1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,760 Prepare to have your health questions answered here on Safe, Effective, Natural Solutions 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:12,080 with Dr. Todd Binkley, owner of Binkley Healing Center in downtown Ventura. 3 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,920 Now, here's Dr. Todd. 4 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:15,920 Good afternoon. 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,560 I'm Dr. Todd Binkley, board certified doctor of non-force, chiropractic, and practitioner 6 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:22,860 of functional medicine. 7 00:00:22,860 --> 00:00:28,640 Functional medicine means using standard diagnostic tests that any doctor can do, but most doctors 8 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,940 don't because usually your insurance doesn't want to pay for them, but it's more affordable 9 00:00:33,940 --> 00:00:39,480 than you might imagine to get a result that if you're in a situation where some doctors 10 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:45,080 told you there's nothing wrong with you or there's nothing that can be done, there often 11 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:52,600 is by improving your diet, exercising, and supplementing nutrients where identified on 12 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,600 diagnostic evidence-based testing. 13 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,800 The focus of today's talk is again going to be Alzheimer's, the fourth in a series of 14 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,160 shows I've done about dementia in general. 15 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,960 And at the end of the show, time permitting, I'm going to talk about some things, some 16 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:12,840 specific things that anyone can do to have a fighting chance to give your, to heal your 17 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:19,000 brain and to give your body a fighting chance to avoid the devastating effects that happen 18 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:24,640 when your brain deteriorates, when you lose blood flow to your brain, when you lose brain 19 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:25,880 cells. 20 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:30,320 One of the most exciting research into this realm that's come out in the past few years 21 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:37,120 and more recently published in November 2023 in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease is the 22 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:38,800 Bredesen Protocol. 23 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:46,120 Dr. Dale Bredesen has been studying and developing a much better model for treating people with 24 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:51,280 dementia and more importantly preventing and reversing dementia because most people wait 25 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:52,520 until it's too late. 26 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:58,880 So the problem is standard clinical trials have a single predetermined treatment modality, 27 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:05,760 meaning there's a pharmaceutical company typically that develops a drug to treat and try to remove 28 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:13,720 one specific type of basically scar tissue from your brain like beta amyloid plaque or 29 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,160 neurofibular retangles. 30 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,440 The problem as Dr. Bredesen states it, and by the way, who is Dr. Bredesen? 31 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:27,760 Dale Bredesen MD is an internationally recognized neurologist with special expertise in the 32 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,280 mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases. 33 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:35,440 He's the senior director of precision brain health at Pacific Neuroscience Institute and 34 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,040 the chief scientific officer at Apollo Health. 35 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:44,040 He's a neuroscientist, professor and author of several books in the field of neurodegenerative 36 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:49,360 diseases and he's developed and directed over 30 years of laboratory research focused on 37 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:56,360 the mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. 38 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,500 And you can read that on his website just like I just did. 39 00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:03,540 The point is his work is really amazing. 40 00:03:03,540 --> 00:03:07,560 No one else has figured out a way to actually reverse dementia. 41 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:13,120 The standard drug trials that basically govern what everyone is currently being treated for 42 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:17,920 everyone in America throughout the Western world, most of the world who has dementia 43 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:23,120 is being treated with pharmaceutical drugs that don't work because they're only trying 44 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:32,800 to treat one tiny aspect of complex condition that has at least 200 contributory factors 45 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:41,040 and dozens of known and well-researched components that are addressable if you address all of 46 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:46,200 them at the same time and not just one of them with a drug that has side effects and 47 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,800 doesn't even work for its targeted effect. 48 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:55,440 Where 400 clinical trials have failed to demonstrate a sustained clinical effect. 49 00:03:55,440 --> 00:04:02,400 The best they can do is not show any cognitive improvement at all but or even stabilization 50 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:09,880 of the dementia but merely reduce the rate of the progression by maybe a third for a 51 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,040 few years. 52 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,080 Is that really good enough? 53 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:17,640 I don't think so and Dr. Bredesen doesn't think so either. 54 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:22,800 So the study entitled Precision Medicine for Approach to Alzheimer's Disease Successful 55 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:31,420 Pilot Project uses a more comprehensive evaluation of each patient's genetics and biomarkers 56 00:04:31,420 --> 00:04:37,600 to try and figure out and optimize a personalized precision medicine protocol for each. 57 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:43,400 And so this is a study led by three integrative physicians Dr. Kat Toops, Dr. Anne Hathaway 58 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,320 and Deborah Gordon along with Dr. Bredesen. 