Participants: Don Mackintosh (Host), Dr. Neil Nedley
Series Code: HFAL
Program Code: HFAL00241B
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00:01 Welcome back! We're talking with Dr. Nedley
00:03 We're glad you remembered to come back. 00:04 We're talking about memory, 00:06 and Dr. Neil Nedley, we're glad you're with us. Thank you 00:09 Now, we had a graphic... I want to just review again 00:11 for those who were watching that maybe had transient memory 00:15 and immediately forgot this. 00:16 And we want to look at what we were talking about... 00:18 the different forms of memory loss... 00:21 We had TRANSIENCE, which basically... you just heard 00:25 something and then you just immediately forget it 00:28 is a transient fact 00:29 Yeah, well, it's not just immediately... 00:30 that's more absentmindedness... 00:32 But transience means that you tend to lose it over time 00:35 You DID know it, but then you lose it. 00:37 ABSENTMINDEDNESS... You're not watching and you get lost... 00:40 and you're not really paying attention... Lack of focus 00:42 BLOCKING... You knew it but it's on the tip-of-your-tongue 00:46 You can't bring it back... That's right 00:47 MISATRIBUTION... you attribute to someone else... 00:50 "Oh, that's what I wrote. " "That's what I said, 00:52 but it wasn't really you at all. " 00:53 That's right, or some detail you have partial memory 00:56 but the complete memory is flawed. 00:58 SUGGESTIBILITY... Someone else says, "You did this, 01:01 and you did that" And you say, "I did it" 01:03 This is, many times, in cases of abuse, or even other things 01:07 where we looked at some of those things. Right? 01:10 BIAS... You bring your own sense of opinions, 01:14 and different things to the situation, 01:16 and you're using that... 01:17 You put it through your mental filter, and it messes up your... 01:20 In other words, you rewrite history based on your bias 01:23 on what actually occurred. 01:24 And then, PERSISTENCE... 01:26 That's like flashbacks from posttraumatic syndromes 01:30 that's like nightmares when they occur... 01:32 and those different things... 01:33 Things that we'd like to forget, 01:34 but they continue to come forward. 01:36 So let's say you have a patient that comes to you, 01:38 and they're saying, "I have memory losses" 01:40 What do you do? 01:41 Or what do you recall that you do? 01:43 Well, ha, ha, ha first we need to find out 01:47 which one of these memory problems is there. 01:50 And probably one of the most common ones that people 01:53 come to me for... They don't tend to come 01:55 to me for blocking, for instance 01:57 They don't tend to come to me for bias. 02:00 They don't think they are biased. 02:02 You know, they think they're accurate. 02:04 What they tend to come to me and complain about 02:06 is their inability to retain the 02:08 information a long period of time, 02:10 so their short-term memory is a problem, 02:13 or intermediate memory is a problem, 02:15 and that's why they're there. 02:16 So that's the transience part. 02:17 So if they truly have transience, 02:20 I actually start to do a workup on them. 02:22 So what do you do? 02:24 Well, first of all, I will give them a mental status examination 02:28 This is kind of a mental test to see how their recall is, 02:33 see how their ability is to... 02:35 How did I do by going through those different things? 02:37 Was my recall all right? 02:39 Your recall was pretty good... 02:40 but we could go through a "Mini Mental Status Exam" here 02:44 It might take us the rest of the program... 02:46 It usually takes us about 5 to 7 minutes to do it. 02:50 And then we could find out how you're truly doing... 02:53 But ah... Well, let's just go ahead 02:55 and do that between ourselves 02:56 so no one else has to remember it... HA, HA, HA, HA 02:59 So you do this mental status exam... 03:01 which is a battery of questions? 03:02 Battery of questions... right. 03:04 That you remember, or they have that a written form? 03:07 Well no, it's not a written form 03:08 I'm actually testing them. 03:09 I'll give them 3 things to recall later on 03:12 I'll make sure that they know where they're at, 03:16 and they know what city, and what state... 03:19 some simple things like that. 03:20 Then I'll have them do some simple math. 03:22 Actually, it gets a little more complicated by the 7th question 03:27 But it is math that the average individual should be able to do. 03:30 Counting backwards, simple addition. That's right 03:32 Subtracting 7's from 100 serially is what we tend to do. 03:37 And then, as far as their past memory, 03:40 seeing if they can remember the past 4 presidents. 03:43 And then see if they can obey simple commands. 03:46 that have 2 or 3 steps to them before they start them. 03:50 I mean... "Bush, Bush, Bush" is pretty... Ha, ha, ha, ha... okay 03:56 Okay, so you have those different tests... 03:58 Right, and then that can tell me a little about the 04:01 character of the memory problem. 04:02 Then, as part of the examination I will also measure 04:07 some things in their blood. 04:09 There are some things in the blood that are very much 04:11 associated with lack of transient memory, 04:15 in other words, transience becomes a problem over time. 04:19 And, this would be things like high homocysteine levels 04:22 Is that right? So that's related to 04:23 transient memory loss... That's right 04:25 And if the homocysteine level is high, 04:28 then we're going to try to do our best to get it down 04:30 And if we can get it down, 04:31 the individual's memory will improve. Hmm 04:35 How do you get the homocysteine down 04:36 besides amputation? Ha, ha, ha 04:39 There isn't amputation. 04:40 Homocysteine is an amino acid that can adversely 04:43 affect the memory. 04:44 But we bring it down through vitamins actually... B12 04:47 B12 is critically important in memory. 04:51 We'll measure the B12 level and see what it is. 04:53 And we like to see B12 levels greater than 500. 04:56 If they're less than 350, often it can cause 04:59 some mild-to-moderate memory problems. 05:02 If it's less than 100, it can cause some rather severe 05:05 memory deficits. 05:06 So, along with that, we'll measure folate. 05:09 Folate is a B vitamin that also will bring the 05:12 homocysteine level down nicely and help the memory. 05:15 And then the other 2 vitamins associated with that are 05:17 vitamin B6 and vitamin B2. 05:20 So all the B's... 05:21 If you're living with all the B's, you'll be all right. 05:25 If you're living with all the B's, you'll be much better 05:28 as far as transient memory is concerned. 05:31 Okay, so anything else for transience? 05:33 Yes, there are some other things. 05:36 High cholesterol levels actually can adversely affect 05:39 the memory... in SEVERAL WAYS it's not just the 05:42 plugged arteries... and studies show that the higher 05:45 the cholesterol levels, 05:46 the more little memory holes you'll see on an MRI 05:51 And so getting the cholesterol level down 05:53 can help preserve the memory. 05:54 So ANYONE that has a memory problem, 05:56 I always measure their cholesterol level 05:59 measure their LDL cholesterol, as well as triglycerides... 06:03 All of these can have adverse 06:04 effects as far as the memory is concerned. 06:07 So basically, anything that would lead to heart disease 06:09 also leads to... 06:11 There's a mind-heart connection. 06:13 Is that right? Yes 06:14 And, you know, the Bible was pretty accurate 06:15 Often the Bible uses those terms interchangeably 06:19 and if you have a heart problem, 06:22 you actually, very likely, also have mind problems, 06:25 and vice versa can also occur 06:28 Then on top of that, I'll do simple things like 06:30 measuring their blood pressure. 06:32 Studies show the higher the blood pressure, 06:35 the faster the memory declines with age. 06:37 And it doesn't need to occur that way 06:40 if we keep the blood pressure down... 06:41 And that's why even things like sodium intake 06:43 can have a role to play... 06:44 The HIGHER the sodium intake, 06:46 the LOWER the memory goes with age... 06:49 And so we need to watch that as we age. 06:52 SO, homocysteine, cholesterol, sodium, 06:56 and then get your B vitamins 06:58 Anything else in terms of transience? Vitamin D 07:03 Vitamin D Oh again, it shows up! 07:05 Vitamin D... one of the problems is that we cannot 07:08 store our memories in our hippocampus. 07:12 What occurs at night when you're resting... is that 07:15 you're actually going through some storage systems 07:19 I see... You know, backup systems 07:20 You know how your computer backs up at night, 07:22 or if you have a good computer system, 07:24 that's what's happening at night. 07:25 The same thing occurs with your brain computer. 07:28 At night, you're actually storing those memories 07:31 And you have to have a melatonin level 07:33 that's up in order to be able to very precisely 07:37 store those memories. Hmm 07:39 That's one of the reasons why college students 07:42 ...the lifestyle factor most related to how good they do 07:46 in college... is early to bed, early to rise 07:49 Why is that? 07:50 The earlier they go to bed, closer to when the sun goes down 07:54 the more melatonin they make! 07:56 And the more melatonin they make, 07:58 the better their working memory is, 08:01 and the better able they are to recall those things. 08:04 And what studies show is... 08:06 if you don't have vitamin D on board, 08:09 you don't have calcium come in... 08:11 And if you don't have calcium cross your intestinal tract 08:14 into your bloodstream, 08:16 it adversely affects your melatonin output. 08:18 So you're not putting out melatonin. 