EP131: Part II: Ketones, Diet, & Beyond: Lifestyle, Healthy Brain Aging, & Alzheimer’s with Mary T. Newport, M.D.

This Is Getting Old Podcast with Melissa B PhD

Taking proactive steps towards leading this kind of life could help reduce one’s risk for developing dementia in their later years.

Join us for an enlightening episode of This Is Getting Old: Moving Towards An Age-Friendly World, where renowned medical expert Dr. Mary T. Newport will share her wisdom on how you can keep your brain young and active!

With tips ranging from diet changes to lifestyle adjustments, she'll explain all the ways that Ketones, Diet & Lifestyle can help prevent Alzheimer’s Disease.

Don't miss this chance to join in our quest towards becoming truly age-friendly!

Key points covered in this episode:

✔️ The Ketones Guru: Dr. Mary T. Newport and Her Passion for Brain Health

After graduating from two esteemed universities and training in pediatrics and neonatology, Mary Newport M.D.'s career came full circle when she later specialized in hospice care.

✔️ How Important Is Exercise For A Healthy Brain?

Keeping your brain healthy as you age is no small feat, and exercise plays an integral role in that!

✔️ Slumber Secrets: Getting The Ideal Amount Of Sleep And Quality Restful Nights

New studies indicate that seven to eight hours of sleep a night is the optimal amount for proper functioning.

Also Sleep Hygiene has become increasingly important, as it refers to activities and habits surrounding sleep that may improve the overall quality of rest.

✔️ Turning the Tables on Life's Risk Factors: You Have the Power to Change Them

BP control, staying cognitively active, socially engaged, reducing stress if possible, correcting hearing and vision, and some obvious risk factors like smoking and overconsuming alcohol are all areas we can work on to help reduce our risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

But even more importantly, it is essential to understand and address medications. Most of the approved medications for Alzheimer's try to increase acetylcholine. So if you're taking an anticholinergic medication at the same time that you're taking a medication to try to increase acetylcholine, you're doing yourself a big disservice.

✔️ The Mystery of Ketones Unveiled: Answers to Your Burning Questions

Get the latest scoop on culinary medicine from its foremost expert, Dr. Mary Newport! Reach out to her over email at [e-mail] or follow and get involved in social media conversations about this exciting field - anywhere from Facebook to Instagram and Twitter!

And you can visit Dr. Mary Newport's own Coconut Ketones site for additional information.

✔️ Take Your Education Into Your Own Hands: Learning About Health, Food, and Alzheimer's

Get solid advice to help you make smarter food choices and protect your health in advance.

If you have questions or comments or need help, please feel free to drop a one-minute audio or video clip and email it to me at [e-mail], and I will get back to you by recording an answer to your question.

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About Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FGSA, FAAN:

I earned my Bachelor of Science in Nursing ('96) and Master of Science in Nursing ('00) as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) School of Nursing (SON). I genuinely enjoy working with the complex medical needs of older adults. I worked full-time for five years as FNP in geriatric primary care across many long-term care settings (skilled nursing homes, assisted living, home, and office visits), then transitioned into academic nursing in 2005, joining the faculty at UNCW SON as a lecturer. I obtained my PhD in Nursing and a post-master's Certificate in Nursing Education from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing ('11). I then joined the faculty at Duke University School of Nursing as an Assistant Professor. My family moved to northern Virginia in 2015 which led to me joining the George Washington University (GW) School of Nursing faculty in 2018 as a (tenured) Associate Professor. I am also the Director of the GW Center for Aging, Health, and Humanities. Please find out more about her work at https://melissabphd.com/