The Role of Environmental Pollutants in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Max Lugavere

• Max’s new film and the story behind it. (2:38)

• The troubling rise of dementia/Alzheimer’s. (5:39)

• What he learned about our medical system regarding this disease. (9:25)

• How these genes act with their environment. (15:49)

• Eastern vs. Western medicine. (17:55)

• Looking back, would he have done anything differently? (22:09)

• What prompted him to document everything? (25:16)

• The skills learned from being a journalist. (28:22)

• Giving a raw portrait of what it’s like to have dementia. (33:43)

• Did the storytelling change throughout the course of filming? (36:51)

• His stem cell experience with Dr. Khan. (41:04)

• The connection between certain pollutants and the risk of dementia. (41:57)

• Exercise, medicine for the brain. (48:08)

• Approaching your exercise with methodology. (56:39)

• His first experience seeing the film with an audience. (1:00:00)

• Releasing expectations and doing what you want to do. (1:02:55)

• A caregiver's disease. (1:09:18)

• The importance of creatine for the brain. (1:10:50)

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• Max Lugavere (@maxlugavere) Instagram

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• Joe Rogan (@joerogan) Instagram

• Jordan Peterson (@jordan.b.peterson) Instagram

• Dr. Oz (@dr_oz) Instagram

• Adeel Khan, MD (@dr.akhan) Instagram  

• Ray Dorsey, MD (@raydorsey01) Instagram

• Arthur Brooks (@arthurcbrooks) Instagram

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