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Secure The Border

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00:01 I would not feel safe living in a home with damaged walls.
00:05 Trust me, I leave those kinds of repairs to my husband.
00:07 But if I had to, I'd learn real quick, how to patch it up.
00:11 I'm Rise, you host through these programs.
00:12 And in our last episode we learned that our gut wall
00:16 can become damaged.
00:17 And I hope that today you're motivated
00:19 to learn how to repair it.
00:36 Welcome back to Made for Health.
00:38 Today is part two of a very important topic.
00:41 In our last episode, we learned that the gut has a border,
00:45 and that it's composed of different checkpoints
00:47 which includes the community of bacteria that live
00:50 in our gut, a mucus layer, and an intestinal wall composed
00:54 of individual cells that, like bricks,
00:57 are tightly joined together.
00:59 We learned that 70% of our immune system
01:01 is stationed here, and it too functions
01:05 as part of the border patrol.
01:07 This wall is simply not there to keep everything out.
01:11 No, it's a place of interaction and communication
01:14 between the immune system and the nervous system,
01:17 and what's going on in the gut.
01:20 What's taking place here has system-wide effects.
01:23 And when we don't have a strong border,
01:25 we develop leaky gut which can promote different
01:28 chronic disease conditions.
01:30 Inflammation and food sensitivities.
01:33 Well, today we're going to focus on what we can do
01:36 to secure the border.
01:38 It begins with cleaning up our diet.
01:41 That's the key.
01:42 We need to avoid the obvious things
01:46 that we understand tend to promote leaky gut.
01:49 So that's why I immediately tell my patients to avoid
01:53 things like dairy products which are the most common
01:57 cause of that inflammation.
01:59 But in that process, clean up your diet.
02:02 Which we need to do for other reasons anyway.
02:05 And when we start getting in plenty of the key nutrients
02:10 from green leafy vegetables, and colorful vegetables,
02:15 and fruits, and so forth, we're actually getting molecules,
02:21 phytochemicals into our body
02:23 that change the way the genes work.
02:27 In fact, what's interesting about colorful foods,
02:30 the very pigments of fruits and vegetables,
02:35 the colors themselves, are epigenetically active.
02:41 Meaning that they will literally change the way
02:43 our genes work for good.
02:46 Now, if we use other colors in our diet,
02:49 like colors from Skittles and Fruit Loops,
02:52 and you know, all these wonderful colors that are
02:54 artificial, we're actually turning on
02:57 the disease-causing genes and turning off
03:01 the genes that promote healing.
03:02 And the immune system is built to go in and repair,
03:06 but it's just this, you know, because it's pro-inflammatory
03:09 because of the food you are eating, you have this
03:11 chronic low burn and it's not able to ever resolve
03:17 and fix the problem.
03:18 So you just have to remove the inflammatory
03:23 triggers that are continuing to keep that inflammation running.
03:26 As soon as you can break that cycle, then it allows
03:29 everything to return back to normal.
03:31 When digestion is not optimal, when there's some dysfunction
03:35 in the process of digestion, that leads to inflammation.
03:40 It could be unhealthy food being consumed,
03:43 it could be consuming alcoholic beverages,
03:47 it could be consuming sugary products.
03:50 That leads to an inflammatory process that then actually
03:54 opens up the border.
03:56 Literally, it opens up, and we refer to it as
04:00 increased intestinal permeability.
04:03 It's oftentimes referred to leaky gut syndrome.
04:07 If I were to ask you if I could buy you a drink,
04:10 a drink that is toxic to your liver and brain,
04:13 raises estrogen levels and decreases testosterone in men,
04:17 that it would relax you temporarily, but gives you anxiety
04:21 in the long run, it will thin the The neocortex layer of your brain,
04:25 and we're talking your gray matter where higher order
04:28 brain functions occur, will hurt the quality of your sleep,
04:31 increase your risk of cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer,
04:35 disrupt your gut microbiota and promote leaky gut,
04:39 you want some?
04:40 That's alcohol.
04:43 Yet you hear all the time. how a glass of red wine
04:45 is good for the heart.
04:47 But what about the gut?
04:49 The typical chronic pattern of an evening drink
04:51 or weekend drinks is enough to negatively disrupt the
04:54 community of microbes that live inside the gut.
04:58 Alcohol kills all kinds of germs, including our good guys.
