You're Eating Away Your Memory — Dr. David Jockers on Reversing Cognitive Decline

Ancient Health Podcast

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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It's estimated that more than 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's, and that number is expected to climb. Today on the podcast, Dr. Motley sits down with Dr. David Jockers of the chart-topping podcast on functional nutrition, to understand how we can nourish our bodies to help keep our brains sharp. Learn how to tackle vitamin deficiencies through key nutritional strategies, sleep and sunlight can help address dementia and cognitive decline. This conversation is full of wisdom, including Dr. Jockers' top nutrition myths and vitamin mistakes you don’t want to make. Chapters: 00 - 13:54 - Introduction and Dr. Jockers’ Morning Routine 14:00 - 22:07 - How to Prevent Alzheimer's and Dementia 22:08 - 24:29 - Signs and Symptoms of Cognitive Decline 24:30 - 26:05 - The Role of Magnesium 26:52 - 31:07 - Recommended Labs 31:08 - 34:47 - Look Out for Seed Oils 34:48 - 38:39 - Tips for Healthy Cells 38:40 - 39:59 - Biggest Nutrition Myths Out There 40:00 - 44:49 - What Exercise Does for Our Brains 44:51 - 49:23 - Top Vitamin Mistakes People Make 49: 25 - How to Pick a Good Omega 51:03 - 57:37 - How to Learn to Fast + Why It’s So Good For You ------ Follow Doctor Motley! Instagram Facebook Website Follow Dr. Jockers https://www.instagram.com/drjockers/ https://drjockers.com/ Dr. Jockers’ Podcast: https://drjockers.com/radio-show/podcast/ ------ *Take the plunge into cold therapy today! Head to https://icebarrel.com/ and for 12% off an Ice Barrel and Chiller with code DRMOTLEY. *Join Doctor Motley’s newsletter for TCM insights and regular podcast updates: https://www.doctormotley.com/ *Do you have a ton more in-depth questions for Doctor Motley? Check out his course on emotions and the body in his membership. You’ll find other courses full of his expertise and clinical wisdom, plus bring all your questions to his weekly lives! To try risk-free for 15 days click here: https://www.doctormotley.com/15

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0:00.0	What are we getting wrong with our nutrition today? Like that's a very general question,
0:03.2	but what do you see that what's going wrong with it today? Yeah, for sure. Well, you know, we talked about the seed oils, right? Which were promoted because they were low in saturated fat. So they thought, okay, well, number one, they were marketed as vegetable oils. Okay. And we all grew up, hey, eat your vegetables, right? Vegetables have to be healthy. And if they're a vegetable oil, it must be a really healthy oil. Of course, we know today that they're really toxic. They also have a 680-day half-life in ourselves. Literally almost two years, basically. For them to break down? To break down, exactly. Now, oh, my word. Welcome to the Ancient Health podcast, where East Meets West in the World of Medicine.
0:40.4	I'm Dr. Chris Motley.
0:41.8	Let's bridge the gap between ancient practices and cutting edge medicine.
0:45.9	Let's get started.
0:47.5	Hello, friends.
0:48.4	Welcome to the Ancient Health Podcast.
0:49.7	I'm your host Dr. Chris Motley.
0:51.0	Today, I have a very smart, special friend. He has the number one nutrition
0:57.5	podcast in the world. The functional nutrition podcast. Dr. David Jockers is here with me from Atlanta.
1:03.3	Thank you, my friend, for coming here and joining me today. Dr. Chris Motley, it's an honor.
1:08.2	Big fan of yours and your podcast. You're doing great work.
1:11.6	Oh, no, seriously. I really mean this. I am a fan because the one thing that I'm super
1:17.7	thankful for is when you see information that's out there in the health world and it's solid
1:25.2	information and it's applicable.
1:28.3	One thing I'm so impressed with everyone is the way that you break down things and you
1:32.8	can take very complicated things and you can make it very easy to digest to learn.
1:39.9	In your podcast, I'm just thankful and amazed when you see your rankings. And the first time I met
1:46.7	Dr. David, like we were at Truth About Cancer and the room was packed. And I remember that people
1:56.1	really were writing down notes. You know when somebody has a good message, a good talk when they're writing down notes, and you were hitting on points about not just fasting, but how a cell creates energy.
2:10.6	And you were talking about mitochondrial energy before not really got necessarily popular, even longevity. You have two best-selling books, and I remember when you talked about the keto aspect of diet,
2:25.3	which is something I didn't really ever dive into, and I've learned a lot, and I wanted to say thanks so much.
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