Max Lugavere is a filmmaker, health and science journalist, author, and host of The Genius Life podcast. His debut film Little Empty Boxes is out now. http://littleemptyboxes.com www.maxlugavere.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
99% of Alzheimer's cases are attributable to some interplay between our genes and our environment.
The APOE4 allele increases your risk anywhere between two and fourteen fold depending on whether you carry one or two copies.
Genes load the gun; it's our diets and our lifestyles that pull the trigger.
Dementia begins in the brain decades before the first symptom, 10, 20, 30 years even on by some estimates.
90% of what we know about Alzheimer's disease in particular has been discovered only in the past 15 years.
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What's up max how are you what up thanks for having me to see him I've enjoyed your content online
So it's excited to meet you in person. Thank you. I'm glad to hear that
So you were telling me before we got rolling I said save it. Let's just talk about it. What is this?
Alzheimer's yes that you're doing what are you doing yeah, so I've been deeply immersed in the in the Alzheimer's dementia prevention world for the past almost
Almost decade at this point. I'm not a just to lay it out upfront. I'm not a medical doctor. I didn't take the academic route
I
started college sort of on a pre-med track, but what ended up happening was
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