Valuetainment - February 18, 2026


“The Brain Workout Nobody Talks About” - Dr Rhonda Patrick BREAKS DOWN The SECRET Alzheimers Defense


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Length

3 minutes

Words per minute

180.25502

Word count

622

Sentence count

47


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In this episode, we discuss the benefits of learning a new language and how it can delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease. We also talk about the importance of language learning and the role that language learning can have in delaying Alzheimer s.

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00:00:00.000 Do you see a correlation between being bilingual and delaying Alzheimer's?
00:00:04.940 Because I see people saying there's the benefit of speaking multiple languages.
00:00:08.240 What is the benefit of speaking multiple languages?
00:00:09.960 Yes, there is a correlation between delaying brain aging.
00:00:13.760 How?
00:00:14.060 Because, you know, when you are experiencing, when you're basically doing novel, having novel experiences,
00:00:21.860 novel being things that are different, so learning a different language, something that you're not used to, right,
00:00:26.960 that takes a lot of work, a lot of cognitive power, and it's also novelty as well.
00:00:34.340 I mean, that is absolutely stimulating a variety of pathways in the brain that are protective from brain aging.
00:00:41.880 So, for example, brain-derived neurotrophic factor is increased, and that's been shown in people that do learn other languages.
00:00:49.360 And it's not just languages.
00:00:50.540 It's even, like, for example, like taxi drivers in London, you know, where they have to use their, before, GPS.
00:00:57.080 I mean, these people, like, use their brain to have mental maps of the city.
00:01:01.900 Yeah.
00:01:02.300 And there are studies showing that even that is correlated with reducing the risk for Alzheimer's disease.
00:01:06.260 I can see that.
00:01:06.640 It's like a workout, right?
00:01:07.780 It's a workout.
00:01:08.480 You're working your brain out.
00:01:09.460 It's very important.
00:01:10.340 And, again, it comes down to, like, when you stimulate your brain, you are increasing dopamine.
00:01:16.560 You're increasing trophic factors in the brain that are causing, you know, strengthening synapses, the connection between neurons.
00:01:23.400 They are growing new neurons.
00:01:25.480 It's doing a lot of stuff that even exercise can do.
00:01:28.040 So there's other roads to improving brain aging besides exercise, and one of them is really mental stimulation, and that can be in the form of learning a new language.
00:01:36.560 It can be in the form of, I mean, I am constantly analyzing science.
00:01:40.880 I am using my brain all the time.
00:01:42.420 But that's for sure.
00:01:43.560 That's for sure, because you have to break that down.
00:01:46.340 But the idea of language, you know, is it how to communicate?
00:01:51.960 Is it, you know, different dialect?
00:01:54.780 What is it that delays Alzheimer's?
00:01:58.160 You know, that correlation is very interesting to me.
00:02:00.520 It is.
00:02:01.420 But it's, again, not just language, right?
00:02:04.000 So that's the other thing that's interesting.
00:02:05.700 But, yeah, is there something unique about language?
00:02:08.240 There might be.
00:02:09.160 Yeah.
00:02:09.580 Yeah, to me, I play a game.
00:02:10.640 So let's just say we're done with our conversation today.
00:02:12.680 I'll get in the car, and I'm going to the other property.
00:02:15.240 I'm going to play the game of how many facts I can restate from the conversation we had together.
00:02:20.640 And I'm going to try to see if I can remember how many.
00:02:21.980 I'm like, okay, she said this, she said that, she said this, she said this, she said that.
00:02:24.880 This is a form of an exercise to see if the memory is getting stronger.
00:02:30.120 Instead of, oh, okay, I just talked to this person, you walk away.
00:02:32.120 And, you know, some of these exercises can help you out, but the language is definitely one that's interesting to me.
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