Chris Williamson Is Going to Develop Dementia if He Takes Max Lugavere's Advice @Chris Williamson
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0:00 Hi everyone, as requested I'm going to review the video called the foods you need to eat to prevent dementia.
[video] 0:06 If you were to try and design a lifestyle for someone that would onset their predisposition or lack of neurodegeneration as quickly as possible, what would you prescribe that person? If you were like some demon from hell and you want to try and make this person's brain degenerate towards some dementia, Parkinsonian-style thing, what would you get that person to do? I would deprive them of sleep. We know sleep is crucially important. Sleep is when your brain is actually cleaning itself of proteins that are associated with the condition. So amyloid beta, tau protein, we see increases in cerebrospinal fluid on just one night of shortened sleep. So I would deprive them of sleep. Sleep is really important with regard to brain health.
0:49 I absolutely agree. Obviously, sleep is very important for your health in general. That's when you repair your body if there's any damage done. And most people damage their bodies in one way or another nowadays.
[video] 1:00 It's important with regard to mental health, but it's very important with regard to how your brain actually functions.
[video] 1:09 brain and mental health are the same thing mental is another word for brain your mental health is your brain health so there's that chronic stress is a killer we know that chronically elevated cortisol leads to shrinkage of the hippocampus which is the most vulnerable structure of the brain the first one of the first structures of the brain to be uh to be affected by alzheimer's disease it's where you know it's the memory processing center of the brain we know that chronically elevated cortisol which is wrought by chronically elevated levels of stress um is not good from a brain health standpoint it also creates an
1:35 Right. Cortisol is just a response to the stress. The cortisol is actually, of course, trying to heal your body. But I think most people understand what he's saying.
[video] 1:44 Inflammatory effect in the body. From a dietary standpoint, I would give a person exclusively ultra-processed foods to consume.
[video] 1:55 We know that these kinds of foods not only create inflammation in the body, but they drive adiposity or obesity.
2:01 Inflammation is good, of course. I don't know if he realizes that. Inflammation is always good for your body. Inflammation is only your body trying to heal itself. That's it. There's nothing else to it. It's a bad sign if your body is inflamed, which is maybe what he's trying to say. That's what most people confuse. That for sure is true. You should of course not have an inflamed body, but the inflammation in and of itself is always good.
[video] 2:31 We know that they create
[video] 2:35 the phenomena of insulin resistance, and we know that insulin resistance is not good from a brain health standpoint. Actually, in Alzheimer's disease, you see a reduction in the brain's ability to generate energy from glucose.
2:48 Yes, that's why nowadays they call dementia type 3 diabetes. It's brought upon by an overconsumption of carbohydrates. Throughout your whole life, carbohydrates are sugar. What he may not understand is that when you eat a ketogenic or even a low-carb diet, that your insulin sensitivity improves.
[video] 3:04 And in the Alzheimer's affected brain, that ability is diminished by about 50%. And the brain is a ravenous energy consumer. And so, I mean, that's just like lights out for the brain, right? You can imagine.
3:15 It's interesting that when babies drink breast milk, even though it has sugar, they are in ketosis always. Their brains function because of ketones. That's the alternative energy source, arguably the primary one, seeing as in Europe you wouldn't have a lot of carbs throughout the whole year, whereas in other countries you can argue about it, that's why I said it's arguable. Ketones are of course for sure a great source of fuel for your brain, and when people with Alzheimer's start consuming a ketogenic diet, They almost always reverse their dementia.
[video] 3:54 How detrimental that might be. Well, we see that the level of glucose metabolism in the Alzheimer's affected brain is actually very strongly correlated with the degree of insulin resistance in the body. So you want to make sure that you're as insulin sensitive as possible. And so one way to do that is by optimizing for protein in your diet. We're starting to see all this research now come out about the value of dietary protein, minimizing your consumption.
4:12 Okay, protein is of course generally important for your health, especially if it comes from meat. But in this case, he should be recommending the people to eat raw animal fat. But we'll see what he says.
[video] 4:22 Ultra processed foods, make sure that you're at a healthy weight. And then finally, this kind of funnels into the lifestyle recommendation, which would be if you want to develop dementia as soon as possible, make sure that you are highly sedentary and that you never exercise.
4:40 Bravo, you already seemed completely ignorant, but this just blows me away.
