This two-part episode of Conversations for Health features Dr. Kat Toups, a Functional Medicine Psychiatrist at Bay Area Wellness in Walnut Creek, CA, and organizer and administrator for Bay Area Functional Medicine Group since 2012. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Toups is a former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UC Davis, and later the Owner and Medical Director of Bay Area Research Institute, a Clinical Trials Research Center in Lafayette, CA. After serving as the Principal Investigator on over 100 clinical trials for 12 years, including 20 failed trials for Alzheimer's drugs, she realized that the elusive cure for Brain and Psychiatric illness was not going to be found in a pill.

In the first part of our conversation, Dr. Toups explores key distinguishers between Alzheimer's, dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and general cognitive health. She highlights the real source of the cure for dementia and considers the underlying causes that can trigger dementia. Together we discuss her pilot study, statistics regarding the benefits of investing time and money in cognitive health, and the role that hormones and oral hygiene play in brain health.

I'm your host Evelyn Lambrecht, thank you for designing a well world with us.

Key Takeaways:

[1:56] Kat reveals where the cure for dementia is going to be found.

[4:13] Details of her pilot study in which 84% of patients showed statistically relevant signs of improvement in cognitive decline.

[8:44] Surprising head scan findings at the conclusion of the study.

[10:56] Key distinguishers between mild cognitive impairments, dementia, and Alzheimer's.

[18:20] Approaching the challenges of multi-layer interventions and addressing multiple variables.

[26:18] Infectious causes of Alzheimer's and herbal and immune support treatment modalities for Lyme disease and EBV.

[38:37] Oral pathogen testing and the impact of dental infections on cardiovascular health.

[44:40] Kat's personal experience with dental health and immune system triggers.

Episode Resources:

Dr. Kat Toups

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Precision Medicine Approach to Alzheimer's Disease: Successful Pilot Project

Dementia Demystified

Design for Health Resources:

Designs for Health

Alzheimer's Protocol

Chronic Lyme Disease Support Protocol

Oral Health Support Protocol

Presentation: (CASI 21) Keynote | Dale Bredesen, MD - The End of Alzheimer's: Preventing & Reversing Cognitive Decline

Presentation: (CASI 22) Richard Horowitz – Lyme Disease & Stealth Infections: The Current State of Diagnosis and Treatment

Blog: Recent Review Explores the Roles of Certain Nutrients in the Risk of Developing of Alzheimer's Disease

Blog: Recent Review Explores Potential Connection Between Oral Microbiome and The Immune System

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