WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:05.759 The following is a paid podcast. iHeartRadio's hosting of this podcast constitutes neither an 2 00:00:05.879 --> 00:00:10.960 endorsement of the products offered or the ideas expressed. Hello, and welcome to 3 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:17.160 boost your brain power. I'm your host, doctor Eric Kaplan. This month 4 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:25.440 is Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, so we want to make everybody aware of ways 5 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:31.679 to prevent Alzheimer's, to prevent dementia. Actually, everyone always asks me, 6 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:39.880 what's the difference between Alzheimer's and dementia. Now, dementia is when you start 7 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:48.240 to have memory loss. But the memory loss can come from different conditions and 8 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:54.439 might be from Alzheimer's disease, or it might be from Parkinson's disease, or 9 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:58.880 it might be from a stroke, or it might be from COVID nineteen or 10 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:04.120 lime disease, might be from a concussion. These can all cause dementia. 11 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:14.239 These can all cause memory loss. Alzheimer's is a specific condition when we have 12 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:23.879 these beta amyloid blacks that are like these little sticky glue substances attached to our 13 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:34.000 brain cells, preventing them from connecting properly. That's the best way to diagnose 14 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:41.040 Alzheimer's disease. But the only way to find these beta amyloid plaques is in 15 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:46.680 autopsy. So it's really hard to diagnose someone with Alzheimer's disease before they die, 16 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:49.879 and we could actually cut open their brain and we could see these plaques 17 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:57.640 that are building. And Parkinson's there's different types of proteins that accumulate, you 18 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:06.879 know, and multiple sclerosis is these you know, white areas that harden part 19 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:10.479 of your brain, and strokers when you lose blood flow, and concussion is 20 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:15.319 physical damage. So you know, there's all different types of ways that can 21 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:22.439 result in dementia. Now we have these COVID long haulers, you know, 22 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:30.319 that's the that's the virus attacking the brain. People have lime brain lime disease, 23 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:36.039 which is the bacteria attacking the brain. But it's all the same. 24 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:43.479 When these areas attack the brain. Now you're disconnected. Now you can't think, 25 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:49.879 you can't remember, you can't focus, you're confused. Your brain is 26 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:54.360 disconnected. Now, if we think very simplistically, and that's what we have 27 00:02:54.439 --> 00:03:00.439 to do, we gotta dumb it down. If the problem is there's less 28 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:08.759 connections, the solution is to create more connections. That process is called neuroplasticity, 29 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:15.039 where you could rewire your brain and you could create more connections between the 30 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:19.439 left side of the brain with the right side of the brain, between the 31 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:27.719 frontal cortex and the temporal coretext between the cerebellum and the brain stem. The 32 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:35.120 more connections the better. When they analyzed Einstein's brain after he passed, what 33 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:39.759 they found was that he had less neurons than the average human. He had 34 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:46.960 less total neurons, but he had more connections. That's the key, is 35 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:52.639 the connections. When your brain has more connections, then you start functioning at 36 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:59.280 a higher level. You need these backups, these collaterals, so that even 37 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:08.479 when when you do something wrong that damages or decreases the brain signals, you 38 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:15.319 have all these backups. These collaterals increase connections that are there and strong, 39 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:21.079 so that it doesn't affect you. There's no symptoms, there's no problems. 40 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:26.319 You don't get anxiety, you don't get depression, you don't lose energy, 41 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:30.120 you don't get headaches, you don't get dizziness, you don't have difficulties sleep 42 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:36.040 or digestion, or hormonal or anger or aggression because your brain can handle the 43 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:42.000 stress. That is when you know when your brain is functioning at a higher 44 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:46.800 level. When things are going good. Okay, it's great, my memory 45 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:51.879 is on point. I remember these people's names, I remember the places, 46 00:04:51.959 --> 00:05:00.839 I remember the things. When things are going your way, it's easier for 47 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:03.360 your brain to function in a higher level. But if your brain can function 48 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:09.439 in a higher level when you're stressed, when you didn't sleep right, when 49 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:13.480 you're sick, when you just got into a fight with a family member, 50 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:17.720 when you didn't eat the right foods, if you could still stay strong, 51 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:24.720 then you know your brain is functioning a higher level. Then you've created neuroplasticity. 52 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:31.920 Then you've created more segments, more synapses, more mitochondria, more synapses, 53 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:39.839 more neurotransmitters, more oxygen and blood flowing. It can happen if you 54 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:44.680 put the effort in the Brain's like a muscle. You use it or you 55 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:49.519 lose it, So you got to strengthen it, just like you do exercise 56 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:55.560 for your muscles, whether it's push ups or sit ups, or you know, 57 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:01.519 running or biking or going to the gym or doing way you're exercising your 58 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:11.800 muscles. But who tells you to exercise your brain. Nobody. Your dentist 59 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:14.639 tells you to brush your teeth, every day, and you do that every 60 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:26.160 day. Right. Everybody knows to eat healthy, everybody knows to exercise, 61 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:38.079 everybody knows you need to get good sleep and drink water. But nobody tells 62 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:46.600 you to exercise your brain. That's one of the most important aspects that are 63 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:54.839 missing in modern healthcare. Nobody's taking care of their brain. Now. If 64 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:58.040 you hit your head, yeah, they just check you in the hospital for 65 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:01.639 bleeding because they're just trying to save your life. But if there's no internal 66 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:10.399 bleeding, they just say rest. However, that is the worst advice you 67 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:15.439 could give to someone who's just hit their head or had a concussion, is 68 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:21.040 rest. Then the brain will become weaker and weaker and weaker. What if 69 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:28.040 you injured your muscle and they told you up, just sit on the couch 70 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:33.600 and you'll get better. No, that doesn't work. Sitting on the couch 71 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:38.360 will make your muscles weaker. What do they say. They say, go 72 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:44.839 do physical therapy. Go strengthen your muscles. Do some stretching, do a 73 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:48.600 hot pack, do electrical stimulation, get on the bike, do some weight 74 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:55.560 lifting, Go do your physical therapy. They want you to strengthen those muscles. 