08:20 And so, we measure anyone that has a memory problem 08:23 We're now measuring vitamin D's in all of them 08:26 And that's something very simple And CALCIUM too... 08:28 CALCIUM... Now it turns out calcium in the bloodstream 08:31 is regulated by the kidneys, 08:32 and the parathyroid hormones and those type of things. 08:37 Your calcium can LOOK okay in the bloodstream... 08:39 when in reality, it's being leached from your bone 08:41 to get it to be okay 08:43 And, that doesn't help your melatonin level... 08:46 you need calcium in your diet in order to be able to 08:48 put out the melatonin. 08:50 Fascinating, so, you know, when they're in the military, 08:55 sometimes in the military, they will sleep-deprive 08:58 different people in different parts of the Service 09:01 to see how they do under sleep deprivation... 09:04 Why do they do that? 09:05 They do it to see what affects their memory actually... 09:09 And also their ability to perform and both things go down. 09:14 Their memory is not as much of a problem as the frontal lobe 09:17 Sleep deprivation affects the frontal lobe more so 09:20 than the memory, but it can also affect the memory. 09:23 And so we need adequate sleep in order to have very good memories 09:29 So, anything else... you've got another patient 09:31 that comes in to save... 09:32 What other form do you want to talk about 09:34 in our remaining time... absentmindedness, blocking, 09:36 misattributions, suggestibility Which? 09:38 Yeah, we can talk about absentmindedness. 09:40 Absentmindedness... You need a more organized brain, 09:43 and you need a brain that provides focus 09:45 And so, for those individuals, 09:46 we're going to talk about omega-3 09:48 Omega-3 in the diet will significantly help the 09:51 absentmindedness, significantly improve the focus. 09:55 And these are foods like walnuts, flaxseeds, spinach, 09:58 almonds... they are great foods for improving your focus, 10:04 and improving your absentmindedness. 10:07 The other thing we are going to recommend is 10:09 classical music, particularly, Baroque music 10:12 Baroque is very organized music. 10:14 It's rhythmic, it has melody, it has harmony. 10:17 It has a lot of interest. 10:20 And Baroque for the brain... 10:22 In fact, we've developed 2 CDs that are based on the music 10:26 that will improve your memory, 10:28 and improve your mental performance. 10:30 You can listen to Baroque for the brain, 10:32 and just simple music therapy can actually 10:35 improve your brain function. 10:36 So if your brain is broke, listen to Baroque! There you go! 10:40 And do you have those available on your website? 10:43 We do, yes... drnedley. com 10:46 And a lot of this information, by the way, 10:48 if you forget it, you can find 10:50 it on your website as well. Right? That's right 10:53 Or, you can enroll in one of our 10:54 peak mental performance programs... 10:56 It's just 5 days, and not very expensive... 10:58 We'll DO all these tests on you actually. 11:00 We'll do the vitamin D levels, and that type of workup 11:03 so that we can optimize every part of your brain performance. 11:06 Would this be good for students to go through? 11:08 Absolutely! In fact, we've had students 11:10 that are wanting to... for instance, get into 11:12 medical school, wanting to perform at a high 11:15 level... They'll take our courses 11:17 and do better. They'll get in. 11:20 Or, in addition, if you are failing college, 11:23 DEFINITELY come because even B grades 11:27 in college will serve you far better later on 11:29 in life than not learning college well 11:32 and getting D's and F's 11:33 Now, we got 1 minute left, 11:34 I have to ask a question you didn't cover... 11:37 Let's say, you know, you have PARTIAL RECALL, 11:39 I mean, you remember SOMETHING about everything, 11:43 but not EVERYTHING about ANYTHING! 11:45 That requires a workup, you know... 11:48 It's similar to the transience problem. 11:51 And that usually means that you're focus isn't good, 11:56 or you're having too many biases. 11:58 And that's why we also utilize cognitive behavioral therapy... 12:01 so we can get rid of errors of thinking. 12:03 There are 10 Commandments in the Bible, 12:05 and there are 10 ways of distorted thinking. 12:07 If we can get rid of the distorted thinking, 12:09 our memories improve. 12:11 And in order to do that, we MIGHT need a workup as well 12:15 We might have a problem with vitamin D, or B12, 12:17 or something like that. 12:18 I'm going to tell you, I will not soon forget this program 12:22 It's got a lot of very interesting things, 12:24 and things that I think we need to remember, 12:27 and that can help us remember. 12:28 Thank you for coming and spending time with us, 12:31 and coming here to "Health for a Lifetime" 12:34 You're welcome... 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Revised 2014-12-17