Full Transcript Summit Introduction and Guest Background 0:00 Welcome everyone to the Gut Health and Longevity Summit. 0:02 I am so glad you're here, and I want you to sit with something for a second. 0:08 Everything we have been talking about this week your gut, your inflammation, 0:12 your metabolism, all of it eventually shows up in your brain. 0:17 And today we're going to go right into that conversation. 0:20 For most families. 0:23 Alzheimer's diagnosis feels like a door closing. 0:27 You're told manage it. 0:29 Plan for it. Accept it. 0:31 And my guest doesn't accept that he's treats Alzheimer's 0:35 as a condition with causes you find and address. 0:38 Not a sentence you have to serve. 0:40 So I know you're going to want to listen up to this talk. 0:43 My next guest is a Harvard and MIT trained physician 0:47 who runs two clinics built entirely around one idea. 0:50 Alzheimer's has root causes, 0:52 and if you find them, you can change the trajectory of the disease. 0:56 Doctor Hellman holds two degrees in biochemistry, a bachelor's from Harvard, 1:00 magna cum laude, and a master's from Cambridge. 1:03 His medical degree from Harvard Medical School at MIT, 1:07 and he is a double board certified Emergency and Life Summit as an physician. 1:10 He serves as a chief medical officer of those two Alzheimer's reversal clinics, 1:15 brainpower Clinics, and Alzheimer's Treatment Centers of America. 1:19 And as a former medical director of the Hippocrates Health Institute, 1:22 and for years, his focus has been on finding the hidden drivers 1:27 behind a cognitive decline that conventional neurology rarely tests for. 1:32 So this is going to be really eye opening. 1:34 I know me and doctor Josh are on the same page about this, 1:38 but here's his personal why. 1:40 This is not something that's abstract to him. 1:44 He dedicates this research and his career really to his grandmother, 1:48 who lived with Alzheimer's. 1:50 He's also the host of the podcast Alzheimer's Breakthrough with doctor 1:53 Josh Helman. 1:54 And he also writes on Substack and has a forthcoming book on brain longevity. 2:01 So, Doctor Helmut, welcome, doctor Josh, welcome. 2:04 I have a feeling 2:05 this conversation is going to change how a lot of people in this audience 2:09 think about their own brain or their parents brain. 2:13 Doctor Manisha, thank you so much for that warm 2:15 introduction and it's really great to be here. 2:18 All right. Great. 2:19 So let's dive in. 2:20 Let's start with the way most people have been taught to think 2:25 about Alzheimer's, that it's one disease 2:28 with one cause and no real answer. 2:31 You treat it completely differently. 2:33 Walk us through what's actually happening in the brain 2:37 and why you approach it as a systems problem rather than a single disease. 2:43 That's exactly right. I wish it was simple. 2:45 I wish it was one thing. 2:47 But in analyzing hundreds of different patients with Alzheimer's, 2:52 there are normally between 30 and 200 root causes. 2:56 And those root causes have different importance in different people. 3:02 So for that reason, it's unlikely we're going to find one drug 3:06 or one therapy or one lifestyle approach that's going to fix 100 different things. 3:12 So out of necessity, I've had to approach it 3:16 by taking a step back and looking at each of these different categories. 3:21 And when I say categories, looking for things like toxins, 3:25 inflammation, microbes and energy, or mitochondria. 3:29 But within each one category, there are so many subcategories. 3:34 I have two degrees in biochemistry. 3:36 You know, I'm just I, I literally I started learning biochemistry 3:40 when I was a teenager when when my grandmother Eileen had Alzheimer's. 3:44 And to me, it's amazing that I basically I'm using something 3:48 I learned as a teenager. 3:49 I'm using it today still with my patients. 3:52 Yeah, absolutely. 3:54 You just made me think of two things. 3:55 One, I have a chemistry degree, so I totally get that. 3:58 You know, when we think about what we learned in school and we're like, 4:00 we'll never use it and how important it is today. 4:04 But another thing is, 4:07 I think of a patient that came to me 4:09 and she was really scared because she's like, oh, 4:12 my doctor wants to diagnose me with Alzheimer's. 4:14 And I'm like, I really don't think you have Alzheimer's. 4:17 And she was like, what do you mean? And I'm like, well, I've seen you.
