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Welcome to "This is Health, Wealth, and the Pursuit of Happiness" your source for insightful discussions with economist and author, Dr. Murray Sabrin. Join us as we challenge convention, expand minds, and pursue truth.
Murray Sabrin (00:10.803)
Welcome to Health, Wealth, and the Pursuit of Happiness. I'm Murray Sabrin, B A, A, Ph D. There's No BS in my background, never has been and never will be. On this podcast, we explore the ideas, people, and principles that shape healthier lives, greater prosperity, and human flourishing. In each episode, we'll challenge conventional wisdom on healthcare, economics, politics, and personal freedom so you can think independently, make better decisions, and pursue your happiness.
And today I am so thrilled that we're having Dr. Glenn Garrow come back and discuss one of the most important issues facing the American people's health: aging, and what will happen when people age, get into their senior years, how healthy will they be? And we know seniors have two major health challenges. One is falling, which could lead to a lot of broken bones, broken hips, and the other one is dementia.
Alzheimer's. And Dr. Glen Gero has put together a wonderful presentation. I saw the full presentation last month when he spoke via Zoom to my neighbors here in Naples, Florida. And today he's gonna give us an a a version of it, which is still packed with a lot of information. And always when you're hearing information on this podcast, check with your personal physician, any specialist that you deal with in order to coordinate.
Any health issues that you have, any possible solutions that may you may think will help you. And this way you can have that optimal health, not only in your senior years, but throughout your life's journey. So let me introduce today's guest, Dr. Glenn Jaro is a bur board certified naturopath doctor with a doctorate in nutrition. He has earned three master's degrees and over 20 certifications in various disciplines of natural health.
Lifestyle medicine, including those in medical exercise, biofeedback, mind-body behavioral therapies, botanical medicine, and holistic health coaching. Dr. Jero is also a registered herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild. He's done extensive training at Harvard Medical School and continues to pursue over 600 hours of study every year in various disciplines of science, psychology, and integrative medicine. He's been in practice in Clifton.
Murray Sabrin (02:36.681)
New Jersey for over 25 years at the Holistic Nature Path Center. He's written several books and we'll talk about his new book that's either just came out or coming out soon. And he'll give us what he believes is the best way to pursue your health, no matter what stage of life you're in. So, Glenn, welcome back to Health, Wealth and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Murray Sabrin (03:20.763)
He said he got knocked off the internet. He just texted me.
Murray Sabrin (04:03.709)
boy. What causes that problem?
Murray Sabrin (04:28.329)
Yeah, I t I told him to enter the studio and we'll continue.
Murray Sabrin (04:52.565)
Yeah.
Murray Sabrin (05:20.587)
If you got knocked off, could it be a browser problem?
Murray Sabrin (05:44.683)
So when I was speaking, I was in full screen.
Murray Sabrin (05:52.139)
'Cause I just I I saw myself and the power
Dr. Glenn Gero (05:56.139)
Okay. You we we you were coming out staccato and then all of a sudden we got knocked off. I don't know what on what end that was happening.
Murray Sabrin (05:57.844)
Okay, how you doing, Glenn?
Murray Sabrin (06:05.899)
Do you have a Wi Fi at home?
Dr. Glenn Gero (06:08.535)
Of course.
Murray Sabrin (06:10.891)
Okay.
Dr. Glenn Gero (06:11.691)
I've I I normally this is the first time I've ever had a problem with that.
And and I do lots of these.
Murray Sabrin (06:17.781)
Yeah, be yeah, because you're not coming you y you're not you you're not coming across smoothly. There's herky jerky in in the picture.
Dr. Glenn Gero (06:39.49)
Okay.
Dr. Glenn Gero (06:53.699)
Okay, good. just tell me what to start.
Dr. Glenn Gero (07:08.993)
Okay, we're talking about aging is inevitable. Losing your mind isn't. We've got some good news and we've got some bad news. The good news is that losing your you're losing your cognitive ability at any age is eighty to ninety percent preventable. So we don't have to suffer the the consequences of age-related Alzheimer's disease. The the bad news is that there's no one single magic.
pull it. So we're going to be talking about the lifestyle, nutritional, and botanical approaches in maintaining cognitive capacity and mental balance throughout your life. Now it looks like I've got a lot of designations after my name, but basically I'm a physiological detective. Next slide.
