This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and BiOptimizers. Scientists now call Alzheimer’s disease “Type 3 diabetes.” What’s the link between Alzheimer’s 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. In today’s episode of my series I’m 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.  This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and BiOptimizers. Streamline your lab orders with Rupa Health. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests and register for a FREE live demo at RupaHealth.com. Tackle an overlooked root cause of stress with Magnesium Breakthrough. Visit MagBreakthrough.com/Hyman and use code HYMAN10 to save 10%. Here are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): The prevalence of Alzheimer’s and dementia (3:11 / 1:28) The link between Alzheimer’s, pre-diabetes, and diabetes (4:27 / 2:44) Cognitive loss reversal (8:35 / 6:52) How to eat to support the brain (11:18 / 9:36) Causes of Alzheimer’s (11:45 / 10:02) A patient case study (13:44 / 12:01) Strategies to reverse memory loss (19:01 / 17:18) Mentioned in this episode Dr. Hyman’s Free Sleep Master Class Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices