Dr Luke O'Neill
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561 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 18 Jul
Dr Luke O'Neill’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And they make a very clear statement and say there's lack of evidence for dietary supplements having any effect.
But they also emphasize a balanced diet is good for you anyway, general health.
So make sure you have a balanced diet, but don't be taking loads of supplements is what the message there is.
Who knew?
Exactly, because your heart gets damaged by shingles, you see, as well.
That virus can damage the heart.
That will cause stroke, and that's another risk factor for Alzheimer's.
That's another reason.
Well, this illustrates how you're an epidemiologist at heart, I think, because there's a study with nuns, and if they die and they take a post-mortem brain sample, there were some of them with loads of plaque in their brain and no Alzheimer's.
No dementia.
No dementia.
Now, remember, for everybody else, plaque...
turns into Alzheimer's.
Now, the question is, why is that?
It's not just the plaque, right?
Maybe they have a healthy lifestyle.
The nuns generally seem to need a healthy lifestyle.
So they reckon it's their lifestyle.
So even though the plaque is building up in your brain, for whatever reason, if you modify these other things, you may ward off Alzheimer's, is the idea.
And I thought that was a fascinating one.
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