4:49 Oh my god, it's so incredibly contradictory because before that he said that you should not raise your cortisol, seeing as you should not be in a stressful state. Stress is very bad for you in general and he also said it's bad for dementia. Now he says do the most stressful activity on earth. There's really nothing more stressful than exercising, working out, which absolutely skyrockets your cortisol, which, as he said, would be an indicator of you eventually getting dementia. Your health would get worse.
5:27 It makes zero sense. Oh my God.
[video] 5:30 The brain thrives atop a body that's moving and that's exercising.
5:35 Well, wait. Moving is one thing. All humans, all animals in general move. There's no animal on Earth that doesn't move in some way. Exercising is to exert yourself. It causes exertion. That's something completely else. Movement is natural and causes zero stress. Exercise is unnatural and causes incredible stress. No human being in nature has ever been reported to exercise in any way. Exercise is when you exert yourself for no reason at all, except that you have been brainwashed to believe that it's healthy. No exercise that is done today is done for a reason. You simply go to the gym just to go to the gym again. You go jogging just to go jogging again. There's absolutely no purpose to it whatsoever. Stress in itself could happen in nature, but it could also not.
6:27 One human being could be absolutely stressed, which means that they would be unhealthy and die earlier, and another one could go through life without any stress at all. Stress is always bad for you, and working out is just the worst kind of stress. It's just so contradictory, it's insane.
[video] 6:44 And there's tons of evidence now on this, both as a preventative strategy and also as a way to slow down the progression of neurodegenerative... Come on, come on, come on.
6:53 Where's the proof, man?
[video] 6:55 Generation. So making sure that you're resistance training. And I mean, I can't underscore that enough. Resistance training is super, super important. We're seeing a correlation now. Andy Galpin...
7:05 Oh, we are seeing a correlation now. Really, really, a correlation association. So nothing scientific, anti-science. Okay, yeah. nothing new. You can create a correlation between washing your hands with warm water and you getting gray hair. It doesn't matter. It's a religious belief. It's anti-scientific.
[video] 7:26 Who's become fairly prominent in our space, just published a paper looking at whole body strength and cognitive function. And this is just, this is one of many papers, right? That has come out showing us the link between robustness, strength, and it's not even necessarily muscle mass, right?
7:40 Yes, you could say that there's a link, again, something anti-scientific, and that's because the more you exercise, exert yourself, the more stressed you are, the more alert you are. That's absolutely true. A stressed body is very alert. That's what they mean by cognitive function, by the way, in case you didn't realize it.
[video] 7:59 So it's like not, we don't all have to look like C-Bomb, right? After all, or you, to procure better brains. It's just about being strong in body and resistance training is the best way to...
8:09 I don't think that anybody except for somebody with mental issues wants to look like C-Bomb.
[video] 8:13 to do that and optimizing for protein again. And so, yeah, I mean... Okay, so if that's the...
8:20 So, yeah, I mean, I have no proof for anything that I'm saying. There's some links and correlations, which are religious beliefs. But, okay...
[video] 8:30 demons prescription of what you would do if you wanted to unset it when it comes to strategies and tactics that people can lean on a Food type any supplementation any other sort of lifestyle interventions? What is there on the on the sort of positive side? Yeah, so the it's it's very um, the diet dementia recommendations are all the evidence is
[video] 8:55 I don't want to say weak, but we have the best sort of idea for what a brain healthful diet might look like is referred to as a mind diet, which is the sort of diet that's been cobbled together by an epidemiologist of observational research that combines some of the attributes of the Mediterranean diet with some of the attributes of the DASH diet, which is the dietary approach to stop hypertension. Because again, hypertension is one of these important modifiable risk factors. Hypertension is high blood pressure. So it's a Mediterranean diet combined with the DASH diet.
9:21 The Mediterranean diet is an animal-based diet. They mostly eat meat and dairy, and then a few vegetables here and there, only because of modern civilizations brainwashing them into eating that. But for the most part, all of the Blue Zones eat 80-90% animal foods, which is good for dementia, obviously.
[video] 9:43 a sprinkling of you know foods that we've found specifically play a brain beneficial role for example blueberries right the mind diet only recommends uh why blueberries of course he won't give any proof or reasoning for that blueberries have some sugar
10:03 Antioxidants, which are only good for the plants themselves. They protect themselves with the antioxidants, in case you don't understand what antioxidants are. And blueberries are more or less the most sprayed fruits on Earth. Incredibly many pesticides have been found on them. I would really not recommend eating them, except if you find them in the forest in early autumn, then it's fine.
[video] 10:27 In terms of fruit, the only fruit that the Mind Diet recommends, makes a recommendation for, are blueberries, right? Pretty dialed as a fruit. I know that we want more, but it's, blueberries are, blueberries, pineapples, bananas, triple A-E. What the hell are you guys talking about?
10:45 Blueberries grow seasonally. Most people from most regions on earth would never even get to try blueberries in nature. Pineapples and whatnot? All of this is seasonal and regional. What the hell are you talking about? Human beings in nature eat raw meat and drink blood. They eat the animal organs and the only food which can actually prevent and even reverse dementia is raw brain. How do you not understand this? If every human being who has dementia, Alzheimer's would eat raw brain, then within a few days you would see a significant improvement. Their speech would become clearer. And within a few weeks, the difference would be insane. It would be as if you're talking to a whole different human being. All of a sudden, their memory would work again, for example. That's why on a ketogenic diet that has been proven already tons of times,
11:41 that dementia improves and if you actually eat what we eat in nature instead of some coconut oils and eggs you would eat raw animal fat and especially a brain from a healthy animal then Come on, every human being on earth would be healed from their dementia, except if it's caused by something which severely damaged their brain, as in some severe toxins, but 99% of people wouldn't have dementia anymore and nobody would develop dementia anymore. And these freaking guys talk about blueberries. What the hell?
[video] 12:22 rated fruits for me. No, blueberries are great. But I think that's where the limitations of that kind of like dietary recommendation comes in because avocados are a fruit. And if I had to, if I had to pick a fruit that I thought was potentially most beneficial to the brain, I think avocados are actually probably the most beneficial fruit to the brain because
12:43 why oh wait let's hear what he has to say because they have the highest proportion of fat protecting specifically i know he's gonna say that avocados have monounsaturated plant oils the brain is made out of dha there's also some monounsaturated oils saturated fat cholesterol the myelin protective layer Sugar some cells in your eyes and your brain can function without glucose protein That's exactly why when these people start eating animal fat again their dementia starts reversing but again, like I said, they only eat coconuts coconut oil and If they get lucky then they get some eggs seeing as they themselves can't even decide anything anymore it's that their children, for example, feed them something. Unfortunately, it's usually the care homes or the hospitals that take care of them. And of course, they only feed them bread with marmalade, which is why they eventually die. That's how unhealthy the food is in these places.
13:41 My point is that they, of course, heal by eating brain right away or any kind of animal fat, but brain is the best. The protective coating of your cells
[video] 13:52 is destroyed by all kinds of toxins and whatnot that's a whole different topic that's why your brain becomes exposed and all tangled up so to speak which is exactly what dementia is which is of particular relevance to the brain because the brain is made of fat and not just any type of fat but the brain is comprised primarily of polyunsaturated fatty acids which are especially damage prone they're the most chemically unstable of fatty acids you have your polyunsaturated fatty acids your monounsaturated fatty acids and your saturated fatty acids.
14:22 Why do you recommend avocados than the monounsaturated ones? Sure, all of them are important, but DHA, for example, is protected by the saturated fat, the cholesterol. That's why the brain is stable as such.
[video] 14:37 saturated fatty acids being the most chemically stable, but your brain is comprised primarily of polyunsaturated fats, DHA fat, docosahexaenoic acid, and arachidonic acid. And so we need to protect these fats, right? The brain is a crucible for oxidative stress because it's metabolizing 25% of every breath you take in a container the size of a grapefruit. So it makes up two to 3% of your body's mass, yet accounts for 25% of your body's oxygen metabolism. So again, crucible for oxidative stress. What can help protect the brain under those circumstances? Antioxidants. And so fat protecting antioxidants is really important. I think avocados are, again, one of the best brain foods that you can consume.
15:06 Avocados have brain protective antioxidants? What? Where? Show some kind of proof. The most important antioxidant for the human being is cholesterol by far. There's many more, but avocados? People in nature don't even eat avocados. Avocados are super tiny, the natural ones, and they are only found in some regions seasonally, again, just like the blueberries. He's recommending foods which most humans... would have never even tried, naturally. They are not accessible. It just doesn't make any sense to recommend foods which most people don't even have access to.
[video] 15:44 They're also rich in compounds like lutein and zeaxanthin, which we know are really supportive of cognitive function.
15:50 Or you could just eat a brain which literally has everything that you need for your brain. Or you can eat regional seasonal food which humans in nature didn't even have access to for the most part. Pick one. Which one makes more sense?