75 00:07:55.639 --> 00:08:01.680 If it's injured, if you don't do any anything, the muscle atrophies 76 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:07.639 and it becomes weak. The same thing is true for your brain. If 77 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:11.839 you have a brain injury and you sit at home and do nothing, then 78 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:20.079 your brain's gonna atrophy. Your brain can atrophy just like a muscle. So 79 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:26.319 what you do is you have to strengthen your brain. Now, you can't 80 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:33.159 overdo it and exceed your metabolic capacity and create more symptoms. So some people 81 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:41.159 that we see with concussion traumatic brain injury have told me about in their past 82 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:48.759 where they tried to do too much and that made their symptoms worse. So 83 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:52.399 it's an art. We don't want to underdo it, but we don't want 84 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:58.279 to overdo it. So we need to strengthen our brain, but not in 85 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:03.840 such a way where where it overstimulates it. Just like you can't go to 86 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:07.639 the gym and start bench pressing four hundred pounds. You've got to start with 87 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:13.960 forty pounds, and then fifty pounds and then sixty pounds and you gradually increase. 88 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:16.879 But you can't go straight to four hundred pounds or you're gonna get injured. 89 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:28.159 So your brain needs stimulation just like your muscle needs stimulation. So what 90 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:33.360 I do as a function neurologist, and we have offices in New Jersey and 91 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:39.000 New York. What we do is sort of like physical therapy, but for 92 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:46.639 the brain. So we figure out what areas of the brain are not functioning 93 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:54.799 at optimal levels, where the disconnection is, and then give the patients therapeutic 94 00:09:54.960 --> 00:10:01.879 exercises that they're going to do in the office to rewire their brain to create 95 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:09.120 more connections and more synapses to function at a higher level. But we need 96 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:15.360 to rehab the brain, and the first step is to figure out what areas 97 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:22.519 of the brain are not working. The best test to figure out what airs 98 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:26.919 of the brain are not working, it's called a qEEG brain mapping, and 99 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:33.000 that could literally tell us do you have problems with your memory? Do you 100 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:37.919 have problems with short term memory, sequential memory, working memory, long term 101 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:43.799 memory, immediate memory, because those are all represented in different parts of the 102 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:48.799 brain. Do you have problems with sleep? Do you have problems with energy, 103 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:54.240 with motivation, with anger, aggression, with worry, with negative thoughts? 104 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:58.600 Do you have depression? Do you have anxiety? Do you have a 105 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:03.200 thyroid problem? Do you have an testinal problems? Do you have asecetycoline problem, 106 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:07.200 a dopamine problem. Do you have sensory problem, eye problem, ear 107 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:15.440 problem? Do you have trouble with shifting tests? Do you have trouble with 108 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:22.519 focus? Are you easily distracted? Do you have time management trouble? Do 109 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:26.919 you have problem organizing, planning, understanding consequences of actions? Do you have 110 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:31.840 balance problems? Do you are clumsy? Do you bump into things? Do 111 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:37.120 you have light sensitivity? Do you have headaches and dizziness? This test breaks 112 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:43.240 down everything for you. It's an amazing test because there's no radiation. You 113 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:50.320 don't have to sit in some small tube. You don't have to get some 114 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:58.039 contrast fluid which could create other problems. 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I am your host, Doctor Eric Kaplan. 133 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:48.320 We're talking about how this month is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, so we 134 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:56.679 want to come up with ways to prevent Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease might be 135 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:05.600 changing its name to diabetes type three. The reason is is because scientists and 136 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:13.559 Researchers have found out that Alzheimer's disease is affecting the brain in a combination of 137 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:20.919 diabetes type one and diabetes type two. Diabetes type one is an autoimmune disease, 138 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:30.840 and that's juvenile onset diabetes. And that's when the body attacks itself and 139 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:35.279 it may attack the pancreas and affect the insulin, and then the patient might 140 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:43.080 need to get shots. However, what if you get to the root cause 141 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:48.399 of the autoimmune disease and what if you averse it by getting the immune system 142 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:56.440 to calm down. Now, most doctors will give immunosuppressants to calm down an 143 00:14:56.480 --> 00:15:03.600 overactive immune system. It will give a medication to cover up the symptoms of 144 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:09.639 the disease, whether it's insulin for diabetes or know thyroid medication for hashimotos or 145 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:16.480 graves. However, I will leave as a functional doctor. It's better to 146 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:22.159 get to the root cause of the problem rather than treat it with medication just 147 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:26.919 to hide the symptoms. You don't want to just hide symptoms. You want 148 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:33.519 to get a permanent solution. And why is the immune system overreacting? It 149 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:41.559 could be due to dietary problems. The most common autoimmune foods and autoimmune diseases. 