Alzheimer's as a Systems Problem 4:20 You've attended my retreats with me. 4:22 You know, I really think something else is going on underneath. 4:26 Let's take a look. 4:27 And those factors, exactly what you're talking about, like the metabolic demands, 4:32 the mitochondrial dysfunction, the toxin overload, the nutritional deficiencies. 4:38 And for her, a big one was a she had a parasite 4:42 which can mimic symptoms of brain fog and all this stuff. 4:46 So that's where I think, you know, this is a very real 4:50 and practical conversation because there's so much more to it. 4:54 So now you've spent a decade chasing drivers. 4:59 Most neurologists never test for mold exposure, chronic Lyme 5:03 environmental toxins. 5:05 What led you there and what did you actually find when you went looking? 5:10 Yeah. 5:10 So what's fascinating is the way I found this was 5:14 there was a physician in Tampa, Florida, a dozen years ago 5:19 looking for another physician to help him with his practice. 5:23 His name is Doctor Rick, and he's an anesthesiologist 5:28 who had actually been reversing Alzheimer's, M.S., Parkinson's, 5:32 Lyme and mold disease in his clinic with some of the sickest of the sick patients 5:38 running it like an ICU intensive care unit where there were patients seizing, etc. 5:44 and he was struggling to find another doctor who understood what he was doing. 5:49 Looking at the basic biochemistry, I certainly had a leg up 5:52 with the two degrees in biochemistry, 5:54 and to be honest, I was a little bit skeptical 5:56 because these were techniques that, although they may be more common 6:01 in functional or integrative approaches, were not part of my training 6:06 in traditional medicine, in emergency medicine, 6:09 but I was able to go back and actually look at what he was testing 6:13 and the the IVs he was doing to remove toxins, etc. 6:18 and it made perfect sense. 6:20 And what I love is when we would check on a weekly or monthly basis 6:25 for the toxins and sing them go down, they would actually go down. 6:28 So I have to credit doctor with learning. 6:32 He like myself, would study late at night going through journal articles. 6:37 Just saying, look, there's got to be a way to fix all the time. 6:39 There's got there has to be a way to fix Parkinson's. 6:43 It's not good enough just to say there's nothing else we can do. 6:45 And again, I feel like I'm, you know, standing on the shoulder of a giant there 6:49 who was able single handedly to figure this out. 6:53 And then, fortunately, he taught me this information. So. 6:56 And then and now that his clinic is no longer there. 6:59 But I've come down to South Florida and set up my own clinics 7:03 to continue this, these techniques, which unfortunately, 7:07 it I'm about to publish my book, but they're not published anywhere. 7:10 You can't find them on ChatGPT, etc. 7:13 and they're certainly not the the traditional neurologist. 7:16 There's no they're not looking for this. 7:18 It's and it's and it's not just these things, it's also genetics etc.. 7:22 So yes. 7:23 So when you were in this setting and you were observing this 7:27 and learning from this, like we already said, like mold was something 7:32 that a neurologist doesn't test for chronic Lyme environmental toxins. 7:36 Can we go into a little bit more detail about like what kind of mold? 7:41 So if patients and viewers are listening 7:45 to this, they're going, Okay, I never thought about this. 7:49 What should I be looking as an individual? 7:52 Like, how can we empower them to be looking at these things? 7:55 So then they can go to their doctor and have the conversation 7:59 right? 8:00 And unfortunately, it's not just one type of mold. 8:03 The probably the most devastating mold toxin I saw or see is 8:08 seen from black mold. 8:10 But it's not just stacking batteries mold. 8:13 You can. 8:13 There's tons of bad other toxins 8:17 like from aspergillosis, etc. 8:20 you've got okra toxin. 8:22 There's so many different types. 8:23 The problem and the challenge is you can go to your own doctor, 8:28 you can go to your neurologist, 8:29 but it's going to be as if you're talking a different language. 8:33 This is not something that is sure in 8:35 basic in medical school you learn. 8:38 You actually learn about mold a little bit, 8:41 but then it's not put into clinical practice. 8:44 I would say in military medicine in the mold is a biological weapon. 8:50 So it's well studied by the military's. 8:52 But it that information hasn't filtered down into basic clinical practice. 8:58 So again you can go ask your your primary doctor. 9:02 You can ask your neurologist. 9:04 But in all likelihood they'll look at you like you're crazy.
Toxins, Mold, and Treatment Order 9:08 Yeah. 9:08 So from a biochemical standpoint, from a cellular standpoint, 9:14 what do all these different toxins do, 9:17 whether it's mold or Lyme, the organism Lyme 9:22 or the environmental toxin, what do they all do 9:26 on a biochemical level that is affecting the brain, 9:31 the neurons, to basically influence the development of Alzheimer's? 9:38 Right. 9:38 So literally, we could spend hours on all the different things 9:42 because we're not just talking about mold in terms of toxins. 9:47 We're also talking about things like heavy metals, plastics, 9:51 pesticides, forever chemicals. 9:53 And each one of those may do something completely different. 9:57 I'll give you an example. 9:58 The black mold seen the toxin 10:02 can actually inhibit 10:05 a very important enzyme in the brain called G, a D, 10:09 which converts glutamate to Gaba. 10:12 Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter. 10:15 Gaba is a calming neurotransmitter. 10:17 When that the black mold toxin gets into the brain and it is a fatty toxin. 10:23 So it can you can breathe it in, you can go in through the skin. 10:26 It can also go in through the eyes because it 10:30 and straight back into the brain that way. 10:31 But once you have high levels of that toxin in the brain, you you normally 10:37 will get much more excitatory and not enough calming neurotransmitters. 10:42 Typically, the patients will be wired 10:44 and tired and anxious and they won't know why. 10:48 And just just to add another level of complexity here, 10:52 when you're dealing with mold, on the one hand you have the mold toxins, 10:56 but you have to treat that differently than the live mold or the mold spores. 11:01 And to jump to the conclusion, 11:04 the way you start is you have to get rid of the toxins first. 11:08 You have to lower the toxin load first, because if you don't, 11:12 the danger is if you start killing Lyme, spider, Keats 11:16 or other infections that wrap themselves in this sticky biological biofilm 11:23 to protect those bugs from your body's immune system. 11:27 If you don't lower the toxin level first, 11:30 when you kill parasites and other bugs when they die, it's like a bomb going off 11:36 when basically parasites in these other bugs will store within themselves 11:41 their parasites. 11:42 They will store heavy metals and other bugs within inside of them selves. 11:46 And those all can be released all at once. 11:48 And I this I only had to have this happen to me once, where I had a patient 11:53 where I basically caused them to become paralyzed. 11:56 They needed a wheelchair because I was too aggressive killing parasites. 12:01 The mold toxins came out, the heavy metals came out, 12:04 and fortunately I was able to get them back and functional again. 12:08 But I learned from that. 12:09 You have to bring down the toxin load first, because guess what? 12:14 When when patients get worse, they blame you and I. 12:18 I went into this whole field to help people, not to hurt them. 12:21 I think you just brought up something very important. 12:24 And I've also seen this as a physician, because I've had a lot of patients 12:28 come to me and in a sense, like 12:31 they were working with 12:34 a health coach or a non MD 12:38 professional who put them on a parasite cleanse. 12:41 Or maybe they went and just saw social media and went on a parasite cleanse. 12:48 And now they have 12:50 there's they're actually worse than where they started. 12:55 And I think the explanation you just gave is really important 12:59 for people to understand. Right. 13:00 Because you can't put a cleanse on something without understanding 13:04 the underlying, like what's actually going to come out with the cleanse, right? 13:09 So if we're trying to lower the toxin burden before we're making these like, 13:13 other organisms and stuff kind of come out, it's very complex. 