Welcome back! We're
talking with Dr. Nedley
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We're glad you
remembered to come back.
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We're talking about memory,
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and Dr. Neil Nedley, we're
glad you're with us. Thank you
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Now, we had a graphic...
I want to just review again
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for those who were watching
that maybe had transient memory
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and immediately forgot this.
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And we want to look at
what we were talking about...
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the different
forms of memory loss...
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We had TRANSIENCE, which
basically... you just heard
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something and then you
just immediately forget it
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is a transient fact
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Yeah, well, it's
not just immediately...
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that's more absentmindedness...
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But transience means that
you tend to lose it over time
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You DID know it,
but then you lose it.
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ABSENTMINDEDNESS... You're
not watching and you get lost...
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and you're not really paying
attention... Lack of focus
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BLOCKING... You knew it but
it's on the tip-of-your-tongue
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You can't bring it
back... That's right
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MISATRIBUTION... you
attribute to someone else...
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"Oh, that's what I
wrote. " "That's what I said,
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but it wasn't
really you at all. "
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That's right, or some
detail you have partial memory
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but the complete
memory is flawed.
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SUGGESTIBILITY... Someone
else says, "You did this,
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and you did that"
And you say, "I did it"
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This is, many times, in cases
of abuse, or even other things
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where we looked at
some of those things. Right?
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BIAS... You bring
your own sense of opinions,
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and different
things to the situation,
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and you're using that...
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You put it through your mental
filter, and it messes up your...
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In other words, you rewrite
history based on your bias
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on what actually occurred.
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And then, PERSISTENCE...
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That's like flashbacks
from posttraumatic syndromes
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that's like
nightmares when they occur...
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and those different things...
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Things that we'd like to forget,
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but they
continue to come forward.
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So let's say you have a
patient that comes to you,
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and they're saying,
"I have memory losses"
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What do you do?
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Or what do you
recall that you do?
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Well, ha, ha, ha
first we need to find out
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which one of these
memory problems is there.
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And probably one of the
most common ones that people
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come to me for...
They don't tend to come
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to me for blocking, for instance
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They don't tend to
come to me for bias.
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They don't
think they are biased.
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You know, they
think they're accurate.
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What they tend to come
to me and complain about
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is their inability to retain the
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information a
long period of time,
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so their short-term
memory is a problem,
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or intermediate
memory is a problem,
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and that's why they're there.
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So that's the transience part.
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So if they
truly have transience,
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I actually start to
do a workup on them.
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So what do you do?
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Well, first of all, I will give
them a mental status examination
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This is kind of a mental
test to see how their recall is,
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see how their ability is to...
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How did I do by going
through those different things?
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Was my recall all right?
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Your recall was pretty good...
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but we could go through a
"Mini Mental Status Exam" here
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It might take us the
rest of the program...
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It usually takes us
about 5 to 7 minutes to do it.
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And then we could find
out how you're truly doing...
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But ah... Well,
let's just go ahead
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and do that between ourselves
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so no one else has to
remember it... HA, HA, HA, HA
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So you do this
mental status exam...
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which is a battery of questions?
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Battery of questions... right.
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That you remember, or
they have that a written form?
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Well no, it's not a written form
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I'm actually testing them.
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I'll give them 3
things to recall later on
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I'll make sure that
they know where they're at,
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and they know what
city, and what state...
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some simple things like that.
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Then I'll have them
do some simple math.
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Actually, it gets a little more
complicated by the 7th question
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But it is math that the average
individual should be able to do.
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Counting backwards,
simple addition. That's right
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Subtracting 7's from 100
serially is what we tend to do.
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And then, as far
as their past memory,
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seeing if they can
remember the past 4 presidents.
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And then see if they
can obey simple commands.
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that have 2 or 3 steps to
them before they start them.
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I mean... "Bush, Bush, Bush" is
pretty... Ha, ha, ha, ha... okay
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Okay, so you have
those different tests...
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Right, and then that can
tell me a little about the
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character of the memory problem.