150 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:46.080 Not just diabetes type one or hashimotos or graves for the thyroid, but 151 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:50.519 it could be silliac for the gut, could be psoriasis for the skin and 152 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:56.840 nails. It could be chogrins for the dry eyes and dry skin. Could 153 00:15:56.840 --> 00:16:03.000 be rheumatoid arthritis for the it could be fibromyalgia pain all over. It could 154 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:08.919 be multiple sclerosis, which attacks the brain. There's lupis, which causes a 155 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:17.879 butterfly rash on your face. There's all different types of autoimmune disease, but 156 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:22.879 it's really just the label. What autoimmune disease is is the body overreacting, 157 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:27.840 the immune system overreacting, the immune system fighting its own body. You don't 158 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:32.720 want to fight yourself. That's no fun, that's no good, that's not 159 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:38.960 healthy. So then you got to stop putting in foods or anything else that 160 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:45.559 could cause an overreaction. Coffee is a big one, alcohol, cigarettes, 161 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:55.200 drugs, heavy metals, mold, and then the foods we eat, all 162 00:16:55.240 --> 00:17:00.159 the pesticides and the herbicides. If you don't buy organic preservatives, the food 163 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:07.920 dies. The artificial sweeteners, they're gonna cause a trigger. They're gonna cause 164 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:15.200 your body to react. Plus the food that we eat, all the dairy 165 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:26.240 products cheese, yogurt causes autoimmune disease, sour cream cream, cheese, creamy 166 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:37.880 sauces, ice cream, pizza, milk, any dairy product that comes from 167 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:48.279 the utter of the cow. Also bread products, oatmeal, bread, cereal, 168 00:17:49.759 --> 00:18:02.359 crackers, noodles, pasta, croissants, cookies, cakes, muffins, 169 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:11.200 bagels, toasts, wraps. These all contain these wheat products which are highly 170 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:21.000 inflammatory and aggravate autoimmune disease. Corn also aggravates it. Stoy aggravates it. 171 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:27.119 You have to avoid these foods if you want to avoid autoimmune disease, if 172 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:32.519 you have diabetes type one, if you want to prevent Alzheimer's and dementia. 173 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:42.480 Now what about diabetes type two? That usually is adult onset. However, 174 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:48.839 it used to be senior citizens. It used to be people in their sixties 175 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:52.960 and seventies would get it. Then people in their forties and fifties started getting 176 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:57.160 it, Then people twenties, in their thirties. Now we even have teenagers 177 00:18:57.200 --> 00:19:02.400 that are getting adult onset diabetes because they have so much sugar, so much 178 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:07.720 bread and pasta and rice and potatoes all this candy and sugar and bread products 179 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:11.240 and noodles and rice. It's too much. So we're getting little kids now 180 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:19.880 that are getting diabetes type two autoimmune disease. When you have diabetes type one 181 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:26.400 autoimmune disease and diabetes type two adult onset, that is going to greatly increase 182 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:36.079 your chances of getting Alzheimer's disease. So Alzheimer's disease is preventable, even if 183 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:38.400 everyone in your family has. You just got to work harder. If you 184 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:45.880 have a genetic predisposition, there's something called epigenetics. Epigenetics means is you have 185 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:52.039 this genetic predisposition, but if you alter your environment, you turn off the 186 00:19:52.119 --> 00:20:00.680 bad gene. So your gene doesn't dictate your future. It just tells you 187 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:06.359 what areas. You gotta work a little bit harder, but you could turn 188 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:12.720 off a bad gene and it begins if you have this bad Alheimer gene. 189 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:19.720 Make sure you don't have diabetes, diabetes type one autoimmune disease, or diabetes 190 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:25.599 type two adult onset. To check diabetes type two, we look at your 191 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:30.359 blood work, look at your fasting glucose. You want that under one hundred. 192 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:33.799 Most doctors want it under one hundred twenty six. But if you're under 193 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:38.519 if you're over one hundred, that means you're already at risk. And if 194 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:44.759 you're at risk for diabetes, that's not good. You get neuropathy, burning 195 00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:48.480 in your feet, especially at night, and get visual problems, even blindness. 196 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:55.279 Your nerves can get so bad you might need to get amputated, and 197 00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:59.480 it makes you more prone to many other conditions such as obesity, heart disease, 198 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:03.200 even co ovid. Nineteen people who had diabetes got it the worst. 199 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:07.200 So not only do you want to look at your fasting glucose and make sure 200 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:10.119 that's under one hundred, but you'll got to you also have to look at 201 00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:14.680 what's called hemoglobin A one c in your blood work. If you look at 202 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:18.440 your blood work, you should always get hemoglobin a one c checked. That 203 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:22.519 checks you for diabetes, and it checks you over the last three months, 204 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:27.200 so it's a good average, so it can't be you know, fooled after 205 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:33.799 and in a row of bad eating. So you want to check your Most 206 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:40.119 doctors want it under six. I like it under five point seven. So 207 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:44.839 you want your fasting glucose under hundred. And fasting means you can't eat. 208 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:48.000 You could eat the night before you do the blood work, but not the 209 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:52.519 day off, and you want it under one hundred that's good blood work. 210 00:21:52.920 --> 00:22:00.559 And then you want your hemoglobin A one C under five point seven the last 211 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:04.799 three months. Making sure you're keeping your sugar down, your fried foods, 212 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:08.720 your potatoes, your bread products, your rice and noodles, all that stuff. 