455: How to prevent & reverse dementia | Psychiatrist Kat Toups, M.D.

Kat Toups, M.D.: “Retirement is actually considered a risk factor for dementia.” 

Kat, a functional medicine psychiatrist, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss her daily tips to prevent cognitive decline, plus:

- Kat’s personal brain health journey (~00:15)

- Why dementia is not a death sentence (~05:43)

- Reasons why dementia happens (~08:37)

- The link between oral health & Alzheimer’s (~14:03)

- The optimal diet to prevent cognitive decline (~20:03)

- Why the medical community has resisted lifestyle interventions (~25:23)

- How to meditate & exercise to prevent dementia (~27:11)

- How the amyloid hypothesis leads us astray (~34:27)

- How dancing can reduce cognitive decline (~37:22 )

- How to train your brain & stay sharp as you age (~38:34)

- Kat’s top daily tips to prevent cognitive decline (~39:44)

- The link between hearing loss & dementia (~43:47)

- How hormone therapy can enhance your brain health (~49:07)

- How to detox your brain from heavy metals (~51:48)

- How to test your toxins (~57:12)

Referenced in the episode:

- Find Kat's e-book on dementiademystified.com.

- A study on oral health & dementia.

- MyPerioPath.

- Kat's dementia study in which 84% of patients got better.

- mbg Podcast episode #440, with Dale Bredesen, M.D.

- A study on going keto & mental health.

- HeartMath.

- A study on tango dancing & dementia.

- Luminosity & BrainHQ.

- Read the amyloid study & how it may be falsified.

- A Stanford study on hormone therapy & dementia.

- A study on saunas & brain health.

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