05:02 And it tears down our borders, promoting leaky gut,
05:06 and leaky blood-brain barrier to.
05:09 Other things that can cause significant damage
05:12 to the intestinal border are toxins of any kind.
05:17 Whether they are environmental toxins from glyphosate,
05:20 from herbicides or pesticides, or other industrial toxins
05:25 that are just in our water.
05:27 That's why I always recommend that is when we consume water
05:30 for cooking or drinking, that it be filtered
05:33 through a good filtration system to limit the exposure to toxins.
05:38 Because toxins are everywhere.
05:39 And these toxins will damage the intestinal border
05:44 and create an inflammatory process, and inflammation
05:48 we think of as swelling, it increases that permeability
05:53 of other things into the bloodstream,
05:56 including those very toxins.
05:58 And more and more of us are aware that we are
06:02 genetically susceptible to those toxins.
06:04 And so that's why I'm a big advocate of helping my patients
06:09 learn what their genetic susceptibilities are
06:12 through genetic testing, which is actually very inexpensive
06:17 through 23andMe.com.
06:19 And you can then use other websites like MTHFRsupport.com
06:26 to upload all the raw data files of your genes
06:30 into that, and you get a 50-page document
06:32 that talks about categories of gene problems.
06:37 And then you need to talk with somebody that knows how to
06:39 interpret genetics into a clinical practice setting.
06:43 The triggers for leaky gut are chronic conditions
06:48 such as obesity and type 2 diabetes.
06:50 But also the high fat western diet,
06:54 which may contribute to this condition within a
06:57 short period of time, within only a few days.
07:01 The lipopolysaccharide concentrations will increase
07:06 in the bloodstream within only a few days on a western diet.
07:11 Okay, so remember, we talked about lipopolysaccharides
07:15 or LPS in a previous episode.
07:17 We learned that it's an endotoxin, and toxin that
07:20 comes from within.
07:22 It's actually a fragment of bacteria that can promote
07:25 leaky gut, seeps through the broken wall in increased amounts
07:29 and end up in your blood.
07:31 Researchers have observed a direct association of LPS
07:35 with elevated cholesterol levels.
07:37 I mean, you can take a statin to reduce your cholesterol,
07:39 but it won't heal your gut or your gums to reduce LPS
07:43 in the blood.
07:44 LPS is also associated with hypertension,
07:47 insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes,
07:50 and it's been found to promote
07:51 hardening of the arteries as well.
07:53 And did you catch that it took only a few days of "SADness,"
07:57 or a Standard American Dietness, for LPS to increase?
08:02 No bueno.
08:03 The good news is that this is reversible.
08:06 If we stop consuming the high fatty diet and we transition
08:12 to a plant-based diet, which is not only low in fat,
08:16 but also the proportion of the good fats are much better,
08:21 and also it's rich in fiber and antioxidants.
08:26 It will help secure the border is much better.
08:29 And so that's why we want to choose widely from what nature
08:33 has provided for us from the green leafies and the colorful
08:36 fruits and vegetables, and then whole grains, and so forth.
08:40 Those foods provide the basis for healing
08:44 of the gut ultimately.
08:47 You may be asking what he means by green leafies.
08:50 Or you may be wondering how to eat them.
08:53 Green leafies are the most under-consumed food
08:56 in all age groups.
08:58 Most of us need to be super intentional in order to get
09:01 them inside of us.
09:02 You can eat them raw, cooked, or you can try them in
09:06 liquid form, which is one of my favorites.
09:08 There's also powdered greens.
09:09 Any way you can get them in you will promote healing.
09:13 One of my favorite ways to drink them is by getting power greens,
09:17 frozen mango, lime juice, ginger, dates.
09:22 Did I forget anything? Water.
09:24 You blend that up. It's so delicious, trust me.
09:30 And then in some cases I have my patients take some
09:34 glutamine powder, an amino acid glutamine,
09:38 that becomes the main element to heal the inner lining cells of
09:44 the digestive tract so that the border wall can be optimized.
09:49 So that the border of the intestines to the blood
09:52 can be working properly.
09:54 So that the right things get in, and toxins and foods that are
09:58 not properly digested don't get into the bloodstream.
10:02 Aloe Vera is incredibly good for shutting down
10:05 inflammation in the bowel.
10:06 So we use a lot of aloe vera.
10:10 You will find that certain probiotics are better
10:13 than others depending on a person's microbiome.
