WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:05.639 The following is a paid podcast. iHeartRadio's hosting of this podcast constitutes neither an 2 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:11.080 endorsement of the products offered or the ideas expressed. Hello, and welcome to 3 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:16.640 boost your brain power. I'm your host, doctor Eric Kaplan. We're gonna 4 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:21.280 be talking about how to improve your brain function. If you want to improve 5 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:26.640 your memory, you want to prevent Alzheimer's, prevent dementia. The three most 6 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:33.920 important things are food, a healthy diet, lots of colors of the rainbow. 7 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:39.359 Avoid all the white foods, the sugar, the bread, the dairy. 8 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:44.320 And you want to eat all the colors of the rainbow red, orange, 9 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:50.640 yellow, green, blue, purple. That's nutrition. The second thing 10 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:56.600 is oxygen. We always need a lot of oxygen. There's good breathing exercise 11 00:00:56.679 --> 00:01:00.640 you could do to improve your oxygen levels is to inhale for four seconds, 12 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:06.719 hold it for seven seconds, and exhale for eight seconds. When you inhale, 13 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:10.359 you want to breathe through your diaphragm, so you push your belly down 14 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:15.879 and out. That's going to maximize your lung capacity. On the exhale, 15 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:21.719 everything comebacks in. And we always want to x out twice as long as 16 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:26.560 we inhale. That's going to maximize oxygen. It's going to get rid of 17 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:33.840 the carbon dioxide and the carbon caregreate, acidity in the environment, and all 18 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:40.319 disease lives in an acidic environment. If you're environs more alkaline we're talking like 19 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:46.000 pH levels, then you're going to be healthier. If it's more acidic, 20 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:53.159 you're more likely to get sick. So there is food, oxygen and activation. 21 00:01:53.840 --> 00:02:00.840 Activation is challenging your brain doing new activities. Learn a musical instrument, 22 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:08.199 learn a new dance move, learn a new language. Learn how to put 23 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:13.599 up a shelf, Learn how to change a tire, Learn how to filter 24 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:17.960 your water, learn how to clean your food, learn how to guard and 25 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:24.400 learn how to sew, learn how to build. Just learn something, and 26 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:30.080 hopefully it's with getting your body involved too. And you gotta challenge your brain. 27 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:35.080 You got to memorize things. Don't use all the technology. We don't 28 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:39.439 want digital dementia where our brains are getting worse because we look everything up on 29 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:47.639 Google and YouTube. Start using your brain and unplug from all the technology. 30 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:52.599 You have to challenge your brain. You use it or you'll lose it. 31 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:59.400 And that's one of the most important aspects is doing novel activities, new activities, 32 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:06.599 challenge yourself, but even just visiting new places, meeting new people, 33 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:15.800 okay, super important to improve memory. You can also do a brain exercise. 34 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:21.360 Just like you can exercise a muscle, you can exercise your brain. 35 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:28.240 And what you could do. A good exercise is called the crosscrawl exercise. 36 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:32.120 That's where you sort of march in place and you take your right hand and 37 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:38.919 tap your left knee as your marching and then you tap your left hand to 38 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:42.280 the right knee and you go back and forth right mean left knee, right 39 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:46.840 need left knee, and each time you tap you come up with some sort 40 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:52.240 of mental or cognitive exercise. So you say, okay, different colors, 41 00:03:52.800 --> 00:04:00.479 different animals, different states, different countries, different cars, different sports, 42 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:04.879 different names, so anything. But every day you come up with something different. 43 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:10.520 That's a brain exercise to challenge yourself. You're moving your body, you're 44 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:14.240 working on your balance, you're working on your alignment, keep your body upright 45 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:18.639 for your posture, and then you're gonna cognitive exercise challenge your brain. The 46 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:24.600 idea is to get fifteen of each category within thirty seconds, So to cross 47 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:29.519 crawl exercise very good for the brain and to connect the left and the right 48 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:32.800 side. Now, focus, focus is also very important. We have a 49 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:38.120 lot of patients that come to us for focus, and people's minds are all 50 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:41.160 over the place. They're going a million miles per hour. So what we 51 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:45.680 want to do is shut down the brain and you can practice Mindfulness is good. 52 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:49.120 Mindfulness is when you only do one thing at a time. So when 53 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:55.720 you're at the gym, you're focusing on your muscles. You're not watching TV. 54 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:59.600 At the same time, you're not texting your friend, you're not talking 55 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:03.279 to your body. You're in gym mode. You know, that's your time 56 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:08.079 where you're focusing on your muscles, your heart, you're breathing, you're sweating. 57 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:11.600 That's what you want to do and you want to push. You gotta 58 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:15.240 challenge yourself. Got to start your heart beating best. You gotta start sweating. 59 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:20.959 I like HIT high intensity interval training, which is you go really hard 60 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:26.120 and then you're rest. You go really hard and then you rest all right, 61 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:29.000 So you could do a sprint and then a walk, a sprint and 62 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:31.000 then a walk. You know, you can apply it to whatever type of 63 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:36.480 exercise you like. So when you're in the gym. Be very mindful only 64 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:43.040 in the gym when you're eating dinner. Be mindful of eating dinner. Don't 65 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:49.560 be watching TV, reading the newspaper, going to social media. You want 66 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:55.240 to be smelling the food. You want to chew the food. Chew thirty 67 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:59.279 times for each bite. You know, I just had a patient ask me 68 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:02.399 about, you know some advice about acid reflux. I said, one of 69 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:09.720 the best things to do is to chew your food a lot, break everything 70 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:13.959 down in your mouth so that way your gut doesn't have to work as hard. 71 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:18.480 Feel that food, taste that food, Smell that food. It's better 72 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:25.079 to use your hands than to use utensils. The digestive process starts from the 73 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:29.720 second even before. Once you look at the food and your hand goes towards 74 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:32.920 the food, the digestive process starts. So you want to touch the food. 75 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:35.560 You want to feel the food. You want to slowly put it in 76 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:40.399 your mouth, let your lips taste it, your tongue and taste to chew 77 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:45.079 the food, over and over and over again. Focus on eating. Focus 78 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:47.879 on the colors of the rainbow that you're eating. Focus on the smells of 79 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:55.519 the food, the