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Hello, welcome to
Health For Lifetime
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and I'm your
host Don Mackintosh.
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And today we're
joined by Dr. Neil Nedley,
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he is a specialist
in internal medicine
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but also really a
doctor. A doctor the word
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means a teacher,
and he travels around
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the country. And I am thankful
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not only for your
medical practice but for
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expanding that,
that takes a lot of
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of extra energy.
But you felt that call
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of mission and we appreciate
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it here at 3ABN.
And then personally
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I have seen and worked with you
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and thanking for
that. Well, thank you,
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I am certainly here to
help as many as we can,
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and hope this
program is helpful to you
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that is that who are watching.
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Now you know you've
written several books
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Proved Positive and
Depression, the Way Out.
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A lot of these
things though come down
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to the subject
that we are going to be
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dealing with today
which is our frontal lobe.
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The decisions we make concerning
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all this
information, so I would say this
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is probably one of the
most important programs
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that we could have.
Yeah, I think so, it actually,
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the frontal lobe is
what really separates us
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from the rest of
the animal kingdom.
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You know animals
have brains as well,
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and when I was in
high school biology class
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I had to dissect a
cat. And the last thing we
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got into was the
brain and what I was
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surprised at was how
small the cat brain was,
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of course in
relationship to human brain.
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But what r eally
surprised me even more
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than that
afterwards I didn't learned
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it at that time,
but only 3.5 % of a cat
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brain is in the frontal lobe.
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Not much morality in a cat.
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And what makes us
moral creatures actually
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is our frontal
lobe. And cat's also don't
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have a very good
judgment or analytical ability.
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Got great instinct
but you'll be easily
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fool a cat into
doing something he or she
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knows she shouldn't do,
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just by the virtue
of the fact that the
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frontal lobe is so
small. So now all you cat
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lovers out there,
I know that you're
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thinking the
frontal lobe of your cat is
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much larger than that.
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Then maybe that's true but,
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so I think you have
a graphic that kind of
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goes through a
number of animals.
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It does, yeah. And talks about
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their frontal
lobes. Yeah, the average
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cat 3.5%, dog 7%,
a dog's brain is in
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the frontal lobe.
Dogs are more trainable,
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they also
exhibit more empathy for
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other creatures,
for human beings;
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they won't hesitate
to murder if they have
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to but they won't
torture their victims
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to death like a cat
will. Seventeen percent
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of the brain is in
chimpanzee of the brain
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frontal lobe in the chimpanzee.
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And that is the
most of any other
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animal creature.
And then when we get
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to human beings
33 up to 38 percent
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of a human brain is
in the frontal lobe.
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And that really is
what sets us apart from
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the rest of the animal kingdom.
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And of course it's
really hard to describe
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by evolution there
too when we don't have
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anything between
17% and 33% double
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the frontal lobe size.
So it's just a completely
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a market difference
and that's related to
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accountability
probably? Yes, and it's also one
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of the reasons why we
as human beings worship,
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you know you have
to have a frontal lobe
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to be able to worship.
Cats and dogs don't have
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any interest in coming
to church or worshiping.
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And there is a reason for that,
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their frontal lobe
is not capable of that.
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But every human being that has a
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frontal lobe
worships. The question is,
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who are they worshiping?
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What are they worshiping?
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And are they really
worshiping the true God?
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So what are some of
effects of a compromised
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frontal lobe?
Well, there are a number
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effects that
science has discovered,
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we have a
graphics on this as well.
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There is an
impairment of moral principle
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that occurs across the board.
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There is also a
social impairment,
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it's natural to
love your sisters,
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brothers, children, parents,
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if that natural love
for family is gone it's
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often due to a
frontal lobe problem.
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Lack of foresight,
our ability to reason
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from cause to
effect as a frontal lobe
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phenomena and our
ability to see into the
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future is a
frontal lobe phenomena.
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And you can follow
your child's frontal lobe
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development by how
far they can see into
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the future and how
far are they planning
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for the future.
Abstract reasoning
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is impaired, our
ability to interpret
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proverbs is a
frontal lobe function,
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mathematical understanding
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is diminished. Advanced math,
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calculus,
algebra, geometry requires
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some frontal lobe function.
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Loss of empathy
occurs across the board
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in people with
frontal lobe problems.
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And lack of
restrain occurs where you
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get into boasting, hostility,
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these type of things
you can see that lack of
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restrain exhibited on
Sunday afternoon often
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after the
touched down is scored.
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And it's clearly
when there is a lack of
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restrain emotionally
it's due to the inhibition
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or I should say
impairmen of the frontal lobe.
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Is it an impairment
or is it a choice that's
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just a bad choice?
Well, there is impairment
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that can occur,
now that impairment
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can be transient,
okay, it's not a you know
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permanent and that
can be due to the choices
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that we are
making that are impairing
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our frontal lobe. And then this
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mathematician you
know, high mathematical
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functions, I have know some
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pretty immoral highly
trained mathematicians
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as well. So in
other words you can have
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a very developed
frontal lobe but still decide
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against what it's
telling you to do?
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Yes, that's
correct and you could be
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blessed
genetically with a very good
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frontal lobe and
actually even be living some
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lifestyle habits that
are conducive to a great
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frontal lobe. But at
the same time making poor
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choices that the
frontal lobe is really as
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what gives the power to choose.
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It's really the
ability to choose our
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own destiny. And
people with large
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frontal lobe
including Solomon could make
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some very bad
choices that are for the
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purposes of self indulgence or
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selfish gratification
which actually end up
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impairing for the frontal lobe.
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Okay well, you
know, you do a lot of work
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with people that
are depressed as well,
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is there any connection between
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the frontal lobe and depression?
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That's one thing
that is characteristic
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across the board
of virtually every
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depressed
individual. We have found this
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out by a way of pet scans,
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we have taken
depressed individual
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and given them a pet scan.
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And the pet scan
is like a Doppler
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weather scan. The
brighter the color
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the hotter the activity,
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and what we find
out in virtually every
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depressed patient is
that they have a 40%.
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At least a 40%
decrease in circulation activity
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of the frontal
lobe of the brain.
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I think we have a
picture of that as well.
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Yes, and there is
compelling evidence that
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it's the frontal lobe
impairment that produces
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the depression.
First, the frontal lobe goes
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down in circulation
and then depression occurs,
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there is a pet scan
interestingly that's the
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same patient,
depressed. And you can see
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the entire brain is depressed.
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But the biggest
before and after difference
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after they have
recovered from depression.
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And this patient
recovered as a result of
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cognitive
behavioral therapy and a change
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in diet and
lifestyle. Okay. And so although
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some of the drugs will
also improve frontal lob
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function
transiently. But here we have
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the greatest before
and after difference
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being in the front
of the brain that's
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the top portion of
the brain that's the cross
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section of the brain there.
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And so the front
portion our top of the brain.
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Is really lit up
there. Is lit up and that is a
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mark difference in
frontal lobe function
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after they have
recovered from depression.
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That's interesting,
so you said that some
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of the medications
actually will increase
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frontal lobe
function transiently
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like which kind?
Well, the selective
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serotonin
reuptake inhibitors drugs
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like Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft,
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Effexor by
improving the serotonin level.
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Serotonin is used
extensively in the
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frontal lobe.
You'll get an increase
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in activity of the
of certain areas of the
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frontal lobe ,
it's not comprehensive
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improvement of
the frontal lobe but
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there are certain
sub unit areas of the
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frontal lobe that
are improved as a result
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of these drugs.
So you can do that
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through diet as well.
Yes. And we'll probably
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talk about that
but another thing you
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mentioned here
is just passing was
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that this patient
was depressed but then
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came out of that as
a result of cognitive
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behavioral therapy,
what's that all about it?
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That's truth
therapy, that analyzing
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our thoughts for distortions.
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You know those Ten
Commandments in the
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Bible and there's ten ways of
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distorted thinking.
And if we are trained
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the ten ways of
distorted thinking we can
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analyze our own thoughts for
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distortions in
them. And people with
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depression have
habitual distortions in their
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thought
processes across the board.
