David Perlmutter
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That's what you want to look at.
But we live in a world in Western medicine where the messaging is, hey, live your life however you choose.
Making sure you're getting enough and tight restorative sleep that this can be dramatically reduced.
They're not looking good.
You know, it's 7 million Americans.
Those numbers are going to double in the next 25 years.
I mean, in America, costing us $330 billion a year right now, that's a lot of money to take care of Alzheimer's disease just in terms of taking care of them.
I think a bigger number is the emotional impact it's having on people.
And how do you quantify that?
But I've been through it.
I mean, I've been through it with my dad.
And it's life-changing for all the rest of us as well.
We need to talk about that.
Because, you know, families suffer.
Loved ones suffer.
And no one, you know, I guess some people consider that.
But that's a very big metric.
It could ever metricize.
I don't know if you can't.
But as our metabolic health gets worse, as we have higher and higher rates.