texture of the food. Use all your senses. So 80 00:06:56.240 --> 00:07:02.600 when you're eating dinner, focus on eating dinner. That's mindfulness. Okay, 81 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:12.439 when you're studying, right or reading, you don't want to be reading and 82 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:16.360 then talking to your spouse and then reading with the TV in the background and 83 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:23.600 reading and then you're texting somebody. So you want to turn your phone on 84 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:28.639 airplane mode, close the door in the private office. You want to say, 85 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:30.839 Okay, for the next half hour, i am just reading. I'm 86 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:35.360 not doing anything else. I'm focused on my book. I'm focused on my 87 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:41.519 comprehension. I'm focused on my studying. That's practicing mindfulness. That's helps with 88 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:47.199 your focus. When you're listening to music. A really good exercise to increase 89 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:54.639 focus when listening to music is to focus on one instrument. So let's say 90 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:59.079 you're listening to a band play but only listen to the piano. Really focus 91 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:03.439 on the piano, and theo will become louder, and all the other instruments, 92 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:05.720 you know, whether it's the guitar or the bass, or the drums 93 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:11.040 or the saxophone, that will all diminish and sound. If you're really practicing 94 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:15.680 this exercise, well, you practice on the drums and you only hear the 95 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:18.040 drums, and all of a sudden, the drums will become super loud, 96 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:22.560 and the guitar becomes super soft, and the piano you can't hear as well 97 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:31.240 because you're focused only on one instrument. That will shut down these overactive areas 98 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:37.639 of your brain. To help improve focus, there's so many good ideas to 99 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:39.960 practice, folks. You could just be walking on the street of New York 100 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:48.120 City and you could just listen to the person's heels hitting the payment in front 101 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:52.159 of you, and you ignore the cars and the yelling and the screaming and 102 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:56.720 the sirens and all the sounds of New York City showed all that off, 103 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:03.399 and just listen to the person's heel touching the ground. That's going to improve 104 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:09.720 your focus. An easy brain exercise you could do for your focus is where 105 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:13.039 you just look straight ahead at a painting or something on your wall about eye 106 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:18.480 level arm's length, and you just slowly turn your head right and left ten 107 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:22.559 times and up and down ten times, but keeping your eyes laser focus on 108 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:26.039 that one point. If it's a person, like on that one nostril or 109 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:30.759 something, and you know something really, if it's a cat, just one 110 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:35.240 little whisker. The end of the whisker like, focus on something and turn 111 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:39.360 your head slowly ten times right and left, and then slowly ten times up 112 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:46.519 and down. That's an exercise to improve your focus. Okay, now let's 113 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:54.720 talk about anxiety. There's lots of exercise you could do to reduce anxiety. 114 00:09:54.559 --> 00:10:01.000 One of the most important things is to activate your vagus nerve. People's vegas 115 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:03.960 nerve isn't working. They're stuck in a stress mode. We call that the 116 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:09.879 fight or flight mode. That means they're vegas nerve isn't working properly. So 117 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:16.240 you could do exercises to stimulate the vegas nerve. One exercise is gargling. 118 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:22.080 You want to goggle really intensely. The louder the goggle, the greater activation 119 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:28.840 of that vegas nerve. Another exercise you could do is the gag reflex. 120 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:31.720 Don't do that if you have a history of alimia or anything. You just 121 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:37.519 do it once and it stimulates this vegas nerve. That all doctors are taught 122 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:41.519 this in school, But what we want to do is use it as therapy. 123 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:48.000 We're taught this as a way to diagnosa problem. But what do you 124 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:54.320 do if you diagnosed the weak muscle, you exercise it. So what are 125 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:58.039 we going to do if we diagnose a weak nerve, we exercise it. 126 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:03.159 This is an exercise a vegas nerve. Could do thirty seconds of gargling really 127 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:07.720 intensely the three times a day, and then you just do the gag reflex 128 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:13.840 just once because it's really powerful to stimulate that vegas nerve and that in turn 129 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:18.799 will help reduce anxiety. Sometimes you have to make life changes. Sometimes you 130 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:24.320 might have to quit a bad job because your boss causes too much stress, 131 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:28.320 or you have bad coworkers, or you're not passionate about the field you're in. 132 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:31.879 Sometimes you got to get a divorced because you know it's just not working 133 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:37.519 out with your spouse. You know, you guys aren't meeting eye to eye, 134 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:41.879 and you know it's always fighting and it's always yelling, and it's traumatic 135 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:46.200 and it's screaming and it's emotional, and that could be a source of anxiety. 136 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:52.559 You could have to maybe move out of stressful place. Maybe New York 137 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:56.240 City is too much for you, got to move out into the suburbs of 138 00:11:56.279 --> 00:12:03.279 New Jersey. Maybe that there's too much stress at your job. Maybe there's 139 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:07.840 too much stress in your living. Maybe there's too much stress in your relationship. 140 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:13.639 Sometimes you have to make life changes to reduce your anxiety. That's not 141 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:18.639 always the case. I always, you know, suggest working on yourself first 142 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:22.840 to reduce anxiety. So that's why you know, when you listen to this 143 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:26.639 radio show, I teach you things that you could work on yourself first, 144 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:31.559 and hopefully you know your work situation gets better, or your relationship gets better, 145 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:35.879 your living situation is easier to handle. So it's always best to deal 146 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:43.840 with from within because you can't necessarily change people or the outside world. So 147 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:46.519 you always got to change from within so you can function better, feel better, 148 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:50.159 and live a better life more when we come back from the break, 149 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:54.279 if you want to improve your brain function, help with memory, focus, 150 00:12:54.399 --> 00:13:00.399 sleep, digestion, energy, depression, anxiety, dizziness, balance, vision, 151 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:03.279 headaches, brain fog, weight loss, or simply want to maximize your 152 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:07.720 human potential and prevent future diseases, that this is the show for you. 153 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:13.720 Don't miss boost your brain power with doctor Eric Kaplan and you will learn natural, 154 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:18.519 integrative, and holistic approaches to modern day medical problems such as Alzheimer's, 155 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:24.039 Parkinson's stroke, autism, add concussion, autoimmune diseases, insomnia, fibromyalgia, 156 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:30.159 vertigo, migrains for posture, pain, TBI, skin and digestive problems. 157 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:33.320 Doctor Kaplan is most famous for getting to the root cause of a wide variety 158 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:39.080 of brain and health conditions, rather than treating symptoms with traditional medicines and risky 159 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:41.799 surgeries. To contact doctor Kaplan, you can call his team at two O 160 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:46.120 one two six one two one five zero, or visit his website at kaplan 161 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:54.000 dc dot com. Welcome back to boost your brain power. I'm your host, 162 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:58.159 doctor Eric Kaplan. So so far we've covered how to improve your brain 163 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:05.120 function, how to increase your memory, how to improve your focus, how 164 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:11.759 to reduce anxiety. Next, we're going to talk about depression. So there's 165 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:18.840 a lot of depression, especially since COVID nineteen and all this isolation. Isolation 166 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:22.399 is the worst thing for depression. So you got to be social. You 167 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:26.639 gotta get out of the house and you gotta meet new people or spend time 168 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:33.039 with your family and friends. The worst thing for depression is sitting at home 169 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:37.879 watching TV, going on social media, grows on YouTube, you know, 170 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:41.039 just literally staying at home with no social interaction. You have to be social 171 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:46.399 you gotta touch, hug somebody, hold somebody's hand, you know. So 172 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:50.080 touch is very important for depression as well, even if you have to get 173 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:54.799 a massage or something, but at least you're getting human contact, or get 174 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:58.279 a dog. Pet contact is good too. So one of the best ways 175 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:01.679 to get out of a depress is to get a dog or a cat, 176 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:05.600 someone that's going to cut all in love and play all right. So that's 177 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:07.919 a good thing for depression. Another good thing for depression is the sun. 178 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:13.879 Vitamin D is the easiest way to get out of a depression. You've got 179 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:16.960 to get in that sun. You know. It's differently of a history of 180 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:20.679 skin cancer, but for most people, we want you out in the sun 181 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:24.879 all the time. That actually prevents cancer, it prevents Alzheimer's, it prevents 182 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:28.840 heart disease, prevents immune system problems. That boost your immune system so you 183 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:33.559 don't get COVID nineteen and lime disease. And you know, one of the 184 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:37.240 biggest ways to boost your immune system is to increase vitamin D levels. Very 185 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:41.000 good for your hormones, your thyroid. There's so many people with thyroid problems. 186 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:46.240 If your vitamin D is low, your thyroid isn't going to function at 187 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:50.919 the highest level and depression. You know, vitamin D has been proven through 188 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:56.399 research to reduce symptoms of depression. Most people are vitamin D deficient, especially 189 00:15:56.440 --> 00:16:00.720 in New York and New Jersey. In fact, I haven't tested a person 190 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:07.960 since two thousand that is not vitamin D deficient who lives up in New York 191 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:12.879 and New Jersey unless they're taking a good supplement of vitamin DATE Like I used 192 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:19.120 to be vitamin D deficient until I started supplementing properly. I like apex Energetics. 193 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:25.240 They're the most quality vitamin D. Nine Vitamin d's out there are crap. 194 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:32.200 They're filled with fillers, contaminants, impurities. They don't get absorbed properly, 195 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:37.679 so most vitamin d's do not work right. So be careful. Don't 196 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:40.360 just run to CBS and get a vitamin D. It's not going to be 197 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:45.600 good for you. Email me or text me if you're interested in the best, 198 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:52.600 highest quality vitamin D very good for depression. And then exercise. You 199 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:57.240 gotta exercise every single morning. You gotta boost your brain power. I don't 200 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:02.879 care if it's just two to five minutes, but you're gonna do something every 201 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:07.400 day. Just even just sprint to the end of the block and sprint back, 202 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:10.920 take a shower, get ready to go. I don't care if it's 203 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:15.799 two minutes. But do something. Do ten pushups, ten jumping Jack's, 204 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:18.440 ten sit ups. You don't need equipment, you don't need a gym, 205 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:23.480 but do something. But every single day, every single morning of your life, 206 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:27.119 for the rest of your life, you have to exercise. If you 207 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:32.000 don't want to be depressed, if you want to improve your memory, if 208 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:34.640 you want to increase your focus, if you don't want to have anxiety, 209 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:42.000 you have to exercise every single day. Okay, super important. All right, 210 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:48.039 let's talk about sleep, your circadian rhythms. There's lots of rules for 211 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:52.279 sleep. If you're gonna get proper brain function, you gotta get proper sleep. 212 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:56.640 So what we want to do. The ideal way is to eat from 213 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:03.559 ten am to six pm and to sleep from ten pm to six am. 214 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:07.160 That's your eight hours of sleep. During the summer, you can get away 215 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:10.720 with seven hours because the sunlight is out, so you can get up a 216 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:12.759 little bit earlier, you know, get up at five instead of six, 217 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:18.000 so you go ten to five seven hours, but ten to six should be 218 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:21.559 able to do it for most of the year. Right now, how do 219 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:26.200 you do that? Number One, after six o'clock, no more eating. 220 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:30.640 We said, you're only eating from ten am to six pm. Eating increases 221 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:34.559 cortisol, which is going to interrupt your sleep. It's the stress Harmone. 222 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:38.799 You don't need to eat at night. The reason we eat is for energy. 223 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:45.079 So why are we going to eat for energy when we just want to 224 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:48.119 get a good night's sleep. So you want to eat like a king for 225 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:51.960 breakfast, a prince for lunch, and a pauper for dinner. Done by 226 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:56.279 six pm. And even if you get hungry it's eight pm, just drink 227 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:00.119 some lemon water with a pink pinch of pink m lay salt for your minerals. 228 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:04.599 Eat. So anytime you get hungry, just drink water, go outside, 229 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:08.319 distract yourself, Do not go in the kitchen, Do not go grazing. 