WEBVTT 00:01.302 --> 00:05.905 ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR BRAINS FOR THE FUTURE. 00:05.907 --> 00:06.606 FOR THE FUTURE. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE NEW 00:06.640 --> 00:08.408 >> Reporter: THIS IS THE NEW FACE OF FIGHTING ALZHEIMER’S. 00:08.409 --> 00:10.277 FACE OF FIGHTING ALZHEIMER’S. YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s AND 00:10.311 --> 00:14.381 YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s AND 30s, EVEN FAMOUS MILLENIALS LIKE 00:14.382 --> 00:16.616 30s, EVEN FAMOUS MILLENIALS LIKE FUNNY MAN SETH ROGEN. 00:16.651 --> 00:19.652 FUNNY MAN SETH ROGEN. >> IN YOUR 60s, YOU’RE SEEING 00:19.687 --> 00:20.820 >> IN YOUR 60s, YOU’RE SEEING IT, BUT YOU DEVELOP IT IN YOUR 00:20.822 --> 00:21.121 IT, BUT YOU DEVELOP IT IN YOUR 30s. 00:21.122 --> 00:22.122 30s. >> Reporter: THE ACTOR IS PART 00:22.123 --> 00:23.924 >> Reporter: THE ACTOR IS PART OF A STUDY ON EDUCATING TEENS 00:23.925 --> 00:24.624 OF A STUDY ON EDUCATING TEENS ABOUT ALZHEIMER’S. 00:24.626 --> 00:27.327 ABOUT ALZHEIMER’S. >> THAT’S WHY WE NEED YOUR 00:27.361 --> 00:27.661 >> THAT’S WHY WE NEED YOUR MONEY. 00:27.695 --> 00:29.229 MONEY. >> Reporter: SETH AND HIS WIFE, 00:29.263 --> 00:32.032 >> Reporter: SETH AND HIS WIFE, LAUREN, CREATED THE ALZHEIMER’S 00:32.033 --> 00:33.500 LAUREN, CREATED THE ALZHEIMER’S FUNDRAISER, HILARITY FOR 00:33.534 --> 00:35.435 FUNDRAISER, HILARITY FOR CHARITY, AFTER HER MOTHER WAS 00:35.436 --> 00:36.202 CHARITY, AFTER HER MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE. 00:36.204 --> 00:39.239 DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE. >> ILLNESSES OF THE BRAIN ARE 00:39.240 --> 00:39.639 >> ILLNESSES OF THE BRAIN ARE STIGMATIZED. 00:39.641 --> 00:40.941 STIGMATIZED. PEOPLE DON’T LIKE TALKING ABOUT 00:40.942 --> 00:41.241 PEOPLE DON’T LIKE TALKING ABOUT THEM. 00:41.242 --> 00:42.542 THEM. >> WHAT WE TRY TO DO WITH 00:42.577 --> 00:46.913 >> WHAT WE TRY TO DO WITH HILARITY FOR CHARITY IS DESTILL 00:46.948 --> 00:48.548 HILARITY FOR CHARITY IS DESTILL DESTIGMATIZE IT AND MAKE IT PART 00:48.583 --> 00:49.149 DESTIGMATIZE IT AND MAKE IT PART OF THE CONVERSATION. 00:49.150 --> 00:50.751 OF THE CONVERSATION. FUN AND FRIENDLY TO TAKE CARE OF 00:50.752 --> 00:52.119 FUN AND FRIENDLY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR BRAIN AS A YOUNG PERSON. 00:52.153 --> 00:52.919 YOUR BRAIN AS A YOUNG PERSON. >> Reporter: MORE AND MORE YOUNG 00:52.921 --> 00:54.421 >> Reporter: MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MAKING RADICAL 00:54.423 --> 00:56.023 PEOPLE ARE MAKING RADICAL CHANGES TO THEIR LIFESTYLES NOW 00:56.024 --> 00:57.524 CHANGES TO THEIR LIFESTYLES NOW SO THEY WON’T GET ALZHEIMER’S 00:57.526 --> 00:59.626 SO THEY WON’T GET ALZHEIMER’S DECADES LATER. 