Type 3 Diabetes 🧁☠️😴💊🫀

Type 3 Diabetes and why is no one is talking about it?

Most commonly known as Dementia or Alzheimer’s. It’s typically said that Alzheimer’s is cause by amyloid plaque, however, this build up of plaque is a safety mechanism trying to protect toxins from reaching the brain. This is where the 6 subtypes fall into place. Where are these toxins coming from? Start from the beginning and find the root where it all began.

Following the protocol of Dr. Dale Bredesen, cognitive decline is made up of 6 subtypes:

1. Inflammation

2. Glycotoxic

3. Trophic Loss (hormone imbalance)

4. Toxic

5. Vascular

6. Trauma (traumatic brain injury)

With lab testing, you will fall on a scale showing where you range in each subtype.

It’s tough. When the first initial diagnosis is made, this doesn’t necessarily mean this was the beginning of decline. This has been ongoing in the body probably a decade before diagnosis.

What can we do? Are we moving into prevention mode or are we trying to reverse?

Lifestyle + Medical. It’s 80/20. 80% lifestyle and 20% medical. Medical help and working with a doctor can reveal where you fall within the subtypes + can do additional testing (MoCA & WAVi) to measure decline, tracking from baseline > 12 months after treatment.

Lifestyle - it’s not easy, but it’s 100% do able.

Dr. Bredesen created the Bredesen 7 - seven foundational strategies to promote brain health and neuroplasticity (the ability for the brain to heal and grow NEW neurons and connections).

1. Nutrition

2. Exercise

3. Sleep

4. Stress

5. Brain Stimulation

6. Detox

7. Supplements

NUTRITION 🥗

Keto Diet! No, not a diet necessarily for weight loss and a reason to eat all the bacon and cheese. This is a whole food, nutrient-dense, organic diet.

EXERCISE 🏃🏼‍♀️

This is a combination of aerobic, strength training, dual task, and EWOT (exercise with oxygen therapy).

SLEEP 🛌

Optimizing sleep by getting 7-8 hours each night is very vital for brain health.

STRESS 🤯

A key contributor to cognitive decline can be chronic severe stress.

BRAIN STIMULATION 🧠

Challenging the brain in new ways can create new brain cell pathways for communication.

DETOXIFICATION 💦

Toxins can harm health of the brain and it’s best to set up the body to know how to fight them off or avoid them.

SUPPLEMENTS 💊

High quality supplements that are tailored to specific needs to each person can make an important contribution to optimizing health.

Putting in the work 💪🏽- it’s a lot and it can be overwhelming. Breaking down the foundations of optimizing brain health with the Bredesen 7 is a great starting point. Working with a provider or health coach for added support and resources can be super beneficial.

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