294: The End of Alzheimer's
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Lucas Rockwood
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2018
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Do you have a friend or family member losing their short-term memory, losing their mental "edge", and just generally slowing down in terms of brain function? If so, this week's Yoga Talk Show delivers insight into neurodegenerative problems and what you can do about them.
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's are among the top 3 causes of death worldwide. Toxins, inflammation, and high sugar diets are among the many causes; but fortunately, we have better tools than ever for prevention and reversal of problems. On this week's Yoga Talk Show, you'll meet Alzheimer's thought-leader, Dr. Dale Bredesen.
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Listen & Learn:
- How cheap genetic testing shows you if you have a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's Disease
- Why neurodegenerative illnesses are now in the top 3 leading causes of death internationally
- How meal timing and ketosis can prevent and help reverse problems
- Why inflammation is a disaster for brain health
- Why 21st century medicine must focus on data, quantified self, testing and tracking
ABOUT OUR GUEST
Dr. Bredesen is an expert in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases and is best-known recently for his work with Alzheimer's disease specicically. He's the author of a new book, The End of Alzheimer's. He graduated from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC and has held faculty positions at UCSF, UCLA and the University of California, San Diego.
Dr. Bredesen directed the Program on Aging at the Burnham Institute before coming to the Buck Institute in 1998 as its founding President and CEO.
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| 1:07.0 | Neurodegenerative Diseases and illnesses such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and dementia are already a huge, huge problem, 20 billion dollars, and by 20 2040 the World Health Organization predicts |
| 1:26.1 | internationally for neurodegenerative diseases to account for the second |
| 1:32.0 | leading cause of death after heart disease and in some |
| 1:34.7 | areas probably the leading cause of death. And why is this happening? Well a bunch of |
| 1:39.7 | things are going on in terms of our toxic environment, in terms of stress, in terms of our toxic environment in terms of stress in terms of our sugar-laden |
| 1:45.6 | diets. Some people like Dr. Mark Hyman refer to neurodegenerative diseases as type 3 diabetes because high intake of glucose and starch |
| 1:56.9 | and sugar can lead to these illnesses but fairly anyone's talking about it. |
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