13:17 It is not as easy as just ordering on Amazon your cleanse. 13:21 And because I have I've seen it like I've had patients come to me where 13:25 they've got their covered in rashes and all this stuff, 13:28 and I'm like, oh boy, did you do a parasite cleanse? 13:32 And they're like, yeah, why? 13:33 And I'm like, those are really strong cleanses. 13:35 You like the body is not prepared for them, especially for somebody body 13:39 who is so toxic, burdened and depleted at the same time. 13:45 It is a very slow and steady process. 13:48 So I'm glad you brought that up 13:49 because I think as physicians we see it more often than not. 13:53 So it's it's it's really about getting in front of the right practitioner 13:59 who actually understands not just the key words of root cause, but the physiology 14:04 and what's actually happening in the body on that cellular level. 14:07 Right. Exactly right. 14:09 You have to you have to put it together in the right order. 14:11 Examples of commonly used medications or supplements 14:15 that also kill parasites or bacteria that people aren't aware of. 14:19 One is ivermectin. 14:21 People will say, oh, I'm just going to take high dose ivermectin. 14:24 If you happen to have parasites, that can actually make you worse. 14:28 The same thing with methylene blue. 14:30 Methylene blue is also an antibiotic. 14:33 So so yeah so so again make sure you're going to someone 14:37 who who understands how to fit all this together. 14:40 Yeah. 14:40 And I'm not seeing too many people on ivermectin lately. 14:44 But in during the pandemic and a few years after, 14:48 I saw a lot of people just preventive preventive, Lee 14:51 trying to take it 14:52 because they were going to visit their grandmother and they, you know, 14:55 they were just trying to protect themselves. 14:57 And their high sensitivity C reactive protein inflammatory markers 15:02 shot up the roof. 15:02 And I'm like, gosh, what are they doing? 15:05 And sometimes patients won't tell you exactly what they're doing 15:08 unless you're like really probing. Right. 15:10 So that is one thing that I've definitely seen. 15:13 So all week long we've been talking about the gut. 15:17 So let's connect this for our audience. 15:21 How does the gut fit into this. 15:23 Is there a real relationship between the microbiome and cognitive decline. 15:29 Or is that a stretch? 15:31 No. There is a real relationship that challenges. 15:35 It's complicated. 15:36 So it's not just the vagus nerve that communicates from the gut to the brain. 15:42 It's not just the fact that you've got these zany 15:45 in which when it gets damaged, you get leaky gut. 15:48 Or in the case of the blood brain barrier zero one or similar compounds. 15:54 And it's it's not just the the food that you eat. 15:58 You know, this is a plant based summit. 16:02 And I think one of the amazing things about plants is the fiber in the plans 16:08 get to justify in the gut by the microbiome into 16:13 into the short chain fatty acids. 16:17 And I think one of the most important ones is appropriate and also acetate, 16:24 because those can then go up to the brain and improve 16:29 brain function as a fuel, as a ketogenic fuel. So 16:35 there 16:36 there's a very close relationship between the gut and the brain. 16:40 I'll give you yet another one. 16:41 We talked about mold in many of my patients with Alzheimer's. 16:45 They have black mold embedded in their gut, preventing them 16:50 absorbing anything, whether it's food or medications or supplements. 16:56 And it's very hard to fix someone's brain if I can't get nutrition, etc. 17:01 in through the gut. 17:02 Often what I'm forced to do 17:03 is, is just do daily IV's, which is certainly not ideal. 17:08 Yeah. 17:09 And how about the gut microbiome 17:12 role with amyloid and neuroinflammation. 17:15 Is there any connection there that you've seen in the literature 17:18 to show us that in the literature there there are some studies.