230 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:15.519 You have to get rid of the food after six pm. Also after 231 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:18.799 six pm, we got to get rid of electronics. Turn off the TV, 232 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:22.279 turn off, the computer, turn off, the cell phone, turn 233 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:26.319 off, the iPad, turn off all these smart devices, computers, video 234 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:32.799 games. All that is going to increase cortisol. And that's going to interrupt 235 00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:37.039 your deep sleep. So not only do you not want to eat after six 236 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:42.119 pm, you also do not want to use electronics after six pm. You 237 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:49.799 gotta unplug now. The best thing to do during sunset is to go outside 238 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:56.599 and literally take that twenty minutes to a half hour to watch the sun set. 239 00:19:56.039 --> 00:20:03.039 Not only is it beautiful esthetically pleasing, good anxiety depression, but it 240 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:08.359 also is good for your circadian rhythms to get you into good sleep patterns because 241 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:12.599 your brain sees the sun go down and now says, Okay, I'm gonna 242 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:18.920 bring down cortisol and I'm gonna increase melatonin so I can get that deep sleep. 243 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:23.400 You shouldn't need to supplement with melatonin. All you need to do is 244 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:29.839 use the sunlight. The sun will do the hormone release for you, but 245 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:33.519 you can't you're inside, you can't see the sun. So you have to 246 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:40.039 go outside during sunset so your brain can see the sun go down and it 247 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:45.559 will release melatonin. Conversely, when you wake up watch the sun rise. 248 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:52.640 When you watch the sun rise, you're going to increase cortisol, increase testosterone, 249 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:57.200 get your body ready for the day. So if we want good circadian 250 00:20:57.279 --> 00:21:04.079 rhythms and good sleep pattern. You walk outside during sunrise and you walk outside 251 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:14.079 and watch the sun set. Another very important thing for sleep is consistency. 252 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:18.319 So you've got to be consistent. What I mean by that is we said 253 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:21.759 you got to sleep from ten to six. So every single day, ten 254 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:26.599 o'clock is your bedtime. It's not ten thirty, it's not ten fifteen, 255 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:32.119 it's not ninety five, it's not eleven, it's not eleven fifteen. It's 256 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:36.400 every single night it's ten o'clock. You got to do that for twenty one 257 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:41.200 straight days for your brain to get rewired and to get in that good, 258 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:45.240 proper circadian room. Do all these habits for twenty one straight days, rewire 259 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:51.039 your brain, and you will start to sleep better so your brain can get 260 00:21:51.039 --> 00:22:00.240 in those delta brain waves, replenish, reoxygenate, rejuvenate, detox, absorb, 261 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:07.519 do all the proper bodily functions that need to occur while you're sleeping from 262 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:11.400 ten pm to six am. You don't want to be rolling over, getting 263 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:15.559 up to pee once or twice a night. You just want to be out 264 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:23.039 for eight straight hours. Your sleep as a rhythm of basically ninety minutes to 265 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:26.920 two hours. So basically you want to train your brain to get these good 266 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:33.680 sleeping patterns. Four deep sleep patterns every night. Twelve sorry, ten to 267 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:37.039 twelve is the first one, twelve to two is the second one, two 268 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:42.079 to four is the third, and four to six is the fourth. You 269 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:48.279 get four good deep sleep patterns, you will feel like a million dollars when 270 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:52.759 you wake up, rather than being all groggy and wanting to press the snooze 271 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:59.519 alarm and stay asleep. Okay, Now, when you get good sleep, 272 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:03.160 you also improve your energy. So if you're looking to increase your energy, 273 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:08.880 we got to do those circadium rhythm measures, so you can increase your oxygen 274 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:15.519 levels increase your energy levels. Right, So there's lots of things to increase 275 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:21.720 oxygen. We can do a hyperbaric oxygen chamber that really increases people's energy. 276 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:26.920 Hyperbaric oxygen chamber takes about an hour. It's really nice. You lie in 277 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:30.200 this like little bed and you just kind of whatever you want to do, 278 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:33.480 meditate, listen to some music. I like to just go to sleep and 279 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:40.480 relax. But what it is. The normal atmosphere is twenty percent oxygen and 280 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:45.599 the oxygen chamber is one hundred percent oxygen, so it takes out all that 281 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:48.799 carbon dioxide, all that nitrogen, all the bad stuff and gives you one 282 00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:53.480 hundred percent oxygen. It was originally invented for the bends people went deep sea 283 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:59.200 diving and got dizzy and stuff. But then people start getting their skin lesions 284 00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:03.440 and scars started healing, and then people with lyme disease starting getting better. 285 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:07.480 And now they use it for COVID nineteen. And you know, it's pretty 286 00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:11.440 much used for everything. Anyone who just wants to boost their energy, boost 287 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:17.200 their brain power, whether it's Parkinson's or stroke, or MS or aropathy or 288 00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:21.599 you know, immune system, thyroid problems, autism, it really doesn't matter. 289 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:26.359 People just like to use this hyperbaric oxygen chamber just to increase their healing 290 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:30.359 time, just to improve the function of their brain, just to increase their 291 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:33.119 energy. To me, I like it for it makes me stronger, it 292 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:37.119 increases my sports performance, gets me better, sleep, more energy, I 293 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:41.359 can think, clear less brain fog. So everybody uses it for a different 294 00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:45.559 purpose, all right, But that's one way to increase your energy. Getting 295 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:49.559 up every twenty minutes super important. I call it the twenty rule. If 296 00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:52.920 you have a desk job, you gotta get up every twenty minutes, walk 297 00:24:53.000 --> 00:25:00.279 for twenty feet also look twenty feet away and just take twenty seconds every twenty 298 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:04.119 minutes. So it's not that hard to do, but to really increase your 299 00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:10.440 energy. Okay, that way you'll function better, feel better, live a 300 00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:14.960 better life. We'll see you when we get back from the brain. Don't 301 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:19.160 miss boost your brain power with doctor Eric Kaplan every Saturday from two pm to 302 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:23.960 three pm to learn the secrets of how to optimize your brain function. You 303 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:30.359 can improve memory, focus, energy, sleep, digestion, mood, skin, 304 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:36.039 metabolism, and strength by following the science and research that doctor Kaplan will 305 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:40.200 be sharing with his audience. Join the adventure of discovering how to help the 306 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:44.440 brain and body in a natural way while having fun at the same time. 307 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:48.880 Listen to boost your brain power. If you want to function better, feel 308 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:52.279 better, and enjoy the quality of life you deserve. Called two O one 309 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:57.839 two six one two one five zero or email info at Kaplan Brain and Body 310 00:25:57.960 --> 00:26:03.559 dot com if you're interested in a free ten minute consultation with doctor Kaplan, 311 00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:11.839 or visit Kaplin DC dot com for more information. Welcome back to boost your 312 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:18.440 brain power. I am your host doctor Eric Kaplan. We're talking about how 313 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:23.599 to improve your brain function. You know, we talked about memory and focus, 314 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:33.359 depression, anxiety, sleep, energy, all important factors for your health 315 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:37.400 and your well being. Now, if you're interested in getting really in depth 316 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:44.680 about this, I've been going over these topics for the last six months. 