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The REAL Cause of Alzheimer's Disease and What You Can Do About it - Max Lugavere

The Neuro Experience

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The Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

The most well-defined Alzheimer's risk gene is the APOE4 allele, which about 25% of the population carry. If you carry two copies, like it was recently revealed that the Thor actor, I'm forgetting his name, He carries Chris Hemsworth. So that might increase your risk between 10 and 14fold. But this is again just risk. We're talking about risk. And so one thing that I always say is that genes load the gun, but it's ultimately your diet and lifestyle that pull the trigger for conditions like this.

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