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Get Your Brain Right and Your Mind Will Follow – Dr. Daniel Amen : 673

Mar 3, 2020

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Daniel Amen

Dr. Daniel Amen, a renowned psychiatrist and bestselling author, dives deep into brain health and its pivotal role in mental well-being. He discusses the paradigm shift needed to view mental health issues through a neuroscience lens. Practical strategies to enhance brain function and the importance of recognizing individual brain types are highlighted. The impact of hyperbaric therapy and toxic avoidance on cognitive health is explored, alongside how literature can improve mental wellness. Dr. Amen's insights are both transformative and empowering!

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ANECDOTE

Bieber's Brain Health Journey

Dr. Amen recounts Justin Bieber's realization that brain health is crucial, just like heart health.
Bieber committed to improving his brain after understanding it could have problems.

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Asprey's Biohacking Origin

Dave Asprey discusses how Dr. Amen's book, "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life," led him to get a SPECT scan.
Asprey realized he had a "hardware problem" and began fixing his brain, starting his biohacking journey.

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Mental Illness is Brain Health

Dr. Amen believes "mental illness" is a misleading term; they are brain health issues.
Fixing the brain's "hardware" is crucial, as therapy alone won't work if the underlying biology isn't addressed.

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Reframing Mental Health: The Brain Health Revolution

05:01 • 22min

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Exploring Hyperbaric Therapy and Its Impact on Brain Health

27:28 • 4min

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Understanding Your Brain Type for Better Health

31:51 • 4min

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Navigating Toxins and Brain Health

36:12 • 23min

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The Power of Intergenerational Learning

59:04 • 3min

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The Profound Impact of Literature on Mental Wellness

01:01:34 • 3min

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Memory Rescue

Supercharge Your Brain, Reverse Memory Loss, and Remember What Matters Most

Daniel Amen

In 'Memory Rescue,' Dr. Daniel G. Amen presents a multipronged approach to enhance brain health and memory by addressing dietary changes, physical and mental exercises, and spiritual practices. The book offers practical strategies to mitigate risk factors for memory loss, including hypertension, diabetes, and depression, and provides hope for improving memory even in cases of Alzheimer's and dementia.

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The Myth of Mental Illness

Thomas Stephen Szasz

Thomas Szasz

In this influential book, Thomas S. Szasz challenges the legitimacy of psychiatry, arguing that the concept of mental illness is logically absurd and has harmful consequences. He contends that psychiatrists absolve individuals of responsibility for their actions by diagnosing unwanted behavior as mental illness. Szasz also critiques Freudian psychology as a pseudoscience and warns against the overreach of psychiatry into modern life. The book includes a new preface on the age of Prozac and Ritalin and the rise of designer drugs, along with two bonus essays in the 50th anniversary edition.

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Healing ADD

Daniel Amen

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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

Daniel G Amen

In this completely revised and updated edition of the bestselling book, Dr. Daniel Amen presents cutting-edge research from over 100,000 SPECT brain scans. The book explains how specific structures in the brain contribute to various psychological issues like anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, and impulsiveness. Dr. Amen offers practical 'brain prescriptions' including simple breathing techniques, dietary changes, supplements, and mental exercises to help readers improve their brain health and overall well-being. The book emphasizes that brain health is not fixed and can be improved through targeted interventions and lifestyle changes.

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The Toxin Solution

How Hidden Poisons in the Air, Water, Food, and Products We Use Are Destroying Our Health--And What We Can Do to Fix It

Joseph Pizzorno

In 'The Toxin Solution', Dr. Joseph Pizzorno provides a comprehensive guide to understanding how toxins affect health and offers practical methods to avoid and detoxify from these harmful substances. The book outlines an eight-week program to restore health by reducing toxic exposure and enhancing the body's natural detoxification processes.

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The brain warrior's way

Daniel G Amen

The Brain Warrior's Way, written by Daniel G. Amen and Tana Amen, provides a detailed plan to optimize brain health and overall well-being. The book focuses on creating healthy habits, including a brain-healthy diet, avoiding neurotoxins, and incorporating practices like meditation and continuous learning. It also includes over 100 simple and delicious recipes to support brain health. The authors emphasize the importance of mastering one's brain to prevent diseases such as Alzheimer's and depression, and to reverse aging. The book offers a 14-day program with a journal and checklist to help readers implement these changes effectively.

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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Thomas Kuhn

In 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions', Thomas S. Kuhn argues that scientific progress does not occur through a gradual accumulation of facts, but rather through periodic revolutions that disrupt existing paradigms. Kuhn introduces the concept of 'normal science' and 'revolutionary science', where normal science involves puzzle-solving within an established paradigm, and revolutionary science involves a paradigm shift that fundamentally changes the way scientists view the world. He explains that these revolutions are driven by the accumulation of anomalies that cannot be explained by the current paradigm, leading to a crisis and eventually a new paradigm that offers a different perspective and new ways of conducting research.

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, I’ve invited a guest who knows a lot about brains.

As a physician, double-board certified psychiatrist, professor, and 10-time New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Daniel Amen studies brains from the inside out. His clinical focus on studying brain scans has led to new understanding of behavior, brain injuries, and how the brain ages.

Now he’s taking on mental health and showing how neuroscience is transforming psychiatry and helping prevent and even reverse mental health issues. “Nobody believes it's really biological unless you look,” Dr. Amen says. “It's really a functional medicine approach to brain health.”

He has authored or co-authored over 70 professional articles, seven book chapters and more than 30 books. You may be familiar with some of his titles, like Change Your Brain, Change Your Life; Healing ADD; Memory Rescue; and The Brain Warrior’s Way. Dr. Amen’s newest book, The End of Mental Illness: How Neuroscience Is Transforming Psychiatry and Helping Prevent or Reverse Mood and Anxiety Disorders, ADHD, Addictions, PTSD, Psychosis, Personality Disorders, and More changes the game completely for those experiencing mental illness.

Our conversation reframes mental health as brain health. “I think of brain health really simply,” Dr. Amen says. “It's three things: 1-Care about it; 2-Avoid things that hurt.; and 3-Do things to help it.” Listen on for practical strategies.

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