Prevent Alzheimer’s & Dementia Before It Starts | Max Lugavere
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Turning Point USA
4.8 • 15K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
DO NOT skip this episode because you think you’re “too young” to worry about dementia ⚠️
Max Lugavere, New York Times bestselling author and host of The Genius Life podcast, blows up everything we’ve been told about brain health. After watching his mother battle dementia, Max went deep into the research and found something shocking: Alzheimer’s may be largely preventable. In this episode learn exactly how to prevent Alzheimer’s and dementia, or slow it down if a loved one has already been diagnosed. Learn groundbreaking news about Parkinson’s, the nuanced truth about nicotine, why mouthwash should be avoided, and if eggs are a superfood or a super don’t. Max also shares his political journey.
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| 0:00.0 | What should people in their 20s and 30s be doing to protect their brains? |
| 0:03.0 | The chronic use of allergy drugs have been strongly associated in cohort studies with increased risk for dementia. |
| 0:08.0 | There's actually an inverse correlation between the size of your waist and total brain volume. |
| 0:13.0 | So as your waste expands, it seems that your brain shrinks. |
| 0:15.0 | For every 10% increase in ultra-processed foods consumed, we see a 25% increased risk of the diagnosis of |
| 0:21.9 | dementia. Chronic exposure to air pollution is a modifiable risk factor. Mouthwash might |
| 0:27.1 | have downstream consequences on the brain when used chronically and specific kinds of mouthwash, |
| 0:32.8 | like antiseptic mouthwash, because they can boost blood pressure. |
| 1:05.8 | Music mouthwash because they can boost blood pressure. Do not make the mistake of skipping this episode because you think you're too young to care or worry about dementia. |
| 1:12.4 | The building blocks of these brain diseases like Alzheimer's or dementia are created now. And our parents are getting close in age to where we need to worry about them. Alzheimer's is exploding. We're nowhere |
| 1:16.9 | near a cure, or are we? The biggest bombshell from this episode? Dementia and Alzheimer's are |
| 1:22.0 | lifestyle diseases. Today's guest is Max Lugavir, New York Times bestselling author, host of the |
| 1:27.2 | top-ranked wellness podcast, The Genius Life, and one of the most out out outspoken voices calling out broken brain science. |
| 1:33.4 | After watching his own mother battle dementia, Max went deep into the research, and what he found challenges everything we've been told about aging, memory loss, and inevitable brain decline. |
| 1:42.6 | We're exposing nicotine in this episode, modern bread, |
| 1:45.9 | mouthwash, eggs, which are good and which may be questionable? You'll have to listen to find out. |
| 1:51.0 | There are so many jaw-dropping studies out there on lifestyle, which Max will discuss, and yet, |
| 1:55.7 | big pharma keeps striking out when it comes to brain health and disease. Watch this episode on |
| 2:00.0 | the real Alex Clark YouTube channel or Culture Apothecary on Spotify. |
| 2:03.3 | Please leave a five-star review for this show as we bring experts on to educate you for free. |
| 2:07.6 | Don't forget that. |
| 2:08.6 | Our mission is to healicit culture, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. |
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