Reverse Brain Aging: Tools and Techniques You Need to Know | Dr. Leroy Hood

Mark Hyman

Jul 3, 2024

Episode description

What if we could predict diseases before they occur? Dr. Leroy Hood joins me on this episode of “The Doctor’s Farmacy” to shed light on the future of brain health and scientific wellness. We examine the crucial role of regular exercise and diet in maintaining brain health, and how early detection methods like metabolic PET scans can identify changes in brain metabolism years before symptoms of disease appear.

In this episode, we discuss:

The significance of tracking biomarkers to understand what's happening inside the body and how it relates to health and disease.
How big data and AI are transforming medicine by enabling highly personalized care through tools like knowledge graphs, digital twins, and machine learning.
The concept of biological age as a metric for wellness, with the potential to reverse biological aging through personalized health interventions.
Tom Brady's use of Brain HQ to improve his reaction time and depth of field, showcasing the practical benefits of cognitive training.

Don’t miss our conversation on groundbreaking advancements in personalized healthcare, including how phenomics, AI, and brain health innovations can transform your wellness journey.

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Episode description

In this episode, we discuss:

The significance of tracking biomarkers to understand what's happening inside the body and how it relates to health and disease.
How big data and AI are transforming medicine by enabling highly personalized care through tools like knowledge graphs, digital twins, and machine learning.
The concept of biological age as a metric for wellness, with the potential to reverse biological aging through personalized health interventions.
Tom Brady's use of Brain HQ to improve his reaction time and depth of field, showcasing the practical benefits of cognitive training.

Don’t miss our conversation on groundbreaking advancements in personalized healthcare, including how phenomics, AI, and brain health innovations can transform your wellness journey.

View Show Notes From This Episode

Get Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, BIOptimizers, Essentia, and Cymbiotika.

Streamline your lab orders with Rupa Health. Access more than 3,500 specialty lab tests and register for a FREE live demo at RupaHealth.com.

Get Magnesium Breakthrough for FREE. Just go to magbreakthrough.com/hymanfree and get your FREE bottle today.

Receive an extra $100 off your mattress purchase + Celebration Day Sale of 25% OFF. Go to MyEssentia.com/DrMarkHyman and use code HYMAN.

Upgrade your supplement routine with Cymbiotika. Get 20% off with free shipping on all orders. Head to Cymbiotika.com and use code HYMAN.

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.

#brain

#microbiome

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.

#mercury

#testing

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.

#Alzheimer's

#screening

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.

#Alzheimer's

#metabolism

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.

#AI

#healthcare

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.

#cognition

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.

#BMI

#metabolism

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.

#blood-test

#microbiome

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