97 Year Old Brain Scientist: This One Nutrient Prevents Dementia | Dr. Michael Crawford
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97-Year-Old Brain Scientist Professor Michael Crawford reveals why the human brain has been physically shrinking for thousands of years, why he believes it was DHA, an omega-3 fat from the sea, and not your genes, that built human intelligence, and why the official advice to limit fish in pregnancy may be harming an entire generation of babies!
Professor Michael Crawford is Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition and a visiting professor at Imperial College London, with more than 300 published papers and the 1972 work that first linked DHA to the evolution of the human brain. At 97, he is still sharp, still publishing, and still arguing that modern nutrition has neglected the one organ that makes us human. He explains: ◼️ Why the brain physically cannot work without DHA, full stop ◼️ Why it was DHA, not DNA, that shaped the human brain ◼️ Why he says the FDA is wrong about limiting fish in pregnancy ◼️ How seed oils quietly crowd this fat out of your brain cells ◼️ Whether dementia and Alzheimer's actually begin in the womb ◼️ Why humans could only have evolved big brains beside the sea ◼️ How chicken and eggs lost almost all of their brain fat ◼️ Why he believes DHA works like a semiconductor in your neurons
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TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 The Brain Food We Stopped Eating 00:32 "Your Brain Won't Work Without DHA. That's just full stop" 04:04 It Wasn't DNA That Made Us Human 06:50 How the Eye Built the Brain 08:00 Why Carnivores Are Sharper Than Herbivores 11:35 The Flowering Plant That Invented Pregnancy 14:22 The Placenta: An Organ Built From One Fatty Acid 15:35 Why Arachidonic Acid Is Wrongly Demonized 18:18 More Astrocytes Than Neurons: Who Really Runs the Brain 21:39 Health Stacked 22:38 DHA vs Arachidonic Acid: Two Different Origins 25:21 How the Fetus Hoards DHA and Rejects the Rest 30:31 Are Seed Oils Actually Starving Your Brain? 32:24 Why the FDA is wrong about Fish in Pregnancy 37:50 Do Fish Oil Supplements Work? 44:15 The Lack of Fish in Pregnancy is causing ADHD and Austism 50:10 Why Governments Only Care About Body Size, Not Brains 52:00 "A Race of Morons": The Warning From 1972 55:04 Does Dementia Actually Begin in the Womb? 59:16 Does the Father's Nutrition Matter Too? 59:40 The Importance of Arachidonic Acid that Infant Formula Leaves Out 01:02:24 How Often You Should Actually Eat Seafood 01:04:05 Can Vegetarians and Vegans Get Enough? 01:05:04 Can Genetics Let You Skip Seafood? The India Case 01:08:00 Why Humans Could Only Have Evolved Beside the Sea 01:11:55 Farming the Sea: What Japan Figured Out 01:17:22 The Collapse of DHA in Chicken and Eggs 01:20:52 Why Corn-Fed Everything Is Lower in DHA 01:22:32 The Semiconductor Theory of the Brain, Explained 01:27:20 What Dr. Crawford's Vision Is Like at 97 years old 01:28:39 The Rare Double-DHA Molecule in Your Retina 01:29:23 Where Dr. Crawford Lands on Saturated Fat 01:31:09 His Advice to Young Scientists: Challenge Everything 01:32:07 Closing: Why This Is a Three-Generation Emergency
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