When it comes to diet and cognitive decline, I've talked previously about glycotoxins,

which are created when high-fat, high-protein foods are exposed to high-dry heat like broiling or roasting.

In this video, we look at endotoxins, which are inflammatory components of bacteria that can end up in our bloodstream.

How might the presence of these toxins relate to Alzheimer's?

Watch to find out.

Having a high cholesterol level in your early 40s is associated with an increased risk of

Alzheimer's in vascular dementia decades later.

And your cholesterol doesn't have to be that high to increase dementia risk, a 57% higher

risk developing Alzheimer's at a total cholesterol of 240 compared to under 200.

I've done a bunch of videos talking about the clogging of the cerebral arteries inside the brain

with the same atherosclerosis that causes heart attacks and strokes choking off blood flow

to the memory centers in the brain. This may be why higher saturated fat intake was found to be associated with the development

of worse global cognitive function in memory decline and apparent acceleration of brain aging

as if you were six years older.

How can we cut down on saturated fat by cutting down on cheese, cake, ice cream, and chicken,

essentially at top sources in the American diet, but also pork, burgers, and beef in general.

In my video on the role of glycotoxins in cognitive decline, I profiled this study,

showing that just five days of a high-fat, low-carb diet,

impairs energy metabolism in the heart as well as cognitive function,

concluding such diets are detrimental to the heart and brain.

Now, they were thinking the impaired energy production may have accounted for the brain dysfunction

as well, but high levels of dietary glycotoxins, so-called AGEs, are also

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