317 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:51.000 I have the Boost your Brainpower Seminar series, which has been the last Wednesday 318 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:55.839 of every month, and we've covered all these topics. Now, if you've 319 00:26:55.920 --> 00:27:03.319 missed these seminars, there is one last seminar left and that is July twenty 320 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:10.680 six at six thirty pm in River Edge, New Jersey. If you can't 321 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:15.400 make it that last Wednesday in July at six thirty pm live in River Edge, 322 00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:21.599 New Jersey, you can also do it over Zoom. You just got 323 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:25.599 to download the application and we could sign you up for that. And if 324 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:30.480 you can't do it live over zoom wherever you are, you can also request 325 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:34.839 a recording of the seminars. So we're going to record it and you could 326 00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:40.000 get a copy over the recording so you could listen to it at your own 327 00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:44.920 time. And not only are we going to cover all those topics we just 328 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:48.559 did in the first half of the show, but we're also going to cover 329 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:55.880 a nutrition, inflammation, you know, exercises to improve your brain function. 330 00:27:56.920 --> 00:28:02.319 So we're going to review all six seminars in this last seminar, which is 331 00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:08.920 to Boost your Brain Power boot Camp. It's normally one hundred dollars, but 332 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:15.640 for the first seven callers you can get it for only forty nine dollars and 333 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:23.079 that's going to include massage, laser fruit, vegetables, could drinks, signed 334 00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:30.240 copy of my books, some other giveaways. So it's literally the whole seminar, 335 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:36.880 question and answer session, meeting Greed plus all those freebees for only forty 336 00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:38.799 nine dollars. All you have to do is be one of the first seven 337 00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:45.799 people to call six four six two two one six seven three eight. You 338 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:48.640 could text that number as well. Into cell phones. You can call or 339 00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:52.240 text six four six two two one six seven three eight, or you can 340 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:59.359 email if you prefer to email info at Kaplan, Brain embody dot com. 341 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:07.240 The email is info at Kaplin, Brain embody dot com. Kaplan spelled kap 342 00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:12.759 la m so Kaplin Brain and Body dot com. Just tell him you want 343 00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:17.720 to be one of the first seven people to sign up for the Boost your 344 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:25.880 Brain Power boot Camp the last Wednesday of July six thirty pm or if you 345 00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:30.279 want to record and let them know as well. All right, So other 346 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:36.920 stuff we're gonna be reviewing at the Boost your Brain Power boot Camp is nutrition. 347 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:41.200 You know, that's very important. You know, to stay away from 348 00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:48.920 all the inflammatory foods. Inflammation is the cause of most dysfunction. So nutrition, 349 00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:53.559 we're gonna go over what foods you should eat. Right, So we 350 00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:59.039 said all the colors of the rainbow every single day, just get them through 351 00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:03.960 your fruits and ve vestables. You know, you don't don't eat anything too 352 00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:10.680 much every day with nutrition, right. You don't want to eat kale every 353 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:14.759 day. You don't want to eat broccoli every day. You don't want to 354 00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:18.519 eat chicken every day. You don't want to eat fish every day. You 355 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:25.720 don't want to eat eggs every day. You don't want to eat nuts every 356 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:30.680 day. You gotta be careful when you think you're eating healthy food, but 357 00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:36.960 you keep eating the same foods over and over and over again. Your brain 358 00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:41.759 likes variety, so I want you to start having more of a variety in 359 00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:45.079 your diet because each of these different foods might have some different nutrients. They 360 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:51.200 might have a little stuff that could add to other areas like your liver or 361 00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:55.119 your immune system, or your kidneys or you know, so you want to 362 00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:59.119 eat all these different types of foods. If you keep eating the same foods 363 00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:03.240 over and over again, they're gonna lose their effect on your health. I 364 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:07.559 have so many patients that keep taking vitamin C over and over and over again. 365 00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:11.039 You know, this isn't like a third world country where we have these 366 00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:15.000 people dying of scurvy, which is a vitamin C deficiency. There's so much 367 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:18.759 food in America, it's very rare to have a vitamin C deficiency. Now, 368 00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:22.000 what you want to do, Let's say, if you're feeling sick or 369 00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:27.240 run down or something, then it's time to really increase your vitamin C levels. 370 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:32.160 Then it's going to become more effective. But if you're taking vitamin C 371 00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:37.079 all the time and then you get sick and then you're like, oh, 372 00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:40.440 I'm gonna take vitamin SAY, your body is so used to it, it's 373 00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:42.880 not going to have any effect on it. But if you want to use 374 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:47.839 vitamin C or zinc or something like that when you need a big boost or 375 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:51.440 more importantly, when you're deficient. So that's why it's good to do blood 376 00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:55.240 work. If you want to master nutrition, you have to master your blood 377 00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:59.119 work. You got to do a full thyroid panel, a full anemia panel, 378 00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:02.240 we got to do full electrolyte panel, metabolic panel. We got to 379 00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:07.000 get to the nit ingredient. Figure out what your problems are internally, where 380 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:14.240 your deficiencies are, and only take supplements if it is a deficiency or there's 381 00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:19.279 a major problem that's found in your body. All right, you're not going 382 00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:22.400 to take a multivitamin. That's not smart. You're not deficient in all those 383 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:25.920 vitamins. And like I said before, a lot of these supplements are full 384 00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:34.079 of contaminants, fillers, even heavy metals, you know, impurities, stuff 385 00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:39.359 that doesn't get absorbed, food dies, even preservatives. It's bad. Don't 386 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:45.880 oversupplement. Supplements can be dangerous, just like medication can be dangerous. But 387 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:52.319 nobody's telling you the danger when you take these medications. Nobody's telling you the 388 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:57.079 danger when you take these supplements. Everybody's telling you they're safe. I'm here 389 00:32:57.079 --> 00:33:00.359 to tell you they're not safe. And sometimes times the food isn't safe. 390 00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:04.960 If you're getting all this conventional food, you know, and if you're getting 391 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:08.119 