Because of this interview with the brilliant 94-year-old Professor Crawford, I have just finished reading all 385 pages of "The Shrinking Brain." As the author of "Inside the Dementia Epidemic: A Daughter's Memoir" (2012), I wish I and my mother had known about the importance of eating DHA-rich fish and seafood at least several times a week; perhaps that essential brain food could have helped her avoid cognitive impairment. At least now, eating sardines, canned wild-caught salmon, or mackerel for lunch routinely Monday through Friday, I have the opportunity at age 59 to bolster my own brain health. Let's hope that experts in nutrition, public health and ocean farming will listen to the authors' recommendations. Thank you to Dr. Crawford, his co-author David Marsh, and Dr. Pugh, along with her colleagues in quantum biology who have been extolling the virtues of DHA for some time.
Dr. Crawford is amazing. Perfectly sharp at 94, when many 20,30,40-year-olds can't put together a proper sentence or remember what they did a day ago. Dr. Crawford has stated that he eats fish/seafood almost every day and tuna sashimi once a week.
About chicken eggs, I used to have a great local source. The farmer would graze cows. Then let the manure sit for several days. When the fly eggs had hatched into maggots, he'd move in the bus converted into a chicken coop. Those eggs had to have been full of DHA. But sadly, he retired and none of his children wanted to take over the business.
You get such amazing guests on Sara, brilliant and very revealing information. To have a mind that sharp at 94 years of age in these times is incredible.
I wondered briefly about Dr Crawford's age as soon as he mentioned he'd started work on DHA in 1971. :) He is so sharp and on the ball for someone we (or I at least) imagine a 94 year old might be. Thanks so much to the both of you for a fantastic interview!
Thank you. Yes he is very sharp and also he is very concise and doesn’t waste words or try to show how clever he is and totally confuse me and us. He just wants to get his message out loud and clear - his book is the same very straight fwd with good formatting and pictures. I can tell he wrote it with seniors in mind as well as the lay person - which is not easy to do with his knowledge
@@Thebusysuperhuman thank you so much thats unbelievable wrote the book at 92 , just on i off topic , is there more dha in fish brains than the body of the fish , might need to start eating the fish heads,rather than throwing them away , is that safe , is that a good idea ? thanks again great video
Thank you Dr Crawford was superb i thought as I did tell him what I wanted to ask him and the besr thing about him was he didht ramble or go off on really deep tangents and lose all of us as that’s a real skill
Yes it out competes the mercury - but I’d still avoid tuna, swordfish and shark - if you have high redox potential as in a good negative charge on your cell membranes the mercury goes in the cell and just comes back out again - see the work of Dr Bonlie
Thought provoking! I live in the rain forest of the Pacific Northwest US, where first peoples here have such intense need driving them to consume, and steward, migratory salmon and lamprey. So much wisdom seems inherent in how they prehistorically lived in this land, with many millennia of use and conservation. I have been fascinated by trying to understand the marine proximity resource environment benefits compared to the risk/benefits of when some first moved inland perhaps 20 to 25 thousand years ago. And, what quantum biology influences were at play. DHA/EPA now takes on even more importance in my mind. It would be interesting to get Jack's ideas around this prehistoric migration to interior lands, and changes in latitude/light/DHA/D3/iodine/grounding shift of brain mitochondrial function support issues. Thanks both of you!
Fascinating! I had never heard the science of the role of DHA in brain development and brain health. This was so helpful. Thank you for interviewing this brilliant man and sharing this conversation. I learned so much.
A few years ago I had the good fortune to go to Ushuaia in Tiera del Fuego Argentina all along the land next to the beach were lots of small mounds I was told they were the shells of seafood eaten by the indigenous population who were still around until 1900 when the missionaries arrived.
In deed I do! Due to your background, you can conduct the interview, on a level that your guests deserve & squeeze out info as only few can.This is what distinguishes your Chanel. In other words. I much rather listen(ex.) Jack Kruse being interviewed by you, than any of the, often clueless "chics" out there. Regards / Christ. PS: We need more Jack Kruse :)@@Thebusysuperhuman
Thank you ! My friend says she has MS, she never eats fish, she’s 78 - losing her balance….it’s heartbreaking-at a certain point on cognitive decline- I suspect one can’t process why a diet change might be helpful !
