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Dhru Purohit

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Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

And he's making the argument that, you know, even though you do have fish that has, you know, high levels of, can have sometimes higher levels of like mercury, certain fishes or other potential heavy metals that are out there.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

as long as there's a certain level of selenium that's inside of the diet naturally that those heavy metals selenium can offer a protective effect against them and they're sort of transient they kind of come in and they go out they're not sort of absorbed inside of the body is the argument that's made it's a super nuanced topic and i know people have all sorts of different feelings on that and there are many companies that are out there that are sourcing better quality

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

So there's a big one, again, no affiliation with, I'll link to it in the show notes, where they specifically source from areas where they have different fish that have been tested in the supply chain of having lower levels of heavy metals, plastics, and other things that people are worried about.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

So there's a lot of solutions that are out there.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

Yeah, great.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

All great options.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

Okay, fitness, sleep, nutrition.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

We're now on to four and number five.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

What's number four we want to talk about?

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

There was a section in the book where I just wanted to highlight it.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

I screenshot it on my phone.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

And you tell me if this is accurate, I got this correctly.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

So purpose reduces dementia risk by 19%.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

Absolutely.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

Having clear life goals builds neurite density, is that how you say it?

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

Neurite density.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

Neurite density, creating biologically younger brain.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

So this is not just like, you know,

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

loving advice from somebody who's there and nice little sayings.

Dhru Purohit Show
Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable: The Science of Building a Stronger, Healthier Brain at Any Age with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

This is actually shown.