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Then, as part of the
examination I will also measure
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some things in their blood.
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There are some things in
the blood that are very much
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associated with
lack of transient memory,
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in other words, transience
becomes a problem over time.
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And, this would be things
like high homocysteine levels
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Is that right?
So that's related to
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transient memory
loss... That's right
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And if the
homocysteine level is high,
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then we're going to try
to do our best to get it down
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And if we can get it down,
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the individual's
memory will improve. Hmm
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How do you get
the homocysteine down
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besides amputation? Ha, ha, ha
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There isn't amputation.
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Homocysteine is an
amino acid that can adversely
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affect the memory.
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But we bring it down
through vitamins actually... B12
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B12 is critically
important in memory.
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We'll measure the B12
level and see what it is.
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And we like to see B12
levels greater than 500.
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If they're less than
350, often it can cause
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some mild-to-moderate
memory problems.
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If it's less than 100, it
can cause some rather severe
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memory deficits.
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So, along with that,
we'll measure folate.
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Folate is a B vitamin
that also will bring the
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homocysteine level down
nicely and help the memory.
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And then the other 2 vitamins
associated with that are
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vitamin B6 and vitamin B2.
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So all the B's...
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If you're living with all
the B's, you'll be all right.
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If you're living with all
the B's, you'll be much better
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as far as transient
memory is concerned.
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Okay, so anything
else for transience?
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Yes, there are
some other things.
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High cholesterol levels
actually can adversely affect
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the memory... in
SEVERAL WAYS it's not just the
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plugged arteries... and
studies show that the higher
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the cholesterol levels,
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the more little memory
holes you'll see on an MRI
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And so getting the
cholesterol level down
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can help preserve the memory.
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So ANYONE that
has a memory problem,
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I always measure
their cholesterol level
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measure their LDL cholesterol,
as well as triglycerides...
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All of these can have adverse
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effects as far as
the memory is concerned.
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So basically, anything
that would lead to heart disease
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also leads to...
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There's a mind-heart connection.
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Is that right? Yes
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And, you know, the
Bible was pretty accurate
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Often the Bible uses
those terms interchangeably
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and if you have a heart problem,
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you actually, very
likely, also have mind problems,
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and vice versa can also occur
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Then on top of that,
I'll do simple things like
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measuring their blood pressure.
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Studies show the
higher the blood pressure,
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the faster the
memory declines with age.
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And it doesn't
need to occur that way
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if we keep the
blood pressure down...
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And that's why even
things like sodium intake
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can have a role to play...
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The HIGHER the sodium intake,
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the LOWER the
memory goes with age...
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And so we need to
watch that as we age.
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SO, homocysteine,
cholesterol, sodium,
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and then get your B vitamins
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Anything else in terms
of transience? Vitamin D
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Vitamin D Oh again, it shows up!
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Vitamin D... one of the
problems is that we cannot
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store our memories
in our hippocampus.
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What occurs at night
when you're resting... is that
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you're actually going
through some storage systems
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I see... You
know, backup systems
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You know how your
computer backs up at night,
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or if you have a
good computer system,
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that's what's
happening at night.
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The same thing occurs
with your brain computer.
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At night, you're
actually storing those memories
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And you have to
have a melatonin level
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that's up in order to
be able to very precisely
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store those memories. Hmm
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That's one of the
reasons why college students
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...the lifestyle factor
most related to how good they do
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in college... is
early to bed, early to rise
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Why is that?
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The earlier they go to bed,
closer to when the sun goes down
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the more melatonin they make!
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And the more
melatonin they make,
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the better their
working memory is,
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and the better able they
are to recall those things.
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And what studies show is...
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if you don't have
vitamin D on board,
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you don't have
calcium come in...
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And if you don't have calcium
cross your intestinal tract
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into your bloodstream,
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it adversely affects
your melatonin output.
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So you're not
putting out melatonin.
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And so, we measure
anyone that has a memory problem
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We're now measuring
vitamin D's in all of them
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And that's something
very simple And CALCIUM too...