10:16 Glutamine, aloe vera; great suggestions.
10:19 But they're not magic bullets.
10:21 But they can definitely be a part of a holistic strategy
10:25 to build up the border.
10:27 And that's the whole point of our lifestyle
10:30 pain management approach.
10:32 So we try to minimize the use of opioids
10:37 as much as we possibly can.
10:38 I mean, obviously, it all boils down to quality of life.
10:42 And a lot of these people suffer from severe chronic pain.
10:47 And opioids have their place.
10:48 I don't want to give you the impression that opioids
10:51 do not have their place.
10:52 They definitely have their place.
10:54 But you want to try to maximize functionality
10:57 and minimize side effects as much as possible.
11:00 So number one, we try to treat the pain using the lowest
11:05 dose of opioids possible so as to cause the least amount of
11:09 impact on the gut.
11:12 But after that, these people who have to remain
11:16 on these medications, we try to minimize
11:19 the impact by focusing on their lifestyle.
11:22 Like a good bowel program, making sure they get
11:25 plenty of fluid, plenty of hydration,
11:29 and minimizing their depression and anxiety
11:32 which can, of course affect the gut.
11:36 And just helping them to eat a healthy diet.
11:40 You know, once again, a whole foods plant-based diet
11:44 is the very best diet for these patients.
11:46 And by intentionally including foods that are anti-inflammatory
11:51 and avoiding foods that are pro-inflammatory
11:54 that could possibly worsen the leaky gut
11:56 we can actually help the overall picture.
11:59 I know it's a process.
12:00 And I think if you talk to certain practitioners
12:04 they would probably tell you to give yourself 3 to 6 months
12:07 to kind of rebuild.
12:09 What you need to do is you need to take away the insults,
12:12 you need to provide the nourishment and the
12:15 reduction of stress and all these things
12:17 that allow it to heal.
12:18 And then at that point, there might be some foods
12:21 and some different things that you were having trouble handling
12:24 when you had the leaky gut that now you can reintroduce
12:27 and you can tolerate after 3 to 6 months of healing.
12:30 Once you're healed, then your body can handle those things
12:33 and you don't have those broken bridges.
12:36 And you're not presenting abnormal things
12:37 to your immune system, and so now you can tolerate
12:40 foods that maybe before you weren't able to tolerate.
12:42 So there's a big difference between food allergies
12:45 and food sensitivities.
12:46 So the food sensitivities really is about the leaky gut.
12:50 And you're getting sensitive to certain foods, the immune system
12:53 is seeing and kind of responding to, and it's a different kind of
12:56 a response than you would like a full on allergy, true allergy,
13:01 that can be life-threatening.
13:03 So people have a ton of food sensitivities that can be healed
13:07 through removing the insults to the gut,
13:09 allowing it a time to repair, and reintroducing some of those
13:13 foods that normally you wouldn't be able to tolerate,
13:15 but now you can because you've healed.
13:18 Eventually the patient will clear up.
13:22 It's an incredible thing.
13:24 Because suddenly they feel like they're dying.
13:27 And once they get that gut back, their energy is back,
13:30 their mentation is back, everything.
13:32 You know, the difference is huge.
13:36 Interesting that he said mentation comes back.
13:38 He's talking about mental activity,
13:40 brains, our smarts, making a comeback.
13:43 That's because the gut and the brain have a
13:45 very intimate relationship.
13:47 As an example, did you know that research has demonstrated
13:50 The connection between leaky gut and leaky blood-brain barrier?
13:55 So the gut-brain barrier and the blood-brain barrier
13:57 They are similar because it consists of tight junctions between
14:01 cells that does not allow the seepage of material from
14:05 one aspect of the gut into the circulation.
14:08 And the same goes in the brain.
14:10 I'll start with the blood-brain barrier.
14:12 The blood-brain barrier is essentially what hermetically
14:15 seals our brain from outside factors.
14:19 It is so picky.
14:22 It only allows very, very select substances to go through.
14:26 And I think that's a very important concept
14:28 for people to understand at home.
14:30 Because, you know, we have all this information about
14:34 vitamin concoctions, and different kinds of fads,
14:38 and nutraceuticals, and nootropics that are being
14:42 introduced, saying this is actually good
14:44 and it will go into the brain, and so on and so forth.
14:46 It's really important to understand that the brain
14:48 doesn't really allow a lot of things to pass through
14:51 that tight junction.
