So Rudy let me ask you something.
Those people that are watching us right now,
are we turning on certain genes in them, in
their brain cells, right now?
Rudy
You know, thanks to something called neuroplasticity
where the brain is reshaping its neural-networks
all the time, and thanks to the fact that
this “epigenetics”, where the gene activity
is changing all the time in response to your
life experiences, your perspective, your attitude,
this gives you a level of flexibility over
what your genome and your brain will be, despite
what you were born with.
So in essence, we’re changing neurochemistry,
the shaping of the neural-networks, and gene
activity all at once, simply by having a discussion.
Deepak
And the takeaway is you’re not your brains.
You’re not even your genes.
You can influence the activity of your genes
and your neural-networks and create the brain
and the genetic activity that you want to
have a better experience of life.
Rudy
Including disease.
For example, you may be born with certain
genetic susceptibilities to alzheimer's disease,
but exercise, good sleep, social interaction,
good diet, all these things can, in most cases,
offset the genetic susceptibilities you have
toward diseases that come with age like alzheimer’s
disease.