all this stuff filled with glypha sate, which is round up. You know, 392 00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:12.759 if that means you're not weighing organic. You know, if you're getting 393 00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:16.720 all this stuff full of pesticides and herbicides and you're eating meat that's you know, 394 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:23.240 fed genetically modified corn, and it's you know, animals stuck with hormones 395 00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:31.160 and you know, antibiotics, and they're you know, raised in humanely and 396 00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:37.759 they're separated from their family and they're not allowed to exercise, and they're stuck 397 00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:43.039 in some cage or some room or some small part where they can't live their 398 00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:47.240 life and they're you know, farm raised, And you know, you gotta 399 00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:51.839 be careful if you're eating all this crappy food. If you eat an anxiety 400 00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:55.599 cow, you're gonna get anxiety. If you eat an antibiotic egg, you're 401 00:33:55.599 --> 00:34:00.319 gonna get antibiotic. If you're going to eat a hormone pig, you're gonna 402 00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:05.359 get hormones. So you know, it's not just what you're eating, it's 403 00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:09.599 what is your food that you're eating eating, or what drugs are they taking, 404 00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:15.440 or how is their mental state? You know, if mom is anxious 405 00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:21.320 when she's breastfeeding, she's going to give anxious milk to that baby. If 406 00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:25.360 you're drinking cow's milk, guess what. I guarantee that cow is anxious. 407 00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:30.840 That's going to create anxiety, that's going to create depression. Cow's milk has 408 00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:35.760 even been linked to Parkinson's in Alzheimer's disease. It's been linked to autoimmune disease. 409 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:38.719 If you have hashimotos, if you have siliac, if you have rheumatoid 410 00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:45.320 arthritis, if you have psoriasis orreatic arthritis, if you have fibromyalgia, if 411 00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:50.480 you have MS, multiple sclerosis, if you have Schougrin's disease, if you 412 00:34:50.559 --> 00:35:00.480 have any of these autoimmune disease lupus, ray nods, alopecia, X amount, 413 00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:06.000 these are all autoimmune responses. You have to stay away from dairy. 414 00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:12.920 You are not a cow. Our bodies cannot digest cow milk. You can't. 415 00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:15.880 I don't care. If it's butter yogurt, I don't care. If 416 00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:19.239 it's stuff people tell you that it's healthy. If it's from a cow's utter, 417 00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:23.239 it is not healthy. It's going to create this function and inflammation in 418 00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:27.960 your body. It's one of the worst things that you could put in your 419 00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:32.440 body. Same things with the wheat, rye and barley products. They are 420 00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:37.960 sprayed. All these grains are sprayed with these chemicals. They cross breed these 421 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:45.239 seeds, they use genetically modified materials. I mean, it's pretty insane. 422 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:51.320 All these autoimmune reactions when you have poor nutrition, all these allergies, all 423 00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:54.880 these skin diseases, hives and x amount. It all comes from the diet. 424 00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:59.280 So we got to be very careful with the foods that we're eating. 425 00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:05.400 So we have to get organic, wild grass fed, free roaming, free 426 00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:12.480 range. That's your nutrition. Super important to reduce inflammation, right, you 427 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:15.199 gotta get rid of all the heavy metals. Gotta get rid of all the 428 00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:22.079 plastics. Got to get rid of all the electromagnetic frequencies. We got to 429 00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:27.639 get rid of all the cleaning, the cleaning stuff, the dyes, the 430 00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:35.519 makeups, the suntan lotions, a lot of these toothpastes, all these candies 431 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:40.239 and sports drinks. Anything in boxes and cans and bags is more likely to 432 00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:45.639 cause inflammation. All the white foods. Sugar causes inflammation, Milk causes inflammation, 433 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:50.840 bread causes inflammation. You know, we got to reduce that inflammation. 434 00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:58.320 Corn and soy, alcohol, coffee all causes inflammation, irritation. If you 435 00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:00.960 want to bring down the inflammation, you have to avoid all the products that 436 00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:07.239 cause inflammation. Your cookware, make sure you use stainless steel. Your water 437 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:10.360 bottles, make sure you use glass or stainless steel. Stop using plastics that 438 00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:15.599 is highly inflammatory. Don't store your food in plastics. Don't cook your food 439 00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:17.880 in plastics. Don't eat your food out of plastic, don't drink your drinks 440 00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:23.320 out of plastics. Start using glass and start using stainless steel. Don't use 441 00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:28.239 teflon, non stick. We gotta get rid of all those chemicals. Use 442 00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:34.719 more natural cleaning stuff lemon, baking, soda, vinegar. You could use 443 00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:39.960 cheap, easy effective stuff to clean your house, To clean your clothes that 444 00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:46.880 doesn't cause brain inflammation. Super important if you want to function better, feel 445 00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:52.679 better, and live a better life. We're talking about this because we want 446 00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:57.400 to boost your brain power. And an ounce of prevention is worth a pound 447 00:37:57.440 --> 00:38:01.760 of cure. Don't wait till you get these problems to start doing these suggestions. 448 00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:07.079 And if you have these suggestions, I recommend starting asap. I don't 449 00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:12.360 care if it's Saturday. Don't wait till Monday morning. Start now. If 450 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:15.199 you want you've got food in your refrigerator account of give it to homeless, 451 00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:21.480 tryborough give it to some shelter, You give it to a charity you know, 452 00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:24.639 help some other people. But for you, we're getting healthy. Okay, 453 00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:29.079 more when we come back from the brain. If you want to improve 454 00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:32.360 your brain function, help with memory, focus, sleep, digestion, energy, 455 00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:37.840 depression, anxiety, dizziness, balance, vision, headaches, brain fog, 456 00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:42.400 weight loss, or simply want to maximize your human potential and prevent future 457 00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:45.760 diseases, then this is the show for you. Don't miss boost your brain 458 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:51.360 power with doctor Eric Kaplan and you will learn natural, integrative, and holistic 459 00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:55.480 approaches to modern day medical problems such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's stroke, autism, 460 00:38:55.599 --> 00:39:02.639 add concussion, autoimmune diseases in some fibromyalgia, vertigo, migrains for posture pain, 461 00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:07.559 TBI, skin and digestive problems. Doctor Kemplin is most famous for getting 462 00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:12.199 to the root cause of a wide variety of brain and health conditions, rather 463 00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:16.480 than treating symptoms with traditional medicines and risky surgeries. To contact to doctor Kemplin, 464 00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:20.760 you can call this team at two O one two six one two five 465 00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:28.519 zero or visit his website at Kaplan DC dot com. Welcome back to boost 466 00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:34.480 your brain power. I'm your host, doctor Eric Kaplan. We're talking about 467 00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:38.320 how to improve your brain function. The brain is like a muscle. You'll 468 00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:44.000 use it or you'll lose it. So a good brain exercise to strengthen your 469 00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:47.280 brain. Everyone could try this at home. With your left legs to get 470 00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:52.880 straight out and draw clockwise circles in the air. Now keep drawing these clockwise 471 00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:57.519 circles with your left leg in the air. But at the same time, 472 00:39:57.920 --> 00:40:02.280 with your left hand, raw the number six in the air. As you're 473 00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:07.400 drawing clockwise circles. Now, be careful. Sometimes when you draw the number 474 00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:13.199 six with the left hand, the leg will automatically start going counterclockwise, So 475 00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:15.920 keep an eye on that. So make sure the leg is going clockwise and 476 00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:23.840 the hand is going counterclockwise. That is a brain exercises to strengthen your brain. 477 00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:30.039 Now, it's always good to do brain exercises to strengthen your brain. 478 00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:32.119 Right, So a lot of my patients say, oh, let's do the 479 00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:37.719 crossword puzzle every day. But that's good, but you're not moving your body 480 00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:42.039 right, You're just sitting in a chair in the newspaper. This exercise I 481 00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:45.440 gave you. You're moving your body. You're doing these circles with your legs, 482 00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:47.840 circles with the hand. The other exercise I gave you that crosscrawl, 483 00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:53.519 you're tapping your opposite leg. Even the eye exercise, you're moving your head. 484 00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:59.639 So it's always good to do brain exercises while you're moving your body. 485 00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:04.599 However, if you are doing brain exercises while you're sitting, switch it up 486 00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:07.639 though. You know, if you do the crossword puzzle on Monday, do 487 00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:16.360 lumosity on Tuesday, and Sudoku on Wednesday, and a maze on Thursday, 488 00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:22.679 and a word jumble on Friday, and then play a poker game on Saturday, 489 00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:29.440 and then play Monopoly on Sunday, and then play chess on the Monday. 490 00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:34.239 And so you get the idea. Every day you do a different type 491 00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:38.559 of brain game, something fun, maybe something social even better, play scrabble 492 00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:43.119 with your family, or you know, do something where you gotta think but 493 00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:45.760 it's fun and you're laughing and having a good time and social as well. 494 00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:52.840 So every day do a new type of brain activity, got it, that's 495 00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:57.880 going to boost your brain power. Now, it's very important to do these 496 00:41:57.920 --> 00:42:04.440 general brain exercises, But it's even more important to do specific brain exercises for 497 00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:10.039 your brain function because everybody's brain is differently. I might have weak areas of 498 00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:14.480 my brain that I need to work on more, but that area of your 499 00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:16.760 brain might be very good and you don't necessarily need to work on it as 500 00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:21.199 much as I would. But you might need to work on a different part 501 00:42:21.239 --> 00:42:24.639 of your brain. So how are you going to figure out which part of 502 00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:31.400 your brain you need to work on the best way to do that is through 503 00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:38.679 a q EG brain mapping. This is a non invasive test with no radiation. 504 00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:45.800 There's no risk. You don't have to sit in a small, claustrophobic 505 00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:50.519 tube for forty five minutes. You don't have to take any contrast fluid. 506 00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:55.840 There's no radiation like X rays or cat scans or pet scans or stuff like 507 00:42:55.880 --> 00:43:06.400 that. But what it does is measure your brain ways by analyzing each area 508 00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:08.199 of the brain. All you have to do is wear this little cap. 509 00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:12.800 It looks like a swimmer's cap, and it's going to have electrodes and all 510 00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:16.199 different spots for all the different areas of the brain, and it reads all 511 00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:21.480 the different areas of your brain and actually tells us the location of the areas 512 00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:25.280 of dysfunction, and based on that location, it will tell us, Hey, 513 00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:30.719 do you have problems with insomnia, you have sleep deprivation? Do you 514 00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:34.000 have short term memory problems? You have long term do you have working memory 515 00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:37.800 problems? You have chronological memory problems. Do you have troubles with focus? 516 00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:40.199 Do you have brain FID. Do you have anxiety? Do you have feared? 517 00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:45.199 You have worry? Do you have an anger? Do you have aggression? 518 00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:49.400 Do you have a thyroid problem. Do you have atestinal problem and there 519 00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:55.199 dopamine levels are low? Or your mitochondrial now working? Is your brain inflamed 520 00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:59.800 in the white manner? Did you have a concussion? Is there possible having 521 00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:04.360 me I know poisoning? Is there a pathology of virus? So it really 522 00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:07.559 narrows everything down for you and gives us good answers of how your brain is 523 00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:14.000 functioning. It's one of the best tests you could do. It's normally five 524 00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:16.960 hundred dollars, but we're going to do a special For the first seven people 525 00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:22.280 that call, text or email, you could get the q EG brain mapping 526 00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:24.880 for only twenty one dollars. All you have to do is call six four 527 00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:29.840 six, two two, one, six, seven three eight, or you 528 00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:35.559 can email info at Kaplan, brain embody dot com. The next BEX test 529 00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:40.000 is called a VNG videostography. This is also a non invasive test. It's 530 00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:45.519 very quick that only takes about fifteen minutes. What you do is you wear 531 00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:51.000 these goggles and there's infrared cameras that measure your eye movements, and we measure 532 00:44:51.159 --> 00:44:53.639 fast eye movements and slow eye movements, and how you spun to light, 533 00:44:53.719 --> 00:44:58.840 and how you spond to a head turn and a body turn, and how 534 00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:01.039 you respond when the eyes go up and down and left and right, and 535 00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:05.519 how to respond when stuff comes over and over again, and what's your reaction 536 00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:09.400 time and your speed. And it really tells us how the different areas of 537 00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:15.280 the brain are integrating and most importantly, are there imbalances of the left brain 538 00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:19.440 and the right brain. Is one brain overactive and that's creating the anxiety or 539 00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:22.199 the sleep problems, or is one part of the brain underactive and that's creating 540 00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:27.239 more of the depression and the brain fog and the lack of motivation and the 541 00:45:27.639 --> 00:45:30.760 trouble focusing in memory. So or maybe yeah, both maybe of areas that 542 00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:36.000 are overactive in areas that are underactive. So the VNG is great. The 543 00:45:36.119 --> 00:45:38.480 qEEG kind of tells us where the problems and what area the brains are the 544 00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:43.239 problem. But the VNG tells us he is there imbalance of left to right? 