639: How to lower your Alzheimer’s risk at any age | Majid Fotuhi, M.D., Ph.D.

"You are in control of your brain health, just the same way you're in control of your heart health." Today's guest is Majid Fotuhi, M.D., a Harvard and Johns Hopkins-trained neurologist, brain health researcher, and author of Invincible Brain. Dr. Fotuhi has spent his career studying one of the most pressing questions of our time: why do some people's brains deteriorate with age, while others stay sharp well into their eighties and nineties? His answer might surprise you. Why 45% of dementia is preventable (00:00) The biomarkers worth testing for cognitive decline (1:53) Why you should never test tau in isolation (2:50) How COVID can spike your tau levels (10:54) How to grow your hippocampus in 12 weeks (16:00) The 5 pillars of brain health (18:16) Slow breathing can reduce amyloid in the brain (24:00) Chronic stress is silently shrinking your brain (30:13) Why your IQ doesn't define your intelligence (33:19) Lifestyle outperforms Alzheimer's drugs by 200-400% (43:02) Referenced in the episode:  Learn more about Dr. Fotuhi on his website: https://drfotuhi.com/about-dr-fotuhi/ You can find Dr. Fotuhi’s book here: https://a.co/d/00qJcyuE We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices