Take Control of Your Body & Eliminate Health Risks | Dr. Daniel Amen EP 349

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1:14What I'm hearing you say, obesity is a big factor to mental health stresses and brain stresses. And Alzheimer's disease. And Alzheimer's. Yeah. I mean, it all sort of goes together from depression to problems in school to memory problems later in life. What's your thought? I mean, I'm all for people loving themselves where they're at in their life and loving their bodies for where they're at and not shaming themselves and self-love movement of accepting yourself for where you are, but that's only going to hurt our brains if we're not actually saying, okay, I accept and love myself where I'm at and the decisions I've made to be here, but I've got to start working on these things.

1:55Otherwise there's going to be some challenges emotionally, mentally, anxiety, depression if I don't work on it, right? My health. The don't worry, be happy people die the earliest from accidents and preventable illnesses. And I want people to love themselves. But doing the right thing is an act of love. Like if you're really unhealthy, walking is an act of love. So it sort of catches me in this funny place. I remember I was on a plane once and I'd figure out this connection between as your weight goes up, the size and function of your brain goes down. And I was sitting next to someone who was very overweight and we were on a tiny plane going to Des Moines, Iowa for public television.

2:48And in my head, I'm like, oh, you want to talk to her about that? And then I talk to myself all the time. It's like, no, you don't want to say anything. Don't need to upset her a day. But then I went to Pittsburgh, and I went to GNC, you know, the supplement company. And one of my core values is being authentic. So I live the message of my life. And the message of GNC is health. And their number three guy, their marketing director, took me to dinner, was morbidly obese. Really? And that thought in my head is, you should talk to him about this. And he made the comment. He opened the conversation.

3:30He's like, you know, I don't know why I'm overweight, but my numbers are okay. And I'm like, Tom, you don't want to be a dinosaur. Because I had figured out, big body, little brain, you're going to become extinct. and we had this great conversation because my favorite verse in the New Testament is John 8, 32. Know the truth and the truth will set you free. I'm like, do you not want to be like the number two guy or the number one guy? You're not going to do that if your brain's not healthy. And that conversation the next year, he lost 80 pounds. Wow. Most people don't know that this is a serious health, mental health, brain health risk.

4:18And I just want to tell people the truth. And I want them to get healthy. People go, but I don't like any of the foods that are healthy for me. And I'm like, none? Not one? And we did this great exercise. And it turned out he liked like 70 of the foods that were healthy. You only want to love food that loves you back. It's a relationship, right? I don't know if you've ever been in a bad relationship, but I've been in a bad relationship. I was in a 20-year marriage with someone who didn't like me very much. I'm never going to do that again. I'm just not. It's a boundary for me. I'm damn sure not going to be in a relationship, a bad relationship with food.

5:04I want to be in a good relationship. I mean, I love food. I just want it to love me back.

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6:27Thank you.