Aliquot #24: Keeping the brain sharp
Aliquot #24: Keeping the brain sharp
Keeping our brains sharp throughout the lifespan is essential for optimal performance. Lifestyle behaviors such as exercise, dietary modification, and sauna use influence brain health. And one potential strategy for mitigating our risk for Alzheimer's disease as we age is a "cognoscopy" – a battery of assessments that measures some of the key biomarkers associated with the disease and can inform the trajectory of treatment. This episode of the Aliquot features Drs. Dominic D'Agostino, Dale Bredesen, and Matthew Walker.
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Keeping our brains sharp throughout the lifespan is essential for optimal performance. Lifestyle behaviors such as exercise, dietary modification, and sauna use influence brain health. And one potential strategy for mitigating our risk for Alzheimer's disease as we age is a "cognoscopy" – a battery of assessments that measures some of the key biomarkers associated with the disease and can inform the trajectory of treatment. This episode of the Aliquot features Drs. Dominic D'Agostino, Dale Bredesen, and Matthew Walker.
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Introduction
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Nutritional ketosis and the promising clinical benefits it has as a brain energy source (Dominic D’Agostino discussion)
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The Bredesen Protocol recommended diet (Dale Bredesen discussion)
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Sleeping pill use is associated with higher risk of cancer and all-cause mortality (Matthew Walker)
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Exercise during the severely restricted calorie diet blunted cognitive control, a study (Rhonda Patrick discussion)
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Finland research shows frequent sauna use was associated with a 65% reduction in Alzheimer’s disease (Dale Bredesen discussion)
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