213 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:12.759 Keep it down as cereals the crackers, and then your hemoglobein A one 214 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:17.039 C will go down. You'll feel better, you'll function better, and you'll 215 00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:22.480 live a better life. Plus you'll prevent dementia and Alzheimer's. It's one of 216 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:27.519 the easiest ways to prevent dimension in Alzheimer's is to keep your diabetes numbers in 217 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:33.559 check. Now what else do you have to keep it check? Your cholesterol 218 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:41.720 numbers. You know why because statin drugs cause dementia. Many statin drugs, 219 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:47.200 those are the drugs you get prescribed if you have high cholesterol. They actually 220 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:52.359 cause brain problems, they cause joint pain, and they cause dementia. The 221 00:22:52.400 --> 00:23:02.680 most prescribed drug is lipitore and lipidour has been linked to dementia, and it's 222 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:10.519 literally the most prescribed drug. So it's like we're causing our own diseases through 223 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:18.680 side effects of the medications. Sometimes the cure is worse than the condition. 224 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:26.799 So if you have high cholesterol, don't look into taking lipitour as a primary 225 00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:36.799 way to combat high cholesterol. Why don't you look at your nutrition, look 226 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:45.039 at your exercise, then look at the ratio. The worst foods are dairy 227 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:49.039 products. Those are going to cause the highest cholesterol. A lot of cheese, 228 00:23:49.680 --> 00:24:00.039 pizza, ice cream, milk, creamy sauces, creamy dressing. That's 229 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:07.519 gonna increase your cholesterol big time. Slabber, butter all over everything, no 230 00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:15.079 good. A lot of bread products that's gonna increase your cholesterol. You know, 231 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:22.759 if you eat sandwiches all the time, cured meat sandwiches with cheese and 232 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:30.359 bread, no good for your cholesterol. Fried foods no good for your cholesterol. 233 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:38.799 A lot of the fatty red meat. You're gonna have meat, make 234 00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:45.640 sure it's lean, make sure it's organic, make sure it's grass fed, 235 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:49.799 make sure it's free roaming. Make sure it's raising good conditions that's not separated 236 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:56.440 from its family. That will reduce your cholesterol. Then you don't have to 237 00:24:56.480 --> 00:25:04.480 take the statins. Then you dementia and Alzheimer's an ounce of prevention is worth 238 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:08.680 a pound of cure. This is doctor Eric Kaplan. You're listening to boost 239 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:12.960 your brain power more when we come back from the break. If you want 240 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:17.960 to improve your brain function, help with memory, focus, sleep, digestion, 241 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:22.440 energy, depression, anxiety, dizziness, balance, vision, headaches, 242 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:26.880 brain fog, weight loss, or simply want to maximize your human potential and 243 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:30.640 prevent future diseases, that this is the show for you. Don't mis boost 244 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:36.039 your brain power with doctor Eric Caplan and you will learn natural, integrative, 245 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:41.119 and holistic approaches to modern day medical problems such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's stroke, 246 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:47.839 autism, add concussion, autoimmune diseases, insomnia, fibromyalgia, vertigo, migraines, 247 00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:52.759 four posture pain, TBI, skin and digestive problems. Doctor Caplin is 248 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:56.359 most famous for getting to the root cause of a wide variety of brain and 249 00:25:56.400 --> 00:26:00.400 health conditions, rather than treating symptoms with traditional medicines and risky surgeries. To 250 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:03.880 contact the Doctor Kaplan, you could call his team at two oh one two 251 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:11.119 six one two one five zero or visit his website at kaplindc dot com. 252 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:18.119 Welcome back to boost your brain power. I'm your host, doctor Eric Kaplan, 253 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:26.480 we're talking about how to boost your brain power to prevent dementia and Alzheimer's. 254 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:37.440 One of the biggest causes of dementia is statin drugs. They actually lead 255 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:42.160 to dementia. So one of the ways to prevent dementia is to make sure 256 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:49.079 you keep your cholesterol levels normal. All right, If you have high cholesterol, 257 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:53.039 then they're going to put you on these statin drugs, and that could 258 00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:59.599 lead to dementia. You know, there's lots of things that could cause to 259 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:06.960 men. Most of the time, it's basically like a weak muscle, right, 260 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:11.920 If you don't use your muscle, your muscle atrophies, it becomes weak. 261 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:18.000 If you don't use your brain, and your brain becomes weak. You 262 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:21.440 know, when I was growing up, everybody knew at least fifty to one 263 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:26.079 hundred phone numbers. You memorized it. You know, when we had to 264 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:30.799 use a map to find our directions, we had to use a piece of 265 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:38.000 paper to add things up. You know, everything wasn't at the fingertips with 266 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:44.480 our cell phone. You know, we had encyclopedias, not Google. You 267 00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:48.839 know, we had dictionaries, not spell Check, So you had to work 268 00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:53.119 for it. You had to use your brain. When you were trying to 269 00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:59.160 think of something, you couldn't just go on the internet and look it up. 270 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:03.839 You actually had to use your brain. But nobody uses their brain anymore 271 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:11.119 because we have the technology, and it's worse and worse as the years go 272 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:17.440 on. We rely on the technology more and more. It's called digital dementia. 273 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:26.160 The TVs, computers, iPads, cell phones are all making us stupid. 