Dr. Peter Attia

Okay. So the question was talking about how your mom had a fall. She broke her hip, had a long protracted recovery, managed to survive, but was never the same again and basically slipped into a state of cognitive decline. And your question was, is there a relationship there? Very good question. My intuition is that there is a relationship there.

Okay. So the question was talking about how your mom had a fall. She broke her hip, had a long protracted recovery, managed to survive, but was never the same again and basically slipped into a state of cognitive decline. And your question was, is there a relationship there? Very good question. My intuition is that there is a relationship there.

In other words, we don't have the parallel universe experiment where we could see how she would have been had she never had that fall. So what we're trying to understand is, is there any causality between the fall and her cognitive decline? And my intuition is that there is. And it's exactly what you said.

In other words, we don't have the parallel universe experiment where we could see how she would have been had she never had that fall. So what we're trying to understand is, is there any causality between the fall and her cognitive decline? And my intuition is that there is. And it's exactly what you said.

It's that with the period of profound inactivity, and probably with it, not just the physical inactivity, but also I would suspect some cognitive inactivity, if nothing else, it may have sped up by a period of years, something that may have ultimately happened, but I think probably was happening sooner than it should have. It would be a very difficult thing to prove that.

It's that with the period of profound inactivity, and probably with it, not just the physical inactivity, but also I would suspect some cognitive inactivity, if nothing else, it may have sped up by a period of years, something that may have ultimately happened, but I think probably was happening sooner than it should have. It would be a very difficult thing to prove that.

That's what my intuition says. And I think that's just yet another reason to think about all these things we've talked about as far as like, what are the steps we can take to minimize our risk of a fall?

That's what my intuition says. And I think that's just yet another reason to think about all these things we've talked about as far as like, what are the steps we can take to minimize our risk of a fall?

Awesome. Well, I think that's all we have time for. But do you have anything else to add?

Awesome. Well, I think that's all we have time for. But do you have anything else to add?

I like that I was on the hot seat from you today. So it's pretty fun.

I like that I was on the hot seat from you today. So it's pretty fun.

Yeah. Well, thank you guys all so much for coming.

Yeah. Well, thank you guys all so much for coming.

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