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And so if they can
recognize the distortions
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in their thought
and then instead line up
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their thoughts
with what's accurate.
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And this at first
requires them to write
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down the accurate
thoughts so when they
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are tempted to
thin the inaccurate or
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distorted belief,
they will then think an
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accurate thought in its place.
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And once they do
that, that improves
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frontal lobe
function. Okay, and that's not
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to say that
everything is all on your head,
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I know your book
depression the way out,
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you have all kinds of
hit categories and that's
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just one of
many. That's correct.
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And by the way
those that are watching,
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you can go to the
Dr. Neil Nedley's website
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www.nedleypublishing.com
or doctornedley.com
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either way. And
you can get a hold of
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that book and it gives
an overall comprehensive
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view of that. What
about sugar in the brain?
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Sugar actually
impairs frontal lobe function,
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large amounts of sugar
in the diet will impair
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frontal lobe
functions in school age children
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in particular. And
this was first studied in
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Iowa that man
has been studied in a
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number of places.
And what sugar does,
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the brain actually
utilizes carbohydrates;
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carbohydrates are good
for the brain generally.
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But the simple
carbohydrates when we
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have sugar, the body
thinks that we've eaten
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a large amount of food, grains,
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nuts and vegetables
because that's normally
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where we get our
natural carbohydrates from.
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And so it begins to
crank out a tremendous
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amount of the
insulin and as a result the
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blood sugar
then goes down within
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twenty minutes,
thirty minutes lower
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than it was before we
ate the sugary substance.
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And so hypoglycemia occurs.
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Once that hypoglycemia occurs,
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the frontal lobe is impaired,
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and even after we
snack to bring it up
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the child might
feel little shaky or a
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little hungry like the
side of the snack it can
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take 4 hours for
the brain to fully
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recover from that.
And so if they have
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to memorize the
material they can get
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the answer
right, the memory is not
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effected but if they
have to think about what
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they have memorized
and be able to problem
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solve based on the
facts that they have,
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they're gonna
miss the question vast
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majority of the time
simply by getting too
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much sugar in the
diet. You know in your
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book Prove Positive
on your chapter on sugar
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I remember reading
when I first got the
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book about how
someone eats a candy bar
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and takes a large
amount of time for them
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to come back and to
be able to think like
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you've said. So
if you're a parent,
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you're a mom, you're a dad,
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you're a grand
parent, probably grand parent
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especially
because they seem to give
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things to kids that
maybe parents wouldn't.
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My grandmother does
that, not my grandmother,
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I should say my
mother has a tendency to do
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with my own
children. And, and, and
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basically you have
just taken them out
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of the game. Yeah that's right,
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it's like driving a car
with a faulty fuel pump,
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you know sometimes
you press on the gas
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and it's there and
other time you press
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on and it's not
there. And these kids
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need their frontal lobes.
00:13:06.47\00:13:07.44
Now you know I
have to say I got three
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kids and I know
that this is true I mean
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as I have learned
what you have said
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you know. I gotta
to say some time I have
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made a bad decision
as being a leader of
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the family it's
alright that you can have that.
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But then I pay for
it over the next four
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hours because I can't
reason with the children
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and different
things. And they are not
00:13:25.55\00:13:26.98
bad kids, alright,
they just don't have
00:13:26.99\00:13:29.88
a frontal lobe at
that particular moments.
00:13:29.89\00:13:32.05
That's right. What
else should we avoid if we
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wanna have optimal
frontal lobe functioning?
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Well, there's a
number of other foods that
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can actually cause
some significant impairment
00:13:41.66\00:13:44.39
of the frontal
lobe. One of those
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actually is cheese.
Cheese. Yeah. Well we
00:13:45.81\00:13:50.38
need to talk about this more,
00:13:50.39\00:13:51.47
we are talking
about Dr. Neil Nedley.
00:13:51.48\00:13:52.75
He probably go oh
no cheese but join us
00:13:53.20\00:13:56.67
when we come back
we'll talk more about it.