274 00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:32.799 So you have to unplug. If you want to get your brain strong, 275 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:38.640 you have to unplug. The most important thing for your brain is novelty, 276 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:47.599 doing new things. If you want to prevent dementia or Alzheimer's, or 277 00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:55.559 you want to reduce depression or anxiety, start doing new things. Continue the 278 00:28:55.599 --> 00:29:00.039 stuff that you love to do, so have fun, but keep adding new 279 00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:07.559 things. You have to learn new art, so learn how to draw, 280 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:12.400 learn how to sew, learn how to sculpt, learn how to paint, 281 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:18.640 learn how to crochet, learn how to sing, learn how to play a 282 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:26.160 musical instrument, learn how to dance, learn how to act. You got 283 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:33.240 to keep doing new things and have fun with it. You know, one 284 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:37.240 of my favorite dates with my wife is when we did tango lessons. You 285 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:41.799 know, we got out of the house. We're sociable. We met all 286 00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:47.200 these other people. It was fun. We were getting exercise, we were 287 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:51.759 using our brains because we had to memorize all the steps. We were just 288 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:57.960 laughing. I mean, learn something new. You know, my wife she 289 00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:02.400 does the it goes down with their girlfriends, and she did an art class 290 00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.119 and she came home. I'm like, oh, wow, you're pretty good 291 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:08.039 artists. I've never seen her do that, you know, so she said 292 00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:14.319 something new. We always got to keep doing new things. And if you 293 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:21.319 can combine it with activity even better. You know, get a ping pong 294 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:26.400 table and start playing ping pong, start playing pickleball, go outside and shoot 295 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:33.920 the basketball. There's so many fun activities. Go hiking, go biking, 296 00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:41.440 go swimming, and go boating, do gardening. Just get out of the 297 00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:47.880 house and do something fun. And I don't care if it's cold, you 298 00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:52.279 put on a hat, you put on a gloves, get outside. I 299 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:56.319 don't care. If it's hot, went on a tank top, went on 300 00:30:56.359 --> 00:31:03.400 some shorts. I don't care. If it's raining, get a raincoat, 301 00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:10.880 orn umbrella. But get out of the house. Unplug. The worst thing 302 00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:17.640 for your brain is being on the computer all day. Come home, eat 303 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:23.880 dinner, watch TV, go to bed, computer dinner, TV bed. 304 00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:30.079 That's the worst thing you could do. And I can't tell you how many 305 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:37.440 people do that every single day of their life. Computer eat TV, sleep, 306 00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:45.240 Computer eat TV sleep. You want dementia, there's your recipe. Sitting 307 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:52.000 down all day, eating, late at night, watching TV. Your brain 308 00:31:52.039 --> 00:32:00.400 will just get worse and worse and worse. Especially if you're watching TV night, 309 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:06.839 especially if you're watching the news at night. Then you're gonna be all 310 00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:10.200 stressed out. Cortisol levels are gonna increase. You're not gonna get a good 311 00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:15.039 deep sleep. You're not gonna reoxygenate. You're not gonna be in that rest 312 00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:19.880 and digest. You're gonna be in that beer mode. You're gonna need that 313 00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:22.359 cup of coffee in the morning. That's gonna create more stress, more anxiety, 314 00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:28.640 more worry, more panic, more fear. We gotta get you out 315 00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:34.000 of that fight or flight mode into a calm, relax state. Most people 316 00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:38.960 are in stress mode. It's not good. We need to relax. To 317 00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:44.759 get outside. Gotta be in nature. Gotta see the sun, gotta breed 318 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:51.039 the oxygen, Gotta see the trees and the animals and hear the birds chirping. 319 00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:55.680 Our brains need to be in nature. One of the best things you 320 00:32:55.680 --> 00:33:00.200 could do for your brain is called grounding or earth thing. It's when you 321 00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:05.519 take off your shoes and socks and you put your feet in the grass or 322 00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:12.960 the dirt or the sand. You feel the earth, hug that tree, 323 00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:20.079 feel the trees, be in nature, smell those flowers. There's a reason 324 00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:25.519 people hug trees and smell flowers and walk barefoot. It's therapeutic for the brain. 325 00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:30.960 But if you're inside on the computer all day, you're not gonna be 326 00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:35.279 doing those activities. You're not gonna be in nature. You're not gonna get 327 00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:37.359 your sunlight, you're not gonna get your vitamin D, you're not gonna get 328 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:44.559 your oxygen from the trees and the plants. You gotta get outside. That's 329 00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:49.559 the way our bodies are meant to be. And yes, when you gotta 330 00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:53.440 go to sleep, go inside, all right. I mean, obviously you 331 00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:59.759 can sleep outside. You could do camping and stuff, but it's so important 332 00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:07.240 to be outside in the sun. That dictates your hormones. Your hormones have 333 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:10.239 different levels throughout the day, and if you're inside all day, your brain 334 00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:15.039 can't figure it out when it's appropriate. For example, in the morning, 335 00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:27.159 your testosterone and cortisol levels should be highest, but your brain might not realize 336 00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:34.719 that. So what it has to do is get outside. So what you 337 00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:40.239 want to do is walk outside during sunrise. If you walk outside during sunrise, 338 00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:49.039 your brain will see the sun rise. Now it knows, Okay, 339 00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:54.840 it's time for cortisol, it's time for testosterone. I'm going to boost your 340 00:34:55.079 --> 00:35:01.800 energy. If you do this process for twenty one straight days, where you 341 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:09.400 go outside during sun rise, your brain will start to release the hormones at 342 00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:15.559 the appropriate time. And guess what. Now you're gonna have energy in the 343 00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:20.159 morning. Now you're not gonna need coffee in the morning. Now you're not 344 00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:23.119 gonna be all groggy. Now you're not gonna want to press the snooze alarm 345 00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:31.079 because you've rewired