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Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.79,0:00:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, let me find someone
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.61,0:00:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will lend me their brain\Nfor a few minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.32,0:00:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You, over there, great!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.16,0:00:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll give it back to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.83,0:00:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now imagine that\NI have your brain in my hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.65,0:00:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What will I find inside it?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.13,0:00:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Water - I guess you all suspected that -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.08,0:00:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then some fat, wow! a lot of fat.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.78,0:00:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No worries, all brains are fatty ...\NDon't judge, it's just normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.48,0:00:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A brain is very greasy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.78,0:00:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I had one in my hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.59,0:00:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would certainly\Nhear "skwiitch! skwiitch!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.42,0:00:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very fragile and mushy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.04,0:00:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, if you look at it like that,\Nit resembles the inside of our intestines.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.99,0:00:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I've never held\Nintestines in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.63,0:00:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I have held a brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.40,0:00:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, if I were\Nto leave it on a table
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.52,0:01:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go off to take a sample\Nof it for experiment,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.12,0:01:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I'd return,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.66,0:01:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would be a bit spread out and deformed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.50,0:01:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So don't shake it up\Ntoo much, it's fragile.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.92,0:01:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This brain has fat,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.70,0:01:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not the type of fat \Nyou find in a bag of French fries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.81,0:01:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its fat is like the fat\Nyou find in small oily fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.77,0:01:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a kind of fat that is very flexible,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.14,0:01:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that provides us\Nwith unique neuroplasticity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.86,0:01:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enables neurons to communicate\Nwith each other so fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.52,0:01:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you are asking yourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.27,0:01:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let's say I eat more sardines,\Nwill I get smarter?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.78,0:01:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mum often said to me, "Émilie,\Neat your fish, it will make you clever."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.63,0:01:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, she wasn't exactly right.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.29,0:01:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is more complicated than that,\Nbut today I can reply,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.95,0:01:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mum, did you know that\Nthe consumption of small oily fish
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.33,0:01:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inversely correlates with the\Nrate of psychiatric disorders,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.38,0:01:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially depression and schizophrenia?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.30,0:02:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, for the most part, you are probably\Ntoo old to develop schizophrenia
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.30,0:02:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the window is during adolescence.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.56,0:02:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're in the category of those\Nwho can be hit by severe depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.16,0:02:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially with our way of life today.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.40,0:02:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So eating a few small oily fish\Ncould be good for your brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.48,0:02:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if I continue looking\Nat what is inside this brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.12,0:02:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will find proteins and amino acids.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.68,0:02:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I will find water, fat,\Nand now proteins and amino acids.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.08,0:02:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To put it simply, a protein\Nis like a large pearl necklace,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.40,0:02:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the amino acids are all the\Nlittle pearls that make up this necklace.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.29,0:02:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I eat protein, chicken for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.16,0:02:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a mix of lentils and quinoa -\Nthat is probably not bad for you either -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.44,0:02:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then these necklaces break\Ninto a multitude of small pieces,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.81,0:02:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these small pearls are going\Nto do something inside my body:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.88,0:02:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they either form a nice structure\Nor carry out a function.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.00,0:02:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right away you think: "Yeah, muscles."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.07,0:02:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personally, I think "lovely\Nneurotransmitters and hormones."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.68,0:03:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A neurotransmitter is a molecule\Nthat enables two neurons to communicate.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.05,0:03:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To give you an example, serotonin\Nis the neurotransmitter for happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.04,0:03:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is said to make people\Nsee life through rose-tinted glasses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.39,0:03:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, we have noticed\Nthat in the case of depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.24,0:03:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serotonin levels are low.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.86,0:03:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So some companies have\Nmanufactured beautiful medicines
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.74,0:03:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that increase serotonin\Nlevels in the brain
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.05,0:03:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and alleviate the symptoms.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.09,0:03:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some young people will say, \N"Some drugs do the same."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.63,0:03:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, these drugs manipulate\Nthe level of serotonin in the brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.45,0:03:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crazy thing is that this serotonin
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.48,0:03:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I will probably feel\Nin my brain this evening,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.66,0:03:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enabling me to sleep\Nwith sweet dreams,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.67,0:03:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this serotonin is synthesized
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.42,0:03:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through a precursor\NI can only find in my food.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.70,0:03:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This precursor, this small pearl,\Nan amino acid, is called "tryptophan".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.35,0:03:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is an essential amino acid.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.76,0:03:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means that my body\Nis unable to produce it on its own
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.20,0:04:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I don't provide \Nthe small bricks to build it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.46,0:04:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let's resume\Nour observation of this brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.88,0:04:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also find sugar or glucose in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.95,0:04:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Glucose is the fuel of the brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.34,0:04:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The brain is very small, it makes up\Nonly 2% of this body's mass,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.46,0:04:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it consumes 25%\Nof the energy that I eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.84,0:04:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it needs a lot of fuel,\Nit is energy-hungry,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.70,0:04:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly when people\Nare smart - I am joking.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.23,0:04:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.13,0:04:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't want to say that,\Nbut it just came out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.65,0:04:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.31,0:04:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my brain does not\Nrequire that I feed it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.33,0:04:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loads of sweets\Nor a big glass of orange juice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.66,0:04:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It prefers to have steady \Nand reasonable levels of sugar.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.05,0:04:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are different types of sugars.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.18,0:04:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are sugars called\N"simple" or "fast",
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.48,0:04:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sugars that are rather\N"complex" and "slow".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.24,0:04:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simple sugars found\Nfor example in small fruits -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.66,0:05:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is not shown here -\Nlet's say an orange,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.48,0:05:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I eat an orange, a lot of simple\Nsugars enter my body at once.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.80,0:05:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are small simple-structured\Nmolecules that are digested very quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.12,0:05:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I have a burst of energy\Nentering my bloodstream,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.80,0:05:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, there is a crash.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.90,0:05:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we feel drained sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.30,0:05:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Complex carbohydrates are bigger molecules\Nthat are digested more slowly.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.48,0:05:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They provide energy throughout a whole\Nmorning or afternoon for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.57,0:05:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We try to favor these types\Nof complex carbohydrates
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.56,0:05:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we want to be focused and clever.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.99,0:05:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for breakfast, it may be preferable\Nto eat a slice of wholegrain bread
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.24,0:05:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than multicolored cereals\Njust because we love them so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.38,0:05:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could talk for hours\Nabout your brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.03,0:05:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though it was the meal\NI was going to eat a while ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.20,0:05:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'll stop there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.39,0:05:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personally, what fascinates me\Nis the impact of my lifestyle on my brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.34,0:06:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It all started with nutrition.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.43,0:06:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was young, my dad used to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.40,0:06:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Émilie is the child\Nwho runs after butterflies."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.54,0:06:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't completely mistaken.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.64,0:06:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brain has a lot of difficulty\Nin concentrating on a single task.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.48,0:06:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It twirls around all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.18,0:06:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is impossible to make it\Nfocus for 30 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.36,0:06:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This brain was soon given a lovely label:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.32,0:06:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Attention Deficit Hyperactivity\NDisorder", in short, ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.58,0:06:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well don't worry, teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.55,0:06:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Émilie is going to stop being unbearable.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.34,0:06:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Medicines exist even\Nfor this type of situation."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.96,0:06:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was told at a very young age:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.98,0:06:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It will do her good to take\Nmedicine to alleviate symptoms."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.89,0:06:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these drugs work very well.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.82,0:06:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like legal cocaine:\Nit stimulates your brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.47,0:06:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still a little girl,\NI went from 40% to 80%.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.05,0:06:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that why I was \Nable to go to university?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.98,0:06:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.45,0:06:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My writing became neat and rounded.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.26,0:07:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at school, things were much better\Nbecause before, what was Émilie doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.44,0:07:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is a child sitting on a chair