Dr. Glenn Gero (08:02.027)
Now, many many people come to see me and they're and they're concerned about losing their memory or having the inclination of Alzheimer's disease because it may be even prevalent within their own family. So some of the early signs of dementia may include confusion, misplacing things in strange things. And and and keep in mind we all put things in strange things. We could be holding a couple things and putting something in the refrigerator like our keys.
And forget that we put our keys in the refrigerator. But it's not a matter of putting things in the wrong places, but looking at the keys and forgetting what the keys were were intended for. irritability is a significant s symptom of especially if you've never been irritable before, of of declining cognitive function. depression, especially if you're not accustomed to being deplo depressed. Loneliness, withdrawal, when people
start losing their memory, losing their cognitive ability, they they isolate themselves. mood swings, paranoia, feeling that everybody is talking about you. disorientation, not realizing where you are, leaving the house and not remembering where where where you're supposed to go. and and possibly difficulty completing simple tasks.
Next next slide. Now, currently we've got between six and seven million individuals that have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. That that number's probably on the lower end because there's a lot of people that have been that
Murray Sabrin (10:14.527)
He got knocked off of it.
jeez.
Dr. Glenn Gero (10:27.88)
Slide or are we having problems?
Murray Sabrin (10:34.367)
Okay.
Dr. Glenn Gero (10:35.794)
Now there's billions and billions of dollars that have been that have been targeted towards Alzheimer's d disease. Yet there's no pill. There's no pill that has ever been created with all of the billions of dollars and all of the research that has ever been done. And the reason why is because Alzheimer's disease is a multifaceted condition and there's no single application
or pharmacological intervention that's going to restore cognitive function. So that's why I I've done I've done many hundreds of hours of research in these in these areas. Next slide.
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One of the one of the problems with senior citizens and and aging is that many, many medical doctors are just not prepared for the onslaught of conditions associated with older people. In the last month, I had two patients that went to their primary care doctor complaining of fatigue, losing their memory and weakness. And the doctors and the doctors are saying to their patients, look.
You're 80 or 85 or 90 years old, be happy that you're still that you're still alive. And and there's nothing that we know of that's going to make you better. And of course, who loses? I think it's a travesty that medical doctors are saying this to their patients. Next slide.
One of the issues that create aging and aging of the brain is oxidation or oxidative stress. You know, when you look at a banana that when you buy it from the supermarket, it's either yellow or green, and you keep it on the kitchen counter long enough, it's going to turn brown. If you took two apples and you you if you took an apple and you cut the apple in half, and you took one half of the apple and left it face up on the kitchen counter.
And you took the other half and you turned it upside down and put it into lemon juice.
In a half an hour or an hour later, would you eat the apple that wasn't in the lemon juice? And basically, that's degradation that's caused by oxygen. So oxygen is a double-edged sword. We need oxygen to keep us alive. But inappropriate utilization of oxygen causes degradation or deterioration, and that can affect cognitive function as well. Next slide.
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Now, does does it really matter what we eat? Now, many times when you go to a doctor and you ask about what should I eat, and you're frustrated because the doctor's not giving you an answer, the problem is would you ask your electrician to fix your toilet? Medical doctors are not equipped and not trained to respond to a question about nutrition. So food, we have to understand food is information for every cell in our body.
It's it's fundamental in sustaining our vitality. What we eat has a significant effect on how we feel, how our how our energy is, and our thought processes. Food is the most important tool to prevent Alzheimer's disease. As a matter of fact, Alzheimer's disease is actually considered diabetes type three. So what you eat and how you live your life is going to have a very
Significant effect on how the brain is going to age. A brain healthy diet results in better cognition. What is chosen in terms of our food choices creates an environment in which the brain is going to either thrive or it's going to deteriorate. I don't care what anybody says, it's been validated. Poor nutrition is going to damage the brain.
causing inflammation and the build up of oxidative byproducts that prevent neuron to neuron communication within the brain. Next slide.
