What You Must Know to Fight Dementia
The Root Cause Medicine Podcast
Kate Kresge
4.8 • 581 Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, we dive into Alzheimer's, dementia, and brain health with Max Lugavere and Chris Newhard. You’ll hear us discuss: 1. The inspiration behind Little Empty Boxes 2. Myths and truths about dementia 3. Why by 2050 150 million people will have Alzheimer's 4. What really causes brain damage 5. Why there’s no one-size-fits-all diet for brain health 6. How building muscle increases longevity and brain health Max is a health and science journalist, filmmaker, and bestselling author. He wrote the Genius trilogy, which includes Genius Foods, Genius Kitchen, and The Genius Life. Max also hosts The Genius Life podcast, a leading health and wellness show in the US, and has appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, The Rachael Ray Show, The Today Show, and PBS’s Brief but Spectacular. Chris is a filmmaker from Philadelphia who has built his career as a cinematographer and director. In 2017, he founded Booklight, a production company focused on documentary and narrative work. His diverse experience includes directing music videos for artists like Sia, Maroon 5, and Jessie J. Chris and Max recently worked together on the Little Empty Boxes documentary, which highlights Max's efforts to slow his mother's (Kathy Lugavare) dementia. The film offers an honest look at Kathy's journey and the challenges Max faces as he does everything he can to support her. Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide
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| 0:00.7 | Today on the root cause medicine podcast. |
| 0:04.2 | If you make it to the age of 85, you have a coins toss chance of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. |
| 0:10.4 | 50%. |
| 0:11.4 | Age is still the number one risk factor, but we have a slew of potential risk factors that |
| 0:16.0 | ultimately fall within your control. |
| 0:18.4 | According to the 2024 Lancet Commission on Dementia, which was just |
| 0:22.7 | published, there are about 14 modifiable risk factors. And we're adding new modifiable risk |
| 0:29.3 | factors all the time. And I think that's actually a conservative estimate in that publication, |
| 0:33.6 | about 50% of Alzheimer's cases are attributable to these modifiable risk factors, which essentially implies that they're preventable. |
| 0:40.3 | I think that's an underestimate. |
| 0:42.3 | Well, hello there. I'm your co-host for today, Dr. Kate Kreske, and we are diving deep with Max Ligabier and Chris Newhart to talk about their new documentary, Little Empty Boxes. |
| 0:51.3 | This documentary is a really powerful one. It's about the love of a family, |
| 0:56.3 | caregiving, dementia, and everything that you and your loved ones can do to protect your brains |
| 1:01.0 | as you age. This is an incredibly important and industry-changing film, and I highly recommend that |
| 1:06.1 | you go see it. Now, we're going to dive deep today about the root causes of dementia, the things |
| 1:10.4 | you can do to |
| 1:11.3 | help reduce your risks of developing it, and more importantly, the way to critically evaluate |
| 1:16.0 | what you're being told about the foods you eat and the movements you make in terms of their |
| 1:20.4 | impact on your cognitive function long term. This felt like a conversation between friends, |
| 1:25.6 | and we got pretty deep with this one. |
| 1:30.6 | It's why it's so long, and personally, I'm really proud to bring this to you. |
| 1:36.2 | This is a great episode to sit in on if you're someone who feels like you're alone in caregiving, |
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