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Dr. Martin: Well, good morning everyone. And once again, welcome to another live this morning. Hope you're having a great start to your day. Nice to have you on with us. Okay guys, before I look at another study, I just want to finish up on yesterday's. We looked at muscles, okay? The importance of your muscles. And the more we study it, the more we know that muscles are very important. So I don't care how old you are. If you're 80 years old, it ain't too late. What do I mean by that? Just get stronger, get a little bit stronger than you already are. Work on that because what we're finding is incredible. So yesterday we talked about how muscles affect the brain. There's a connection, direct connection between your muscles and your brain. Okay? And we talked about 190,000 people study. They looked at grip strength. Just grip strength. An increase in grip strength decreases your risk of dementia.
And we talked about an Australian study, the connection between muscles and the brain in two ways. Okay? So every time you get a little bit stronger, it's worth it, guys. What do I call that? Vitamin E. The real vitamin E. The real vitamin C is coffee. Listen, I know what ascorbic acid does. I know about vitamin C. Okay? I know it's important, but the real vitamin C is coffee. Okay? That's number one. Number two, okay? The real vitamin E is exercise because of the significance of it. And when walking, moving, anything you do is good for you. Okay? But we're finding out that muscles are one of the greatest benefits that you can do. And as you and I get older, important to remember that and the direct connection between these babies right here and your brain. Okay? So we brought it to you yesterday.
So what happens? Muscles in the brain matter talk to each other. They send messages to the brain. Your muscles send messages to the brain. They release myokines that cross the blood brain barrier. And it's like miracle growth for your brain. Remember, what is Alzheimer's? What is dementia? When they look at an MRI or whatever, it shrinks, shrinks, shrinks. And you want your brain to grow, grow, grow. Fat head. Right? It's a compliment. Someone calls you fat head. It's a compliment. So muscles. It's one way they work. Signals to the brain. They talk to you gray matter. Isn't that wonderful? Okay. Number two, muscles is one of the biggest endocrine organs that you have that you possess. What does that mean? Well, in the system of regulating your blood sugar. Because remember, guys, we've been teaching this over the years. Since 2005, I've been teaching this. Okay? That's a long time ago. More than 20 years ago.
I started on my radio show talking about type three diabetes. Okay? Type three diabetes. That's what they called Alzheimer's because it had a major effect on your brain. Sugar has a mate. If you don't think sugar is toxic, sugar is very toxic to your brain if it's left unattended. And insulin, once you develop insulin resistance, your insulin has a hard time crossing the blood brain barrier to get that sugar out of there. You empty your five liters of blood. You've got a teaspoon of sugar. Like people, "Oh, my brain needs sugar." No, it don't. No, it don't. Your brain will do very well without you adding any sugar to it. You don't need any sugar. It's toxic to blood vessels. And that's what type three diabetes is. Type three diabetes is your brain is swimming in the wrong fuel. Your brain is swimming in the wrong fuel. You know how that analogy I love to use? You're swimming in the Atlantic ocean and you can't drink the water. You're surrounded by water, but you can't drink it. That's what happens in your brain.
And sugar makes your brain shrink. That is why, guys, we talk about eating fat, eat fat and protein. The way God put food together. When you eat an egg, what do you got? Fat and protein. When you eat meat, what do you have? Fat and protein. When you have dairy, what do you got? Fat and protein. What's worse? Fat and carbs. That's the worst thing. Fat and carbs. You don't want that. That's a donut. If you want to fatten up a rat, they give them rat chow. They really give them a donut. That'll fatten them up big time. But it's the effect on the brain that we're talking about today. So when you're muscles, guys, when you're getting stronger, you don't have to be Arnold Schwarzenegger. Just get stronger. Even doing grip strength, it'll help you. Bands. The stretchy bands or whatever. Get stronger. Pull. Lift. It works, guys. Okay? Every ounce of research is showing that.
Now, remember what your muscles do when it comes to blood sugar, because when you eat, your food is broken down. And if you don't use that as energy right away, your body, that's what insulin does. It stores glucose. It'll store it. The best place to store it is in your muscles. That's why they're on your side. Muscles are on your side because they help to store glucose. And it keeps that glucose from turning to fat in your liver. The more parking spots that you have in your muscles, guys, the less the insulin has to send your sugar to your liver for parking. Remember what I call the liver? The Costco parking lot. 93% of the population have a Costco parking lot for their liver. It's full of not cars. Fat. Sugar turns to fat in the liver. So the more muscle you have, guys, not only is your muscle sending signals up to your brain to tell your brain to grow. Okay? And that's what you want. And you guys all got the test yesterday when I talked about what area of the brain is influenced the most with your muscles, your hypocampus. Okay? Your hippocampus. Hypo, hippo. I don't know. Doesn't matter. It's what it is.
Okay, so your muscles act as a guardrail, guys, for type three diabetes, the brain, Alzheimer's. Look, I know dementia has been around for a long time, guys, but never at the rates today. And you know me and why, why, why, why, why, why? Well, it's our diet. It's our diet. Okay. Now the third thing, okay? The third thing, muscles. This is new study. Okay? Strength training, okay, significantly drops rates of depression. It's one of the greatest pills that someone can take for depression. Okay? Now, I know they got SSRIs and all this. I've talked about that so many times on this program and the overuse of them. Guys, I've been around for a long time. So when they came out with Prozac and the others, I was there, guys. I watched it. I was in the healthcare industry for the last 50 years, more. I watched it. When they came out, these antidepressants. And there was a warning. These are temporary. They're to get you through a bad depression. Use temporarily.
And then they became, I don't know how many patients I had in my office, thousands that were on antidepressants and they've been on them for 20 years, 25 years, 30 years. And I mean it. And the doctor don't take them off. Psychiatrists, God bless them too. I mean, listen, it's unfortunate in my opinion, like they just don't look at the diet and depression or anxiety. Has a major effect on it. Food, but they're not taught it. So what do they do? You got to be on a pill. And what was meant to be temporary? And the FDA, I remember the FDA said no, no more than six months, preferably three months, and then get them off of it. But no, no. The pharmaceutical companies, they got their way. And what did I say the other day? 50%. Let me see if I can find that statistic there because I think it's 50%. 50% of people, this was a statistic in front of Congress not long ago. They said 50% of all Americans in their lifetime will get a diagnosis of some kind of mental health disorder. 50%, half the population. And I think it was 400 million prescriptions last year were handed out for mental health issues like depression, 400 million prescriptions.
But here's what this is saying. Okay? Here's what this is saying. They looked at 33 clinical studies on depression and they said for mood and depression, vitamin E, strength training specifically, okay? This is specific to muscles. What they do, okay? Depression is significantly reduced with resistant strength training. Now, that should be major headlines, guys. If half the population in their lifetime will be diagnosed with some form of clinical depression or serious anxiety, don't you think this is significant? Significant decrease in depression with exercise, specifically muscle. And here's what's happening because they showed it in the study. What are they finding? When you exercise, especially building muscle, it significantly has an effect on the brain because it reduces inflammation. That reduces inflammation of the brain. It cuts down on the stress hormones. It increases your serotonin.
You know what SSRIs are? They're serotonin uptake drugs. They uptake the serotonin, right? Exercise, specifically muscle uptakes, your serotonin and dopamine. 33 clinical studies have proven this. And then they say it decreases your oxidative stress. Free radical damage. Because you know what? Whenever you see inflammation. Now, you guys know what this is again. Chronic inflammation. Okay? Inflammation is on your side till it's not. You have an injury, you have an infection, you have a virus, you get sick. Well, your immune system uses inflammation. It brings the ambulance more white blood cells, more enzymes, more healing factors. And that's all right. As long as it goes away. You don't want it to stay. Okay? It doesn't want to hang around. Inflammation that hangs around and your brain damages your brain. And on the other side of that equation is oxidative stress. Free radical damage. Inflammation, oxidation, damages the brain.
Remember, guys, what I've said to you, okay? Because this is important too. This is another factor. They're showing that muscle, muscle strength. Okay? Again, it's all relative, guys. You're not comparing yourself to someone else. You are just getting stronger. Okay? If you can do that, here's what they're showing. That muscle that is stronger is uptaking your serotonin. It's uptaking your dopamine. Okay? And the other factor is it's helping you. They're showing this. Your muscle has a big effect on sleep. Now guys, unless you're a stranger to this program. When I wrote the book, Sun, Steak, Steel, and Sleep, the importance of sleep, because you know what we know about your brain is that your brain has its own self-cleaning oven, and it only works when you're sleeping. And they're showing in this study that muscle and resistant training, even out of your home, will help you get a better sleep.
You get a better sleep. And what happens? Your brain detoxes. Your brain has its own self-cleaning oven. It's called its glymphatic system, but it only works when you're sleeping. Significant, isn't it? Significant. This is really important, guys. Because 70, 80% of the population, they don't even get a good REM sleep. They never get into the five stages of sleep. Their self-cleaning oven is not working properly. You need to detox from those oxidative free radicals. And remember, your brain makes, because it's such an energy center with an abundance of mitochondria, you got a lot of waste in the brain. It's got to be cleared. It's clears when you sleep. Oh, man, are we ever fearfully and wonderfully made eh? Think about that. I can't get over. The human body. It's unbelievable.
Anywho. Okay. I was going to get into another study, but let's do that tomorrow. Okay? We'll have a little bit of a shortened version here today. I get excited. I'm traveling, by the way. Okay. Have I told you lately how smart you guys are? Oh yes, I did yesterday. When I did a little quiz and my audience, oh my word. I boast about you guys because that's how smart you are. You know what Friday is? It's Q&A. You got any questions for me? We'll take them up on Friday morning. Send them to info@martinclinic.com. Okay? Send them there and I'll take them up on Friday and sometimes Monday. Actually, most of the time's Monday because I don't get through all the questions that we get. So send your questions in at info@martinclinic.com, info@martinclinic.com. Okay. Guys, you're wonderful. Thanks for tuning in this morning and Lord willing, we see you tomorrow morning. Okay, talk to you soon.
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