your brain. That's called neuroplasticity. But if you're inside, 346 00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:37.440 your brain can't see the sun rise. Now at the end of the day, 347 00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:45.159 you want to go outside during sunset. Now the brain says it's time 348 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:52.960 to relax. Let me decrease cortisol, let me increase melatonin. So let 349 00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:58.280 my brain start to chill and relax. So I could get in those delta 350 00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:06.880 waves deep sleeprim patterns. Many people go to bed at night, but they're 351 00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:09.320 not in that deep sleep, and that's why they wake up groggy and need 352 00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:14.719 a cup of coffee. Every morning. You should wake up with energy, 353 00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:22.559 ready to conquer the day, high energy, high vibrancy, high passion, 354 00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:28.719 good mood. If you're waking up in a bad mood, low energy, 355 00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:34.320 cranky, you need you a cup of coffee. There's something wrong with your 356 00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:39.039 brain. You're not getting your deep sleep. You're not releasing the hormones at 357 00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:45.840 the appropriate time. So a nice, easy, little brain hack that they've 358 00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:51.239 been doing for thousands of years is watching the sun rise and watching the sun 359 00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:58.440 set. If it's nine o'clock at night, you're eating at night, you're 360 00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:04.280 snacking, you're watching tea, the lights are on. Your brain is very 361 00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:07.320 confused. It thinks it's the middle of the day where you need energy, 362 00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:12.360 and then you're gonna go to bed. You might be in bed, but 363 00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:16.159 you're not gonna get that deep sleep. You're not gonna reoxygenate and regenerate. 364 00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:27.039 So the best way to increase brain function to prevent dementia in Alllzheimer's is to 365 00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:35.760 walk outside during sunrise, walk outside during sunset, and if you can during 366 00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:44.559 sunset, do something active and new and learn new things and no novelty. 367 00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:47.760 That's gonna make your brain even stronger. So you wanna combine. Let me 368 00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:51.559 see the sun go down, let me get some exercise, let me be 369 00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:57.559 some social, let me get some oxygen. Then your brain's really functioning at 370 00:37:57.559 --> 00:38:05.440 a high level. But you don't want to be at home nine o'clock eating, 371 00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:10.760 watching TV. The lights are on. The brain thinks cortisol needs to 372 00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:17.159 be high and get you ready. However, we want cortisol low. So 373 00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:22.440 eating at night, no good electronics at night, no good lights on all 374 00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:27.880 the time at night. No good. Very bad for your brain function because 375 00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:31.400 it's going to stimulate the brain when we want to relax it. This is 376 00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:36.480 doctor Eric Kaplan. You're listening to boost your brain power more when we come 377 00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:43.280 back from the brain don't miss boost your brain power with doctor Eric Kaplan every 378 00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:47.239 Saturday from two pm to three pm to learn the secrets of how to optimize 379 00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:52.559 your brain function. You can improve memory, focus, energy, sleep, 380 00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:58.559 digestion, mood, skin, metabolism, and strength by following the science and 381 00:38:58.679 --> 00:39:02.199 research that doctor Kaplin will be sharing with his audience. Join the adventure of 382 00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:07.039 discovering how to help the brain and body in a natural way while having fun 383 00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:10.760 at the same time. Listen to boost your brain power. If you want 384 00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:15.519 to function better, feel better, and enjoy the quality of life you deserve, 385 00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:21.000 call two oh one two six' one two one five zero or email 386 00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:25.199 info at Kaplan, brainanbody dot com if you're interested in a free ten minute 387 00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:34.840 consultation with doctor Kaplan, or visit kaplandc dot com for more information. Welcome 388 00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:38.679 back to boost your brain power. I'm your host, doctor Eric Kaplan. 389 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:49.119 We're talking about prevention of dementia and Alzheimer's. November's Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month. 390 00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:55.320 We want to prevent you from getting Alzheimer's. Unfortunately, when I was younger, 391 00:39:55.400 --> 00:40:02.239 I witnessed my grandma and Dottie dying from Alzheimer's over about ten to twenty 392 00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:07.079 years. It was very sad, and it all started when she moved down 393 00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:12.159 to Florida. You know, my family's from Brooklyn, so we always used 394 00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:15.320 to, you know, hang out in Brooklyn. She was such a great 395 00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:20.280 cook. She would always go dancing, and she played tennis and she had 396 00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:24.119 her group of friends. She was very social. She was always playing cards, 397 00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:29.960 and she always looked so beautiful and so funny and had always the you 398 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:35.639 know, everyone loved my grandma daddy. But then they moved to Florida to 399 00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:42.159 retire. My grandpa retired. He was in the clothing business. And then 400 00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:45.440 when they went down to Florida, you know, they didn't have friends, 401 00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:52.159 they didn't have activities, and their brain deteriorated. So my grandma should just 402 00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:57.360 sat on the couch watching TV all day. And every year her brain got 403 00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:00.960 worse and worse. You know, first it would just you know, she 404 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:05.480 lost her car keys, you know, then she forgot somebody's name once in 405 00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:08.760 a while. That's how it started. She goes into the kitchen, Hey 406 00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:14.800 what was I doing in here? And she stopped caring about her looks. 