This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and BiOptimizers.\nScientists now call Alzheimer\u2019s disease \u201cType 3 diabetes.\u201d What\u2019s the link between Alzheimer\u2019s and diabetes? Well, new research shows insulin resistance, or what I call diabesity (from eating too many carbs and sugar and not enough fat), is one of the major factors that starts the brain-damage cascade that robs the memory of millions of people.\nIn today\u2019s episode of my series I\u2019m calling Health Bites, I discuss the link between insulin resistance and memory loss and the top strategies I use with my patients to reverse or prevent dementia.\xa0\nThis episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and BiOptimizers.\nStreamline your lab orders with Rupa Health. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests and register for a FREE live demo at RupaHealth.com.\nTackle an overlooked root cause of stress with Magnesium Breakthrough. Visit MagBreakthrough.com/Hyman and use code HYMAN10 to save 10%.\nHere are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):\n\nThe prevalence of Alzheimer\u2019s and dementia (3:11 / 1:28)\n\nThe link between Alzheimer\u2019s, pre-diabetes, and diabetes (4:27 / 2:44)\n\nCognitive loss reversal (8:35 / 6:52)\n\nHow to eat to support the brain (11:18 / 9:36)\n\nCauses of Alzheimer\u2019s (11:45 / 10:02)\n\nA patient case study (13:44 / 12:01)\n\nStrategies to reverse memory loss (19:01 / 17:18)\n\n\nMentioned in this episode\nDr. Hyman\u2019s Free Sleep Master Class\n\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices