and then you cross back and then cross and then cross forward.
	Back.
	Yep, good.
	And then we're going to go the other way.
	And then back the other way.
	Yep, get those hips.
	Come on, Rose Hips, Renata.
	Come on.
	Come on, Renata.
	Wait, can you?
	I'm going to.
	I'm working.
	Come on, Renata.
	Come on, Renatha.
	Good to me.
	Woo!
	That is good.
	She ran the whole thing.
	Now we're having fun.
	Yes, but we're switching on you.
	No, no, get twins.
	Don't switch.
	It was Catherine and Kimberly.
	Yes, see?
	It's like a card game.
	They card Monty with twins.
	Okay.
	Next one's a football drill, like you do.
	I like that.
	So you're going to step on two notes and you do one, two, three, four.
	One, two, three, four.
	One, two, three, four.
	One, two, two.
	One.
	Go!
	Go!
	I'm coming back!
	Come on!
	The other way!
	Go!
	Go!
	And then hey!
	All right, back up!
	Better, come on!
	I think you're showing off that!
	All right.
	Alrighty.
	I survived that now.
	Make it a little more challenging.
	You know, the kids play chopsticks or, you know, they do the chords and all.
	I want to really, really make it hard for Renata.
	Okay.
	Mind-body, they work together, right, on this?
	Yes, and so this combines the functional aspect of speed, agility, quickness training with the mental work of learning a new tune and a melee.
	So you're working your brain and your body at the same time.
	So really do, they speak at the same time.
	It must have driven your mother crazy.
	And where are you guys from?
	Dallas originally.
	Oh, my goodness.
	Your mom?
	She's still around?
	Your mom?
	She's definitely.
	I'm going to have her on next.
	All right.
	So to challenge our mind and our body, we've got to actually do a stat tune here.
	Anyone can do football drills.
	Right.
	Get out of breath.
	Oh, come on, Renata.
	Listen.
	She's pretending.
	Orless, okay?
	It ain't a lot.
	So what you're going to do is you're going to jump six times on the F and the G.
	So let's do that first.
	Six times F and G. One, two, three, four, five, six.
	Now six times on E and G. One, two, three, four, five, six.
	Six times on D and B wider.
	Three, four, five, six.
	C and C. Woo!
	Woo!
	Ah!
	Okay, I like that.
	Don't I like this?
	D and B.
	Now we're having fun, Renatha.
	C and C.
	And go wider, wider.
	Whoa!
	Twins!
	Keep the twins!
	Commerce all Renata, they're gonna get happy.
	You can find, you enjoy it.
	I'm enjoying it!
	But you get your heart rate up, right?
	Yes, I'm gonna feel good about it.
	Take, do it any way you want to, guys, but I love getting active to music.
	Yeah, it's fun.
	It's neuroplasticity.
	Oh, I like that for the twins.
	It was Catherine.
	Kimberly, Catherine.
	I dirty the last time.
	Listen, check them out.
	I'm not going to say their names again for a few keys to getting healthy.
	I appreciate you sharing them with us.
	Happy and healthy, everybody.

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