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I was just going to mention there that recently I had a conversation with a metabolic health researcher who were looking at prevention of cardiovascular disease.

And in preparing for this episode as well, it became apparent how cardiovascular health, as you said, is so connected.

It's like a bi-directional relationship with brain health.

And I didn't quite under, like on the surface, before I had that episode and prepared for this, I'm like, yeah, okay, sure, they're related.

But it wasn't until I asked her, like I said, even something as simple as high blood pressure, what is it about that that is risky for cardiovascular disease?

And as she explained that...

High blood pressure over time, high blood glucose over time can stiffen the arteries and then the blood is not flowing around the body as well as it should.

And as you said, all those little capillaries taking the blood around the body to the brain, we want them to be working as best they can.

100%.

that is such a great explanation because you have to look at a range of statistics, like you said, because yeah, even myself, I'm like, oh, wow, it's quite prevalent, two thirds for women.

But as you said, that's at a particular point in time.

So looking at opportunities over the lifetime, looking at do women live longer and other factors, it's

That is great.

So on that point then, you're saying there's a lot more to the picture.

I think menopause is having a moment now which women's health research, it's been underfunded and under-researched for a long period of time.

So that is great.

I know there's a lot of further ongoing research about looking at why there is a higher prevalence of dementia for women.

But as you said, there's a lot of factors to consider and a lot of different ways of looking at the data.

Because there's a lot of speculation, oh, it must be due to the hormones and the declining hormones at menopause.

What do we know today about menopause, how it changes the brain susceptibility to dementia?