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Daniel Amen: “As your weight goes up, the size and function of your brain…”

Featuring: Daniel Amen, Founder and CEO of Amen Clinics | National

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The 11 Risk Factors That Are Destroying Your Brain - Dr Daniel Amen

Published | Video Starts at 25:01

So what gives you low blood flow in your brain? Caffeine constricts blood flow to the brain. Nicotine, marijuana, alcohol, not sleeping, being overweight. I published three studies on 33,000 people. As your weight goes up, the size and function of your brain goes down. which would scare the fat off anyone. Being sedentary, you know, little kids, when I was a little kid, we're out all the time, out playing, play, play. (25:01–25:07)

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