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Welcome back,
we've been talking with
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Dr. Neil Nedley.
We've been talking about
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that which
separates us from the animal
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kingdom that
being our frontal lobes.
00:15:07.32\00:15:09.44
And we have
learned that there are some
00:15:09.54\00:15:11.70
things that we can do
to enhance or actually
00:15:11.71\00:15:14.64
very much minimized
our frontal lobe function.
00:15:15.50\00:15:17.65
Dr. Neil let's just
review that a little bit,
00:15:18.09\00:15:19.78
we've talked about
eating sugar and we were
00:15:19.91\00:15:25.45
introducing the
idea of eating cheese.
00:15:25.46\00:15:28.65
Cheese has tyramine in it,
00:15:29.32\00:15:30.83
and tyramine actually
can cross the blood-brain
00:15:31.34\00:15:38.37
barrier and get into
the cells and it's an
00:15:38.38\00:15:40.81
false neurotransmitter.
And so it can stimulate
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cells that were never
meant to be stimulated
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and so it can confuse the brain,
00:15:48.46\00:15:49.76
can confuse the frontal lobe.
00:15:50.44\00:15:51.65
And it's one of the reasons why,
00:15:52.35\00:15:53.86
why cheese has
been associated with a
00:15:54.39\00:15:56.58
decline in
frontal lobe function.
00:15:56.72\00:15:58.67
Now the cheeses like
cottage cheese won't do
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this but it's
the hardened cheeses,
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that have the tyramine in it,
00:16:06.75\00:16:07.80
that can produce this effect.
00:16:07.81\00:16:09.51
And I think we
have a graphic that also
00:16:09.76\00:16:11.21
shows that not only
is tyramine found in
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cheese but also.
Yeah, in wines and
00:16:14.21\00:16:17.51
also rich foods,
very rich foods will have
00:16:17.52\00:16:20.53
tyramine in them as
well. And it's one of the
00:16:20.54\00:16:22.26
reasons why rich
food should be avoided.
00:16:22.27\00:16:24.42
So really if you
have an enemy you don't
00:16:25.64\00:16:28.36
want them to think
straightly just send
00:16:28.37\00:16:29.75
them over a big
double cheese pizza.
00:16:29.76\00:16:31.57
That's right,
particularly before the meeting,
00:16:32.95\00:16:35.37
if you're wanting
to beat them up in
00:16:36.26\00:16:37.44
the meeting. And
they will not be able
00:16:37.45\00:16:40.76
to have the
higher level frontal lobe
00:16:40.77\00:16:43.12
function? Not
the critical abstract
00:16:43.13\00:16:45.20
thinking level,
they'll be able to you know
00:16:45.21\00:16:47.11
think well enough
to drive a car and to
00:16:47.12\00:16:49.82
do routine
activities and no problem as far
00:16:49.83\00:16:53.21
as the real complex things.
00:16:53.22\00:16:55.09
It can cause a
decline, they won't be able
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to think that on a
level of principle sometimes
00:17:00.12\00:17:02.51
when those principle
challenge particularly
00:17:02.52\00:17:05.81
their desires. So
how long does it take,
00:17:05.82\00:17:09.16
you know you
send the double cheese
00:17:09.31\00:17:10.55
pizza over, you
are trying to take
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your enemy out,
ho long does it take?
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Oh! Thirty
minutes, thirty minutes,
00:17:14.44\00:17:16.32
as the effect
starts, yeah, it can last
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several hours.
Alright, what about other foods?
00:17:18.68\00:17:22.25
What about say,
you know we often
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talk about
fruits, nuts, grains and
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vegetables being the.
00:17:26.68\00:17:28.01
They're the ideal
source of the brain,
00:17:28.41\00:17:29.62
okay, yeah, they have
the complex carbohydrates
00:17:29.63\00:17:32.15
in there,
carbohydrates with fiber that's
00:17:32.16\00:17:35.08
not gonna produce
the big ups and downs
00:17:35.09\00:17:36.94
in blood sugar.
