Dr. David Perlmutter

Well, I think what's interesting about that is that when I've been in the kind of Alzheimer's advocacy space for 20 years, because my dad was diagnosed in 2003, and lifestyle was not a part of the conversation when he was originally diagnosed.

Well, I think what's interesting about that is that when I've been in the kind of Alzheimer's advocacy space for 20 years, because my dad was diagnosed in 2003, and lifestyle was not a part of the conversation when he was originally diagnosed.

Well, I think what's interesting about that is that when I've been in the kind of Alzheimer's advocacy space for 20 years, because my dad was diagnosed in 2003, and lifestyle was not a part of the conversation when he was originally diagnosed.

And then as I started researching it as a reporter and started then looking at women and trying to understand what was happening in women, I said, is there anything women... Is it lifestyle connected? Is there anything we're doing, how we live? Is it... Menopause, any of these things that everybody's like, no, no, lifestyle has nothing to do with any of this.

And then as I started researching it as a reporter and started then looking at women and trying to understand what was happening in women, I said, is there anything women... Is it lifestyle connected? Is there anything we're doing, how we live? Is it... Menopause, any of these things that everybody's like, no, no, lifestyle has nothing to do with any of this.

And then as I started researching it as a reporter and started then looking at women and trying to understand what was happening in women, I said, is there anything women... Is it lifestyle connected? Is there anything we're doing, how we live? Is it... Menopause, any of these things that everybody's like, no, no, lifestyle has nothing to do with any of this.

Jump to today, in the last five years, there's been a sea change around how we talk about Alzheimer's, about saying now you have people saying, well, maybe half of these cases could be preventable due to lifestyle choices made early on, right? What you're talking about. That was when I started, it was only plaques and tangles, plaques and tangles, right? That's tau, plaques and tangles.

Jump to today, in the last five years, there's been a sea change around how we talk about Alzheimer's, about saying now you have people saying, well, maybe half of these cases could be preventable due to lifestyle choices made early on, right? What you're talking about. That was when I started, it was only plaques and tangles, plaques and tangles, right? That's tau, plaques and tangles.

Jump to today, in the last five years, there's been a sea change around how we talk about Alzheimer's, about saying now you have people saying, well, maybe half of these cases could be preventable due to lifestyle choices made early on, right? What you're talking about. That was when I started, it was only plaques and tangles, plaques and tangles, right? That's tau, plaques and tangles.

Right. But no one spoke about the importance of exercise. Nobody spoke about diet. Nobody spoke about nutrition in the brain. So I think this is a sea change in the Alzheimer's space. Nobody even talked about prevention of Alzheimer's. We opened the first women's Alzheimer's prevention center at the Cleveland Clinic. That's right. And everybody's like, you can't say that. And I was like, why not?

Right. But no one spoke about the importance of exercise. Nobody spoke about diet. Nobody spoke about nutrition in the brain. So I think this is a sea change in the Alzheimer's space. Nobody even talked about prevention of Alzheimer's. We opened the first women's Alzheimer's prevention center at the Cleveland Clinic. That's right. And everybody's like, you can't say that. And I was like, why not?

Right. But no one spoke about the importance of exercise. Nobody spoke about diet. Nobody spoke about nutrition in the brain. So I think this is a sea change in the Alzheimer's space. Nobody even talked about prevention of Alzheimer's. We opened the first women's Alzheimer's prevention center at the Cleveland Clinic. That's right. And everybody's like, you can't say that. And I was like, why not?

Yeah, but now you can.

Yeah, but now you can.

Yeah, but now you can.

When we talk about women and Alzheimer's, so it disproportionately, as I said, Alzheimer's disproportionately impacts women, but also disproportionately impacts black and brown women, right? And so, so many people don't have access to really what you're talking about. You know, some of these more kind of concierge medicine,

When we talk about women and Alzheimer's, so it disproportionately, as I said, Alzheimer's disproportionately impacts women, but also disproportionately impacts black and brown women, right? And so, so many people don't have access to really what you're talking about. You know, some of these more kind of concierge medicine,

When we talk about women and Alzheimer's, so it disproportionately, as I said, Alzheimer's disproportionately impacts women, but also disproportionately impacts black and brown women, right? And so, so many people don't have access to really what you're talking about. You know, some of these more kind of concierge medicine,

approaches, looking at biomarkers and looking at, so I'm really interested in how to democratize all of this to make it accessible to people who don't have money, who might be in maternal health deserts, who might be in just health deserts, period. So with the prevention center, I'm always looking at how do we bring this kind of home? How do we bring this, the education to people?

approaches, looking at biomarkers and looking at, so I'm really interested in how to democratize all of this to make it accessible to people who don't have money, who might be in maternal health deserts, who might be in just health deserts, period. So with the prevention center, I'm always looking at how do we bring this kind of home? How do we bring this, the education to people?