So what should we eat? Let's start with real food. Unprocessed, plant-based, densely nutritious, lots of antioxidants to prevent that oxidative stress. Things, foods that are anti-inflammatory. Fiber. We want to have enough fiber to keep the body moving appropriately. Healthy fats, omega-3 fatty acids, olive oil, lean protein.
Dr. Glenn Gero (15:30.106)
Organic when possible, obviously nobody's gonna have a diet that's a hundred percent organic unless they own their own farm. Next slide.
Could your memory problems and brain fog actually be caused because be caused because of the your thyroid is under functioning? So I have a book coming out, it probably will be out next January or February, called Thyroid Mastery, and that's a specialty of mine where I deal with many individuals that have low thyroid function and the medical medical system is not diagnosing it appropriately. Next slide.
Omega-3 fatty acids, as we mentioned before, are the fatty acids that are in fish and even algae. So what what when we talk about the fish that have brain protective fatty acids, we're talking about what we call the smash is an acronym for salmon, mackerel, anchovies, sardines, fish, or neuroprotective protecting the brain. And
It can actually protect us against cyberstreep.
Dr. Glenn Gero (16:53.021)
Did we lose you?
Murray Sabrin (17:32.159)
Did Glenn get kicked off again?
Murray Sabrin (17:41.596)
man, he he's gotta upgrade his Wi Fi. If he if he's g
Murray Sabrin (18:15.605)
Yeah, they upgraded our Wi Fi here about a year or so ago, t maybe two years ago.
no, we have we have a y something on the wall here.
Murray Sabrin (18:35.115)
Yeah, it seems to work extremely well. I mean, I come across I think well in all the podcasts that I do.
Murray Sabrin (18:44.329)
Yeah, one of the guests from California, Brian, he invited me for his podcast on f Friday.
Murray Sabrin (18:55.433)
Yeah, so we'll do the podcast at two o'clock.
Murray Sabrin (19:02.973)
Yeah, yeah.
Murray Sabrin (19:13.139)
Yeah. Wow.
Murray Sabrin (19:18.985)
Yeah, no, w when we came here the Wi Fi was okay. again, I don't remember if if if if there was any problems, but they upgraded it and it seems to be super fine.
Murray Sabrin (19:46.067)
Yeah, because we have what, I think over four hundred units here, maybe more. So you need a lot of a lot of whatever the the technical term is to get everyone online.
Murray Sabrin (20:03.783)
Murray Sabrin (20:24.275)
I mean if we if we have a problem I you know I I I don't want to put out a bad product.
Murray Sabrin (20:39.813)
I mean the f the first time we did it, I think we did it from his o office. But it looks like it's the same background.
Murray Sabrin (20:58.067)
Let me see if he's contact.
Murray Sabrin (21:07.604)
boy.
Murray Sabrin (21:26.837)
I mean if he's having trouble getting on, that means his connection is really bad.
Murray Sabrin (21:37.064)
boy.
Murray Sabrin (21:57.247)
mean if you don't have a good connection it's really har it it's it's it's it's these podcasts will not work.
Murray Sabrin (22:08.179)
Yeah, I mean I I don't wanna put anything out there that's gonna be really I mean not your fault, but to just to to put something out there that is just not high quality is not something I wanna be associated with.
Murray Sabrin (22:47.261)
No, let me see.
Let me just let me text him.
Murray Sabrin (23:03.805)
I don't think so.
Murray Sabrin (23:15.135)
Because he would see himself, wouldn't he, on the on
Murray Sabrin (23:28.095)
But wouldn't he see himself
Murray Sabrin (23:44.339)
Okay, he read it.
Murray Sabrin (23:50.985)
He says his internet is not down.
Murray Sabrin (23:55.743)
You wanna call them and see what's going on?
Dr. Glenn Gero (29:20.326)
yeah.
Murray Sabrin (29:22.323)
Much better.
Dr. Glenn Gero (29:25.064)
Do you wanna start over or do you wanna d wanna what do you wanna do?
Murray Sabrin (29:37.771)
yeah, why don't we start over? You got the introduction, right?
Murray Sabrin (29:45.949)
Okay, so Glenn when you we have the introduction, so when you come on, just say thanks for inviting me and then we'll get right into the PowerPoint.
Dr. Glenn Gero (29:54.906)
Okay. Okay.
