Jonathan Hull hi Dr. B are you familiar with the science and the
relationship between insulin resistance and dementia what's your opinion
oh I'm so glad you asked that question yes I am again I'll go down another
bunny hole and I think this bunny hole is
very worthwhile I took the two-day training
with Dale Bredesen you know Dale wrote the book The End of Alzheimer's
and you know that sounds very aggressive I would just let you know
the if you go to the Alzheimer's Foundation that's their major ad
campaign right now too the first Alzheimer's survivor is out
there and so Dale's book publisher was the one
that pushed on that title I think it's a great title I think it's
a great ad campaign for the Alzheimer's Foundation to have out there
there are significant reversal components
of cognitive decline I've seen reversal of cognitive decline in
patients that we've dealt with now how did I get interested in
cognitive decline again a friend and patient of mine read
the book there was so much interaction and so
much overlap between insulin resistance and risk
factors for cognitive decline Alzheimer's then he
said Ford you got to do this and in fact for a couple of years I was one of the
providers for cognitive decline in Dale's group
we withdrew the focus totally on cardiovascular work
we've thought many times about going back and doing
the insulin resistance component of the "39 holes in the roof"
that's the Dale Bredesen work so let me just add one other quick snippet
at the end of that two-day story Dr. Bredeson walked up and said well Ford
what do you think in terms of the course I sort of
hesitated for it because I didn't know exactly how to say this it was sort of a
critical comment I said it was great work it was great two days
I learned a lot and he looked at me and he said but what
and I said well here's the concern I said
you know I don't know what do you think you clearly know that
insulin resistance prediabetes is a big thing and I would think that it causes
at least half of Alzheimer's but and he looked at me funny and I
said what and he said no I would think it causes all of it
insulin resistance causes all Alzheimer's and I said really I tend
to think that too but I didn't think you did he said oh yeah he said
if you look at the brain insulin is very much involved
we knew this insulin is very much involved in actually
creating the biochemical process of creating memory
because of that discovery there was a lot of work in
actually having people inhale insulin snorting insulin that research didn't
work but it still doesn't have anything to do with the fact that
insulin is involved with making memories so anyhow Dr. Bredesen's point was
so even if you can't measure insulin resistance in the body
we think it's going on and is a major causative component
of memory loss in the brain now what he didn't know and I didn't go
into it i mentioned it but we didn't go into it it's
the vast majority of insulin resistance in the body is missed
the vast majority of it over 90% of people that have insulin resistance
don't know we're worried about a coronavirus
pandemic we've had a major cardiovascular
pandemic mostly driven by unrecognized undiagnosed prediabetes
it's not just a major cause of death with heart attack it's not just the
major cause of disability with stroke it's also the major cause of dementia it
is a much bigger deal than COVID-19. and pardon me for even
mentioning COVID-19 it's such a political issue
so I'd like to talk with you a minute about the webinar people don't
understand what the webinar is it's actually a great way to get some
access to health care that you're just not going to get
any other way you actually get the lab tests yourself
for at a local lab a Quest lab near you for the inflammation panel and the OGTT
and the insulin survey these are things inflammation
and prediabetes that your doctor just does not know about
and here's the thing Harvard Health and many others have said look sudden death
is not always so sudden the Hollywood picture that it's evolved
out of the blue is not realistic it's more like real lightning
preceded by clouds wind and rain stop that metabolic storm before the
lightning strikes and here's where that metabolic storm comes from
it's inflammation and it has to do usually with prediabetes so again we
actually get labs we go over them in the webinar and then
you can start finding out how you can prevent that heart attack
others said that you couldn't even predict we can
show you how thanks