Gut-Brain Connection and Amyloid 17:23 It's not I wouldn't I can't point to one study that's that's definitive. 17:29 All I can tell you is that what I like doing is 17:32 I like doing personalized medicine, where, for example, 17:36 if one of my patients has a mutation, for example, 17:40 a, b, c, b one, which is a gene, it's a protein 17:45 that help normally helps in the brain 17:49 get rid of amyloid from cells. 17:52 So people with this mutation are not able to remove amyloid. 17:57 And amyloid will accumulate in the brain. 18:00 It turns out the way to fix this is two different 18:04 probiotics either lactobacillus REM gnosis, 18:09 or there's another 18:10 Lactobacillus species that will fix fix this. 18:14 So what I love is personalized medicine, 18:17 where I can figure out which specific genes are not working, 18:22 and then I can fix that through the right probiotic as an example. 18:26 So that's interesting that you say that because when we do do microbiome testing, 18:30 we can see very often than 18:32 not whether or not individuals have their lactobacillus species. 18:36 And even just having the conversation with people on their diet 18:39 and what they're eating, I mean, eating probiotic 18:42 rich food is not common necessarily, like in the diet. 18:47 It is not a, you know, 18:49 unless you consider sauerkraut, which I you know, I consider that German. 18:52 I don't really consider that American. 18:54 It's it's not really part of our everyday. 18:57 And ideally I like individuals to have at least three servings, 19:00 one with each meal, a probiotic rich food as a starting point. 19:04 And that's not the sugary yogurt we're talking about, right. 19:08 So and many people are like, oh, I don't really like the taste of yogurt. 19:12 I don't like the texture of it, you know? 19:14 So it's a very interesting conversation to have with people, because I think 19:18 we need to start thinking of food in a different way, in a different light. 19:22 Not that you go to the grocery store, 19:24 you go to the restaurant, and that's actually food. 19:26 This is really affecting so much of our health. 19:29 You mentioned something about amyloid. 19:31 Now, before we move away from this, I kind of want to hear 19:36 for people who are listening, maybe they don't know what 19:39 some of the drivers to make amyloid in their brain are. 19:44 We know there's a gene that could affect you from not breaking it down. 19:47 But what is something that people are doing that drives amyloid? 19:52 And what is the connection between amyloid and Alzheimer's? 19:55 Just to take it back a little bit. 19:56 Yeah. 19:57 So and of course nothing about this can be easy or simple. 20:01 So so there are many layers. 20:03 It turns out that amyloid is a misfolded protein 20:07 that will accumulate outside of neurons in the brain. 20:11 Of many patients, with both Alzheimer's and other brain conditions. 20:17 It's not unique to Alzheimer's. 20:18 It turns out that amyloid is the way for the body to heal damage, 20:24 whether it's vascular damage or from infections. 20:28 Amyloid, we now know, is an antibiotic. 20:31 So I see in many of my patients with Lyme disease 20:34 or other infections in the brain, 20:37 the body will accumulate amyloid in order to basically heal it. 20:43 And there are medications. 20:45 Now there are two prescription drugs that are anti amyloid medications 20:50 that break down amyloid in the brain of Alzheimer's patients. 20:53 I don't recommend them because, yes, they work a little bit 20:56 to reverse the Alzheimer's, but a third to a third of the patients 21:00 get brain bleeding or brain swelling. 21:02 Because I think what's happening is you're it says if you were to cut yourself 21:07 and before you develop a good scab, you rub it off. 21:10 Yeah, you're going to keep bleeding. 21:12 I think that's basically the role of amyloid in 21:15 the brain is part of a healing mechanism. 21:19 I don't know if that answered your question. 21:21 Okay. Okay. 21:22 So amyloid basically becomes the healing mechanism. 21:26 So it's not necessarily the causative factor for Alzheimer's 21:30 because it can be seen in other cognitive diseases. 21:34 But right. 21:35 And you can find 21:36 patients who have high levels of amyloid in the brain, who don't have Alzheimer's, 21:40 who don't have Alzheimer's. 21:41 And I think that is the key. Right. 21:43 So that and I'm kind of going off script here 21:47 because that leads to the question of 21:51 how do we identify Alzheimer's symptoms. 21:55 Like what is somebody looking for? 21:57 Because there might be a viewer here who's like, oh, 22:00 I don't know if my parent is developing this. 22:02 I don't know if I'm going to develop this. 22:04 So what it like, what does Alzheimer's look like? 22:08 And I know there's stages you know, to to more advanced. 22:12 But what does it look like if a person is going, 22:15 okay is this brain fog or is this Alzheimer's. 22:19 Right. 22:20 So of course Alzheimer's isn't just one thing. 22:23 In many patients, what you're actually looking for is a change. 22:26 So if you've noticed that you or a loved one is having trouble finding their keys, 22:32 or they're worried about driving because they may suddenly now get lost, 22:36 or frankly, if they're depressed or anxious, or
