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Have. chia seeds have more omega-3s than salmon. >> yogurt or a smoot smoothie. >> lots of vegetables i would push. if you're doing the chia seeds and the oil you're getting the omega-3 to keep your brain functioning. you can't have processed foods, white hazards like sugar. it's yummy, right? >> i don't know that it's yummy yet. >> is that what he's spoationedo do? >> does this diet work. >> this diet works every time 100% but you got to be ldges aboureligious about it. eat from the earth. >> i might try it. >> slee so, thank you for being here. >> i like the bible part of the diet. still a...

Nbc legal analyst lisa bloom is joining us now. good morning. should the young girls are charged as adults. they're 12 years old. they're not even teenagers. >> i think it's appalling. the united states is the only developed country that charges kids this young as adults. you can't even legally sign a contract or drink or drive. we expect them to understand miranda rights, waive the rights and talk to police and give information if tried as adults, could lock them up for the rest of their lives. >> what about premeditation though? if this is something that's planned, they have the cognizant aw...

The new study shows a steep decline in memory for men who have more than 2 1/2 alcoholic drinks per day. now, heavy female drinkers, or females who drink a lot, also showed some problems with planning and focusing, but apparently not memory. so, if you're a woman, you can drink a lot and not lose your memory. surprisingly, a woman who abstained from alcohol completely showed the greatest loss of brain functioning. >> i can't focus or follow this story at all. i don't know why. >> seems unfair on many different levels. all right, this morning, "12 years a slave," one of the year's most celebr...

These psychopathests have reduction in the volume. and, also, when they contemplate making moral decisions like, shall i kill someone or not? that part of the brain is not as active as in normal people. >> you've done a terrific job of making the science accessible for people. i want to show a couple images that are important here and people should see these, again. you should read the book. take a look there, a scan of the brain, normal on the left and a murderer on the right. what are we looking at there? >> well, we're looking down on the brain. this is a pet scan, so, it's looking at brain...

Impairment, a volume deduction and poor functioning in a part of the brain called the amygdala, the seat of emotion. we have been finding on psychopathic offenders they have an 18% reduction in the volume in the amygdala. when they contemplate making moral decisions like should i kill someone or not, that part of the brain is just not as active as in normal people. >> you have done a terrific job making the science accessible for people. i want to show a couple of images that will be important. you should read the book. take a look there at a scan of the brain, a p.e.t. scan. normal on the lef...