And so they're very
00:17:36.95\00:17:39.36
good for our frontal
lobe function and brain
00:17:39.37\00:17:42.06
function. Meat on the
other hand is deficient
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in carbohydrate high
in fat, high in protein,
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virtually no
carbohydrates and thus
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it's not best
food for the brain.
00:17:48.82\00:17:51.13
In addition it can
stimulate the pituitary
00:17:51.32\00:17:53.21
gland and that
siphons blood from the front
00:17:53.22\00:17:57.33
top portions of the
brain down to the lower
00:17:57.34\00:17:59.64
brain functions
and that can cause an
00:17:59.65\00:18:01.59
imbalance of the brain as well.
00:18:01.60\00:18:03.20
So why would God
ever allow meat then?
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Well, when there
was nothing else around
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after the flood, you know,
00:18:11.59\00:18:12.66
you really didn't
have the plant foods there,
00:18:12.70\00:18:14.49
they needed to
survive first of all.
00:18:15.05\00:18:17.31
So, it's kind like
of emergency rations.
00:18:19.24\00:18:20.73
Yeah, emergency
rations and that's really
00:18:20.83\00:18:23.19
the only time meat
should be thought of really
00:18:23.20\00:18:27.70
as far as
something to persevere life.
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Interesting, what
about television? Well,
00:18:31.35\00:18:36.29
television does
have, entertainment
00:18:36.30\00:18:38.58
television reduces
the frontal lobe activity.
00:18:38.59\00:18:42.82
So 3ABN is okay,
3ABN is okay because
00:18:43.11\00:18:46.17
it doesn't do the rapid scene of
00:18:46.18\00:18:47.88
reference change. The average
00:18:47.89\00:18:49.96
entertainment
program changes its scene of
00:18:49.97\00:18:52.04
reference every
three seconds and so that
00:18:52.05\00:18:55.62
rapid scene of
reference change will actually
00:18:55.63\00:18:58.19
cause a hypnotic
effect on the brain.
00:18:58.20\00:19:00.32
And it will shut down
the frontal lobe functions.
00:19:00.33\00:19:02.88
And so the individual
will no longer be able to
00:19:03.49\00:19:05.48
categorize things appropriately,
00:19:05.49\00:19:07.29
he won't be able
to put things in their
00:19:08.23\00:19:10.44
appropriate
subsets. He can laugh or cry
00:19:10.45\00:19:12.16
with the scene and
can actually remember
00:19:12.17\00:19:16.71
the memory still
working so that if he sees
00:19:16.72\00:19:18.59
the re run he'll
notice that you know he saw
00:19:18.60\00:19:20.85
that years earlier.
But he's no longer able to
00:19:20.86\00:19:24.01
critically analyze
the material coming in.
00:19:24.02\00:19:26.42
So the rapid change
of reference throws the
00:19:26.93\00:19:30.05
mind off, it gets
the information that the
00:19:30.06\00:19:32.33
people put to the
video together want you
00:19:32.34\00:19:33.99
to have the DVD but
you can't critically
00:19:34.00\00:19:36.59
analyze it. That's
right and they do it so
00:19:36.60\00:19:38.39
that you can
stay focus on the set,
00:19:38.40\00:19:40.02
you know without
that rapid scene of
00:19:40.23\00:19:41.43
reference change,
you know if you ever
00:19:41.44\00:19:42.65
seen c-span for
instance just one camera view,
00:19:42.66\00:19:45.81
never changes. Now
it's abnormal to stare at
00:19:46.11\00:19:50.12
a set where it's
not changing the persons
00:19:50.13\00:19:53.42
diverting their
eyes continually they're
00:19:53.43\00:19:55.33
listening to c-span.
They may be and their
00:19:55.34\00:19:58.82
frontal lobe can be
fully intact when they
00:19:58.83\00:20:01.05
are listening to
c-span they can disagree or
00:20:01.06\00:20:03.31
agree with the
presenter and learn new
00:20:03.32\00:20:05.26
information. Their frontal lobe
00:20:05.27\00:20:07.10
can be highly
affected and can be enhanced
00:20:07.11\00:20:10.21
actually by the
c-span presentation.