@@Thebusysuperhuman hi Sara, not sure if you can help me but I've been bugged by a thought since listening to the podcast. The elephant's brain is 5kg and that was achieved on the same diet eaten by the rhinoceros, which suggests to me that large brains can evolve without needing seafood
Yes I was too - as you can tell - as he has a whole career working on nutrition in Africa before he even started on DHA in 1971 so he wasn’t 25yr old post doc when he go into DHA as thought he was in his 70s but I read up on him and his life then I thought - he can’t be he must be in his mid 90s Then I met him and thought - no - he can’t be in his 90s - so I just decided to ask him as he won’t mind.
Excellent interveiw🐸do you think that with all the abundance of plastic nanoparticles found in seafood and since plastic adheres forever chemicals and heavy metals that it may be negatively affecting the toxins found in seafood caught today🐸thank you both❤️🐸
Yes the plastic is something I’ve thought of - lots of people want Prof C back on - I think he is sir actually - so I’ll have to invite him back on - he isn’t too far away from me either so yes the pollution question
I've started taking 3 drops of nascent iodine in a glass of water a day. It's more bioavailable than regular iodine and doesn't have the strong unpleasant taste 👍🏼
Thank you so much for this interview! I’ve read the book before I saw this video. I’ve also recommend the book to friends and family because all that information is crucial for our mental health and our environment. I’m fascinated by those kelp farms . It’s a brilliant idea and apparently very efficient. Thank you Sara for your efforts to give us information about health.
Virtually all big cities are net to water, partly for transport but also because the food and rivers were our biggest food source. As populations have gone up seafood has become relatively scarce but lobster used to be considered a trash catch.
What a privilege to hear this discussion. Thank you. So much fuss has been made online as to the dangers of eating oxidized fish oil supplements that I quit them. Perhaps this was a mistake.
Yes it out competes mercury - no small fish like sardines and Mackerel are not high in mercury. Having a good redox potential is your best bet as when cells have good redox the mercury doesn’t stay in them
Question for Sarah. A countertop water filtration device you mentioned? Does it get fluoride out of the water? And are you OK with letting me know the maker, and wher to get it? Thanks.
Yes he was great and he will be really pleased at all the views he has had so far and I know people bought his book. Yes that would be superb to ask him all sorts as I do that sometimes to my guests and they like it What shall we ask him? We have to let him mention his book and DHA but then say we want to know him too. He has all sorts of stories too
Yeah, the snippets he dropped about his life were pretty wild in themselves!@@Thebusysuperhuman At this stage I've read most of the books that come along with this channels guests.. I'm kinda proud of finishing gabor's book.. haha that was stiff reading..Same with Stephanie S book. Sledgehammer info! but often just how we need it. But I've got a feeling that Mr Crawfords book would have quite a different style to it! In any case, thankyou for teasing out the easy sources of DHA in this interview.. We all want a brain like that at 93.
Why Sarah isn't on Huberman? Anyone interested to push this closer to the mainstream? I'm aware it's not a conventional channel, but this actually has to be on all national TVs around the globe. Things like this. Regards to the topic and food source, so, walnuts yay or nah? Love them. They grow in my country.
Hahaha yes one day I would like to blow up as they say and go on TV or Huberman it is something I’ve thought about - I’m not ready yet but I’d have to get a few viral reels or TikToks “my quantum song” could - or say something hugely triggering like Jordan Peterson did. But in the background Dr P was probably planning his rise to fame to get his message out. I remember how polite Dr Huberman was to Dr K on his podcast and Dr H is very civilised. So Dr H would want a polite person for his show. I can add it to my list of goals and start manifesting - or go and work in Autstin TX as that’s a hub of connections with the likes of Lex Friedman - as quantum biology is the type of thing Lex would love
Your community will support this. Every share and like can make it happen. Yes to Mr. untouchable Lex 😆And the Peterson family are the army itself. All the channels that you see that "blew up" are a serious businesses behind.@@Thebusysuperhuman
I'd love to hear more about C15 (Fatty15). It is supposedly more effective than omega-3s in numerous ways. It's also found in some seafood, but it's highest concentration is dairy fat.