00:59.627 --> 01:00.961 DECADES LATER. COMPREHENSIVE, NEW RESEARCH OUT 01:00.962 --> 01:03.430 COMPREHENSIVE, NEW RESEARCH OUT THIS WEEK SUGGESTS HABITS LIKE A 01:03.431 --> 01:05.666 THIS WEEK SUGGESTS HABITS LIKE A HEALTHY DIET, REGULAR EXERCISE, 01:05.700 --> 01:08.035 HEALTHY DIET, REGULAR EXERCISE, AND BRAIN STIMULATION MAY 01:08.069 --> 01:09.369 AND BRAIN STIMULATION MAY DRAMATICALLY REDUCE ALZHEIMER’S 01:09.404 --> 01:11.171 DRAMATICALLY REDUCE ALZHEIMER’S RISK IN OLDER AGE. 01:11.172 --> 01:15.208 RISK IN OLDER AGE. IN SOME CASES, BY UP TO 60%. 01:15.243 --> 01:16.643 IN SOME CASES, BY UP TO 60%. THE THREE OF YOU ARE IN YOUR 20s 01:16.645 --> 01:17.277 THE THREE OF YOU ARE IN YOUR 20s AND 30s. 01:17.312 --> 01:18.645 AND 30s. WHEN YOU GO OUT WITH YOUR 01:18.680 --> 01:21.382 WHEN YOU GO OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS, IS BRAIN HEALTH ON THE 01:21.383 --> 01:22.883 FRIENDS, IS BRAIN HEALTH ON THE TABLE? 01:22.918 --> 01:23.817 TABLE? >> NO. 01:23.852 --> 01:25.552 >> NO. >> Reporter: SO MAX DECIDED TO 01:25.554 --> 01:27.054 >> Reporter: SO MAX DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AFTER HIS 01:27.055 --> 01:28.956 DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AFTER HIS MOM WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA. 01:28.957 --> 01:30.191 MOM WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA. HE STARTED LOOKING UP RESEARCH 01:30.192 --> 01:32.693 HE STARTED LOOKING UP RESEARCH ABOUT HOW TO REDUCE HIS OWN 01:32.728 --> 01:32.993 ABOUT HOW TO REDUCE HIS OWN RISK. 01:32.994 --> 01:34.495 RISK. LAST YEAR, HE WROTE A 01:34.496 --> 01:36.230 LAST YEAR, HE WROTE A BEST-SELLING BOOK ABOUT DIET AND 01:36.264 --> 01:36.797 BEST-SELLING BOOK ABOUT DIET AND THE BRAIN. 01:36.798 --> 01:39.500 THE BRAIN. NOW, HE USES INSTAGRAM TO TEACH 01:39.501 --> 01:40.868 NOW, HE USES INSTAGRAM TO TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE BRAIN HEALTHY 01:40.869 --> 01:42.770 YOUNG PEOPLE BRAIN HEALTHY HABITS, LIKE EATING FOODS HIGH 01:42.771 --> 01:45.573 HABITS, LIKE EATING FOODS HIGH IN ANTIOXIDANTS AND GOOD FATS. 01:45.574 --> 01:48.409 IN ANTIOXIDANTS AND GOOD FATS. AVOIDING PROCESSED CARBS AND 01:48.410 --> 01:50.177 AVOIDING PROCESSED CARBS AND SUGARS, DOING REGULAR 01:50.178 --> 01:51.312 SUGARS, DOING REGULAR HIGH-INTENSITY WORKOUTS, AND 01:51.346 --> 01:52.547 HIGH-INTENSITY WORKOUTS, AND PUSHING YOUR BRAIN WITH 01:52.581 --> 01:56.317 PUSHING YOUR BRAIN WITH EXERCISES LIKE LEARNING A NEW 01:56.318 --> 01:56.717 EXERCISES LIKE LEARNING A NEW INSTRUMENT. 01:56.718 --> 01:57.985 INSTRUMENT. YOU SAY YOU WANT TO MAKE 01:57.986 --> 01:58.619 YOU SAY YOU WANT TO MAKE DEMENTIA SEXY. 01:58.620 --> 01:59.386 DEMENTIA SEXY. THAT’S THE FOCUS. 