Dr. Glenn Gero (30:03.57)
There's there's something that's can you see this in front of my face?
Murray Sabrin (30:09.461)
Could could c can you put the shade down so the sun doesn't get t in the back?
Dr. Glenn Gero (30:18.448)
Yeah, it is that.
Murray Sabrin (30:21.395)
Okay.
Murray Sabrin (30:25.395)
sun was coming in and was bouncing off of you.
Murray Sabrin (30:38.249)
Much better Glenn.
Dr. Glenn Gero (30:38.416)
I know, but we've got this thing in front of me. I don't know what it what this is. is it? What is this? What?
I don't know what that Helen and I can we get rid of this? I don't know what that is. I have no idea what that is. What is this? I don't know. It just went away when I clicked that. Okay. It was some kind of a pin, but now your name went up on there. Well that's a d n does is your name does that appear on his screen? Okay.
Dr. Glenn Gero (31:18.517)
Murray Sabrin (31:21.493)
Okay, Glenn, move move a little bit more to your right, so you're centered.
There you go, perfect.
Dr. Glenn Gero (31:27.163)
Okay.
Murray Sabrin (31:31.04)
Okay.
Dr. Glenn Gero (31:36.379)
Okay.
Dr. Glenn Gero (31:40.815)
Well, thank you very much for inviting me. Today I want to speak about
Murray Sabrin (31:44.937)
Well great to be with you again, Glenn.
Dr. Glenn Gero (31:46.32)
What's that?
Murray Sabrin (31:49.311)
Great to be be with you again. So let's get right to it because you've got a lot of great information for our viewers and listeners.
Dr. Glenn Gero (31:55.324)
Well, thank you for inviting me. today I want to speak about aging is inevitable, losing your mind isn't. And I've got good news and I've got bad news. The good news is that you've got an eighty to ninety percent chance of avoiding or or not ever having cognitive ser serious cognitive decline or Alzheimer's disease. the bad news is there's no one single bullet.
And we have to look at all of the other ramifications or issues that can actually improve your ability to maintain your cognitive ability throughout your life, even when you're in your 80s. So we're going to talk about the lifestyle, nutritional, botanical approaches to maintain your cognitive ability throughout life. And it it looks like I've got a lot of designations after my name, but the most important thing is that I am.
a physiological detective. So my g my role is is to look at each individual to try to assess what are their problems and to be able to direct my recommendations specifically to their needs. Next slide.
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Many many many of my patients come to me and and they're concerned about their memory and they're they're they're thinking that they're inclined to get Alzheimer's disease. But we have to really make a distinction between normal forgetfulness and whether or not somebody's becoming demented. And there's a number of signs that we can take a look at, such as mental confusion, unusual for that particular person, misplacing things in strange places like
Like putting your keys in the refrigerator. Well, you know, we all do crazy things. We all we're carrying a bunch of stuff, we're putting the milk in the refrigerator, we felt we f realize that we also had our keys in our hand. But if you look at your keys at some point and you forget what the keys are for, that's that's an indication that there's some serious issue there. Irritability, especially if somebody is not normally irritable, depression, loneliness, isolation.
mood swings, unusual mood swings, paranoia that you feel that people are talking about you even when there's no chance that they are. disorientation, leaving your house and not real not remembering how to get home. and and difficulty completing simple tasks, things that used to be very, very simple for you. Next slide.
Yeah, no the issue the issue today is we've got between six and seven million people in this country that have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. I I think that's a conservative estimate because there's a number of people that actually have Alzheimer's disease that weren't officially diagnosed. But the problem is in the next 35 years, the the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease is going to double. So the estimates by the year 2060.
We're going have nearly fourteen million people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Next slide.
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There's no pharmacological solution. With the billions and billions of dollars that have been invested by the pharmaceutical industries to come up with a solution that is going to either rev reverse or treat Alzheimer's disease, nothing has come close. There's been some pharmacological interventions that have made mild improvements in memory, but they're all short term.
And the consequences are grave because there are so many undesirable side effects that compliance is a major issue. So there really is nothing that at this point can reverse Alzheimer's disease. Next slide.