Symptoms, Reversibility, and Genetics 22:40 if they have trouble following storylines 22:44 or they've lost interest in life. 22:46 I mean, 22:47 that's not specific to Alzheimer's, but the key thing you're looking for 22:51 is a change. 22:52 You know? Guess what? 22:53 If you've always had trouble keeping track of your keys, that's not all ciphers. 22:57 But if this is a new thing, definitely pay attention to it. 23:00 And but I will say, and I'm glad we're talking about this now is often 23:04 it will take 20 to 30 years to develop Alzheimer's. 23:08 The damage that the brain normally has an amazing reserve. 23:11 By the time you notice that your your memory or other things are 23:17 not are not adding up, there's often been huge amounts of damage done in the brain. 23:22 I'm just making a note 23:24 for one of the questions I'm going to ask you in a few minutes. 23:27 But so I think everyone who's watching this wants a straight answer to. 23:32 Is Alzheimer's actually reversible or is that overstated. 23:36 When we say that where does the real evidence stand 23:40 and what's the difference between preventing 23:44 decline and reversing it once we start? 23:47 Yeah. 23:48 So I would say categorically there is hope. 23:52 I've been reversing Alzheimer's and other brain disorders for ten years 23:56 now, but I would say the more advanced people are, the more difficult it is. 24:01 It is certainly a lot easier to prevent 24:04 than to reverse early mild cognitive impairment. 24:09 And guess what? 24:09 That is easier to fix than moderate Alzheimer's. 24:13 And by the time you you have no idea who you are 24:17 or where you are, that is extremely challenging. 24:19 I mean, I've had some luck with with patients. 24:22 We literally had to bring in 24:24 and have three people hold them down to get blood, etc. 24:28 but most, I would say most of my patients are focused on prevention 24:32 or as early Alzheimer's, but I would never take away hope 24:36 because now that we're understanding what the underlying causes are, we can fix it. 24:41 But I will say once you for a moderate case of Alzheimer's, 24:47 not only do you have to fix and get rid of the toxins and other things 24:51 that are causing it, but then you have to reeducate people. 24:56 You have to reeducate the brains just like you would, and educate a little baby. 25:00 The key is personal contact, not putting people in front of a screen. 25:05 We're finding bad results 25:07 when you take little kids and you raise them on television screen. 25:11 The same thing with adults where you're trying to re establish their cognition. 25:15 They need human contact, not watching TV. 25:20 Oh yes. Okay. 25:21 So let's talk about genetics and what genetics actually determines. 25:27 Someone who carries the E4 gene. 25:31 Does that mean there is sealed. 25:33 And do genetics matter as much as people fear. 25:37 So genetics are important, but 25:40 it's not as simple as it's been presented. 25:44 Normally a neurologist or a doctor will only check one 25:48 gene, specifically a E, and looking for a pill E4. 25:52 And yes, if you have one copy of a E4, you're more likely to get all you have. 25:57 Two copies are even more likely if you're an Apple E4 four, 26:01 but I've had patients with all times with copies of a belief for it. 26:07 It's not the one, it's it's only one gene. 26:10 I literally look at hundreds of different genes. 26:13 I look at program, I look at map T, I 26:16 look at a whole list of genes that can lead to Alzheimer's. 26:21 And the point is, I'm looking for these mutations 26:26 in hundreds of different genes because once I identify them, 26:29 I can actually fix those specific biochemical pathways. 26:33 I can personalize the treatment. 26:36 Your question was a little bit different. 26:38 It was like, is it just genetics? Is it it. 26:40 The good news is there's so much you can do now. 26:43 And to my mind, it's not just medications or supplements. 26:48 It's actually lifestyle. 26:50 Lifestyle is powerful. 26:52 What you eat, exercising, decreasing stress, 26:57 having connection, making sure you're getting deep sleep. 27:01 Before we get to the solutions. 27:04 Besides the genes, what are other risk factors 27:09 for developing a cognitive decline? 27:12 Alzheimer's? Sure. 27:14 So there are many their head trauma abusing 27:18 substances like alcohol or smoking cigarettes there. 27:23 Have they shown anything with the relationship 27:26 with vaping and well, well it depends what you're vaping. 27:30 But unfortunately many of the substances people are vaping have heavy metals. 27:35 And there definitely is a connection between heavy metals and and brain damage, 27:40 hearing loss or and or visual 27:43 loss also increase the risk. 27:46 Untreated high blood pressure or other heart disease 27:50 can definitely contribute to all I. 27:54 Unfortunately, a Western lifestyle is a huge risk factor 27:57 because you see you see in other countries like China as or India 28:02 as they're adopting a Western lifestyle, their rates of Alzheimer's 28:06 are going through the roof. 28:07 Yeah, yeah. 28:08 And I definitely think heavy metals is a problem. 28:11 You and I are both in Florida, and I do see a lot of mercury 28:16 in my patients from the amount of fish that they're eating here.