00:20:10.25\00:20:12.98
But the brain needs
time to be able to do
00:20:13.49\00:20:15.78
that when a scene
of reference changes
00:20:15.79\00:20:17.83
every three second
the frontal lobe gives up,
00:20:17.84\00:20:20.11
it's too fast for it to
be able to do the subset
00:20:21.17\00:20:24.06
information so it shuts down.
00:20:24.07\00:20:26.12
Certain lot like
commercial as well
00:20:27.44\00:20:28.85
I mean they get
their information across
00:20:29.00\00:20:30.56
but it's always
they're fast. Yeah they are
00:20:30.57\00:20:32.07
bombarding you
with scene of reference
00:20:32.08\00:20:34.39
changes and they are
doing that on purpose.
00:20:34.40\00:20:37.58
What about music, is
there a kind of music
00:20:38.94\00:20:40.93
that's better
for the frontal lobe
00:20:40.94\00:20:42.44
then another? Yes I
have the opportunity
00:20:42.45\00:20:45.33
of studying music
therapy under the mother
00:20:45.34\00:20:47.61
music therapy Dr. Wania McClain.
00:20:47.62\00:20:50.22
And this study
was actually done to
00:20:51.24\00:20:54.74
University of Florida
not by her but by others,
00:20:54.75\00:20:57.24
music psychotherapy
in which people are
00:20:57.25\00:20:59.28
encouraged to
reflect on their past,
00:20:59.29\00:21:00.87
present, future while
listening to classical
00:21:00.88\00:21:03.06
music improves
mood and reduces stress.
00:21:03.07\00:21:07.19
Six sessions of
classical musical therapy were
00:21:07.91\00:21:09.71
held over a 12 week period in
00:21:09.72\00:21:11.21
23 to 45 year olds.
These subjects showed
00:21:11.22\00:21:13.87
on improved scores
on test of overall mood.
00:21:13.88\00:21:16.43
They reported feeling
less depressed and their
00:21:16.44\00:21:20.06
cortisol levels improved,
so there were objective
00:21:20.07\00:21:23.14
levels of improvement.
And this was a study
00:21:23.15\00:21:27.58
that was a
randomized prospective trial,
00:21:27.59\00:21:30.49
in other words it was
a gold standard study.
00:21:30.50\00:21:33.91
And the only type
of music that has been
00:21:33.92\00:21:34.89
shown to be
beneficial in that regard is
00:21:34.90\00:21:36.81
traditional
classical music. Okay.
00:21:36.82\00:21:39.17
These people were young people,
00:21:39.18\00:21:40.46
they had never
seriously had been exposed
00:21:40.47\00:21:42.15
to classical music
it wasn't because they
00:21:42.16\00:21:44.11
enjoyed it. But
just because you might
00:21:44.12\00:21:47.46
enjoy alcohol and I
don't enjoy alcohol.
00:21:47.47\00:21:51.08
No matter if you enjoy
or not alcohol is gonna
00:21:51.36\00:21:54.17
suppress the
frontal lobe of the brain.
00:21:54.18\00:21:55.86
And the same is true
with certain types of music
00:21:56.93\00:21:58.97
whether you enjoy it
or not has very little
00:21:59.18\00:22:01.56
to do with how it's
suppressing or enhancing
00:22:01.57\00:22:05.54
the frontal lobe of the brain.
00:22:05.55\00:22:06.83
And some types of
the music particularly
00:22:07.61\00:22:09.36
the syncopated
rock n' roll music also
00:22:09.37\00:22:11.32
produce that
hypnotic effect which decrease
00:22:11.33\00:22:14.27
the frontal lobe function.