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.06,0:07:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who fidgets so much\Nnobody wants to sit next to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.57,0:07:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who gets on the teacher's nerves,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.59,0:07:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who falls sometimes from her chair\Nfrom laughing so much
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.83,0:07:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or watches a construction site from afar\Nfor hours and suddenly goes,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.00,0:07:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wow! Look! The crane finally moved.\NI've never seen anyone inside before!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.40,0:07:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the teacher says, "Émilie,\Nyou forgot to take your medicine"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.33,0:07:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "Émilie, you messed up again.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.13,0:07:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shouldn't you ask your parents\Nto take your medicine again,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.78,0:07:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe, double the dose?\NDo you always take your medicine?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.30,0:07:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the teacher would say this\Nin front of the whole class.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.16,0:07:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So little by little, I started to feel\Nthe first psychological side effects.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.94,0:07:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, today that makes\Nyou laugh, me too.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.46,0:07:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But back then, I didn't find that funny.\NI no longer had self-confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.92,0:07:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I would never\Nachieve anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.87,0:07:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even thought I wouldn't be here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.16,0:08:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thankfully, my family\Ntook great care of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.73,0:08:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They took me to a team of professionals\Nwho explained what ADHD meant,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.68,0:08:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who made me do plenty of tests
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.50,0:08:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really tried to prove to me\Nthat I had great potential
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.54,0:08:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I didn't believe that at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.66,0:08:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then my life continues,\NI feel a bit better in my skin.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.81,0:08:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.13,0:08:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, I started to feel\Nthe other side effects.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.66,0:08:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you take the kind of medicine\Nprescribed to kids like me
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.07,0:08:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and read the package leaflet\Non the side effects, you will see:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.59,0:08:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,migranes, insomnia, digestive disorders,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.48,0:08:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loss of appetite, anorexia, depression ...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.72,0:08:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a few of those.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.27,0:08:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Incidentally when I'd stop\Nand ask someone to give me the medicine
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.96,0:08:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I had forgotten to get\Na prescription for a few weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.94,0:08:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd be hit with a massive migraine.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.60,0:08:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd suffer from Insomnia.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.34,0:08:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd no longer want to talk to anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.22,0:08:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of studying, I'd sort\Nmy coloring pens by color
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.09,0:09:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because all of a sudden, I'd feel\Nvery focused on something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.32,0:09:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bottom line, you may be already\Nthinking this does not sound good,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.78,0:09:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.06,0:09:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is nothing compared\Nto the lovely withdrawal symptoms
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.92,0:09:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that hit you after a school\Nyear of being on this cute medicine.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.10,0:09:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had withdrawal symptoms
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.79,0:09:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was like a drug addict\Nwho had been taking drugs for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.61,0:09:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So indeed when you stop,\Nyou have anxiety, dark thoughts,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.53,0:09:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you vomit out of distress.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.16,0:09:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here again, there is a solution:\Nif you go to your doctor -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.16,0:09:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since they take you \Nto the hospital saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.19,0:09:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look at my child, she is so anxious" -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.19,0:09:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the doctor doesn't ask,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.20,0:09:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Have you been taking\Nthis medicine? What happened?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.10,0:09:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, they give you a small shot\Nof a blue substance
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.84,0:09:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes you totally zen,\Nand then life goes on.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.11,0:09:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that point, I said to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.33,0:09:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's enough. Your brain\Ndoesn't function properly.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.68,0:09:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, you are halfway to panic attacks\Nand on the verge of some unknown limit."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.80,0:09:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I wanted to stop it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.80,0:10:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And before, during or after,\NI don't know what happened
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.39,0:10:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I started to have intuitions\Nabout different types of food.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.22,0:10:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family gave me a nickname:\N"Insatiable sable".