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CALCIUM... Now it turns
out calcium in the bloodstream
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is regulated by the kidneys,
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and the parathyroid hormones
and those type of things.
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Your calcium can LOOK
okay in the bloodstream...
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when in reality, it's
being leached from your bone
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to get it to be okay
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And, that doesn't help
your melatonin level...
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you need calcium in your
diet in order to be able to
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put out the melatonin.
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Fascinating, so, you know,
when they're in the military,
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sometimes in the military,
they will sleep-deprive
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different people in
different parts of the Service
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to see how they do
under sleep deprivation...
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Why do they do that?
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They do it to see what
affects their memory actually...
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And also their ability to
perform and both things go down.
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Their memory is not as much
of a problem as the frontal lobe
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Sleep deprivation
affects the frontal lobe more so
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than the memory, but it
can also affect the memory.
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And so we need adequate sleep in
order to have very good memories
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So, anything else...
you've got another patient
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that comes in to save...
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What other form do
you want to talk about
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in our remaining time...
absentmindedness, blocking,
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misattributions,
suggestibility Which?
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Yeah, we can talk
about absentmindedness.
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Absentmindedness... You
need a more organized brain,
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and you need a
brain that provides focus
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And so, for those individuals,
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we're going to
talk about omega-3
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Omega-3 in the diet
will significantly help the
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absentmindedness,
significantly improve the focus.
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And these are foods like
walnuts, flaxseeds, spinach,
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almonds... they are great
foods for improving your focus,
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and improving
your absentmindedness.
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The other thing we
are going to recommend is
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classical music,
particularly, Baroque music
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Baroque is very organized music.
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It's rhythmic, it has
melody, it has harmony.
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It has a lot of interest.
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And Baroque for the brain...
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In fact, we've developed 2
CDs that are based on the music
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that will improve your memory,
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and improve your
mental performance.
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You can listen to
Baroque for the brain,
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and just simple
music therapy can actually
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improve your brain function.
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So if your brain is broke,
listen to Baroque! There you go!
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And do you have those
available on your website?
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We do, yes... drnedley. com
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And a lot of this
information, by the way,
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if you forget it, you can find
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it on your website as
well. Right? That's right
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Or, you can enroll in one of our
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peak mental
performance programs...
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It's just 5 days,
and not very expensive...
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We'll DO all these
tests on you actually.
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We'll do the vitamin D
levels, and that type of workup
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so that we can optimize every
part of your brain performance.
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Would this be good for
students to go through?
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Absolutely! In
fact, we've had students
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that are wanting
to... for instance, get into
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medical school,
wanting to perform at a high
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level...
They'll take our courses
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and do better. They'll get in.
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Or, in addition, if
you are failing college,
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DEFINITELY come
because even B grades
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in college will serve
you far better later on
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in life than not
learning college well
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and getting D's and F's
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Now, we got 1 minute left,
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I have to ask a
question you didn't cover...
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Let's say, you know,
you have PARTIAL RECALL,
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I mean, you remember
SOMETHING about everything,
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but not
EVERYTHING about ANYTHING!
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That requires a
workup, you know...
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It's similar to
the transience problem.
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And that usually means
that you're focus isn't good,
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or you're
having too many biases.
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And that's why we also utilize
cognitive behavioral therapy...
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so we can get rid
of errors of thinking.
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There are 10
Commandments in the Bible,
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and there are 10 ways
of distorted thinking.
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If we can get rid of
the distorted thinking,
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our memories improve.
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And in order to do that,
we MIGHT need a workup as well
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We might have a
problem with vitamin D, or B12,
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or something like that.
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I'm going to tell you, I will
not soon forget this program
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It's got a lot of
very interesting things,
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and things that I
think we need to remember,
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and that can help us remember.
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Thank you for coming
and spending time with us,
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and coming here to
"Health for a Lifetime"
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You're
welcome... Glad to be here
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And thank YOU for coming...
I know you'll not want to
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forget this program,
so why not get a copy?
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Thanks!
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