exercise

“What exercise does is it helps produce Brain-derived neurotropic factor in your, you know, in your brain, and this is kind of like a fertilizer that helps dendritic spines grow. In other words, it helps make new connections.”

“And what I think is going on is that it's not the high pressure that's important. It's the decrease that you're becoming pseudo hypoxic. Your body thinks it's running out of oxygen when it's just coming down from a high level. And my lab has shown in mice that…”

“In the animal studies in my lab, when we gave NMN, this molecule that I take every day, to a mouse that was sedentary, didn't have a wheel, didn't run, it could run further, ok? And we actually have human data that's looking really promising in that direction …”

“And by the way, exercise can forgive a lot of sins, including lack of sleep. That's why I start with that. And I don't make the sleep the most important. I actually think it's exercise.”

“And the reason is, is they've measured things. You know what better for mood, for mild to moderate depression than psychotherapy or antidepressants? Dancing. Yeah. Exercise. Dancing.”