Reverse Brain Aging: Tools and Techniques You Need to Know | Dr. Leroy Hood
Mark Hyman
Jul 3, 2024
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Integrate body, brain, and gut health for optimal wellness
Optimal health depends on three integrated axes: the health of your body, your brain, and your gut microbiome, with brain health being the most ignored by modern medicine.
Identify mercury levels through personal health discovery
Through his own deep phenotyping, Dr. Hood discovered he had a 'blazingly high' mercury level, which he traced back to eating sushi tuna.
Utilize metabolic PET scans for early Alzheimer's intervention
Metabolic PET scans can detect changes in brain metabolism up to 15 years before a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's, opening a window for early intervention.
Recognize Alzheimer's as a metabolic disease linked to LDL cholesterol management
New mechanistic insights show Alzheimer's is fundamentally a disease of metabolism, closely related to the body's failure to effectively manage LDL cholesterol.
Leverage AI to enhance family practitioners' expertise
AI won't replace doctors but will partner with them, giving a family practitioner the equivalent domain expertise of specialists in all fields of medicine.
Utilize Brain HQ to enhance reaction time and depth of field
Tom Brady used a brain training program called Brain HQ to increase his reaction time and depth of field in his later years.
Utilize metabolic BMI for early detection of metabolic disease
A 'metabolic BMI' calculated from blood metabolites is more accurate than the classic height and weight-based BMI and can detect metabolic disease earlier.
Measure gut health through blood metabolite analysis
It is possible to assess the diversity of your gut microbiome, a key indicator of health, by measuring specific metabolites in a blood sample.
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