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Dr. Amen on 3 Do's & 3 Don'ts for a Healthy Brain


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00:00:00.000 | So if you had three things to avoid and three things to do for everyone, what would be the
00:00:11.040 | top three things that you would pick for both?
00:00:14.400 | Three things to avoid, I have a new book called YOUR BRAIN IS ALWAYS LISTENING and I would
00:00:21.260 | avoid the oblivious bad habit dragon.
00:00:24.000 | That's the first thing I'd do, I mean I get conscious about loving my brain.
00:00:30.600 | Too many people are just, they're just oblivious that whether it's the air they breathe or
00:00:36.780 | the water they drink or the food they eat or the thoughts they think, there's just,
00:00:43.640 | they have no control and so I'd get rid of being oblivious and then I'd be intentional
00:00:52.280 | about food because food is so important.
00:00:56.440 | I think 30% of the mental health problems in America are due to the standard American
00:01:03.480 | diet which spells sad, standard American diet.
00:01:07.480 | It's pro-inflammatory, happy meals are not happy, they're sad meals.
00:01:12.800 | When you think about it, it's like no and I turn off the gadgets and move, the gadgets
00:01:20.840 | are causing us to be more sedentary and more overweight and so for do, it's purposeful,
00:01:28.800 | love your brain and move and eat.
00:01:33.640 | Gotcha.
00:01:34.640 | Was that three dos or was that three don'ts?
00:01:40.560 | Well love your brain, move, eat, write and avoid the oblivious bad habit dragon and watch
00:01:50.360 | the digital addiction and the standard American diet.
00:01:55.000 | Gotcha.
00:01:56.000 | Last question.
00:01:57.000 | But it comes down to this one question.
00:01:59.040 | I worked with B.J. Fogg at Stanford for six months.
00:02:03.160 | He created something called Tiny Habits.
00:02:05.800 | What's the smallest thing I can do today that will make the biggest difference and we have
00:02:10.800 | 50 tiny habits but the mother tiny habit is just ask yourself as you go through your day,
00:02:18.840 | is this good for my brain or bad for it?
00:02:22.200 | And if you can answer that with information and love, love of yourself, love of your mission,
00:02:30.000 | why you're on the planet, love of your family and friends, begin making better decisions.