Happy & Healthy with Amy

Neuroinflammation and Brain Health: 8 Steps To Protect Your Brain in Midlife

• Amy Lang

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What if amyloid is only the match, tau is the brush fire, and neuroinflammation is the wildfire that causes the most damage in Alzheimer’s disease?

In this episode of Happy & Healthy with Amy, Amy explains why researchers are paying closer attention to neuroinflammation, what may be keeping the brain’s immune system stuck in the “on” position, and why midlife is such an important window for protecting your brain.

You’ll learn how sleep, blood sugar, chronic stress, infections, oral health, and social connection may all influence the conditions that make the brain more—or less—flammable.

What to Listen For

  • [00:00] Why amyloid may be the match—but neuroinflammation is the wildfire. 
  • [02:30] What the Cochrane review found about anti-amyloid drugs. 
  • [04:30] Why timing matters in Alzheimer’s disease. 
  • [07:00] Is neuroinflammation a side effect—or a driver? 
  • [09:00] Why inflammation itself is not the villain. 
  • [11:00] Meet microglia: the brain’s immune cells. 
  • [14:00] Why gum disease matters for Alzheimer’s risk.
  • [18:00] The shingles vaccine and dementia risk. 
  • [22:00] Blood sugar, insulin resistance, stress, and sleep. 
  • [29:00] How to make your brain less “flammable.” 

Neuroinflammation may be one of the most important pieces of the Alzheimer’s prevention puzzle because it connects so many things we often treat separately: sleep, stress, blood sugar, oral health, infections, diet, and connection.

Listen to the full episode to understand what may be making your brain more “flammable,” then download the free RESTORED Protocol so you can choose one simple, evidence-based next step for protecting your brain.

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