545 00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:45.840 Do we have to decrease stimulation here? Do we have to increase stimulation 546 00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:52.119 there? So it gives us more details. That's another great test. That 547 00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:55.880 test is also normally five hundred dollars, but for the first seven people that 548 00:45:57.000 --> 00:46:00.639 sign up for the v and you can also get that for only twenty one 549 00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:04.599 dollars, and you could do both. You could do the q EEG brain 550 00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:08.920 mapping as well as the VG. All you have to do is call, 551 00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:14.880 text or email. The number again is six four six two two one six 552 00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:20.679 seven three eight, or you can email info at Kaplan, Brain embody dot 553 00:46:20.679 --> 00:46:24.639 com. The last test that I'm going to suggest is a one on one 554 00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:30.239 test with me, yours truly, doctor Eric Kaplan. And this is a 555 00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:34.239 forty five minute test. So we spend a lot of time together. We 556 00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:37.960 go over your history, we go over your health goals, go over any 557 00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:42.760 past test you've done, any blood work, any MRIs. Then we do 558 00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:50.719 an evaluation we do a physical evaluation, a neurologic evaluation, So we might 559 00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:53.519 check your heart, check your lungs, check your blood pressure, check your 560 00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:58.400 pulse, your oxygen. We might check your balance, check your memory, 561 00:46:59.079 --> 00:47:02.159 check your coordination, your gate, how you walk, how you talk, 562 00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:07.960 how you move your muscles, your nerves, your bones. It's a pretty 563 00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:13.280 thorough evaluation, focusing on the areas that you need the most work on. 564 00:47:13.800 --> 00:47:15.800 And then you could tell me your health goals, and then after the evaluation, 565 00:47:16.239 --> 00:47:22.840 I would give you my suggestions as far as my recommendations to achieve those 566 00:47:22.880 --> 00:47:27.920 health goals. A one on one evaluation with me is also normally five hundred 567 00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:30.559 dollars, but if you're one of the first seven people to call, text 568 00:47:30.679 --> 00:47:36.199 or email, you can get that as well for only twenty one dollars. 569 00:47:36.719 --> 00:47:42.360 You could do all three the q EG brain mapping to measure your brain waves, 570 00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:49.880 v infrared goggles to measure imbalances of the left and right brain, as 571 00:47:49.920 --> 00:47:54.199 well as overactive areas and underactive areas, and you can do a one on 572 00:47:54.320 --> 00:48:00.000 one with me also for only twenty one dollars. All you have to do 573 00:48:00.599 --> 00:48:04.760 is call six four six, two two, one, six, seven, 574 00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:12.320 three eight or you can email info at Kaplan Brain embody dot com. Now 575 00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:16.199 don't call sign up if you're looking for an easy, quick fix. If 576 00:48:16.199 --> 00:48:21.880 you want a doctor to just write a prescription for a pill or some supplement 577 00:48:21.960 --> 00:48:25.400 that's going to magically cure everything, there is no magic supplement, there is 578 00:48:25.440 --> 00:48:32.079 no magic medication. But there is the magic of the human body. And 579 00:48:32.239 --> 00:48:37.239 what I do is teach you, through a process or called neuroplasticity, how 580 00:48:37.280 --> 00:48:44.280 to rewire your brain to function better, feel better, live a better life. 581 00:48:44.840 --> 00:48:46.800 But you got to put the work in. I'm going to figure out 582 00:48:46.880 --> 00:48:52.760 what areas of your brain or your nervous system aren't functioning properly, and then 583 00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:57.159 teach you what you need to do. Remember, the brain controls everything. 584 00:48:57.360 --> 00:49:00.639 If you have high blood pressure, you better sign up for this evaluation because 585 00:49:00.679 --> 00:49:07.760 your brain controls your blood pressure. If you have gastrotensitional bonds, you better 586 00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:14.400 sign up for this evaluation because guess what controls the stomach distance is your brain. 587 00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:20.760 If you have a thyroid problem, you check this because your brain controls 588 00:49:20.800 --> 00:49:24.519 your thyroid. Your brain controls your liver, your kidneys, your adrenal gland, 589 00:49:24.880 --> 00:49:30.039 your lungs, your immune system. So if you have any health concern, 590 00:49:31.440 --> 00:49:37.480 This is what you want to take advantage if you are otivated and ready 591 00:49:37.840 --> 00:49:42.079 to put into work. I'm not gonna do it for you, but I'm 592 00:49:42.119 --> 00:49:45.599 going to teach you how to do it, which I believe is a better 593 00:49:45.639 --> 00:49:50.480 because it's a permanent solution. It's not just a band aid covering up symptoms 594 00:49:50.679 --> 00:49:53.079 or problems. We always get to the root cause in a every holistic and 595 00:49:53.320 --> 00:50:00.440 natural way, without any drugs, without any surgeries, without any inject actions. 596 00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:07.719 We don't have to radiate you. It's all natural, holistic, and 597 00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:12.840 integratetive because that's how the body was formed, That's how the body was functioned, 598 00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:16.320 and that's how the body will heal itself. If you're interested, you 599 00:50:16.320 --> 00:50:20.519 can also check out I have a couple of books out. One book is 600 00:50:20.559 --> 00:50:24.519 called Boost your Brain Power, a Guide to improving your memory and Focus. 601 00:50:25.280 --> 00:50:29.880 You can get that on Amazon, or you can call the office and we 602 00:50:29.920 --> 00:50:32.800 can get you a copy if you want to sign copy. I also have 603 00:50:32.840 --> 00:50:38.960 a book called Concussion Discussions. You can get that through Concussion Discussions dot com. 604 00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:44.199 I'm a co author in that. It's a bunch of doctors that heal 605 00:50:44.280 --> 00:50:49.239 people with concussion and traumatic Brain Injuries. That's a great book as well. 606 00:50:49.719 --> 00:50:54.480 And if you're interested in our social media, we have Facebook, Capitalin Brain, 607 00:50:54.559 --> 00:51:02.519 Body, have Instagram, Mony, TikTok, Kaplan, Brain and Body. 608 00:51:04.079 --> 00:51:10.920 We're on YouTube Kaplan Body have offices one in Emerston, New Jersey, 609 00:51:12.840 --> 00:51:19.760 and we have lots of good great assistance and staff and team members and equipment 610 00:51:19.880 --> 00:51:24.920 and high tech stuff and all up to date. So patients really love our 611 00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:32.360 Emerson office and my original office. My baby I love New York City and 612 00:51:32.639 --> 00:51:37.000 we're in the West Village. It's a great neighborhood just to not only come 613 00:51:37.199 --> 00:51:42.039 to get your brain evaluated, but also just to enjoy the wonders of New 614 00:51:42.079 --> 00:51:45.360 York City, the greatest city in the world, great neighborhood, very safe 615 00:51:45.400 --> 00:51:50.639 and happy there. So we always love seeing our patients in New York City 616 00:51:50.679 --> 00:51:53.000 as well, and we also see a lot of people virtually, so for 617 00:51:53.119 --> 00:52:01.639 people listening to this show from California and Florida and people in Italy and France. 618 00:52:01.679 --> 00:52:06.920 I know we got some people listening in Australia. You could do this 619 00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:12.159 one on one with me virtually over Zoom, FaceTime, WhatsApp, whenever you 620 00:52:12.199 --> 00:52:16.119 have access to we can make it happen, so we can improve your function 621 00:52:16.239 --> 00:52:22.559 and take care of your health goals in a natural way without any risks or 622 00:52:22.679 --> 00:52:24.920 side effects. Hope you enjoined the show. We look forward to seeing you 623 00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:30.039 next week. This is doctor Eric Kaplan. You are listening to boost your 624 00:52:30.039 --> 00:52:36.239 brain power, function better, feel better, live a better life. Don't 625 00:52:36.280 --> 00:52:40.400 miss boost your brain power with doctor Eric Kaplin every Saturday from two pm to 626 00:52:40.519 --> 00:52:45.199 three pm to learn the secrets of how to optimize your brain function. You 627 00:52:45.239 --> 00:52:51.599 can improve memory, focus, energy, sleep, digestion, mood, skin, 628 00:52:51.960 --> 00:52:57.280 metabolism, and strength by following the science and research that doctor Kaplan will 629 00:52:57.320 --> 00:53:00.440 be sharing with his audience. Join the adventure of discovering how to help the 630 00:53:00.559 --> 00:53:05.679 brain and body in a natural way while having fun at the same time. 631 00:53:05.920 --> 00:53:09.119 Listen to boost your brain power. If you want to function better, feel 632 00:53:09.159 --> 00:53:14.519 better, and enjoy the quality of life you deserve. Called two O one 633 00:53:14.719 --> 00:53:20.039 two six one two one five zero or email info at Kaplan Brain and Body 634 00:53:20.159 --> 00:53:23.800 dot com if you're interested in a free ten minute consultation with doctor Kaplan, 635 00:53:24.000 --> 00:53:30.960 or visit Kaplan DC dot com for more information. 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