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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.
00:00:20.880 | And I would avoid the oblivious bad habit dragon, that's the first thing I'd do.
00:00:25.800 | 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
00:00:36.800 | 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.
00:00:45.880 | And so I'd get rid of being oblivious.
00:00:49.960 | And then I'd be intentional about food because food is so important.
00:00:56.120 | 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.
00:01:15.880 | And I turn off the gadgets and move.
00:01:19.800 | The gadgets are causing us to be more sedentary, more overweight.
00:01:25.640 | So for do, it's purposeful, love your brain and move and eat.
00:01:33.440 | Gotcha.
00:01:34.440 | Was that three do's or was that three don'ts?
00:01:39.840 | Well, love your brain, move, eat, right, and avoid the oblivious bad habit dragon and watch
00:01:50.360 | the digital addiction and the standard American diet.
00:01:54.960 | Gotcha.
00:01:55.960 | Last question.
00:01:56.960 | But it comes down to this one question.
00:01:58.800 | 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 | It's the smallest thing I can do today that will make the biggest difference.
00:02:10.200 | And we have 50 tiny habits.
00:02:12.760 | But the mother tiny habit is just ask yourself as you go through your day, "Is this good
00:02:19.280 | 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,
00:02:29.960 | why you're on the planet, love of your family and friends, begin making better decisions.