[video] 16:07 wonderful source of potassium, which we know is really important for cardiovascular health. So, you know, the mind diet is a great starting place, but there was just a randomized control trial that put the mind diet compared to the mind diet in a at-risk population, I believe, and found no benefit over just a calorie deficit in an older adult population. So nutrition science is incredibly weak and that's where you have to, you can't be, you can't be prone to scientism, which is like this, you know, adherence to scientific data as if it is religious doctrine. That's just not how it works, right? Like nutrition
16:34 Okay, I agree with him. That's very important. You shouldn't see anything scientific, simply a paper that somebody releases, as the absolute truth, obviously. But a lot of people do nowadays. A lot of people who are into so-called science, most of which isn't even actual science by definition, will just believe it blindly, just like anybody used to read the Bible and believe that Jesus used to exist. Just like that, and a lot of these papers simply give their beliefs and opinions about a topic which you are then supposed to blindly believe, but you should never do that.
[video] 17:08 Science is harder to study than drugs, and yet it's much less well-funded. So a whole foods diet is my prescription. It's a diet that incorporates both animal products. I think grass-fed, grass-finished red meat is a brain health superfood.
17:24 Okay, I'm really glad that he said that.
[video] 17:26 Along with avocados and dark leafy greens and...
17:29 No, avocados, okay, you can argue that the monounsaturated oils could be in some way somehow useful, minimally, but green leaves, which are unnatural, indigestible, full of toxins, which will destroy every cell that they touch, including your brain cells, and also full of pesticides nowadays, are those supposed to be somehow healthy for your brain? What the hell are you talking about, man? No human being in nature eats green leaves. You're just living in some kind of fantasy.
[video] 17:59 Shellfish, I think, are incredible. Legumes, I think, are incredible. But yeah, I think omnivory 100%.
18:05 And avoiding the ultra-processed food is... Shellfish, for sure, because of the DHA alone. Legumes, they are cultivated, not found in nature. In other words, of course you should not eat them. He's combining these foods which are good for your brain and some which would never be even eaten in nature at all. Therefore, it's impossible that they are good for your brain. You would have to have a star brain to actually think of these ridiculous ideas.
[video] 18:35 Process foods as best you can. Foods with refined grains. Foods with added sugar. Foods with refined bleach and deodorized seed oils. I think that's the way to go. I notice that at no point in this... preventable neurodegeneration conversation, have you mentioned doing Sudoku or brain training or crossword puzzles or anything like that? Is this just so low down on the sprinkling on the cake and everything else is the foundation or is there something in the brain training? No, that's a good question. I think keeping active and staying socially engaged and doing things that require that draw on a complex array of cognitive processes, I think that's very helpful. And there is evidence that that can help build what's called the cognitive reserve, which is super important. So the cognitive reserve basically stipulates that the more you have to lose,
19:12 Really, none of this helps. If you don't eat a lot of animal fat, especially raw animal fat, which would be ideal, then no matter what games you play, your mind is simply not going to work. It really doesn't help with dementia, especially.
[video] 19:29 That is part of your cognitive horsepower backup.
19:34 I like how he has this drink in the corner there. I don't know what that is, in a metal can. Toxic heavy metals are going to also cause dementia. It's just funny, kind of ironic.
[video] 19:48 But I do have a, I have a friend, a great friend group, um, which you're obviously of course a part of, but I also have like my family close and I feel super lucky and my heart goes out to people who don't have that. But yeah, loneliness is, and loneliness is not being alone. That's, I think it's important to make that decision. It's, it's good to make friends with your mind.
20:06 Distinction, an onset of dementia maybe.
[video] 20:10 to the point that you can actually be comfortably alone.
20:14 Overall, this video was pretty ridiculous. At least he recommended eating grass-fed meat. All that he said was meat. Of course, he didn't say that you should focus on eating the organs, which are the healthiest part of the animal, especially the brain for people with dementia, Alzheimer's. Yes, you can eat other kinds of animal fat, even if it's cooked. It's going to help you somewhat. If the animal fat is raw, then it's really going to help you. That could be even butter, egg yolks, just the fat from the animal, back fat, chest fat. But ideally, eat a brain. And if you care about, let's say, your grandpa's health, he's showing signs of dementia, then help him.
21:01 People who are developing dementia won't be able to help themselves anymore, which is why it's so important that you guys, who care about your family members, for example, are the ones who reach out to them and help them through food, which is really the only way that you can help somebody with dementia. Thanks for watching.