Risk Factors and Clinic Protocols 28:20 Because, you know, we have coasts around the whole state. 28:23 And I've the number of times I've had the Department of Florida 28:27 Department of Health call me to ask me, hey, 28:29 your patient has way too high levels of mercury. Why? 28:33 Because they're trying to figure it out. 28:35 And I'm like, well, this person eats a lot of shrimp and fish. 28:38 And they, you know, they think that going to their local place 28:42 because it's local, they're getting fresh. 28:45 But it's a little bit more complicated than that. 28:48 So let's get into Beyond Diet and Lifestyle. 28:52 You offer patients things most people have never heard of in the neurology visit. 28:57 From energy medicine to targeted protocols for toxin mold impact. 29:02 What does that actually look like in your clinic? 29:05 And I know you get personalized, but maybe you want 29:09 to give us an example of a patient without breaking confidentiality. 29:13 Like what does that look like? 29:15 Sure. 29:16 So so in a specific patient I'm thinking of here. 29:19 The first thing I did a ton of different toxins, 29:23 including uranium and the Department of Health isn't calling me when they 29:27 when I get high uranium levels on patients. 29:29 It's kind of bizarre. 29:30 So and then the way the approaches I used to get rid of the toxins, 29:34 specifically glutathione orally, intravenously, 29:39 and I'm using blood purification, something called TPA therapeutic 29:43 plasma exchange, where I put an IV in both arms in one arm. 29:47 I'm removing not just the toxins but also the auto antibodies, 29:53 because most of my Alzheimer's patients, they have their own immune system, 29:58 is attacking different parts of their brain, their cerebellum, 30:02 their dopamine receptors, etc.. 30:04 So by by purifying, by getting rid of the toxins in the auto antibodies. 30:09 And then in the other arm, I'm putting back in albumin 30:13 and at the end I'm giving low dose, very low dose IVIg 30:16 interference immunoglobulin to reset their immune system. 30:20 So that's step number one is detoxification. 30:24 They may need six of these TPS. 30:27 And then I go on to regeneration and decreasing inflammation in the brain. 30:33 There's a new FDA approved drug for compassionate use that decreases 30:38 inflammation in the brain through a collection system. 30:42 And I'm seeing good results. 30:44 It's a it's a monthly IV. 30:46 I normally give it for for six months. 30:48 And I'm seeing improvement in every patient with zero serious side effects. 30:53 No brain bleeds, no brain swelling. 30:55 So that's exciting. 30:56 But on top of all these things, I'm making sure that they're doing the right 31:00 lifestyle approaches. 31:02 They're eating plenty of plants, their stresses down, 31:05 they're getting enough sleep. 31:06 And I'm also doing adjuncts like hyperbaric oxygen and other therapies. 31:12 What is the most. 31:15 I would say the lifestyle factor that you see, according to the research 31:19 that really moves 31:20 the needle for these individuals, what is the literature say for this? 31:25 Yeah. 31:25 So the exciting thing is not just my opinion. 31:27 I've been doing this for ten years. 31:29 We're seeing more and more studies showing that lifestyle plants can do this. 31:34 You've got Dean Ornish have shown in 20 weeks, randomized study 31:39 in 20 weeks, improvement in Alzheimer's patients. 31:43 And then you've got the finger study and the pointer study. 31:47 There are many studies now showing that you can actually reverse 31:51 Alzheimer's if you're taking the correct approach okay. 31:55 All right. 31:56 Last question. 31:57 And I want to be very concrete. 