I think you mean the branched chain fats or odd chains are better fuels as they oxidise to completion more readily as we dont use DHA as a fuel - Dr Petra goes over this - the video will be out soon
All this infomaiton about DHA and mineral deficiencies seems to be restricted to the context of populations consuming grain and potato heavy diets, and therefore would require very nutritionally rich foods to compensate. Surely, meat focused diets don't have this issue. I consume seafood whenever I feel like it. Maybe once every few weeks I'll splurge on some oysters, or make some salmon sashimi. Do you think someone eating an animal based diet needs to be concerned about the overall DHA content of their diet? Or will the trace amounts found in all the fat they tend to consume add up to be sufficient?
@@Thebusysuperhuman - DHA is also found in many foods that are pasture-raised or wild-caught, which describes most of what I eat. Also, the eggs I buy are supposedly higher in omega-3s, although I don't know how much DHA that gives me. I do eat seafood on occasion, but I wonder how much DHA I'm already getting even excluding seafood. As far as I know, there has never been a study done on the DHA levels and their impact on those following an optimally healthy diet: whole foods, organic, low-carb, high-fat, nutrient-dense, animal-based, and nose-to-tail.
Because of this interview with the brilliant 94-year-old Professor Crawford, I have just finished reading all 385 pages of "The Shrinking Brain." As the author of "Inside the Dementia Epidemic: A Daughter's Memoir" (2012), I wish I and my mother had known about the importance of eating DHA-rich fish and seafood at least several times a week; perhaps that essential brain food could have helped her avoid cognitive impairment. At least now, eating sardines, canned wild-caught salmon, or mackerel for lunch routinely Monday through Friday, I have the opportunity at age 59 to bolster my own brain health. Let's hope that experts in nutrition, public health and ocean farming will listen to the authors' recommendations. Thank you to Dr. Crawford, his co-author David Marsh, and Dr. Pugh, along with her colleagues in quantum biology who have been extolling the virtues of DHA for some time.
Dr. Crawford is amazing. Perfectly sharp at 94, when many 20,30,40-year-olds can't put together a proper sentence or remember what they did a day ago. Dr. Crawford has stated that he eats fish/seafood almost every day and tuna sashimi once a week.
Yes he is a wonderful gentleman and id love to talk to him again
About chicken eggs, I used to have a great local source. The farmer would graze cows. Then let the manure sit for several days. When the fly eggs had hatched into maggots, he'd move in the bus converted into a chicken coop. Those eggs had to have been full of DHA. But sadly, he retired and none of his children wanted to take over the business.
You get such amazing guests on Sara, brilliant and very revealing information. To have a mind that sharp at 94 years of age in these times is incredible.
Yes he was very lively and alive
I wondered briefly about Dr Crawford's age as soon as he mentioned he'd started work on DHA in 1971. :)
He is so sharp and on the ball for someone we (or I at least) imagine a 94 year old might be. Thanks so much to the both of you for a fantastic interview!
Thank you. Yes he is very sharp and also he is very concise and doesn’t waste words or try to show how clever he is and totally confuse me and us. He just wants to get his message out loud and clear - his book is the same very straight fwd with good formatting and pictures. I can tell he wrote it with seniors in mind as well as the lay person - which is not easy to do with his knowledge
World class guest, world class knowledge...great job 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant expose of the current "civilisation" ..
It's very antihuman and against our natural biology
Dmitry Medvedev accuse the western leadership of being cosmic cretins it looks like he has a point
94 in july wow ,how much fish a week does he eat , i am in amazement at this ; defiantly buying his book , loved the video thank you so much 94 wow
His book is really good and it’s very well laid out and easy to read and follow as I had lots of useful pictures - I think he wrote it when he was 92
@@Thebusysuperhuman thank you so much thats unbelievable wrote the book at 92 , just on i off topic , is there more dha in fish brains than the body of the fish , might need to start eating the fish heads,rather than throwing them away , is that safe , is that a good idea ? thanks again great video
Wonderful guest, please do have him on again. I have a feeling he has so much more to tell us.
