Dr. Dennis Lipton's Presentation

1. Nutrition and Peak
Performance
Maintaining Peak Brain
Health

2. Peak Physical Performance
Depends On
Peak Brain Performance

3. Brain Aging
• Normal Aging
• Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
• Dementia
• 50% by age 85
• Incidence is skyrocketing

4. Brains atrophy with age

5. Image courtesy of the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health

6. Alzheimer’s: What goes wrong?

7. Alzheimer’s: What goes wrong?

8. Image courtesy of the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health
Alzheimer’s: What goes wrong?

9. Non-modifiable risk factors
• Age
• Female
• Family history
• Genes

10. Alzheimer’s Disease
RISK FACTORS
• Sedentary life
• Lack of education
• Smoking
• Heart disease
• Head traumas
PROTECTIVE FACTORS
• Exercise
• Education
• Not smoking
• No risk factors
• No head trauma

11. Alzheimer’s Disease
RISK FACTORS
• Poor diet
• Poor sleep
• Mental illness
• Social isolation
• Brain inactivity
PROTECTIVE FACTORS
• Healthy diet
• Healthy sleep
• Mental health
• Social activity
• Brain stimulation

13. Together, these factors contributed to up to half of AD
cases globally (17.2 million) and in the US (2.9 million).

25. What about…
• Sugar
• Gluten
• Coconut oil
• Coffee
• Alcohol
• Omega-3
• Medications

27. The Program
• Optimal Diet
• Optimal Sleep
• Stress reduction
• Exercise
• Brain stimulation
• Supplements

28. The Results
• Multiple interventions
• No patients followed the entire protocol
• 9/10 patients improved measurably
• Six returned to work
• Weight loss
• Improved overall health
• Improvement sustained for over 2 years

29. Peak Brain Performance
• Optimal Brain Health is required for
Peak Physical Performance
• There is no pill or procedure
• Cognitive decline is not inevitable
• Diet and Lifestyle are key
• The time to act is now!