David Perlmutter

Well, Sean, in those days, how old are you now?

28.

Yeah, okay, so a decade ago.

In those days, the messaging for people who carried one or two of the APOE4 alleles was that, hey, you've got a five, in your case carrying one, you have a 5X increased risk of getting Alzheimer's, a disease for which there's no meaningful treatment.

And that would scare the heck out of anybody.

And it scared you like everybody else who back then did their 23andMe.

Now there are, of course, many genetic tests available.

But we now know that you can dramatically offset that risk.

So that's the empowering part.

It's why we're together today.

Who knew why we were getting together today?

It's to tell you that don't be afraid, that you can make changes right now to dramatically offset the risk that you do have.

It's not a genetic determinant that you carry.

It is a genetic predisposition.

You kind of have a risk thing going here.

But with exercise and changing of your diet, more ketogenic, keeping blood sugar under control, making sure you're getting enough and tight restorative sleep, that this can be dramatically reduced.

Yeah.

They're not looking good.

You know, it's 7 million Americans.

Those numbers are going to double in the next 25 years.