01:59.388 --> 02:01.923 THAT’S THE FOCUS. >> RATHER THAN WRITING THE 02:01.957 --> 02:03.992 >> RATHER THAN WRITING THE DEMENTIA PREVENTION BOOK, IT IS 02:04.026 --> 02:04.825 DEMENTIA PREVENTION BOOK, IT IS A GENIUS BOOK. 02:04.860 --> 02:06.126 A GENIUS BOOK. WHO DOESN’T WANT TO BE MORE 02:06.128 --> 02:07.662 WHO DOESN’T WANT TO BE MORE GENIUS IN THEIR EVER DAY LIFE? 02:07.696 --> 02:10.731 GENIUS IN THEIR EVER DAY LIFE? IF I CALL IT THE DIMENSION 02:10.766 --> 02:12.032 IF I CALL IT THE DIMENSION PREVENTION BOOK, MILLENIALS 02:12.034 --> 02:12.533 PREVENTION BOOK, MILLENIALS WOULDN’T BUY IT. 02:12.535 --> 02:16.404 WOULDN’T BUY IT. >> Reporter: TO EDUCATE HIS 02:16.438 --> 02:19.140 >> Reporter: TO EDUCATE HIS PEERS, NIHAL STARTED THE YOUTH 02:19.141 --> 02:20.108 PEERS, NIHAL STARTED THE YOUTH MOVEMENT AGAINST ALZHEIMER’S. 02:20.109 --> 02:23.311 MOVEMENT AGAINST ALZHEIMER’S. IN ADDITION TO WORKING OUT AND 02:23.312 --> 02:25.146 IN ADDITION TO WORKING OUT AND EATING RIGHT, HE MEDITATES EVERY 02:25.181 --> 02:28.182 EATING RIGHT, HE MEDITATES EVERY DAY TO REDUCE STRESS AND TRIES 02:28.217 --> 02:29.217 DAY TO REDUCE STRESS AND TRIES TO GET EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP A 02:29.218 --> 02:31.019 TO GET EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP A NIGHT, ALL LINKED TO BETTER 02:31.020 --> 02:33.321 NIGHT, ALL LINKED TO BETTER BRAIN HABITS. 02:33.322 --> 02:34.055 BRAIN HABITS. >> IT NEEDS TO BE VIEWED AS A 02:34.056 --> 02:34.856 >> IT NEEDS TO BE VIEWED AS A MEDICINE IN AND OF ITSELF. 02:34.857 --> 02:35.957 MEDICINE IN AND OF ITSELF. >> Reporter: THE CHANGES CAN 02:35.958 --> 02:37.158 >> Reporter: THE CHANGES CAN HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON HOW 02:37.159 --> 02:37.558 HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON HOW YOU FEEL. 02:37.559 --> 02:39.160 YOU FEEL. >> I AM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 02:39.161 --> 02:40.461 >> I AM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON THAN WHAT I WAS. 02:40.496 --> 02:42.196 PERSON THAN WHAT I WAS. >> Reporter: TO STAY THIN, 02:42.231 --> 02:43.965 >> Reporter: TO STAY THIN, CHRISTINA USED TO DIET ALL THE 02:43.966 --> 02:46.467 CHRISTINA USED TO DIET ALL THE TIME, LEAVING HER FEELING CLOUDY 02:46.469 --> 02:47.468 TIME, LEAVING HER FEELING CLOUDY AND EXHAUSTED. 02:47.469 --> 02:48.970 AND EXHAUSTED. WERE YOU STARVING YOURSELF AND 02:49.004 --> 02:50.205 WERE YOU STARVING YOURSELF AND THEN, HENCE, STARVING YOUR 02:50.239 --> 02:51.339 THEN, HENCE, STARVING YOUR BRAIN? 02:51.340 --> 02:51.973 BRAIN? >> YES. 02:51.974 --> 02:54.242 >> YES. I WAS COMPARING MYSELF TO THOSE 02:54.243 --> 02:55.577 I WAS COMPARING MYSELF TO THOSE GIRLS AROUND ME, AND I WASN’T 02:55.611 --> 02:56.044 GIRLS AROUND ME, AND I WASN’T EATING ENOUGH. 02:56.078 --> 02:59.380 EATING ENOUGH. ONCE I STARTED TO EAT AGAIN, MY 02:59.381 --> 03:00.982 ONCE I STARTED TO EAT AGAIN, MY ANXIETY WENT AWAY, MY DEPRESSION 03:01.016 --> 03:02.951 ANXIETY WENT AWAY, MY DEPRESSION WENT AWAY, AND I’M PERFORMING 03:02.985 --> 03:04.586 WENT AWAY, AND I’M PERFORMING MUCH BETTER THAN I EVER HAVE 03:04.620 --> 03:05.887 MUCH BETTER THAN I EVER HAVE THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE. 03:05.888 --> 03:06.755 THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE. >> Reporter: THESE YOUNG 03:06.789 --> 03:08.289 >> Reporter: THESE YOUNG TRAILBLAZERS WITH AN URGENT 03:08.324 --> 03:10.158 TRAILBLAZERS WITH AN URGENT MESSAGE, START PROTECTING YOUR 03:10.192 --> 03:12.193 MESSAGE, START PROTECTING YOUR BRAIN NOW BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. 