Dementia is preventable through lifestyle. Start now. | Max Lugavere | TEDxVeniceBeach
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Health and science journalist Max Lugavere has always been close with his mom. When she began to show signs of dementia in her early fifties, it shook him to his core. Wasn’t dementia an old person’s disease? And with drug trials having a near 100% failure rate, what was there to do? In 2017, a leading Alzheimer’s organization recognized for the first time that one third of dementia cases may be preventable. And so Max decided to devote himself to figuring out how he and his peers could best avoid the disease. In this illuminating talk, Max discusses the fascinating diet and lifestyle changes associated with significant risk reduction for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, and what that means. For more, pick up his New York Times bestselling book, GENIUS FOODS. Max Lugavere is a filmmaker, author, and TV personality. He is the director of the upcoming film BREAD HEAD, the first-ever documentary about dementia prevention through diet and lifestyle, and is publishing his first book in early 2018 documenting his findings on how to optimize focus, productivity, mood, and long-term brain health with food. Lugavere is a regularly-appearing "core expert" on The Dr. Oz Show, has been featured on NBC Nightly News, in the Wall Street Journal, and has contributed as a health journalist to Medscape, Vice/Munchies, the Daily Beast, and others. He is a highly sought-after speaker and has been invited to keynote events such as the Biohacker Summit in Stockholm Sweden, and esteemed academic institutions like the New York Academy of Sciences. His newest book, GENIUS FOODS, is a New York Times best seller. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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My father is 78 years old with dementia. He was a farmer, lived in the countryside, grew his own food, got aerobic exercise everyday, never smoked, avoided alcohol, didn't like sweet or processed foods. Sometimes people are genetically disposed and it's simply not preventable.
I am 80, lift weights, walk outside most days, and usually eat healthily but l have a bad trait that l know isn't healthy. I worry about a lot of problems too much. Strangely, when l'm outside, walking ( with a Walker) l don't worry about much. I try to walk fairly long distances, when the weather is favourable.
I took my mum gradually off all the pills her doctor recommended. She was living with me. She was in her 60's. My mum is now 88 free from dementia and Alzheimer's. She starts getting forgetful only when she is dehydrated. Few glasses of water and she is back to normal. She is medication free and has a healthy life.
Don’t underestimate the role stress plays in determining our health. Also look at the chemicals in all of our foods, vegetables, fruits, water and environment.
Keep active, don't retire, eat sensibly, get a dog (My dog makes me walk him 2 miles twice a day) and write...a bunch. I do my writing on KZread in the comments section. Composing well thought out comments, exercises neuroplasticity which resists the formation of amyloid plaques.
As an appraiser who addresses objects regularly, my parents' (yes, both) dementia made me think about how objects could spark memory. For years I have been telling people about how objects-
This was one of the best talks I have listened to! My mother has Alzheimers and it is tearing me and my family apart. I am terrified of getting the disease and appreciate your preventative advice.
My Grandfather was in perfect health. Ate very healthy all his life, exercised regularly. Didn’t stop dementia. It’s not that simple.
I'm not crying, you're crying. This is maybe the best love letter of a son to his mom. I'm a nurse, thank you for this. it's moving.
Our national health has gone down hill ever since corporations have had control of the food in super markets.
It takes a big heart and a lot of patience and effort , just like my parents did for us when i was a child....but i now have a new relationship with my 82 yr old dad.
This is a master class on how to be the best healthy version of yourself. I rewatch it occasionally to stay on track.
Although it is great to prevent dementia with a healthy lifestyle, the disease is not only a monster. My mother died in a nursing home from dementia and looking back, it was the best time I have spend with her. When she lost her brain, so to speak, she also lost a lot of her trauma and that gave room for a much simpler love and understanding of each other. I was with her the moment the light flew from her eyes and all was well.
I spen the last 5 years of my Moms life taking care of her while she had dementia. Its a cruel disease.
I lost my grandmother to alzheimers and dementia, same for my husband. Thank you for spreading awareness and knowledge on potential prevention, I'm inspired to make better choices for my sake and my family's. My heart goes out to you regarding your mother and I'm sure she's incredibly proud of what your doing. Let's do better for ourselves and for our loved ones!
He's probably the best prepared public speaker I've ever seen on Ted: He hit every technique on how to engage an audience and didn't even falter at the parts where he missed his moment of engagement on a hook here or there. I hope he takes his work further to help others. Its' inspiring.
Great lecture! I would add SLEEP to this list. One of my dearest friends, who is only in his late 50s, is in advanced stages of a rare form of Alzheimer's and he had a pretty healthy vegetarian diet and exercised a lot. BUT he was intentionally sleep-deprived, wanting to squeeze the most productivity out of his life (he was something of a workaholic). He slept about 4 hours a day for about 30 years. I am convinced that the sleep deprivation destroyed his brain and put him into the situation he is in now, with years shaved off his life. It is truly heartbreaking.
Add constant stress, anxiety and worry about finances and working long hours without rest and that doesn't help the odds.
This young man really presented this subject well. Really laid down avenues of recovery worthy of additional study. The importance of starting and ending with the love for his mother drives home the point of it's never to late to begin some level of recovery.
Phenomenal job of presenting. I lost my father to Dementia Alzheimer's on July 6, 2021. It's so heartbreaking, and I too turn over every leaf to learn as much as I can to continue living a lifestyle of preventive. The challenge is getting others family & friends alike to take this matter more seriously as well. Many thanks for sharing and speaking on such a delicate topic overtaking our world. Blessings to your mother and you as well. Grace & Gratitude, Valerie Miller