31:59 Somebody watching this is worried. 32:01 Either about their own memory or about a parent. 32:05 Which lifestyle choices should they 32:08 put in place starting this week? 32:11 Let's be concrete about it. Yeah. 32:13 So the very first step I would make based on the literature, 32:16 the biggest risk factor is not getting enough deep sleep N3 sleep. 32:22 So the first thing I would work on is making sure you're getting deep sleep. 32:26 And guess what? 32:28 You know, you can ask someone, are you sleeping? 32:30 They're not going to know what their sleep is like. 32:32 You can ask their spouse and or friend. 32:34 They say, oh, they're snoring or they're not snoring. 32:36 To my mind, the only way to know if you're getting the deep 32:39 N3 sleep is to measure it with a formal sleep study. 32:43 So that is where I normally recommend people start, 32:46 because invariably there are problems that we can fix with the sleep. 32:50 Okay, sleep. 32:51 So make an appointment to get a sleep study is what you're saying. 32:55 All right. 32:55 So so that might take them a couple of weeks to get into. 32:58 So what can they do on their own. Right.
Lifestyle Strategies and Hope 33:00 So on their own I would the easy thing are other lifestyle approaches. 33:06 Make sure you're eating plenty of plants. 33:09 The diet I normally recommend is plant forward 33:12 low fat and avoiding as much as you can animal products. 33:17 The next thing I would do is exercise every single day 33:21 because when you exercise, you release BD and F brain derived neurotrophic factor, 33:26 which stimulates the growth of new nerves and new neural connections. 33:30 And I would also recommend or make sure that you've got good social connection. 33:35 My biggest concern are loners who are basically all by themselves, 33:39 and they're going down and there's no one in, 33:41 no one around them to help say, hey, this isn't right. 33:45 Your memories. I could, let's fix this. 33:47 Yeah, yeah. 33:48 That's why it's so important to have community around you. 33:51 Is there anything I have not asked you that you want to make sure 33:55 we are covering in this topic? 33:57 Yeah. 33:57 So I would just reinforces that there is hope. 34:01 I've been doing this for ten years or fortunately there's slowly 34:05 other people doing this. 34:06 But because this is a plant based summit, I would just say, 34:11 unfortunately, the news that's out there 34:14 that you have to eat animal products for your brain 34:18 or other parts of your health just is not true. 34:22 That's number one. 34:23 But number two, I want to make sure my patients with Alzheimer's 34:28 or brain fog are getting enough omega three fatty acids. 34:32 My favorite source is actually from algae. 34:34 But yeah, no, I appreciate the fact that you have beyond here. 34:38 And I you know, it's great to share and I appreciate it. 34:42 Yeah. Great. 34:43 All right. 34:44 So doctor Josh, this has been genuinely hopeful 34:48 in a space that doesn't get to feel hopeful very often. 34:52 The idea that Alzheimer's has findable causes not just an inevitable path. 34:58 That's a message I want everyone to carry with them. 35:01 It might seem complex, but there are experts like doctor 35:04 Josh out there to help guide you through this process. 35:07 He can be found@doctor.com, and I encourage you to follow his podcast, 35:12 Alzheimer's Breakthrough with doctor Josh Helman for more. 35:16 And here is a key takeaway for you guys. 35:20 Alzheimer's isn't a mystery. 35:22 You wait out. 35:23 It's a puzzle you can start solving right now. 35:26 So thank you so much and stay tuned for another episode thanks to entrepreneurship.
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