03:12.194 --> 03:13.695 BRAIN NOW BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. >> WHEN YOU’RE IN YOUR 20s, I 03:13.729 --> 03:15.196 >> WHEN YOU’RE IN YOUR 20s, I GET IT, THE LAST THING YOU WANT 03:15.198 --> 03:16.864 GET IT, THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT IS WHAT IS MY 03:16.899 --> 03:19.968 TO THINK ABOUT IS WHAT IS MY HEALTH GOING TO BE LIKE IN MY 03:19.969 --> 03:21.770 HEALTH GOING TO BE LIKE IN MY 50s AND 670s? 03:21.771 --> 03:23.705 50s AND 670s? LEAD A BRAIN HEALTHY LIFESTYLE 03:23.706 --> 03:24.906 LEAD A BRAIN HEALTHY LIFESTYLE NOW, YOU’LL ALSO FEEL BETTER AND 03:24.941 --> 03:26.474 NOW, YOU’LL ALSO FEEL BETTER AND PROBABLY BE HAPPIER FOR LONGER. 03:26.509 --> 03:27.809 PROBABLY BE HAPPIER FOR LONGER. >> WHAT A GREAT MESSAGE THERE. 03:27.844 --> 03:29.244 >> WHAT A GREAT MESSAGE THERE. WHAT A GREAT MOVEMENT, TOO. 03:29.278 --> 03:30.311 WHAT A GREAT MOVEMENT, TOO. MARIA, HERE’S THE THING, FOR 03:30.313 --> 03:35.717 MARIA, HERE’S THE THING, FOR FOLKS LIKE US, ABOVE 20 OR 30, 03:35.752 --> 03:37.719 FOLKS LIKE US, ABOVE 20 OR 30, CAN THE HEALTHY HABITS STILL 03:37.720 --> 03:38.853 CAN THE HEALTHY HABITS STILL POTENTIALLY HELP REDUCE THE 03:38.888 --> 03:39.187 POTENTIALLY HELP REDUCE THE RISK? 03:39.188 --> 03:40.021 RISK? >> ABSOLUTELY. 03:40.023 --> 03:41.723 >> ABSOLUTELY. DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS SAY IT’S 03:41.725 --> 03:43.425 DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS SAY IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO START FIGHTING 03:43.426 --> 03:45.193 NEVER TOO LATE TO START FIGHTING FOR YOUR BRAIN AND CARING FOR 03:45.194 --> 03:45.427 FOR YOUR BRAIN AND CARING FOR IT. 03:45.461 --> 03:48.096 IT. ANOTHER BIG THING IS SOCIAL 03:48.131 --> 03:48.630 ANOTHER BIG THING IS SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT. 03:48.632 --> 03:49.531 ENGAGEMENT. INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE WHO MAKE 03:49.565 --> 03:51.199 INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE WHO MAKE YOU HAPPY. 03:51.234 --> 03:52.901 YOU HAPPY. INTERACTING WITH A PURPOSE, A 03:52.902 --> 03:53.702 INTERACTING WITH A PURPOSE, A SENSE OF PURPOSE. 03:53.703 --> 03:55.404 SENSE OF PURPOSE. ACTUALLY GETTING UP AT 3:30 THIS 03:55.405 --> 03:57.306 ACTUALLY GETTING UP AT 3:30 THIS MORNING, COMING HERE, 03:57.307 --> 03:58.740 MORNING, COMING HERE, INTERACTING WITH EVERYBODY HERE, 03:58.775 --> 04:01.009 INTERACTING WITH EVERYBODY HERE, THIS WHOLE VILLAGE THAT PUTS 04:01.044 --> 04:02.144 THIS WHOLE VILLAGE THAT PUTS THIS TOGETHER, IT’S GOOD FOR MY 04:02.178 --> 04:02.945 THIS TOGETHER, IT’S GOOD FOR MY BRAIN THIS MORNING. 04:02.946 --> 04:04.379 BRAIN THIS MORNING. >> THERE YOU GO.