Everybody, my name is Max Lugovir.

I'm a filmmaker and health and science journalist.

I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind how our choices,

including what we eat and how we live, affect our cognitive and physical

performance as well as our health span and risk for disease.

So that's why I'm super excited for this episode of the show in which I'm going

to speak to Amy Berger, who is a certified nutrition specialist, a certified

nutritional therapy practitioner.

She holds a master's degree in human nutrition from the University of Bridgeport.

And she's also the author of the great book, The Alzheimer's Antidote.

As you know, I'm incredibly passionate about dementia prevention.

It's a topic that I talk quite a bit about and it's also one that I publicly lecture

quite a bit about.

And so that's how I became familiar with Amy's work very early on because she is very

passionate about dispelling the myths surrounding Alzheimer's disease.

And she's also very adamant that Alzheimer's disease is a form of diabetes of the brain.

Now, as you might know, there are multiple hypotheses as to why Alzheimer's disease develops.

Nobody knows for certain, but the prevailing wisdom over the past couple of decades has

been dubbed the amyloid hypothesis.

And what it stipulates is that Alzheimer's disease is caused by a buildup of plaque in the

brain.

This plaque is called amyloid beta.

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