407 00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:22.039 Stop putting on makeup and dressing up, stop cooking, become more lazy and 408 00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:30.079 more lazy, stop doing activities, and her short term memory went and her 409 00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:34.960 long term memory went, and she needed to be in a wheelchair and a 410 00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:39.800 diaper. She was miserable last ten years of her life. She literally wanted 411 00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:44.440 to die. She's just like every time I visit her just killed me. 412 00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:49.159 I want to die. It was very sad. She hated her life because 413 00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:53.519 she was unhealthy. You might live a long life, but you don't want 414 00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:59.119 it to be a poor quality of life. A lot of people say, 415 00:41:59.159 --> 00:42:02.519 I want to enjoy my life now, but don't you want to enjoy your 416 00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:08.280 life when you're older too. You don't want to abuse your body when you're 417 00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:14.559 younger, and then you can't enjoy your life when you're older. Those are 418 00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:17.280 the golden years. That's the time to enjoy life. Spend time with your 419 00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:22.960 kids, grandkids. Would you retire, You go on vacations, and you 420 00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:28.360 want to be active. If you're on a diaper in a wheelchair, you 421 00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:31.159 can't have fun. So you need to do the right things now. You 422 00:42:31.199 --> 00:42:36.719 need to eat healthy and exercise and go to bed early, drink water and 423 00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:42.639 have a stress free life, and be social. Get out of the house 424 00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:46.760 and unplug from all this social media. Turn off the news. You need 425 00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:51.559 to be in the real world, especially with AI now, you don't even 426 00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:54.400 know what's real. So when you're watching the news, or you're watching TV, 427 00:42:54.920 --> 00:42:59.519 or you're on the computer and social media and watching these videos on YouTube, 428 00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:02.559 Facebook and Instagram, we don't even know what's real at this point. 429 00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:08.480 So just unplug. Be around real people, real relationships, real activities. 430 00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:15.119 Do stuff that you could touch and smell and hear, not these flat screens. 431 00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:19.119 That is a recipe for your brain to deteriorate. If you want to 432 00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:22.199 get dementia, be on the computer and your cell phone all day. If 433 00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:25.719 you want to get your brain strong, you got to unplug and get out 434 00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:30.679 of the house. Novelty, doing new things. That's the number one most 435 00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:36.280 important thing. Meet new people, do new activities, go to new places, 436 00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:44.159 try new pathways, new roots, new jobs, new hobbies. Change 437 00:43:44.199 --> 00:43:49.960 it up, new languages, new instruments, new books. You got to 438 00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:53.239 change it up. The second most important thing is oxygen. You need to 439 00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:58.280 increase your oxygen levels. That's why I said get outside. Get oxygen. 440 00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:02.119 You know, do breathing exercises where you inhale for four seconds, hold it 441 00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:07.280 for seven seconds, exhale for eight seconds. Get some plants. Get some 442 00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:12.880 snake plants, spider plants, alovera plants, money plants, go out in 443 00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:17.239 the woods, go hiking, go to the beach, get that ocean water, 444 00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:22.039 get that salt air. We need to breathe. You need to breathe 445 00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:27.239 from your diaphragm. When you inhale, push your diaphragm down and out like 446 00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:31.239 you're a pregnant woman. When you exhale, suck it in to squeeze out 447 00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:37.320 all that carbon dioxide. Get rid of the toxins. And the third thing 448 00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:46.239 that's super important is action activity activation. You gotta challenge your brain. You 449 00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:52.400 gotta, you know, memorize people's phone numbers on purpose, memorize your grocery 450 00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:58.840 list, memorize the directions. Don't use the technology so much. Start to 451 00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:04.039 challenge your brain. Just doing a crossword puzzle, but actually, you know, 452 00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:07.880 moving your body. You know, you can do one of my favorite 453 00:45:07.920 --> 00:45:13.840 exercises called the crosscrawl exercise. So you march in place, and what you 454 00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:16.639 do is you tap your opposite leg, meaning you take your right hand and 455 00:45:16.719 --> 00:45:20.960 tap your left leg as you march in place, and then take your left 456 00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:25.039 hand and tap your right leg, so you cross over, and each time 457 00:45:25.039 --> 00:45:30.360 you tap your leg, you come up with a mental exercise and you say, 458 00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:35.280 today, I'm gonna name all different fruits. Tomorrow I'm gonna name colors, 459 00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:39.000 and then the next day I'm gonna name countries. And the day after 460 00:45:39.039 --> 00:45:43.400 that, I'm gonna name presidents, and the day after that, I'm gonna 461 00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:46.280 name girls' names. And the day after that, I'm gonna do types of 462 00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:50.800 clothes, and the day after that, I'm gonna do different body parts. 463 00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:53.199 You know, every day you come up with a new category and you do 464 00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:59.079 this crosscrawl exercise for a minimum of thirty seconds, trying to get at least 465 00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:02.480 fifteen of EA category. That while you're working your brain, you're moving your 466 00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:08.360 body, you're challenging it. So you got to challenge your brain. Another 467 00:46:08.400 --> 00:46:14.480 good brain challenge you can try this is you take your left leg draw clockwise 468 00:46:14.519 --> 00:46:16.679 circles in the air and you keep doing it over and over and over again 469 00:46:16.760 --> 00:46:22.000 and without stopping. At the same time, take your left hand and draw 470 00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:27.599 the number six in the air. That's a very challenging exercise, but that's 471 00:46:27.639 --> 00:46:31.679 gonna make your brain stronger. Now, those are just general exercises. The 472 00:46:31.800 --> 00:46:36.119 key, though, is to be specific, and the way to be specific 473 00:46:36.199 --> 00:46:39.920 is to do a proper brain analysis. One of the best brain analysis is 474 00:46:39.960 --> 00:46:45.400 called a VNG video nostography. This is a test where you wear these infrared 475 00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:50.639 goggles and you follow this red light and it goes fast and slow, and 476 00:46:50.760 --> 00:46:53.840 up and down and left and right, and it goes, you know, 477 00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:58.599 with head turns and with lights, and so it's measuring all these different brain 478 00:46:58.639 --> 00:47:00.360 functions and it tells us, you know, which side of your brain is 479 00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:04.559 working. Is it your right brain, right brain that's deficient. Is it 480 00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:08.000 your left brain that's ficient. Is it the right brain's overactive or the left 481 00:47:08.039 --> 00:47:12.679 brain is overactive. So that's why the VNG is great. It tells us 482 00:47:12.679 --> 00:47:15.519 the imbalances from left to right, and it also tells which is overactive and 483 00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:20.199 which is underactive. So if somebody has anxiety, we might need to calm 484 00:47:20.239 --> 00:47:23.559 down their nervous system in a certain area the right side of the left side. 485 00:47:23.760 --> 00:47:29.559 Someone has depression, we might need to increase certain activity. You know, 486 00:47:29.719 --> 00:47:32.320 people have focused problems, we might have to do these eye exercises. 