59 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,080 As mentioned in previous episodes I have had the privilege of seeing live presentations 60 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:58,240 given by Dr. Toops, Dr. Hathaway and Dr. Bredesen earlier this year just a few weeks ago in 61 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:05,880 fact and their proof of concept trial included 25 participants aged 50 to 76 all with mild 62 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:11,040 cognitive impairment pre-Alzheimer's or early stage dementia. 63 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:16,880 And each patient was assessed for multiple potential contributors such as inflammation, 64 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:24,480 insulin resistance, nutrient and hormonal deficiencies and specific pathogens, toxins 65 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:31,720 and genetics and then treated with a personalized protocol that was continued for nine months. 66 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:36,520 So this proof of concept trial with 25% participants was published in the Journal of Alzheimer's 67 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:41,760 Disease in 2022 but it began in 2012. 68 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:50,160 In 21 of the 25 84% showed significant improvement and they still have less cognitive impairment 69 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,880 and dementia than when they started the program over 10 years ago. 70 00:05:53,880 --> 00:06:02,200 Their MRI scans show that after nine months instead of an expected 2.2% shrinkage that 71 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:07,720 average people have total gray matter the part of the brain where memories are stored 72 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:14,680 their gray matter actually grew by 0.3% per year and most importantly shrinkage of the 73 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:15,680 hippocampus. 74 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:22,120 The hippocampus is the file clerk part of the brain that often goes bad first which 75 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,400 causes this inability to store new memories. 76 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:32,080 The hippocampus improved by 63% and the people on this protocol. 77 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:36,720 So study participants had brain MRI scans at the start of the study and after nine months 78 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:41,000 and they were evaluated by special software that evaluates and I don't want to go too 79 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,680 much into this detail but the bottom line is they're documenting this both with blood 80 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:51,240 tests and with the standard questionnaires that neurologists use to evaluate cognitive 81 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:56,920 impairment and Alzheimer's blood tests the questionnaires and MRI scans that actually 82 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,240 show changes in the brain on the scan. 83 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:06,540 So one of the lead authors on the study Dr. Kat Tubbs noted quote I have been principal 84 00:07:06,540 --> 00:07:13,080 investigator on more than 20 long-term clinical trials for patients with mild cognitive impairment 85 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:20,080 and dementia where the benchmark for success was merely slowing cognitive decline. 86 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:26,680 This trial is the first to show actual improvement in multiple domains of functioning as well 87 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,000 as improvements on MRI brain scans. 88 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,280 This is incredible and most people are never going to hear about it because it's not yet 89 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,620 part of the practice of standard medicine. 90 00:07:37,620 --> 00:07:40,080 Most neurologists don't do this. 91 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:45,680 Most neurologists don't even know about this because they're just focused on the standard 92 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:50,960 practice of conventional medicine one drug for one condition cross your fingers hope 93 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,880 it works even though 400 times it's failed. 94 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:59,800 It fails almost every time because there is no single cause for dementia. 95 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:06,560 It's caused by so many different things and so if you just identify a half a dozen or 96 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:12,640 even better a dozen of the most common causes of insult to the brain loss of blood flow 97 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:19,640 insufficient nutrients etc. amazing things can happen including not just the slowing 98 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,800 of dementia but reversal. 99 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:28,560 So addressing these root causes in this type of functional medicine approach has previously 100 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:35,600 led to the publication of a case study called reversal of cognitive decline 100 patients. 101 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:41,360 Email me if you would like the copy of that study it was published in 2018 in the Journal 102 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:46,360 of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson ism and it outlines the progress of patients in their 103 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:55,320 50s 60s 70s and 80s over several years on the protocol at six different sites around 104 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:56,960 the country. 105 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:04,000 A larger randomized controlled trial is currently seeking participants at sites in Miami Cleveland 106 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:11,640 Nashville Sacramento and the Sacramento Bay San Francisco pardon me San Francisco Bay 107 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:17,040 area currently recruiting still recruiting patients for an ongoing trial to find out 108 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:24,160 more about this go to dementia reversal trial.com. 109 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:31,980 So this this currently ongoing randomized controlled trial at six sites around the country to find 110 00:09:31,980 --> 00:09:40,360 out more about that and perhaps even enroll in it go to dementia reversal trial.com. 111 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:45,680 I'm Dr. Todd Binkley you're listening to safe effective natural solutions to almost any 112 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:52,320 health challenge today we're talking about actually reversing dementia Dr. Anne Hathaway 113 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:58,280 one of the co-authors on the study with Dr. Bredesen commented quote with this precision 114 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:04,560 medicine approach I've witnessed person after person regain lost brain function get back 115 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:11,200 to their life's work reestablish friendships or start new creative activities. 116 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:18,200 It's very gratifying to share this success publicly can you imagine a world where Alzheimer's 117 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,440 is a rare disease. 118 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:27,120 Well a lot of things will have to change for that to happen but the point is it's possible 119 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:34,960 not just theoretical but actually proven with scientific dated data Alzheimer's dementia 120 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:42,120 is a form of chronic encephalitis inflammation of the brain that was that represents a response 121 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,340 to various insults. 122 00:10:44,340 --> 00:10:51,280 So the goal is with the Bredesen protocol to identify and address all the factors associated 123 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:56,680 with this complex phenomena and it involves several things. 124 00:10:56,680 --> 00:11:03,240 Number one improve blood flow to the brain with better food exercise and supplements 125 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:08,120 I'm going to come back to the specifics of each of these in a moment number two reverse 126 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:15,160 diabetes and pre diabetes mainly with better food exercise sometimes supplements can help 127 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:20,480 with this number three test for cholesterol and other lesser known and even worse bad 128 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:27,880 fats and reduce them without drugs without taking statins Lipitor or Torvastatin Simvastatin 129 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:28,880 etc. 130 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:34,880 Number four maximize provision of essential nutrients to the brain most doctors never 131 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:41,240 even think about this when you maximize essential nutrients to the brain with proper testing 132 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:47,100 for specific deficiencies and eating better food and mostly considering a host of very 133 00:11:47,100 --> 00:11:53,840 well researched and relatively new supplements that most people have never heard of amazing 134 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:59,080 things can happen and it's different for everyone I can't make any promises but for people that 135 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:05,480 are looking for something they can do in a situation where no one else is helping them 136 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:11,560 I've seen some really fascinating things happen number five test for inflammation and reduce 137 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:18,960 it with better food exercise and supplements we're all subject to causes of inflammation 138 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:26,560 and these things can be tested for and treated without drugs number six test for autoimmune 139 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:34,320 conditions and reverse them also obviously with better food exercise and supplements 140 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:40,160 drugs for autoimmune conditions are essential for people with severe autoimmune conditions 141 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:45,520 but they don't often work much better than the drugs for cognitive decline and Alzheimer's 142 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:52,000 number seven test for chronic infections like tick-borne diseases diseases viruses and bad 143 00:12:52,000 --> 00:13:00,820 bacteria in your gut and treat them with nutrients and sometimes when necessary medications sometimes 144 00:13:00,820 --> 00:13:07,480 you do need an antibiotic or an antiviral or some other kind of drug to kill off a bug 145 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:12,360 and your gut but you don't know that unless you test for it and and that's not the most 146 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:16,800 certainly not the most common contributor to Alzheimer's disease it's just something 147 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:22,360 that Dr. Bredesen has included because if someone everyone is different you're as different 148 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:28,720 on the inside as you are on the outside and one of these things could be a major contributor 149 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:36,040 to your condition number eight test for toxins that all of us are exposed to to varying degrees 150 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:42,440 heavy metals like lead mercury uranium cadmium arsenic chemical toxins like pesticides and 151 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:48,760 chemical fertilizers that we all breathe in from conventional farms nearby that end up 152 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:54,840 in our drinking water mold toxins that end up stored in our bodies throughout our lives 153 00:13:54,840 --> 00:14:02,000 even from brief exposures to some mold that you maybe saw or maybe never even saw in your 154 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:11,000 home garage workplace whatever and then once identified establish a specific protocol for 155 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:18,640 helping your body flush out these toxins safely and effectively so it's understandable if 156 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:24,320 you've been listening closely to all of those elements of the Bredesen protocol your head 157 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:30,360 might be spinning now oh my god who could do all of that well it depends on your motivation 158 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:37,380 your age and what's possible for you everyone is different that's the whole point of getting 159 00:14:37,380 --> 00:14:41,800 precision medicine getting a personalized evaluation so if you come to see me I'm not 160 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:46,720 going to recommend all of those things for every single patient that's something that 161 