00:22:14.28\00:22:16.15
And that's why in
many of these clubs where
00:22:16.98\00:22:19.95
some pretty raucous
entertainment is done
00:22:20.35\00:22:22.17
that music and
alcohol is part of it because
00:22:23.06\00:22:25.28
the frontal lobe
has to be significantly
00:22:25.29\00:22:27.00
suppressed for people
to start to behaviorally
00:22:27.01\00:22:31.26
act in ways that
they would never act
00:22:31.27\00:22:33.02
otherwise. Now, you
know we used the term
00:22:33.03\00:22:35.83
classical music but
I mean there is some
00:22:35.84\00:22:39.33
very bad classical
music too, you know,
00:22:39.34\00:22:42.74
you have people like
some of the composers
00:22:42.75\00:22:47.41
that were around world war two.
00:22:47.42\00:22:48.73
And their music
would be considered
00:22:48.74\00:22:50.20
classical but it
was very depressive.
00:22:50.21\00:22:53.02
Yeah, that's why
I say traditional
00:22:53.03\00:22:54.62
classical. Okay,
traditional. Yeah,
00:22:54.63\00:22:56.49
a lot of the
contemporary classical doesn't
00:22:56.50\00:22:58.69
have the rhythm,
doesn't really have
00:22:58.70\00:23:00.26
any melody. And it
pretty haphazard and
00:23:00.27\00:23:04.77
random and that
music is not been shown
00:23:04.78\00:23:07.31
to be beneficial.
Traditional classical
00:23:07.32\00:23:09.46
music is where most of
our hymns are derived from.
00:23:09.47\00:23:11.78
It in fact you
know there is something
00:23:13.18\00:23:15.03
about classical music
that's worth mentioning.
00:23:15.04\00:23:17.49
There are more
varieties of traditional
00:23:18.16\00:23:21.02
classical music
than they are all other
00:23:21.03\00:23:24.08
musics combined. Well good,
00:23:24.09\00:23:26.27
so at least it's
available. Lot of people
00:23:26.28\00:23:28.44
think that
classical music means the
00:23:28.45\00:23:30.39
funeral music because
that's the only time they
00:23:30.40\00:23:32.21
have ever heard it
in their life that's the
00:23:32.22\00:23:34.13
time most people
are likely to hear
00:23:34.14\00:23:36.15
classical music
'cause when they go to a
00:23:36.16\00:23:37.72
funeral. But there is
all sorts of varieties
00:23:37.73\00:23:41.28
of classical music.
There is very lively
00:23:41.51\00:23:44.41
classical music,
there's march music,
00:23:44.42\00:23:46.45
there are all sorts
of classical music for
00:23:47.31\00:23:49.15
every mood and of
course that's what we
00:23:49.16\00:23:51.89
promote actually on
our site is these classical
00:23:52.24\00:23:56.11
CDs for different
types of situations.
00:23:56.12\00:23:58.83
And it can be
thoroughly enjoyed.
00:23:59.57\00:24:01.56
Interestingly the
average vegetarian
00:24:02.52\00:24:04.46
has more variety
in his diet than the
00:24:04.76\00:24:07.19
average meat eating American.
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And that is
paradoxical to the meat eater
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because they think
that you are cutting
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out whole aspect of
the diet and so your
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diet is gonna be
more restrictive.
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But it's more
ample. Its greater variety
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and actually better taste.
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And so life can be
benhanced sometimes
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by restricting a
life so to speak.
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And this is the
paradoxical thing to
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human beings here
we're restricting music
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to the
traditional classical venue.
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But then it opens
up a variety and an
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enjoyment that can't be
found in the other forms.
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So, as a physician
if someone deals with
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the depressed
patients and deals with
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Frontal lobe hits all the time,
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your recommendation
no matter what age
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you are is classical music,
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traditional
classical music. Traditional
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classical music
enhances frontal lobe function,
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it improves
depression and even in normally
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healthy people it
enhances their mental
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performance. How
do we take care of our
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frontal lobes?
Well, we have a graphic
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that summarizes how
we can best take care
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of our frontal
lobe, we must protect it
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from mechanical
injury. That means wearing
00:25:11.39\00:25:14.70
the seat belt, thatv
means not participating
00:25:14.71\00:25:16.86
in sports where
there is high likelihood
00:25:16.87\00:25:18.56
of head injury. We
must supply it with good
00:25:18.57\00:25:21.04
oxygen that means deep
breathing and exercise,
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we must give it
good nutrition by eating
00:25:24.07\00:25:26.50
the foods that are
healthiest for the brain.