One of the problems I've seen, and this is a serious issue, is doctors are not treating the senior citizens appropriately. Twice in the last month, I've had patients in their 80s go to a medical doctor complaining of fatigue, memory loss, and feeling weakness. And their doctors are merely saying, you're 85 years old, you're 88 years old, just be happy that you're still alive.
Nothing's going to make you better. And I think this is a terrible disservice to our senior citizens because there is something that can help virtually everybody. Next slide.
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One of the biggest issues that I see is oxidation or oxidative stress. Think about what causes a banana to turn brown or or makes that apple turn turn black when you leave it out on the kitchen counter after you've sliced it in half. That is degradation. That is causing damage to that fruit. But the same things are happening in our body. And while oxygen is essential for life.
inappropriate utilization of oxygen within our bodies causes what is called free radicals and that's caused by poor diets, lack of exercise, chronic stress, and even toxic exposure. So we're gonna go into some of these causal factors. Next slide.
Does it really matter what we eat? What we I get a lot of patients that that consult their medical doctor and they say, Doc, what should what should I be eating? It's like asking your electrician to fix your toilet because medical doctors, as we all know, are not trained in nutritional therapies. The problem is the dogma in medical school and medical s medical doctors is
They refuse to admit that there's anything that they don't know. So we're not getting information, we're not getting credible information from the medical system. But food, it's important to notice, note that food is information for every cell in our body. It's fundamental in sustaining our vitality. It's the most important tool to prevent Alzheimer's disease. A healthy
brain needs
Dr. Glenn Gero (38:29.645)
superior nutrition and and and the foods we choose create an environment in which the brain can thrive and and repair itself and also having good nutrition is the most significant aspects to prevent neuron to neuron degradation so we need we need nutrients that are going to improve the signaling that we get in our brain next slide
So, what should we eat? Maybe we should start with the real food. Because most of the food that we see in boxes and cans and and all different types of packages have been processed. So we want to as much as possible have on-processed foods. I'm not saying never to have a cookie, never to have a cracker, but for the most part, it's the on-processed, nutritionally dense foods that are going to give us.
the biggest bang for our buck for our nutritional buck. We want it to be densely nutritious. We want it to we want to have a diet that's high in antioxidants to defray those oxidative elements that age us. We want our foods to be relatively anti-inflammatory. We want them to have fiber. Because most of our refined foods, the fiber has been stripped from those foods. Healthy fats
omega-3 fatty acids, lean protein. And as much as possible, we're not going to have a diet that's a hundred percent organic, but as much as possible to have foods that are not as tainted in terms of pesticides and herbicides. Next slide.
Could your memory problems actually be an insufficient thyroid function or low thyroid function? And I'm writing a book called Thyroid Mastery. That's gonna be out sometime early in twenty twenty-seven. And there's a section in my book about the relationship between hypothyroid or poor thyroid function and the inclination to towards Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
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Next slide.
We talked about omega-3 fatty acids. It's the omega-3 fatty acids, or particularly the DHA component, that actually fuels our brain cells and aids in neuron-to-neuron communication. So this is one of our tools in our toolbox to enrich our brain function so that we can hopefully present prev prevent Alzheimer's disease. Next slide.
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Doing the things we love. You know, most most people they retire from life. They retire from their full-time job. They retire from doing anything that gives them joy. But it's important that we continue doing the things that that give us passion. And that's really the most important thing because I get individuals who are are losing it and and their sons or their daughters are bringing them into my office.
And they're worried about their memory. I said, Well, what are they doing to give them passion? What is their reason for getting up in the morning? So memory is not the biggest problem. The problem is people have lost their passion for life. And if they lose their passion for life, their memory is going to fade. They have no purpose for living. Next slide.
There is a medication. There is one what I call medication that does it all. And imagine, imagine that there's a tool, there's a supplement, there's a nutrient that can boost and optimize the brain's immune system. It can increase the brain's memory structure. It it will help to grow new brain cells.
It'll strengthen the neuron-to-neuron signaling. It'll reduce anxiety and depression. It lowers the basal metabolic rate. Increases your receptivity to insulin, lowers the risk of diabetes, lowers your blood pressure, helps with sleep, reduces the plaques.