14:53 And specifically when it comes to fat, you know,
14:56 they say that because the brain is made out of fat,
14:59 we need to eat a lot of fat because it's important for it.
15:02 No, saturated fat doesn't even pass
15:04 through the blood-brain barrier.
15:06 All it does is it damage to the blood vessels
15:08 and the capillaries which are so sensitive.
15:12 So a healthy blood-brain barrier is one that is selective
15:17 and it's very, very intact.
15:18 Once that gets damaged over time with inflammation,
15:22 with oxidation, with lipid and glucose dysregulation
15:25 that Dean was talking about earlier, it becomes porous
15:28 and you see the deposition of heavy metals,
15:31 of bacteria, of viruses, of parasites into the brain.
15:35 And that is a serious condition that needs very quick treatment.
15:40 The same applies for the gut as well.
15:42 If the gut is exposed to noxious agents, whether there are,
15:46 you know, parasites or bacteria that are not
15:51 from the gut, that they do not belong in our microbiome
15:55 and they're introduced in some way, they get damaged.
15:58 And the most important thing that causes damage is food.
16:02 Processed foods and unhealthy foods.
16:04 Foods that are very high in saturated fats,
16:07 and salt and sugar, they tend to damage the gut barrier.
16:12 And so you see seepage of unwanted products into the
16:16 circulation, which in turn affects the rest of our systems.
16:20 Now the gut is external to our body, right?
16:24 The intestine is external.
16:25 When that seepage happens, when that leakage happens,
16:28 things go inside the body where they don't belong.
16:31 And they go in the body on a chronic basis.
16:35 Which means that the body has to react to it on a chronic basis.
16:38 So, imagine that inflammation that we were talking about
16:40 being bad, imagine that weeks, months, years,
16:45 that's significant damage over time.
16:48 Not just the leakage itself, but the body's response
16:51 to that leakage over time is incredibly destructive.
16:54 And it started because we put certain things in our body
16:57 that damages the blood-brain barrier,
17:01 sorry, the gut microbiome and the connections,
17:04 the tight junctions that separate the external
17:06 from the internal.
17:08 It's so critical for us to know that can happen.
17:12 And as Ayesha beautifully put it, to know that we have
17:15 the capacity to actually reverse that and heal it.
17:20 Yes, that is so critical.
17:23 Have you experienced it?
17:25 The capacity to actually reverse and heal.
17:28 That's redemption, restoration, renewal at a cellular level.
17:32 I'm a believer in it.
17:34 I have a lot of admiration for the Sherzais.
17:36 Both neuroscientists who understand the interconnectivity
17:41 of the brain and body, and how gut health and nutrition
17:44 have a major impact on brain health.
17:48 When it comes to nutrition and brain health,
17:51 there's really no shortage of evidence that a diet that
17:56 is either plant exclusive, plant-based, or at least
18:02 plant predominate is the best diet for the brain.
18:06 We've had studies from different universities
18:09 in different countries on dietary patterns,
18:12 and there is such beautiful data available that show,
18:17 and they've done an amazing job of looking at
18:20 large populations eating a particular kind of diet,
18:23 and followed them over many, many years.
18:25 So it's not just a short period of time when people start eating
18:28 greens and blueberries, and then testing them right after.
18:30 No, we have plenty of data, long-term perspective
18:34 studies have shown that when people add more fruits, vegetables,
18:38 whole grains, nuts, and seeds, beans, and legumes,
18:42 and get rid of saturated fats which is the type of fat that is
18:46 associated with inflammation, get rid of sugary beverages,
18:49 get rid of processed and refined carbohydrates
18:53 in the form of white bread, white rice, white pasta,
18:55 or anything that is refined, and obviously junk food,
18:59 that they have the least risk for Alzheimer's disease,
19:03 other dementias, stroke, cardiovascular disease,
19:07 cancer, diabetes, high cholesterol,
19:10 high blood pressure, so many other vascular risk factors
19:13 that are related to the outcome of these diseases.
19:16 So it's very clear.
19:18 And diet versus diet is just a variation of the same theme.
19:23 Eat more plants.
19:25 And so, we want to be honest with our patients
19:28 and with our communities, and we say,
19:30 "Yes, you are in your journey. We are with you.
19:34 We see you, we see your impediments and limitations,
19:37 and we're all on a journey towards that optimal.