Wish someone asked him about his diet & lifestyle protocol and how he kept himself in such a good health at age of 94.
He was asked that in another interview, and he replied that he eats fish/seafood almost every day and tuna sashimi once a week.
Amazing interview. Thanks, Sara.
Our pleasure! Prof Crawford enjoyed himself too doing it
Lovely podcast. Informative and engaging about an important and hidden issue.
Glad you enjoyed it! He sure enjoyed himself in the podcast - a perfect English gentleman
Excellent interview Dr Pugh! Your questions are wonderfully crafted. You really think about your viewers.
Thank you Dr Crawford was superb i thought as I did tell him what I wanted to ask him and the besr thing about him was he didht ramble or go off on really deep tangents and lose all of us as that’s a real skill
@@Thebusysuperhuman I think YOU are superb Dr Pugh. You have a depth and breadth of understanding that very few health educators and coaches have.
I read that the selenium in fish like tuna etc. neutralises mercury.
Yes it out competes the mercury - but I’d still avoid tuna, swordfish and shark - if you have high redox potential as in a good negative charge on your cell membranes the mercury goes in the cell and just comes back out again - see the work of Dr Bonlie
Thanks Sara for finding these pearls of knowledge
Prof Crawford is such a clever man and he is great at explaining too
A great guest, a great host and a great conversation. Thank you!
Thanks for watching - yes he was great
Thought provoking! I live in the rain forest of the Pacific Northwest US, where first peoples here have such intense need driving them to consume, and steward, migratory salmon and lamprey. So much wisdom seems inherent in how they prehistorically lived in this land, with many millennia of use and conservation. I have been fascinated by trying to understand the marine proximity resource environment benefits compared to the risk/benefits of when some first moved inland perhaps 20 to 25 thousand years ago. And, what quantum biology influences were at play. DHA/EPA now takes on even more importance in my mind. It would be interesting to get Jack's ideas around this prehistoric migration to interior lands, and changes in latitude/light/DHA/D3/iodine/grounding shift of brain mitochondrial function support issues. Thanks both of you!
Fascinating! I had never heard the science of the role of DHA in brain development and brain health. This was so helpful. Thank you for interviewing this brilliant man and sharing this conversation. I learned so much.
Thank you - yes he is brilliant and really nice too
A few years ago I had the good fortune to go to Ushuaia in Tiera del Fuego Argentina all along the land next to the beach were lots of small mounds I was told they were the shells of seafood eaten by the indigenous population who were still around until 1900 when the missionaries arrived.
Dr Sara, superbly orchestrated interview providing a wealth of knowledge to us all! Thank you so much for your efforts!
Glad you enjoyed it! Prof C was great
Thank you Sara for this amazing chanal
Thank you prof. for amazingly valuable info
Glad you enjoy the channel and the guests
In deed I do! Due to your background, you can conduct the interview, on a level that your guests deserve & squeeze out info as only few can.This is what distinguishes your Chanel. In other words. I much rather listen(ex.) Jack Kruse being interviewed by you, than any of the, often clueless "chics" out there. Regards / Christ.
PS: We need more Jack Kruse :)@@Thebusysuperhuman
Thank you ! My friend says she has MS, she never eats fish, she’s 78 - losing her balance….it’s heartbreaking-at a certain point on cognitive decline- I suspect one can’t process why a diet change might be helpful !
This was an excellent interview
Yes he is great
@@Thebusysuperhuman hi Sara, not sure if you can help me but I've been bugged by a thought since listening to the podcast. The elephant's brain is 5kg and that was achieved on the same diet eaten by the rhinoceros, which suggests to me that large brains can evolve without needing seafood
Wow fab interview, has encouraged me to eat more seafood … thank you prof Crawford…had oysters and mackerel for tea last night 😋
Wonderful! I like oysters !
I am genuinely shocked about his age and I'm usually good at guessing. I had him at 75 tops. Wow. Buying seafood on my next grocery shop.
Yes I was too - as you can tell - as he has a whole career working on nutrition in Africa before he even started on DHA in 1971 so he wasn’t 25yr old post doc when he go into DHA as thought he was in his 70s but I read up on him and his life then I thought - he can’t be he must be in his mid 90s
Then I met him and thought - no - he can’t be in his 90s - so I just decided to ask him as he won’t mind.