That may be contributory to to cognitive decline and significantly reduce the risk of cognitive decline. What is that one medication? Next slide. It's exercise. This is a book that I've just completed that's going to be out sometime in October. And it it talks about the biggest excuse that people make about not exercising, and that's time.
Dr. Glenn Gero (43:49.466)
So, what I've done is I've created 30 different workout routines, each one that takes 10 minutes, 10 minutes or more. So it takes away the excuse that I just don't have the time, I don't have the energy. So this is what I'm addressing. And if exercise has all of those benefits and we're not doing it, we're inviting cognitive decline in our lives. So it's it's important that.
We look at the things that are going to have the greatest effect on maintaining cognitive function. Next slide.
A lot of people ask me, well, you know, I do puzzles, I do crosswords, isn't that great? Well, the the research indicates if you're doing crossword puzzles and you're getting good at it, it means that you're getting more proficient at doing crossword puzzles and puzzles. but in the long run, it doesn't really make a huge difference in terms of preventing Alzheimer's or cognitive decline.
It just improves your ability to do these games. Next slide.
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One of my favorite sayings is life should be cumulative. And and you know myself, I I do over five hundred hours of continuing education every year. But you know, I'm I'm a practitioner and I need to continually learn new new techniques. But it's important that to we continue learning and doing things that are going to stimulate our mind. If we don't do those.
If we don't exercise our mind just like exercising our body, we are going to deteriorate. So there's many different options. Many of them do not cost anything. There's many online programs and college courses that people can take that do not cost anything. As a matter of fact, I know somebody who takes college courses as a senior and she doesn't have to pay anything. Of course, she's not going there to get a grade, but she's going there.
to audit a class and they there's certain colleges that you can go to where there's no cost where you can just sit in the classroom just like all the students. Next slide.
Social interaction instead of isolating oneself. And I get individuals say, my friends died. My family is my family doesn't doesn't call me anymore. It's incumbent upon all of us to maintain these social interactions, these social networks, volunteer, get involved, join a social group, join a joint join join a a senior
a senior group. There's so many individuals and groups that are available if we look for it. So it's important that and just as important as diet and exercise, having a social network is absolutely critical. Next slide.
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Sleep. If if if you if you're not able to sleep, you're you're going to be tired. You're going to be sleepwalking through your day. So there's so many restorative benefits to having a good night's sleep. And when you're not sleeping well, it's going to affect virtually every organ system, every cell in your body, and especially the brain. The brain needs you to be well rested. Next slide.
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This is one thing that a lot of a lot of individuals don't realize, and and even most doctors do not make an association between gum disease and cognitive decline. keep in mind where the mouth is and the gums are right in the area of the brain. So if the mouth is home to over 700 species of bacteria, including those that are contributory to periodontal gum disease,
It's going to have a deleterious effect on our ability to maintain cognitive function. Next slide.
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Heavy metals. there are metals like lead, cadmium, manganese, aluminum, mercury, and and and other significant metals. We all live on the same planet. We all have similar exposures. But if somebody has been in an occupation where there are toxic exposures, airborne, if they've been a heavy smoker, for example, and they've got high levels of levels of cadmium.
These are elements that can certainly have a pronounced effect on on brain function. So human studies have consistently shown that lead cadmium manganese are associated with impaired cognitive function and cognitive dec decline in all individuals, not just adults. Next slide.
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A lot of people when they see this this slide, they say, What what do you mean stress is good for the brain? Yeah, yeah, stress gets us up in the morning. Stress gets us to do the things necessary to do all of the challenges we have in life. So stress, good stress, can act as a vaccine against the future, the effect of future adver adversity. And it challenges us. We need to constantly be challenged. And if we continue to challenge our brain.
We can actually stimulate the growth of new neurons. It's a process called brain plasticity. In other words, it's enriching the potential of every neuron in the brain just by challenging ourselves. Next slide. The problem is not that stress is bad, but unresolved stress, constant chronic stress. Whereas
We worried about what we did yesterday and we have a fear of the future, and that doesn't let up. If we allow that psychological stress to permeate in us for long term, that is a major consequence that can lead to cognitive failure and Alzheimer's disease. Next slide.