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And we must exercise
it like a muscle if we
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don't use it we gonna lose it.
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And that means we
need to contemplate
00:25:34.08\00:25:35.70
on moral and abstract themes.
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We must control the
inputs what's coming
00:25:37.90\00:25:39.49
into our brain.
Making sure we're avoiding
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those things that
are gonna suppress
00:25:41.83\00:25:43.10
frontal lobe function
like the entertainment
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TV and the forms
of music. Alright,
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and also sexual
stimulation outside a
00:25:47.58\00:25:50.16
marriage will
suppress frontal lobe activity.
00:25:50.17\00:25:52.42
And then we must
prevent or control diseases
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that affects us and
that means even like
00:25:54.86\00:25:57.41
high blood
pressure over time can cause
00:25:57.42\00:25:59.86
us a decline in
frontal lobe function,
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we must prevent
that. You know some of
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the things you've
said, but there is a man,
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I don't, I don't
want to change that
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but that's
really not the question,
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the question is
whether not you will really
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want to have the
optimal function of
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your frontal lobe.
Yes, and I ask them
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a series of
questions that we have up
00:26:17.98\00:26:21.24
on the screen, do you want to be
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more
intelligent? Do you want to be
00:26:22.70\00:26:24.42
more analytical?
Do you want to make
00:26:24.43\00:26:26.55
better decisions?
You want to have a
00:26:26.56\00:26:28.49
greater capacity to
empathize with others?
00:26:28.50\00:26:32.44
Do you want to
have a greater or better
00:26:32.66\00:26:35.28
discernment? Do
you want a greater
00:26:35.29\00:26:36.93
ability to see into
the future and you want
00:26:36.94\00:26:39.38
to have a greater
ability to overcome
00:26:39.39\00:26:41.35
an addiction? And do you want to
00:26:41.36\00:26:43.95
be more open to
understanding and doing
00:26:43.96\00:26:47.50
the will of God and
have a greater power
00:26:47.51\00:26:49.33
to follow your conscience?
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If you answer yes to
any of those questions
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you really need to
review what you're doing
00:26:53.04\00:26:55.93
is part of your
habitual life and to see
00:26:55.94\00:26:59.07
what you can do to
instead of detracting
00:26:59.08\00:27:01.84
from frontal lobe
function and enhancing
00:27:01.85\00:27:03.62
frontal lobe
function because it will
00:27:03.63\00:27:05.04
allow you to do all
of those things that we
00:27:05.05\00:27:06.99
have mentioned.
That is the key text
00:27:07.00\00:27:08.82
that you really
like concerning this
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would you share that with us?
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Paul wrote it in
Roman chapter 12,
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"I beseech you
therefore brethren,
00:27:15.47\00:27:16.72
by the mercies of
God, that ye present
00:27:16.73\00:27:18.50
your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy,
00:27:18.51\00:27:21.71
acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
00:27:21.72\00:27:23.99
service." He goes on to say,
00:27:24.00\00:27:25.96
"Be not conformed to this word:
00:27:26.12\00:27:27.68
but be ye
transformed by the renewing
00:27:27.69\00:27:30.11
of your mind, that ye may prove
00:27:30.12\00:27:31.61
what is that
good, and acceptable,
00:27:31.62\00:27:33.36
and perfect will of God."
00:27:33.37\00:27:35.34
This is not
extremism Paul says it is your
00:27:35.89\00:27:37.90
reasonable service
but he says be willing
00:27:37.91\00:27:40.89
to sacrifice and on
the surface it seems
00:27:40.90\00:27:44.07
like a sacrifice
but God never asks us
00:27:44.08\00:27:46.75
to do anything that
is not for our best good.
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Thank so much
for joining us today.
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Thank you Dr.
Nedley for being with us.
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We hope that as a
result of today's program
00:27:54.39\00:27:56.22
you have health that
lasts for a lifetime.
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