Eliminate These RISK FACTORS Destroying Your Brain! | Dr. Daniel Amen & Mark Hyman

We can’t have a healthy, high-functioning mind without a healthy, high-functioning brain. Yet, in a world where many people feel unhappy or downright depressed, most of us aren’t prioritizing time each day to upgrade our brains and be intentional about our mindset. I’m here to tell you that if you want to feel happier and more empowered, it’s time to start.

Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk to my good friend and colleague Dr. Daniel Amen all about the scientifically proven ways he’s discovered to increase happiness.

Dr. Daniel Amen is a physician, double board-certified psychiatrist, twelve-time New York Times bestselling author, and founder and CEO of Amen Clinics, with 10 US locations. Dr. Amen is the author of many books including the mega-bestseller Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, as well as The End of Mental Illness, Memory Rescue, Healing ADD, and Your Brain Is Always Listening. His new book, You, Happier: The 7 Neuroscience Secrets of Feeling Good Based on Your Brain Type, comes out this month.

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[pavanvirk]

A lot of what you both are saying aligns with my grandma’s lifestyle (she is 92 and takes zero medications). She grew up in a village in India and practiced all the brain healthy things you mentioned from the right diet and daily exercise to mindfulness, gratefulness, positive thoughts, etc. She also didn’t sit at a desk all day, didn’t have to read food labels, and didn’t have the modern technology to make her lazy. She milked the cow that was fed from the farm that my grandpa attended to, grew their own wheat, and were growing fruits and veggies at home. Sounds like we all just need to implement the lifestyle of our grandparents/great grandparents of the simpler days.

[jeanlanz]

Fantastic conversation with genius Daniel Amen. Amen's books are health-producing, practical, and research-based. I wish that you both would develop a nurse practitioner course, mostly online for theory, and local for clinicals, that would fuse Hyman's functional medicine and Amen's brain health concepts. Nurse practitioners can practice independently in many states without physician supervision, they can do it without the load of medical school debt, and they could help heal so many ill people by guiding them to change their lifestyles and thoughts. A great podcast, except for Amen's one cheap shot at Catholicism without balancing it with a positive statement. Thank you and God bless.

[kartiyasaariftaputri]

Oh my God, when I was a teenager, I used to name my mind and had a daily conversation with her, because I felt lonely most often and had no friends. And my mind was my only and dearest friend, until my husband came. I thought it was crazy me talking to my mind. Turns out it's not. I'll welcome her back then. Her name is Shade, because she was just me, my shade. I love her.

[David-oexj]

Thks so much for exposing me to the brilliant man. I am happier for spending this time with u both. Amen to Daniel Amen

[catsnotkids]

Fascinating discussion. As a multiple stroke survivor I am beginning to learn how vital brain care is...thanks guysxx

[zxctgb]

Prozac worked for me but the withdrawal if I don't take it is insane. 70-90% of serotonin is made in the gut, doctors knew for two decades I had leaky gut, yet none of them tried to heal my gut, 5 tried to give me SSRIs, and two tried to give me sleeping pills (which I'm glad I declined). It seems crazy that antidepressants are the first answer when low serotonin is not always the trigger, and there are so many ways to support serotonin.

[cindy]

I love Dr. Amen so much! Went to his clinic but I can't afford all of the supplements. Wish ins. companies covered them as they are truly medicine.

[cristinastanica]

One of the few guests who talks more than Dr. Hyman. I love it!

[fadiaziadeh]

Dr. Hyman, thank you again for bringing us these amazing doctors. This will be my next book to buy. I also, looked up the 30 day Happiness challenge. The last time I tried a challenge was your 21 day pegan diet, and it I am still on it and I feel amazing. Some wounds take time to heal, and I think this will be a great addition to staying positive.
Dr. Amen, I also had a raccoon, but unlike you it stayed outdoors. I live on a small farm. A few years ago, this raccoon climbed up the porch steps dragging one leg behind him. He was obviously badly hurt. Against my ex-husband's wishes to not feed him and chase him away, I fed him and gave him water and he would rest and sleep afterwards for a couple of hrs. then he would make his way to where he was hiding. It took several months but he got better. Last fall, I saw Rocky (of course that would be his name) he came to garage he figured out that's where I feed my barn cats, he was limping but walking and using all 4 legs, a little fat which told me he was OK. Alos, love the penguin story. Thank you both.

[ethimself]

Is time for Dr. Amen to update his book, Healing ADD.

[relja_]

Hi Mark, great videos as always keep them coming.
You always talk about people that are overweight, so i was wondering will you make some videos addressing people that are skinny(how to gain weight, some problems of being skinny, etc.) (I'm 185cm tall, weight around 60kg, 22 years old and want to gain some weight). It would be nice to see you talk about it :)
And i would love to see you talk about helicobacter pylori. My friend has an issues with it and always takes antibiotics for long periods of times wich i dont think is the best way to go about it.

[ColettaDesign]

Dr Hyman, you look fantastic with your beard and in your navy turtleneck sweater!!

[lynnmcmillian]

When the heart is unhappy which is your soul your mind, your life will be unsettled !

[shinebright]

HAPPINESS Is A DECISION, ….FEEL THE JOY WITHIN OUR HEART….WHERE WE FEEL LOVE, GOD WITHIN Us…
True…..MENTAL DECLINE COULD BE DEPRESSING, ...BUT WE NEED NOT DWELL IN NEGATIVITY FOREVER ABOUT IT…INSTEAD, RESEARCH WHAT Is AVAILABLE…LIKE WHAT YOU KIND DOCTORS ARE SHARING, GOD Bless You 😇😇🌈💝❤️💖🕊🍃💫

[lindajones]

I certainly hope those famous people he named as his patients gave him their permission to mention their names in public

[FysioTutor]

Best one so far oh man I loved this one!

[pavanvirk]

Also, the brain types Dr. Amen mentioned also align with Ayurveda (over 3000 year old Indian medical approach that basically says food = medicine). Have you studied the commonalities between your research and Ayurveda?

[judyb]

I can't find where they talk about the safest anesthesia, if you have to have surgery.

[christopherkarr]

I am a native of Montpelier, VT whose great grandparents were Abnaki Indians that lived 10 miles from me on Spruce Mountain. I caught covid which turned into London covid.March 2020 I got my first shot of Pfizer and had a severe reaction. Got some pills and improved but still not right. Watched videos of you and tried intermittent

[alicecoppers]

My road in Roseburg Oregon has six doctors living in my neighborhood. I talked to all of them because I jog up and down our hill every day. I would not want to look like any of them. There is only one neighbor who is 72 who looks very good and she was an aerobics instructor and is from Korea. So it has something to do with diet and culture. She and I are the only ones without gray hair.