{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65b82968900efd00165f19d3/695d1c9802e19e82083939bf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rewriting Your Brain’s Story with Metabolic Therapies","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65b82968900efd00165f19d3/1767736639818-3d99fce8-756f-4a6b-b4c4-a5166a19ca6e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>📋 When Eddie Rodriguez’s father was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s at 53, his family was told to get their affairs in order and wait for the inevitable. Instead, Eddie helped lead a full-scale experiment in metabolic therapies and the Bredesen Protocol that not only improved his dad’s cognition, but also reshaped Eddie’s own life, his CrossFit-fueled low-carb lifestyle, and his mission to change what a “deterministic” Alzheimer’s gene means for future generations.​</p><p><br></p><p>🔑 What You’ll Learn in this Episode</p><ul><li>How Eddie’s family used ketogenic and low-carb metabolic therapies to dramatically improve his father’s cognition after a bleak early-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis.​</li><li>The basics of the Bredesen Protocol, including cognoscopy testing, root-cause hunting, and why there is no single “silver bullet” for dementia.​</li><li>Why genes like ApoE4 and Presenilin-1 may “load the gun” but lifestyle and environment pull the trigger—and how that mindset shapes Eddie’s daily choices.​</li><li>Practical ways fasting, ketones, exercise, sleep, stress management, and toxin reduction can work together to support brain health.​</li><li>How lived experience, storytelling, and communities like BrainHeal(th) and Metabolic Collective are accelerating awareness of metabolic therapies worldwide.​</li></ul><p><br></p><p>💡 Key Insight</p><p>“Genes load the gun—what we do, what we eat, what we breathe, how we think, and the environment we put ourselves in pulls the trigger.”​&nbsp; -Eddie Rodriguez</p><p><br></p><p>🌐 Connect with Eddie</p><ul><li>YouTube: BrainHeal(th) – educational videos on metabolic therapies, the Bredesen Protocol, and his family’s ongoing journey <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@BrainHeal_th_\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/@BrainHeal_th_</a></li><li>Facebook group: BrainHeal(th) community for caregivers and individuals exploring metabolic approaches to cognitive decline <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576560577792\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576560577792</a></li><li>X: <a href=\"https://x.com/BrainHealth919\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://x.com/BrainHealth919</a></li><li>Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/brainheal_th_\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/brainheal_th_</a></li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Robyn R Dobbins"}