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The Gut-Brain Connection with Max Lugavere

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The Importance of Food and Nutrition in Brain Health

There's a lot of ways to approach this and I think it's a fantastic question. One of the most well-defined Alzheimer's risk genes is called the APOE4 allele. In the United States, that carrying whether you carry one or two copies increases your risk anywhere between two and 14 fold. So what you're saying is risk doesn't necessitate outcomes. But risk is correlation. And these studies to ascertain the degree of risk increase are all performed here in the U.S.

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