And you would expect, I wrote a book that came out this year, Stress and Anxiety Unlocked. I have people that have read that book and they said it changed their life. So understanding not to eliminate the stress, but how to deal with the stress, how to unlock those relationships that we have with stress and anxiety. So that is a
very, very good resource and it's based on my twenty five years of clinical practice. Next slide.
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The therapeutic support to be able to protect our brain. In summary, antioxidant communication, antioxidant consumption, socialization, keep your social nerve networks active. And create new ones. Physical exercise, especially cardiovascular exercise. Having omega-3 fatty acids, having fish or fish oil supplements. Keep learning.
Life should be cumulative instead of vegetating. Manage your stress, eliminate your toxins, balance your blood sugar levels. Very, very important. Limit alcohol consumption. As a matter of fact, the new research on alcohol is that no amount of alcohol now is considered safe. They used to say that, you know, drink some wine, it's therapeutic, it's good for your health. No amount of alcohol.
Has been shown to be beneficial for the for the body or the brain. Avoid tobacco products. They should actually have larger warning labels on the back of cigarettes. People still think cigarettes are are okay. Have a sense of purpose, maintain an outlook of positive expectancy. Expect that you're going to get better. And that's called.
psychoneuroimmunology. That's a that's a that's a s branch of science that individuals who have positive expectancy will thrive or have a better chance of thriving. Next slide.
Self-efficacy means that we need to be the conductor of our own life. We need to be the one that's ultimately responsible. Nobody. No other no other force is going to take care of us. We need to take care of ourselves. Next slide.
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And it's all about sustainability. You know, it's funny that people will say, you know, if I take a vitamin D, how long do I need to take it? Well, probably as long as you're living. do I need to exercise as long as I'm living, or can I just exercise for a couple weeks and then stop doing it? Sustainability is critically important. This was the first book I've written. Very important because the health paradox, why we struggle to stay well.
And how to beat the odds, people feel that all I have to do is mag wave a magic wand and they're going to order all of a sudden get well. So the things that get you well in the short term need to be sustained in the long term to make sure that we stay healthy, and that's the only way we can protect our brain, protect our bodies. Next slide. In summary.
Unfortunately, there's no magic bullet. Supplements alone are important, but they're not the answer. Lifestyle and mind b mind body measures are are paramount. What you do, how you live your life is absolutely essential. It's the culmination of everything you do. And unfortunately, there's no guarantees, but it's going to give you the best chance. And at the and ultimately,
Do the best you can, like I said, and cross your fingers.
Murray Sabrin (55:02.709)
Thank you, Glenn. That was wonderful. This is a blueprint, a roadmap to optimal health. And that's the reason we have this podcast: Health, Wealth and the Pursuit of Happiness. If you're ill, you can't pursue your happiness. If you're ill, your wealth is not going to be as as good as it could be, because you're bothered with things that are taking you distracting you away from better decisions regarding your investments and your portfolio.
So Glenn, I have a few questions for you because there are things that came up when I was going over the slides listening to you. And there are two things that I want to get your take on for for better health, and that is fresh air and hydration. What do you say about that?
Dr. Glenn Gero (55:44.318)
very important. Look, you know, this is my my initial presentation was actually done at Rutgers graduate school. It was a two and a half hour lecture. So it it had it had a hundred forty-seven slides. So so there there's there's a few things missing on on this more succinct presentation. So it's so so it's there's there's many other
qualities or or aspects that are involved that that are important.
Murray Sabrin (56:25.895)
Fresh air I think, especially people who living in northern climates, they're locked in all day and they're breathing indoor air. And there aren't there studies that show that indoor air is as is as polluted as outdoor air, you'd be even more polluted?
Murray Sabrin (56:54.973)
boy.
Murray Sabrin (56:58.909)
Everything was going so well.
Murray Sabrin (57:15.488)
Yeah.
Murray Sabrin (58:39.531)
Well he read it.
Murray Sabrin (01:00:11.637)
So if we can't upload it, we lose it.
Murray Sabrin (01:00:20.616)
boy.
Murray Sabrin (01:01:08.361)
Yeah, so if he's doing a lot of webinars, why why is connections so poor this time?
Murray Sabrin (01:01:38.558)
Yeah.
Murray Sabrin (01:01:52.405)
Let me call you do Say again.
