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guys we’re talking to Amy Berger and

basically she’s touching on amyloid

plaque

there’s a couple points about that

sometimes it shows up sometimes it

doesn’t it’s not the common thread it’s

not the thing there’s a lot of ministers

about it there’s more data it’s becoming

but that’s actually fascinating and then

just to kind of summarize a couple

things the unique thing about

Alzheimer’s is there’s there’s there’s a

sugar problem there’s a lack of sugar

and it can be picked up on a PET scan of

like an absence of sugar so it’s obvious

somehow it’s a the cells mitochondria

cannot get sugar and they’re basically

starving right yeah that’s in a basic

overview that’s the problem in the brain

and when they starve then they lose the

connections right you got these

communication connections and synapses

and they just kind of you know lose

their communication lines Oh exactly I

mean if people if people aren’t familiar

with the shape of a neuron I mean very

basically like let’s say it looks like

this it’s got the cell body the main

part it’s got all these little

projections and the projections are how

these cells communicate with each other

the messengers are passed out of one and

it’s received at the ends of another and

because of this energy shortage this

fuel crisis in the brain it takes energy

just to maintain the shape of this cell

just to maintain the structure requires

energy so when the brain is starting to

lose the ability tech to have enough

energy in order to keep the main part of

the cell alive the cell body these

neurons actually retract these

projections are called axons and

dendrites the cell will actually retract

these into the cell body in order just

to keep the cell alive so what I liken

it to a vacuum with a retractable cord

like you just suck that cord back in for

storage but now all of these synapses

all of these places where these cells

are supposed to communicate are gone so

those cells are no longer communicating

with each other it makes perfect sense

that that person is going to have memory

loss and behavior changes and

personality disturbances but

but the beautiful thing is even earlier

earlier on in my own research I would

say that these cells were starving to

death right they were dying they’re

actually not dying the fascinating

promising thing in Alzheimer’s research

is like again when we give these people

ketones whether it’s through a ketogenic

diet or these new exogenous ketone

substances they have improved cognition

now if those cells were completely dead

they wouldn’t get better no one would

ever have any improvement because if

those cells were dead it wouldn’t matter

if they could take a peak times or not

because it did but the fact that when we

get these cells this great fabulous

alternative fuel they sort of come back

to life they come back on language it

goes to show that those cells weren’t

dead they were almost like hibernating

they were in a low-power mode waiting to

get enough fuel to come back and do what

they have to do so so but I’m imagining

there’s not a lot of research just

because who’s going to fund this because

then there’s no money right I mean yeah

there’s not a lot of research but there

is some and it’s really really promising

a lot of it is being done in Canada by a

doctor named Stephen Cunnane and his

colleagues fascinating and thank

goodness it’s not just in rats and it’s

not just in mice and petri dishes but in

human subjects with Alzheimer’s and with

the precursor which is called mild

cognitive impairment now people that

that are very elderly or have very

severe Alzheimer’s do not show as good

an improvement as someone who’s in a

milder state but there is still a

noticeable improvement Wow yeah

now what about intermittent fasting

because that kraits neurogenesis no

what’s what’s you take on that I think

fasting can be a very helpful tool I

don’t think everyone needs to do it and

especially specifically in the

Alzheimer’s world some of these people

are already going to be underweight and

frail and I don’t recommend fasting for

them they should not be fasting they

should not be calorie you know calorie

restricting but for someone who’s

younger like we said maybe 50s and 60s

with this early onset Alzheimer’s

especially if they have other side

of metabolic disease if they’re you know

have metabolic syndrome type issues um I

think fasting can be great because

anything that reduces insulin levels

reduces blood glucose forces you know

not forces but helps the body transition

more into that fat using state I think

should be helpful for any metabolic

disorder including Alzheimer’s I mean

even the the topic of etapa G you know

