Gordon Medical Forum
Drs Gordon and Parpia have a unique and proven approach to healing chronic conditions with over 50 years of clinical experience combined; they created the Gordon Medical Forum Podcast to introduce some of the most overlooked and important factors for overcoming chronic illness.
Eric Gordon, MD, is the Medical Director of Gordon Medical Associates, and Nafysa Parpia, ND, is the Director of Naturopathic Medicine. Gordon Medical Associates is the premier tick-borne illness, Lyme disease, and environmentally acquired illness clinic on the West Coast. To learn more about the team at Gordon Medical Associates, go to gordonmedical.com.
Gordon Medical Forum
Alzheimer's in the Long COVID Era: What You Can Do Now
Millions of people are struggling with persistent brain fog, fatigue, and cognitive issues following COVID, not realizing these symptoms share striking similarities with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. Both conditions represent what researchers call "network insufficiencies" in the brain, where chronic inflammation, toxins, and nutrient deficiencies create an imbalance that conventional medicine often fails to address effectively.
In this conversation, renowned Alzheimer's researcher Dr. Dale Bredesen, author of "The End of Alzheimer's," joins Dr. Eric Gordon to explore the connections between long COVID and brain health. They'll discuss practical strategies for resolving chronic inflammation, optimizing nutrients, and addressing the root causes that can help restore cognitive function and prevent future decline.
Episode Highlights:
- Anyone who has had COVID is at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
- Three types of toxins damage the brain: air pollution, organic solvents like glyphosate, and biotoxins from mold.
- Actionable steps you can take to protect your cognitive function
- Extra virgin olive oil outperformed expensive anti-amyloid drugs in Alzheimer's studies
- Hidden infections from the gums, gut, and sinuses can migrate to the brain and trigger harmful amyloid production
- COVID creates microthrombi (small blood clots) throughout the body that nattokinase or pycnogenol can help dissolve
- Poor ventilation and high CO2 levels in tight houses impair brain function, especially with gas stoves and many plants
Listen in to learn more :
00:01) - COVID and Alzheimer's Connection Explained
(08:51) - Addressing Cognitive Decline Risks and Causes
(17:23) - Optimizing Treatment for Chronic Illness
(25:59) - Optimizing Cognitive Function and Treatment
(38:05) - Treating Chronic Illness and Toxin Exposure
(43:42) - Preventing Neurodegenerative Disease and COVID
(53:19) - Empowering Self-Care for Cognitive Health
About Dale Bredesen, MD
Dr. Bredesen graduated from Caltech and received his MD from Duke. He served as Resident and Chief Resident in Neurology at UCSF and was then a postdoctoral fellow with Nobel laureate Prof. Stanley Prusiner. He was the Founding President of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
The Bredesen Laboratory studied basic mechanisms underlying the neurodegenerative process and the translation into effective therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease, leading to the publication of over 230 research papers. He established the Alzheimer’s Drug Development Network with Dr. Varghese John, leading to the identification of new classes of therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease. His work led to the discovery of subtypes of Alzheimer’s disease, followed by the first description of reversal of symptoms in patients with MCI and Alzheimer’s disease, with a precision medicine protocol, and a recent successful proof-of-concept trial. He is currently a professor at UCLA.
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