Right?? He's amazing. Here's a man who has a damn good chance at living to 120 - or more!
Amazing and intriguing conversations with a dreat gem and a wonderful host. Thank you for the insights. I learnt a ton
Thank you for watching
That was such a wonderful interview. Thank you Sara for putting it all together. Love your work!
Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for your lovely commeht
Absolutely wonderful conversation Sara, thank you! ❤
You're welcome. Prof C was great fun and and a very interesting man
Thank you for this interview - amazing information.
Our pleasure!
I learned a lot, Thank you very much,
You are welcome!
Excellent interveiw🐸do you think that with all the abundance of plastic nanoparticles found in seafood and since plastic adheres forever chemicals and heavy metals that it may be negatively affecting the toxins found in seafood caught today🐸thank you both❤️🐸
Yes the plastic is something I’ve thought of - lots of people want Prof C back on - I think he is sir actually - so I’ll have to invite him back on - he isn’t too far away from me either so yes the pollution question
@@Thebusysuperhuman🐸❤️
Absolutely fantastic!!!
Thank you !
Absolutely fascinating..thank you for your combined wisdom..
Glad you enjoyed it - he was great
I've started taking 3 drops of nascent iodine in a glass of water a day. It's more bioavailable than regular iodine and doesn't have the strong unpleasant taste 👍🏼
Thanks for the tip
@@Thebusysuperhuman
I discovered it recently from a TH-camr with MS. I think he's called SteveDoesMS or something like that 👍🏼
Thank you so much for this interview! I’ve read the book before I saw this video. I’ve also recommend the book to friends and family because all that information is crucial for our mental health and our environment.
I’m fascinated by those kelp farms . It’s a brilliant idea and apparently very efficient.
Thank you Sara for your efforts to give us information about health.
Thank You. Prof Crawford is a wealth of info and I believe him if he is still going strong at 94
Virtually all big cities are net to water, partly for transport but also because the food and rivers were our biggest food source. As populations have gone up seafood has become relatively scarce but lobster used to be considered a trash catch.
Yes and now in the UK all our lobsters are exported to France with a huge mark up
Brilliant talk really interesting cheers Sarah
Thank you
I love how flabbergasted Sara is as Dr. C reveals his age!! ❤❤
What a privilege to hear this discussion. Thank you. So much fuss has been made online as to the dangers of eating oxidized fish oil supplements that I quit them. Perhaps this was a mistake.
Would you recommend some shellfish rather than others for maximising DHA and minimizing risk of pollutants coming from the seas ? Tysm
Even with deuterium of sea water, consumption of ocean fish would probably mostly more reduced than that in the water?
cold water fish are very low in deuterium, even lower than land animals
Also even though there is water in a fish it’s predominantly fat and protein which is low In deuterium
Were fish oils mentioned?
Yes - only use if you are desparate as they are better than nothing
Excellent ❤🎉
Thanks 🤗
Is oily fish high in selenium? Does Selenium help protect against any mercury in the fish? Great interview.
Yes it out competes mercury - no small fish like sardines and Mackerel are not high in mercury. Having a good redox potential is your best bet as when cells have good redox the mercury doesn’t stay in them
Question for Sarah. A countertop water filtration device you mentioned? Does it get fluoride out of the water? And are you OK with letting me know the maker, and wher to get it? Thanks.
Yes that’s why I use a distiller as most filters don’t get fluoride out
How much fun was that!
Get him back on for his opinions one day, rather than all those facts! That'd be wild.
Yes he was great and he will be really pleased at all the views he has had so far and I know people bought his book. Yes that would be superb to ask him all sorts as I do that sometimes to my guests and they like it
What shall we ask him? We have to let him mention his book and DHA but then say we want to know him too. He has all sorts of stories too
Yeah, the snippets he dropped about his life were pretty wild in themselves!@@Thebusysuperhuman At this stage I've read most of the books that come along with this channels guests.. I'm kinda proud of finishing gabor's book.. haha that was stiff reading..Same with Stephanie S book. Sledgehammer info! but often just how we need it. But I've got a feeling that Mr Crawfords book would have quite a different style to it! In any case, thankyou for teasing out the easy sources of DHA in this interview.. We all want a brain like that at 93.
Why Sarah isn't on Huberman? Anyone interested to push this closer to the mainstream? I'm aware it's not a conventional channel, but this actually has to be on all national TVs around the globe. Things like this.
Regards to the topic and food source, so, walnuts yay or nah? Love them. They grow in my country.
Hahaha yes one day I would like to blow up as they say and go on TV or Huberman it is something I’ve thought about - I’m not ready yet but I’d have to get a few viral reels or TikToks “my quantum song” could - or say something hugely triggering like Jordan Peterson did. But in the background Dr P was probably planning his rise to fame to get his message out.
I remember how polite Dr Huberman was to Dr K on his podcast and Dr H is very civilised. So Dr H would want a polite person for his show. I can add it to my list of goals and start manifesting - or go and work in Autstin TX as that’s a hub of connections with the likes of Lex Friedman - as quantum biology is the type of thing Lex would love
Your community will support this. Every share and like can make it happen. Yes to Mr. untouchable Lex 😆And the Peterson family are the army itself. All the channels that you see that "blew up" are a serious businesses behind.@@Thebusysuperhuman
Come here to Austin, Dr. Pugh! 😊
Come here to Austin, Dr. Pugh! 😊
I'd love to hear more about C15 (Fatty15). It is supposedly more effective than omega-3s in numerous ways. It's also found in some seafood, but it's highest concentration is dairy fat.
I think you mean the branched chain fats or odd chains are better fuels as they oxidise to completion more readily as we dont use DHA as a fuel - Dr Petra goes over this - the video will be out soon
No mention of effects on old brains. Will consuming fish help halt/revert dementia etc?
Yes!!!! It’s never too late improve a brain at any age !
What an amazingly uplifting comment :-)
what a wonderful guest. I hope I am as sharp as him at ninety (i dont think i am as sharp as him at 2/3 his age)
Yes and I hope he comes back on
Wild mushrooms are treated as the mercury-of-the-land🍄
All this infomaiton about DHA and mineral deficiencies seems to be restricted to the context of populations consuming grain and potato heavy diets, and therefore would require very nutritionally rich foods to compensate. Surely, meat focused diets don't have this issue. I consume seafood whenever I feel like it. Maybe once every few weeks I'll splurge on some oysters, or make some salmon sashimi. Do you think someone eating an animal based diet needs to be concerned about the overall DHA content of their diet? Or will the trace amounts found in all the fat they tend to consume add up to be sufficient?
Yes you need the seafood in an animal based diet as nnEMF and tech exposure deplete it
@@Thebusysuperhuman - DHA is also found in many foods that are pasture-raised or wild-caught, which describes most of what I eat. Also, the eggs I buy are supposedly higher in omega-3s, although I don't know how much DHA that gives me. I do eat seafood on occasion, but I wonder how much DHA I'm already getting even excluding seafood. As far as I know, there has never been a study done on the DHA levels and their impact on those following an optimally healthy diet: whole foods, organic, low-carb, high-fat, nutrient-dense, animal-based, and nose-to-tail.
A days of eating lamb, 800g, gives you 100‰ of omega 3 RDA
I really really like lamb but the idea of 800g of it per day is not appealing to most people - even me who loves it
So jack kruse is right as usual. All the meat heads bashing his fish intake. Paul salidino constantly telling people how bad seafood is ugh. Sad.
I watched this and instantly felt my IQ go up😅. What a great discussion.
I always knew we were meant to be dolphins 🐬
Yes they are wonderful animals
Fabulous interview, but can't stop giggling at "800,000 cretins"
Oh yes I laughed too
Imagine the World if our moronic politicians actually listened to this man.
Hahaha they probably wouldn’t understand what he says anyway
Brainletts are a real thing 😅
Yes !
Darwin was a krank !!!
He got some things right but not all of it so yes agreed
@@Thebusysuperhuman yes that’s right,have you ever looked at lloyd pyes work really interesting ?