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:52,680 Dr. Bredesen has been able to do and get dramatic results for but it's important to understand 162 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:58,240 that even those eight things that I just talked about to review improve blood flow to the 163 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:06,480 brain reverse pre-diabetes and diabetes improve cholesterol and other bad fats maximize provision 164 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:11,680 of essential nutrients to the brain test for inflammation and reduce it test for autoimmune 165 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:17,140 conditions and reverse them if possible test for chronic infections and treat them and 166 00:15:17,140 --> 00:15:22,660 test for toxins so not everybody needs all of those things these are things that functional 167 00:15:22,660 --> 00:15:29,640 medicine practitioners address in every patient that comes to our office every day starting 168 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:35,280 with a simple case history so no one needs necessarily no one on the protocol on the 169 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:40,760 Bredesen protocol got all of those things no one needs all of those things the point 170 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:48,320 is it precision medicine means treating the patient not the disease identifying what a 171 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:54,840 particular person in front of you is missing what's preventing their brain from healing 172 00:15:54,840 --> 00:16:02,680 and repairing itself what's possible to facilitate the reversal of dementia in this person versus 173 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:08,800 the standard medical protocols that are used to develop all the does all the useless drugs 174 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:15,280 that people are taking for Alzheimer's that create very temporary slight improvements 175 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:20,440 and no long-term benefit their goal for a lot of these testings are stated as slowing 176 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:26,840 decline who wants to slow the decline if you want to reverse it it basically means taking 177 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:31,960 better care of your health in specific ways which can be identified number one this is 178 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:38,540 the point of seeing a practitioner of functional medicine the most important test you do is 179 00:16:38,540 --> 00:16:44,580 meeting with someone who does anything other than conventional medical practice and just 180 00:16:44,580 --> 00:16:50,400 prescribing you a drug go to a functional medicine practitioner and get a good case 181 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:57,080 history and some basic blood tests that's the starting point so simple blood tests and 182 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:03,920 a good case history can identify what you might need to improve blood flow to your brain 183 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:11,080 and reverse pre-diabetes and diabetes and your lipid profile your cholesterol levels 184 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,840 and there's a whole bunch a whole host of other fats I don't want to get too much into 185 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:20,160 that I covered it last month in the cardiovascular podcast but there's a bunch of other bad fats 186 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:25,900 cholesterol is not a very good test of your heart health or your brain health or any other 187 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:30,820 aspect of your health there are much better tests that most doctors don't do they're 188 00:17:30,820 --> 00:17:35,460 widely available we'll come back to that or send me an email number four maximize the 189 00:17:35,460 --> 00:17:42,440 provision of essential nutrients to the brain so this is the most important so the first 190 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:49,760 three you know most doctors do some of that most doctors will prescribe you know tell 191 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:56,600 you to eat better and exercise good that often doesn't help that much most doctors will put 192 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:01,720 you on metformin or some other drug to help you with diabetes or pre-diabetes and most 193 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:08,520 doctors will put you on a statin drug to lower your total and bad cholesterol but you know 194 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:14,960 those what's the what's the verdict on that it's not it's not that great so maximizing 195 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:21,780 the provision of essential nutrients to your brain is huge it just it just makes sense 196 00:18:21,780 --> 00:18:28,400 your bloodstream is a river of life construction projects are there's crews waiting on both 197 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:33,040 river banks just imagine this go with me on this metaphor there's a river of life with 198 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:39,600 construction crews on both banks waiting for the materials necessary to heal and repair 199 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:46,720 things that are obviously need repair but if the materials to do the job are not available 200 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:53,560 then that project just just gets put on hold indefinitely this is what happens with loss 201 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:58,640 of brain tissue so when you flood your brain when you flood your river of life when you 202 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:04,480 flood your bloodstream with nutrients that make their way to the brain to provide it 203 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:09,360 with the nutrients it needs to heal and repair itself even people in their 80s you know it's 204 00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:14,880 i i i only say that because so many people show up in their 80s when they have severe 205 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:20,960 dementia in my office i'm trying to get you to tell people who are in their 50s and 60s 206 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:26,800 or even earlier to come in and get tested to find out when we can really get amazing 207 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:32,920 results and completely completely reverse the devastating effects of dementia i'll come 208 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:37,600 back to a couple of important tests that we can do that with but just to finish the list 209 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:43,280 here not everyone has an autoimmune condition not everyone has chronic infections and not 210 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:48,880 everyone has well actually everyone does have toxins but whether or not they have enough 211 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:55,320 of them to contribute to mild cognitive impairment or dementia is different for everybody so 212 00:19:55,320 --> 00:20:02,400 those last three things are based on testing and that reticent protocol is based on testing 213 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:08,680 so if you come to see me i will there are ways that i can find out when you come to 214 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:14,680 see me with a simple case history and some kinesiology or muscle testing can give me 215 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:20,720 a good idea which tests would be most important for you or someone you are concerned about 216 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,560 most people wait till they have symptoms so they have memory loss so they have some of 217 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:29,840 the other symptoms of dementia and this is just normal human behavior i don't want to 218 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:34,320 you know i'm not trying to blame anybody for this this is what we all do but i'm just trying 219 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:40,280 to encourage you to start earlier if you have a family history of dementia definitely get 220 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:47,200 tested early get the APOE gene test which you can get through lab core or quest for 221 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:51,000 seven or eight hundred dollars or maybe you can get your insurance to cover it if you 222 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:56,040 can get any doctor affiliated with your insurance company to order it for you or you can get 223 00:20:56,040 --> 00:21:03,560 it for 150 bucks through 23andme and even more importantly well or as importantly there's 224 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:08,960 an there's a relatively new test or at least the research on it substantiating its value 225 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:13,080 was just published in the journal of american medical association in january of this year 226 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:20,080 to be as accurate as much more invasive cerebral spinal fluid testing so usually you had to 227 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:29,360 go in and get a spinal tap to see if you had this particular tau protein in your body indicative 228 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:36,000 of the damage this scar tissue basically that forms in your brain to identify early dementia 229 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,360 as early as possible so that you can start treating it earlier and it's called p tau 230 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:50,080 217 and here's a study that was published in jamma the average age of the 786 participants 231 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:56,520 was 66 years old and the study suggested that it would be valid for predicting risk and 232 00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:04,360 people much younger than this as accurately as having a much more invasive spinal tap 233 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:10,040 so and again unfortunately most doctors don't order this test you can always ask if you 234 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:15,440 have a great relationship with your doctor and your doctor is young especially and even 235 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:21,640 more so a woman i'll be sexist there i said it women doctors are more likely to be progressive 236 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:29,100 in my experience than old white guys like me and these tests that can identify early 237 00:22:29,100 --> 00:22:34,060 signs of dementia early enough to treat them with better food exercise and supplements 238 00:22:34,060 --> 00:22:44,840 are are things like p tau 217 p is in paul t a u 217 the one i just spoke of and also 239 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:52,960 p tau 181 phosphorylated tau proteins these are basically proteins that identify scar 240 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:58,720 tissue that is beginning to form in the brain as a result of normal brain cell turnover 241 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:03,920 they're not it's not like identifying a bacteria or some kind of infection these are things 242 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:09,360 that are always present they're a function of normal brain cell turnover but if they're 243 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:16,480 elevated then it gives you an indication and hopefully a motivation to do something different 244 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:23,200 so i can order these tests for a little over 200 dollars through lab core it really should 245 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:28,260 be available and covered by insurance by your general practitioner but i'm providing this 246 00:23:28,260 --> 00:23:33,240 information for those who are frustrated or properly motivated and can't get it ordered 247 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:41,260 these tests are available and extremely useful for identifying is it worth the expense and 248 00:23:41,260 --> 00:23:47,440 will they motivate you to change your lifestyle to eat better food and exercise more and maybe 249 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:54,640 take a few supplements to to flood your brain with the nutrients it needs to heal itself 250 00:23:54,640 --> 00:24:00,480 you've been listening to safe effective natural solutions to almost any health challenge and 251 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:06,320 early cognitive impairment and dementia is one of the greatest challenges for so many 252 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:12,400 people i'd love an opportunity to identify the specific ways that someone you are concerned 253 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:21,160 about could potentially reverse the effects of dementia email me with your questions and 254 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:29,680 please tune in next friday at 4 p.m right here on kdar 98.3 fm have a fantastic weekend 255 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:35,760 you've been listening to safe effective natural solutions with dr. tod binkley if you have 256 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:41,360 a health question you want discussed on the show email your health questions to dr. binkley 257 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:48,360 at binkley healing center dot com take advantage of this opportunity to ask questions for yourself 258 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:54,680 and for your loved ones because our health matters join him next friday at 4 p.m for 259 00:24:54,680 --> 00:25:00,960 safe effective natural solutions right here on 98.3 the word kdar