19:40 But the optimal is a whole food plant-based diet."
19:43 There are studies.
19:44 So let's go over some of those amazing studies.
19:46 One of those is here in the Adventist Health study
19:49 where repeatedly we've seen that people who
19:51 are more plant predominant, be it vegetarian or vegan,
19:55 they live longer, they have much lower risk of diabetes,
20:01 much lower risk of cancer, much lower risk of heart disease.
20:05 And we actually saw risk of dementia.
20:08 We did an abstract that showed that people who are
20:13 plant predominant were significantly lower
20:16 risk of cognitive decline.
20:18 What do we mean by a whole food plant based diet?
20:21 Well, a plant-based diet does not have to fall into the
20:24 category of vegetarian, or vegan, or keto.
20:28 It's one in which the majority of food you eat comes from
20:31 whole foods, not processed, not refined.
20:34 We're talking about a diet that is centered around vegetables,
20:37 and fruits, beans, whole grains, nuts, and seeds.
20:42 We hear a lot about how, since the brain is largely fat,
20:45 we need to eat a lot of fat.
20:47 And this is Dr. Dean Sherzai' s response to that topic.
20:51 No, the brain doesn't need fat.
20:52 The only type of fat it needs is omega-3,
20:56 which you can get from food.
20:57 Chia, flaxseed, walnuts.
20:59 So that's why lipid regulation is so critical.
21:03 So we just did two studies, two big reviews,
21:07 which is about to be published.
21:09 Omega-3 on the developing brain.
21:12 The only fat your brain needs is omega-3s.
21:15 And omega-3 on the aging brain.
21:17 And in both the pattern appears to show
21:19 that we need more omega-3s.
21:21 Now, how do you get omega-3?
21:23 You can get it in pill form. And we're okay with that.
21:24 If people are worried, get it in a pill form.
21:27 We prefer omega from algae base, but nonetheless.
21:33 But there are a lot of foods.
21:34 By the way, fish has been shown to be beneficial.
21:38 We don't eat fish for multiple reasons.
21:40 One of them is that we worry that there are toxins in fish
21:43 because they are consumers, they're concentrators,
21:46 that we're not measuring.
21:47 And we worry about that, yes.
21:49 Besides the mercury and lead.
21:52 But the other problem is that we are also not getting enough
21:57 omega-3 period.
21:58 The other place you can get omega-3 at incredible amounts
22:03 and in a clean way is plants; chia, flaxseed, walnuts.
22:09 Hemp seeds, yeah.
22:11 But you get it in ALA form, which is the simplest version.
22:16 The body has to transform ALA to EPA and DHA.
22:20 They say that it's not efficient.
22:24 There's no such thing as efficient.
22:25 It does it as much as it needs to, which is 5 to 10%.
22:28 Around that.
22:30 And if you have two tablespoons, or even one to two tablespoons
22:34 a day, that's more than enough.
22:36 The one thing you have to be aware of is that pathway of
22:39 conversion of ALA to EPA to DHA involves an enzyme
22:44 which also is involved in omega-6 pathway.
22:48 If you have a lot of omega-6, which is in fats and foods
22:51 that are processed, and in meats, then you're going to
22:54 interfere with that transfer.
22:56 Therefore, you have to be extra aware of what you're eating.
22:59 The other thing is if you are drinking alcohol,
23:01 the liver is going to be affected, it will be affected.
23:03 But if you're not drinking a lot of alcohol,
23:05 and you're not eating processed foods,
23:07 you have plenty of omega-3, DHA, EPA
23:11 because the body has no problem converting that for yourself
23:15 in a healthy, clean way.
23:17 I really want to discuss this topic more with you,
23:20 but I think we're going to have to save it for another program
23:22 when we have more time.
23:24 But basically, our over consumption of certain
23:26 kinds of fats found in vegetable oils, chicken,
23:29 dairy can hinder our ability to get the most
23:32 out of omega-3-rich foods.
23:34 So the practical takeaway would be to reduce omega-6-rich foods
23:38 and increase the omega-3s.
23:41 I know it may seem like we are a little off the topic of
23:44 securing the border in the gut and brain,
23:47 but not by much.
23:48 It is an amazing cascade of events that what we eat
23:52 affects the microbiome, which in turn influences
23:55 and impacts the blood-brain barrier, which is supposed to
23:58 protect us from some of those unwanted elements that are
24:01 seeping through and igniting our immune system,
24:03 turning on the inflammatory response,
24:05 which can become chronic.