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.38,0:10:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A sable is a kind\Nof small carnivorous ferret.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.82,0:10:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could no longer eat white bread\Nwith jam for breakfast.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.14,0:10:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I dreamed of the thick slice of salmon\Nmy mum had prepared the night before,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.61,0:10:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of the tasty vegetables\Nshe had cooked.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.67,0:10:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not long ago, when I returned\Nhome to Brussels,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.74,0:10:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my Dad left me a Tupperware \Nin the fridge with a note:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.61,0:10:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Leftovers for Insatiable Sable."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.02,0:10:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not see the link between this kind\Nof nutrition and my friends' diet.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.62,0:10:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My life went on and I started\Nmy studies in neuroscience,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.65,0:10:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is when I understood it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.44,0:10:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was only 27 years old,\NI knew next to nothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.04,0:10:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a lot to learn, but I understood\Nwhat was happening to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.25,0:10:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is what I'm going\Nto tell you now.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.28,0:10:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADHD meant that my little brain
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.55,0:11:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a hard time synthesizing\Nenough dopamine and noradrenaline,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.48,0:11:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two neurotransmitters that together\Nbenefit our learning functions,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.92,0:11:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our ability to pay attention\Nand concentrate -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.04,0:11:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I clearly lacked.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.16,0:11:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These two neurotransmitters\Ncan be boosted with drugs
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.89,0:11:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also with the type\Nof diet I started to follow.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.36,0:11:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by eating more protein at breakfast -\NI didn't used to eat any at all -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.48,0:11:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was ingesting the small pearls
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.07,0:11:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,necessary to create\Nthose neurotransmitters in my brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.86,0:11:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by avoiding quick or simple\Nsugars at all costs,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.58,0:11:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was preventing those pearls\Nfrom being deflected elsewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.68,0:11:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or from having difficulty\Nto enter my brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.92,0:11:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I learnt all of this and realized
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.07,0:11:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I could have avoided\Nall those small pills and big anxieties
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.34,0:11:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by just having a healthier lifestyle,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.85,0:11:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I needed to share\Nthis information around me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.86,0:11:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started with social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.61,0:11:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spoke about it \Nto my family, my friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.38,0:12:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I ended up speaking in companies.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.24,0:12:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today, I am inside this big\Nred circle telling you about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.70,0:12:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I would like to give you\Nthree small bits of advice
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.02,0:12:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are really very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.13,0:12:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may say that they are bogus,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.11,0:12:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm sure that you are not\Nimplementing them right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.34,0:12:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These three advices are:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.86,0:12:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first, try to maintain a stable\Nand moderate blood sugar level;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.92,0:12:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,second, pay attention\Nto your second brain;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.45,0:12:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and third, try to\Nhave a healthy lifestyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.33,0:12:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry, I also have lots of allergies,\Nmy genetics aren't that great.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.76,0:12:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.16,0:12:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As for the first one, maintaining a stable\Nand moderate blood sugar level, why?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.17,0:12:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, because Nature is very well made,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.06,0:12:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but our lifestyle today isn't so good,\Nat least mine, I don't know about yours.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.16,0:12:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a better understanding, let's say\Nthat I'm a prehistoric man or woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.27,0:12:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on my way, I eat some berries,\Nsome grain, maybe some legumes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.45,0:13:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From time to time, if I'm strong enough,\NI manage to kill an animal and eat it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.04,0:13:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, when I eat\Nsugars, for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.42,0:13:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cool hormone get synthesized in my body\Nthat helps store excess sugar as body fat,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.10,0:13:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which enables me, if I don't find\Nfood for two or three days,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.66,0:13:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have something to survive on.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.48,0:13:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's pretty cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.84,0:13:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another great mechanism is when\NI no longer have enough sugar in my blood,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.33,0:13:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I release good stress hormones\Nthat allow me to hunt that lion -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.37,0:13:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if we once hunted lions,\Nit's the example that came to my mind -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.13,0:13:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be aggressive, \Nrun very fast, and kill it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.52,0:13:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I don't know\Nabout you but personally,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.10,0:13:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lay down sometimes\Nin my sofa like a doormat
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.10,0:13:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and press the keys\Nof my phone to order a pizza.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.43,0:13:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, my insulin no longer\Nserves its survival purpose,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.70,0:13:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor its fat storage purpose in case of\Nstarvation since it doesn't happen often.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.24,0:13:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this type of lifestyle is not the best\Nfor our metabolic health,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.10,0:14:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neither is it for our family.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.32,0:14:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if you have children\Nwho are unbearable when they're hungry,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.90,0:14:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or partners who make your life \Na misery when they're famished.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.86,0:14:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me share with you a funny study:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.25,0:14:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a group of researchers took\None hundred couples or so.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.92,0:14:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They gave them little\Nvoodoo dolls and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.48,0:14:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Once a day, you can insert \Nbetween 1 and 51 needles
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.30,0:14:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show how much\Nyou are upset by your partner."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.86,0:14:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, they were able to successfully\Ncorrelate those people's blood sugar
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.91,0:14:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the number of needles inserted.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.67,0:14:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you have unbearable\Npeople in your family,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.44,0:14:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not give them donuts\Nso that they will experience no high
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.31,0:14:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no crash during which\Nthey could become insufferable.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.10,0:14:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, feed them like a man\Nliving in prehistoric times,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.86,0:14:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this type of thing, for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.22,0:14:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second advice is about\Npaying attention to our second brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.61,0:14:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second brain is your gut
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.06,0:14:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the whole load\Nof guests living inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.27,0:15:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may not know it but you've an enormous\Namount of bacteria in your gut.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.62,0:15:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This realm was there\Nbefore your first brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.74,0:15:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so perhaps it should \Nactually be called the "first brain".
