What Is Dementia? - #909
THE SAVAGE NATION
Michael Savage
4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Michael Savage revisits his book Reducing the Risk of Alzheimer's, now reissued with updated research that links aluminum exposure to this modern disease. Prompted by political debates over President Biden's cognition, Savage draws a clear line between normal aging and true dementia, warning the distinction is being intentionally blurred. He identifies hidden aluminum sources in everyday life, outlines practical prevention through nutrition, exercise, and mental activity, and cautions that common medications may raise dementia risk. The episode argues Alzheimer's is not inevitable—and that informed, disciplined choices can meaningfully reduce the threat.
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| 0:00.0 | And now the world's most exciting podcast, The Savage Nation, home of borders, language, culture. |
| 0:14.8 | Here he is, Michael Savage. |
| 0:19.0 | Everybody, welcome to the Savage Nation. Now, look, we're going to talk about dementia |
| 0:23.6 | today because it's in the news. We all heard that Joe had dementia, Joe Biden, and everyone |
| 0:28.9 | saw that who had any brains. For years, I had been saying even a second year medical student |
| 0:34.0 | of 10 years ago would have seen that President Biden was suffering from dementia. |
| 0:39.0 | What form? We don't know. We don't exactly know, but he was suffering dementia. Now the left is |
| 0:43.8 | trying to turn it around and say the Trump is suffering from dementia. So what is dementia? What is |
| 0:49.3 | Alzheimer's disease? What is mere memory loss? That's what I want to talk about today with you on the Savage Nation. |
| 0:56.3 | When this book first came out, it was out there because it was the first time that anyone |
| 1:04.3 | had talked about the dangers in our everyday foods and the connection between the neurotoxic |
| 1:10.3 | aluminum and other metals |
| 1:12.2 | with Alzheimer's disease. |
| 1:15.2 | Even then, scientific progress in this area was advancing very rapidly. |
| 1:20.6 | The medical establishment, of course, scoffed and ignored the book and said I was wrong, |
| 1:25.8 | crazy, pay no attention to him. |
| 1:28.0 | Now, at the time, I was the director of a small research unit called the Alzheimer's Research Institute, |
| 1:34.8 | and I was conducting epidemiological study on the disease. |
| 1:38.5 | I devoted a lot of my life to this. |
| 1:43.0 | At the time, Alzheimer's was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, |
| 1:47.4 | and it still remains one of the most feared diseases. Why? Because when you lose your memory |
| 1:53.1 | and no longer recognize your loved ones, you essentially lose your soul. People can live with a heart |
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