487 00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:37.199 If they have dementia, we might have to do memory exercises. If they 488 00:47:37.199 --> 00:47:40.480 have low energy, we might have to do oxygen therapy. If they have 489 00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:45.400 pain, we might have to do laser therapy. So everybody, you got 490 00:47:45.440 --> 00:47:52.079 to be very specific. So the VNG is very specific to find out which 491 00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:55.159 areas of the brain aren't functioning well and that could determine why are we having 492 00:47:55.199 --> 00:48:00.679 headaches or dizzyness, or why you can't sleep, or why you have troubles 493 00:48:00.679 --> 00:48:07.079 with getting distracted, or why you have low energy, or why you have 494 00:48:07.199 --> 00:48:12.559 memory problems, so that the VNG is really good for that. It's normally 495 00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:15.480 five hundred dollars, but there's a special gift to my listeners. The first 496 00:48:15.480 --> 00:48:21.320 seven people to call text or email can get the entire test for only twenty 497 00:48:21.360 --> 00:48:25.159 one dollars. The number is six four six two two one, six seven 498 00:48:25.280 --> 00:48:31.760 three eight, or you can email infel at kaplanbraininbody dot com. The other 499 00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:36.599 test that I would recommend is a one on test with me. So that's 500 00:48:36.599 --> 00:48:40.239 where you meet with me one on one and we go over your past tests. 501 00:48:40.320 --> 00:48:43.760 We go over your blood work, we go over your history, we 502 00:48:43.800 --> 00:48:46.840 go over your goals, and then we check everything. We check your brain, 503 00:48:47.400 --> 00:48:51.519 check your heart, check your gut, your lungs, we check your 504 00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:55.280 posture, your alignment, you check your memory, your balance, and it's 505 00:48:55.360 --> 00:49:00.719 quite involved. It takes about forty five minutes. That test is also normally 506 00:49:00.719 --> 00:49:06.159 five hundred dollars, but for the first seven people to call, text or 507 00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:09.920 email you can get the one on one with me when I come up with 508 00:49:09.960 --> 00:49:17.079 a diagnosis, as well as treatment recommendations that do not include any drugs or 509 00:49:17.119 --> 00:49:23.760 surgery, electric shock therapy, any injections. My solutions are always holistic, 510 00:49:24.159 --> 00:49:29.320 integrative, they're natural. There's stuff that you could do at home. They're 511 00:49:29.320 --> 00:49:31.840 not expensive. You don't need all this fancy equipment, but you got to 512 00:49:31.840 --> 00:49:36.400 do the work. So I'm not the doctor that writes you a prescription and 513 00:49:36.440 --> 00:49:39.360 say here, just take this pill, take this herb, take this supplement 514 00:49:39.480 --> 00:49:44.280 that's going to fix everything for you. That's not the doctor I am. 515 00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:46.119 So if you're looking for a quick, easy fix and you just want to 516 00:49:46.159 --> 00:49:50.599 pill or a supplement, don't come to me. But if you want to 517 00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:52.280 get to the root cause of your problem, and you want to fix it 518 00:49:52.280 --> 00:49:58.079 yourself, and you want to rewire your brain through neuroplastics, and you want 519 00:49:58.079 --> 00:50:01.360 to figure out how I can help my self, so I don't need drugs, 520 00:50:01.519 --> 00:50:06.280 doctors, surgeries, all these tests. If you want to get to 521 00:50:06.320 --> 00:50:09.280 the root cause and not just a band aid and cover up symptoms, you'd 522 00:50:09.320 --> 00:50:14.719 want to do the one on one evaluation with me. It's normally five hundred 523 00:50:14.760 --> 00:50:17.519 dollars, but for the first seven people that call text or email. You 524 00:50:17.519 --> 00:50:22.199 can get the one on one with me as well for only twenty one dollars. 525 00:50:22.559 --> 00:50:25.400 All you have to do is call or text six four six two two 526 00:50:25.440 --> 00:50:32.840 one six seven three eight, or you can email info at Caplinbrainebody dot com. 527 00:50:34.480 --> 00:50:38.000 If you want more information, you could go to our website caplindc dot 528 00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:44.400 com, or you could like us and follow us on social media. We 529 00:50:44.480 --> 00:50:49.599 have Facebook CAPLM, Brain and Body. We also have an Instagram Caplan Brain 530 00:50:49.679 --> 00:50:53.000 and Body. We have TikTok Caplem, Brain, Body, and I also 531 00:50:53.000 --> 00:50:59.440 have over one hundred videos on YouTube, so you can look up my channel 532 00:50:59.719 --> 00:51:05.320 and subscribe to Caplin Brain Embody on YouTube as well. And if you're interested 533 00:51:05.360 --> 00:51:09.559 in getting my books, you could call the office or you could email us, 534 00:51:09.719 --> 00:51:14.800 or you can even get it on Amazon. My first book is called 535 00:51:14.960 --> 00:51:19.880 Boost Your Brain Power, A Guide to Improving your Memory and Focus by doctor 536 00:51:20.039 --> 00:51:22.760 Eric Apham. You can get that on Amazon, or you can get my 537 00:51:22.840 --> 00:51:29.079 other book called Concussion Discussions. I'm a co author. There's a bunch of 538 00:51:29.119 --> 00:51:34.679 doctors that write about how people get hit in the head and have mild traumatic 539 00:51:34.719 --> 00:51:37.800 brain injuries, how it affects their brain. I write about how it could 540 00:51:37.840 --> 00:51:45.039 lead to dementia and Alzheimer's later on in life if you don't properly analyze it 541 00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:50.840 and prevent those future problems. And the best way to analyze is take advantage 542 00:51:50.840 --> 00:51:52.719 of all those tests, those gifts we gave to you. So there's three 543 00:51:52.760 --> 00:51:57.159 offers, and you could take advantage of all three offers if you want the 544 00:51:57.320 --> 00:52:01.119 q EG, brain mapping, the VNG and the one on one with yours 545 00:52:01.119 --> 00:52:07.559 truly, Doctor eric Caplan. You are listening to boost your brain power. 546 00:52:07.920 --> 00:52:12.719 If you function better, you'll feel better and live a better life. We'll 547 00:52:12.760 --> 00:52:15.920 see you next week. If you want to improve your brain function, help 548 00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:21.480 with memory, focus, sleep, digestion, energy, depression, anxiety, 549 00:52:21.599 --> 00:52:24.400 dizziness, balance, vision, headaches, brain fog, weight loss, or 550 00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:30.440 simply want to maximize your human potential and prevent future diseases. That this is 551 00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:35.480 the show for you. Don't misboost your brain power with doctor eric Caplan and 552 00:52:35.519 --> 00:52:39.440 you will learn natural, integrative and holistic approaches to modern day medical problems such 553 00:52:39.440 --> 00:52:45.760 as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's stroke, autism, add concussion, autoimmune diseases, insomnia, 554 00:52:45.840 --> 00:52:52.400 fibromyalgia, vertigo, migrains four posture pain, TBI, skin and digestive 555 00:52:52.440 --> 00:52:55.280 problems. Doctor Caplan is most famous for getting to the root cause of a 556 00:52:55.320 --> 00:53:00.280 wide variety of brain and health conditions, rather than treating symptoms with traditional medicines 557 00:53:00.280 --> 00:53:05.280 and risky surgeries. To contact doctor Kaplan, you can call his team at 558 00:53:05.320 --> 00:53:08.159 two oh one two six one two one five zero, or visit his website 559 00:53:08.199 --> 00:53:15.159 at kaplandc dot com. 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