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.70,0:15:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These bacteria are not there \Njust to do nothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.36,0:15:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eat what you eat\Nand take advantage of their host.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.74,0:15:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, they play an important\Nrole in your health,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.41,0:15:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your immunity and your mood.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.37,0:15:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was talking previously\Nabout serotonin.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.30,0:15:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, a big majority\Nof our serotonin is synthesized
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.81,0:15:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks to the bacteria \Nthat live in our gut.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.90,0:15:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another study - because I love\Nthis type of study
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.34,0:15:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allows people to fully\Nunderstand what I'm taking about -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.37,0:15:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was carried out,\Nand I find it fascinating.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.59,0:15:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They took twins, one obese,\Nthe other diabetic.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.56,0:15:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The microbiota of these twins\Nwas transplanted into mice.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.56,0:15:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mice who inherited the microbiota\Nof the obese subjects
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.72,0:15:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,developed the same phenotype.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.87,0:15:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The others remained slim.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.43,0:15:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the slim mice were permitted \Nto eat the feces of the obese one,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.83,0:16:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they undoubtedly grew in size.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.60,0:16:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, mice are coprophagous\Nand eat the feces of other animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.67,0:16:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't try to eat the feces\Nof a thin person, you could die
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.48,0:16:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) ... by the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.90,0:16:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now these bacteria,\Nwhat do they like to eat?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.10,0:16:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fruit, vegetables, plenty of vegetables,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.92,0:16:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wholemeal products,\Ngrains, legumes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.32,0:16:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do not like heavily\Nprocessed foods.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.40,0:16:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now for my last piece of advice,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.76,0:16:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to ask you first to raise your hand
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.95,0:16:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you are able to sleep\Naround eight hours each night,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.70,0:16:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not six but eight hours every night
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.58,0:16:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,systematically \Nand at strict regular times.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.59,0:16:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Raise your hand\Nif that's the case for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.38,0:16:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, no luck ...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.33,0:16:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sleep is the foundation of health and\Nmore important than sport or nutrition.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.83,0:16:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of your functions are improved\Nby a good night's sleep
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.07,0:16:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or reduced by a bad night's sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.25,0:16:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mum often say to my sister,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.60,0:16:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In a bad mood? You partied\Ntoo much last week-end."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.09,0:16:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's right.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.35,0:17:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In studies, when half a group\Nis deprived of sleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.89,0:17:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other half is allowed to sleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.78,0:17:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first group better remembers the bad\Nthings that happened the day before,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.13,0:17:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas the other is able\Nto process their emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.74,0:17:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I make you sit for an exam tomorrow,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.70,0:17:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you, I keep waking\Nyou up all night
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.14,0:17:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you, I let you sleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.71,0:17:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I ask you to use the knowledge\Nthat you learnt the day before,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.76,0:17:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you, you will generally perform\N40% worse than you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.68,0:17:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they will succeed, and you,\Nyou will completely flunk.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.32,0:17:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want your children to succeed\Nat school, pay attention to their sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.16,0:17:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I will finish with this:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.87,0:17:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADHD,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.75,0:17:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lack of sleep can mimic ADHD symptoms.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.80,0:17:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like us to be more careful\Nconcerning our lifestyle,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.87,0:17:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we feel better\Nin our body and in our head.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.32,0:17:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that these few words\Nwill inspire you to take care of yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.26,0:17:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it, thank you!