you’re gonna recycle these damaged

proteins that folded proteins all the

different defects I mean I could imagine

that that’s probably gonna help but I

can see your point if someone’s frail

and they’re you’d have to have it really

supervised and really watching closely

fascinating now just guys if you haven’t

got this yet I wanted to emphasize one

point you don’t just wake up with

Alzheimer’s every night it’s a gradual

thing

you can even have you could start to get

this in your 30s I guess there is or 40s

right I mean and how many people’s go in

a room and you’re like okay what did I

come in here for they start to have a

little bit of that I mean oh we’re not

monkeys memory issues so I mean it’s

kind of a start of that it’s so if you

take care of yourself now you could

actually be in better shape because once

you get it it’s so hard to backtrack you

know I went to this the home or my

mother-in-law they put her and I’m

looking around there’s this this place

that they just take care of Alzheimer’s

patients only and I’m like oh my gosh if

you could only just have you know let me

just be these people because they’re

feeding them every hour and a half

they’re putting and their snacks and

they have to keep feeding and feeding

I’m like massive insulin so and it’s

just sad because I think probably the

worst thing that happened to anyone is

to lose your mind stuck in your body

lose your mind go from someone that’s

brilliant to someone that’s completely

you know not even there that’s like the

worst I’d rather be hit by a bus myself

but I mean Alzheimer’s disease is one of

the most feared dreaded illnesses

because at least unlike so many other

conditions there’s literally nothing

there

nothing available to you therapeutic li

there’s all of the drugs that are

available for Alzheimer’s are useless

they do nothing it’s like here take this

pill good luck I mean it’s very sad but

that’s the truth there’s nothing for

them and it’s you know at least as far

as we know there’s nothing you can do

you get it you’re gonna decline to climb

decline and die but you know hopefully

if people come to the summit or even

just watch this video I certainly

believe there’s so much we can do about

this we are like I am very clear to say

there is a lot that’s not fully

understood yet but just that doesn’t

mean we don’t know anything that doesn’t

mean we don’t have enough information to

start taking action you know what we

pretend like we’re totally clueless

about this this illness why is it that

over the last 50 or 60 years we’ve had

explosive increases in things like

obesity type 2 diabetes cardiovascular

disease even infertility PCOS all these

things and yet when it comes to

Alzheimer’s disease we just want to

pretend like oh this couldn’t possibly

be a diet and lifestyle disease when it

comes to all those other conditions even

in the conventional medical world nobody

questions that there’s a role for diet

and lifestyle in that if not the primary

driving role nobody even pretends like

that’s not it anymore like oh oh it

doesn’t matter what you eat if you’re

diabetic doesn’t matter what your diet

doesn’t cause heart disease right but

when it comes to Alzheimer’s we just

dismiss even the mere possibility that

this could also be every bit a metabolic

dietary lifestyle illness absolutely and

I I see that my practice over and over

and over again of course it’s not an

official study but I’ve observed I know

there’s a huge connection I know there’s

something to it now guys at the summit

Amy’s gonna talk about something that’s

pretty exciting and it relates to having

who you are having normal blood Sugar’s

right thinking you’re fine but you’re

not fine there’s some things that you

guys need to know about that that relate

to not just your brain but even men’s

health and a lot of other conditions so

she’s gonna talk about that she’s gonna

cover his topic in depth if you don’t

already have her book

Alzheimer’s antidote it’s awesome

awesome you need to get it son it’s

actually on a Kindle I don’t know if

it’s hardback but it spindles for sure

right yeah there’s a Kindle version

there is also a paperback that they can

get from Amazon there’s no there’s no

audiobook yet I’ve had some requests we

just haven’t had a chance to do that yet

yeah that’s a lot of work I know people

are like what are you gonna do that I’ll

in my spare time yeah well I just want

to say thanks Amy for taking the time

for doing this I think it’s gonna help a

lot of people and you guys you’ll be

able to see her at the event I put a

link down below for to get more

information all right well thanks so

much Amy I really appreciate it yeah

thanks for having me take care okay good