Murray Sabrin (01:02:00.255)
Yeah, go ahead.
Murray Sabrin (01:04:58.152)
Okay, good to see you again.
Murray Sabrin (01:05:03.083)
Okay. All right. I I just have one last question, Glenn, and then then we'll let you go. stay on until Rob says it's okay to leave, all right?
Dr. Glenn Gero (01:05:17.102)
Okay.
Murray Sabrin (01:05:18.519)
you had a list of things people should eat. What are some of the specifics? Is there a list of some of the specific things people should eat and where could they find them?
Dr. Glenn Gero (01:05:31.15)
You know, real foods. I mean fruits and vegetables, your your colored your colored fruits like your berries, and are are loaded with antioxidants. and you know, I I've had people that I've recommended have a half a cup of blueberries every day and they came back a year later and they said, You know what, my vision improved. So if your vision improves after a year of eating blueberries,
Murray Sabrin (01:05:56.171)
Interesting.
Dr. Glenn Gero (01:05:59.598)
And we're talking like a half a cup, think about what it's doing for brain function. Things like the the the good fatty fish, like the salmon and the and the sardines. these are these these are wonderful, wonderful sources of the type of fats that line the line the insulin of your of your nervous system.
so it's it's critically important if you're not eating fish, fish oil supplements, either in capsules or in liquid, have a powerful effect on maintaining brain function. But keep in mind that any one of these elements in of themselves are not going to work unless you integrate all of the other factors into including socialization, improving your
Murray Sabrin (01:06:30.219)
Fantastic.
Dr. Glenn Gero (01:06:57.965)
ability to con continue to learn and having a purposeful life. I I often say I oftentimes tell people jokingly, don't give up your day job. But even if you give up your day job, you can you can volunteer. You can get involved in some type of group that's going to have a mission. So vegetating on some beach, someplace that you you're not using your your body or your mind.
Is going to only cause cognitive decline. Just like when we don't exercise, we don't move our muscles, we're going to deteriorate. We're not going to be able to take the groceries out of the trunk of our car. But this is what happens to our brains when we're not using it. It needs it's a muscle that needs to be exercised. And once you stop doing that, you've got to accept that cognitive decline is going to be a consequence.
Murray Sabrin (01:07:55.852)
Glenn, thank you for this comprehensive overview of optimal health, no matter what stage of life you're in, because what you do in your twenties, thirties, and forties and fifties will pay huge dividends in your sixties, seventies and eighties, and hopefully beyond. So thanks, Glenn, for coming on the show. we'll do so follow up when your other books are coming out, because we have to get the five trillion dollar medical care budget.
down from this country because we're spending too much on medical care and we need to spend more money on things that give us great joy in life, whatever that is, that's your pursuit of happiness. So again, please share this with your friends, families, colleagues, neighbors, bosses, and especially your physician, because your physician needs to understand how nutrition is an integral part of great health. So thanks again for being with us.
Dr. Glenn Gero (01:08:52.014)
And you you really touched on a very important aspect. When you said in your tw in your thirties, forties and fifties, that's when you really need to get started. You know, sometimes people say, you know, I'm 80 years old, I've I've ignored my my health all of for for for decades, and now I'm expecting Dr. Jero to turn everything around. if we're not taking care of ourselves in our thirties, forties, that's where it really needs to start.
Murray Sabrin (01:08:53.045)
Thank you for your listening.
Dr. Glenn Gero (01:09:20.27)
Not that we can't make a difference if somebody comes to you for the first time in their 70s or 80s, we can make a little bit of a difference. But you're absolutely right. We have to be attentive to these things. And the medical system is not going to tell us to do that because they thrive on keeping us a little bit sick.
Murray Sabrin (01:09:42.485)
Thanks, Calend, for that great advice. So hope you enjoyed today's show and keep on listening to Health, Wealth, and Pursuit of Happiness. I'm Mari Sabrin. Until next time, keep questioning conventional wisdom, keep pursuing truth, and keep striving for a healthier, freer, and more prosperous life. And please share this with your friends and neighbors, and more importantly, your physician. Thank you. Until next time.
Dr. Glenn Gero (01:10:04.506)
Thank you very much.