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Alzheimer’s Risks, Inflammation, and Lifestyle Interventions
In this interview, IFM educator Kristi Hughes, ND, speaks with board-certified neurologist and New York Times bestselling author David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, about effective methods for preventing and treating cognitive decline. Dr. Perlmutter describes how the lab tests you are already using can also be used to assess patients with cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. He outlines the important roles that systemic inflammation and gut health play in neurodegenerative diseases and discusses treatments that can prevent and even reverse cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease.