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The Peter Attia Drive #252 · May 1, 2023 · 155m
Alzheimer's, cancer, exercise, and nutrition
Rhonda Patrick on the vascular hypothesis of Alzheimer's — how metabolic dysfunction (insulin resistance, inflammation) damages blood vessels that feed the brain, starving neurons decades before symptoms appear. Exercise and omega-3 supplementation as preventive interventions.
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Patrick: Alzheimer's may begin as a vascular disease. Metabolic syndrome damages the blood-brain barrier, reduces cerebral blood flow, and creates the inflammatory environment where amyloid plaques form. Fix the metabolism, protect the brain.
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