Top Neurologist: If You Drink Even Once A Week, Watch This Now!

In America, Alzheimer's is the third leading cause of death. If you live to be age 85, your risk of developing dementia, and generally Alzheimer's, it's close to a high forty percent or a flip of a coin. And women have twice the risk of Alzheimer's in comparison to men. But what people may not be aware of is it is significantly preventable. That's the message that I've got to get out. I'm a board certified neurologist, and I've seen a lot of brains and thousands of scans. Alzheimer's is primarily a metabolic condition of the brain. So I've got some cards here, and I want you to write the top five things that you think are contributing to Alzheimer's and dementia. Number one. We have offloaded So I'm putting forth to you are the most important things people can be doing in keeping the brain healthy. And number two, being sedentary. This is huge. Exercise and movement is a multi-tool for the brain. Then there's food choices. This is a big problem. Wow. That's scary. That's worrisome. So what we really understand now is genetics loads the gun. Lifestyle pulls the trigger. We know we often hear from the family what it was like to essentially lose the person they loved. And I've been through this with my father. And when you see your parent like that.

And you think back to who he was and what he was, it's uh Difficult. And I don't want people to go through that. Well, you're a dad yourself now, and you have this wonderful son called Austin. Austin wrote a letter for you. You know, uh I'm thinking of my dad right now.

And I'm doing my best, so people don't have to experience what I'm feeling right now. So what does that mean for us? Guys, I've got a favor to ask before this episode begins. The algorithm, if you follow a show, will deliver you the best episodes from that show very prominently in your feed. So when we have our best episodes on this show, The most shared episodes, the most rated episodes. I would love you to know. And the simple way for you to know that is to hit that follow button. But also it's the simple easy free thing that you can do to help us make this show better. I would be hugely grateful if you could take a minute on the app you're listening to this one right now and hit that follow button. Thank you so, so so much. Uh

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