24:07 And then we get a whole host of conditions
24:09 that may seem unrelated.
24:11 We have this very myopic approach to Alzheimer's disease.
24:17 I'm going to stick to Alzheimer's disease because
24:19 you know, that's a really good example,
24:22 but this concept is applicable to so many other
24:24 conditions in the body as well.
24:26 To the best of our knowledge today, Alzheimer's is not just
24:30 one disease, it's not one disease process.
24:33 It can happen because of so many different processes that are
24:36 going on in the brain.
24:37 And we're still in the process of discovering these processes.
24:41 And one of the reasons why we are so behind,
24:45 as far as treatment research is concerned
24:48 for this devastating disease, is because for decades and
24:51 decades, you know, scientists, bless their hearts,
24:55 they started focusing on one protein, one molecule approach,
25:00 and you would have all the scientists trying to throw
25:04 something at that molecule.
25:06 Amyloid beta protein was one that was studied for decades,
25:10 and then they found tau proteins and tauopathies,
25:12 things of that nature, but nobody really
25:15 stood back to look at the bigger picture.
25:18 So amyloid protein is the downstream effect.
25:22 It is an end product of so many things that happen ahead of it.
25:27 And we haven't really been able to look at the bigger picture.
25:31 Now we understand that it's not that simple.
25:34 It's quite complicated.
25:36 People can come to Alzheimer's disease from inflammatory
25:39 processes in the body.
25:41 They can come to it because of oxidative stress;
25:44 whether it's food, lack of exercise,
25:46 or other factors in their life.
25:48 It can come to it because of vitamin deficiency.
25:50 It can come to it because of head injuries.
25:53 We can get to it because of exposure to some unwanted,
25:56 you know, environmental elements.
26:00 So all of the variety of factors are now being understood.
26:06 And we know that it's not just one.
26:09 When a person is diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's,
26:12 which is a subtype of dementia, "Oh, that's where it started."
26:15 No. It started much earlier.
26:18 Now what I'm about to say might seem like,
26:19 "Oh my goodness, if it started earlier,
26:21 there's nothing I can do."
26:22 No, the reality is, this amazing brain is so resilient that
26:26 even late in life or even right before dementia manifests,
26:31 right before or earlier stages,
26:33 you can actually reverse the process.
26:34 So let's start with that positive statement.
26:37 But the damage starts earlier. And that's important to know.
26:40 Because 20-year-olds and 30-year-olds are difficult
26:44 to shape and direct, as far as lifestyle change.
26:49 They have the world, nothing affects them,
26:51 you know, all of that.
26:53 Although I'm very close to the 20-year-olds, 30-year-olds.
26:55 But nonetheless. Yeah.
26:56 So it's critical for people to know it starts much earlier.
27:02 And that's empowering. That's not disempowering.
27:05 You can start later as well.
27:07 But to know that in your 20's what you do,
27:10 you might not see the effect because you have what we call,
27:12 cognitive reserve, you have a bank account you've built,
27:15 and you start drawing from that bank account.
27:18 And you're not going to see the effect of that bank account
27:21 empty because you still have things in the bank account.
27:23 So you don't see the memory problems yet.
27:25 You might see focus problems.
27:27 You might see attention problems.
27:28 But they call that, "Oh, it's ADHD", or it's, "I'm busy,"
27:32 or, "Life is this..."
27:34 No, it might be the fact that
27:36 you're starting to overwhelm your brain.
27:38 And you know, excessive alcohol drinking,
27:41 incredibly bad eating, you know, fried foods,
27:45 and processed foods, and all of this stuff.
27:47 And then you start pulling from the bank account
27:51 in your 30s, 40's.
27:53 More forgetfulness. Forgetting that person's name.
27:56 It takes me longer to remember that name.
27:58 50s more so.
27:59 And then you have mild cognitive impairment,
28:02 which is pre-dementia stage.
28:04 Thank you for joining me for this incredible episode.
28:06 We learned so much together.
28:08 I just want to encourage you to take something from this episode
28:11 and translate it into your life.
28:14 Whether it's a green smoothie, chia seeds,
28:17 or ditching the fries, small changes will
28:20 build up to huge gains.
28:22 I can't wait for you to join me next time.


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