Recognize Influences on the Brain - with Dr. Daniel Amen | The Empowering Neurologist EP. 114

Tom Brady gets nine hours of sleep per night and avoids gluten, dairy, corn, soy, artificial dyes, sweeteners, and sugar.

"Gets nine hours of sleep, he doesn't eat gluten, dairy, corn, soy, artificial dyes, sweeteners, sugar. I mean, his diet is really clean" (said at 0:50:20)

No published record matching the specific daily sleep duration and dietary exclusions of Tom Brady was located in the scientific literature; this does not prove the claim false. While the described nutritional rules align broadly with public descriptions of the commercial "TB12 Method" lifestyle program, individual lifestyle regimens of specific athletes are not documented or evaluated in peer-reviewed biomedical research.

Former NFL player Ed White lost 150 pounds participating in Dr. Daniel Amen's NFL weight loss group.

"And we did an NFL weight loss group, which was so much fun for me. I had Big Ed White become Little Ed White. He lost 150 pounds, which was really fun." (said at 1:00:00)

No published record matching the claim that former NFL player Ed White lost 150 pounds in Dr. Daniel Amen's weight loss group was located; this does not prove the claim false. Dr. Amen published a study detailing an open-label multi-component intervention in 30 retired NFL players that included weight loss where appropriate (PMID 21615001), but individual player identities and specific weight loss figures such as 150 pounds were not reported in peer-reviewed publications.

• context: Reversing brain damage in former NFL players: implications for traumatic brain injury and … (Journal of psychoactive drugs 2011) · cited 83x in the literature

  "An open label pragmatic clinical intervention was conducted in an outpatient neuropsychiatric clinic with 30 retired NFL players who demonstrated brain damage and cognitive impairment. The study included weight loss (if appropriate);" (abstract, methods, passage verified)

  pubmedfull study (doi)