This is a YouTube video titled "Women, Menopause and Alzheimer’s: XX Brain Connections with Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D." featuring an interview conducted on June 27, 2022. The content includes a discussion between Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D., and another speaker about menopause symptoms, cognitive health, and prevention strategies, coinciding with the release of Mosconi's book "XX Brain." The conversation focuses on women's brain health and lifestyle factors affecting menopause and Alzheimer's risk.
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Bulletproof radio, a state of high performance. They want to prepare for it in a way that is as natural as possible. I think all women go through menopause, but there's a lot of diversity in the way that each woman experiences menopause. Right. So, like, 20% of women have no symptoms whatsoever. Cognitive symptoms, mood symptoms. They're totally lucky ones. Those are the lucky ones. Yes. And then the other 80% of women have some symptoms ranging from hot flashes and night sweats all the way to a combination of things, including memory changes and brain fog and attention issues.
Migraines.
Oh, my God, yes. Migraines and headaches and increased risk of depression and anxiety. So there are many studies showing that these symptoms are at least in part related to your lifestyle and all the changes and all the choices that you make for yourself. So it's not just genetics, but you have some control over whether or not you'll be in the lucky 20% or at the other end of the spectrum. So, for me, which is also why I wrote the XX Brain, it's really important that women of all ages really start engaging in prevention. Not just Alzheimer's prevention, but also really doing everything that we can to support the health of our brains and maximize our cognitive health for the long term.
I'm really happy that I got an advanced copy of the book so we could actually release this interview the day that your book hits shelves, which is really cool. So if you're caught up on Bulletproof Radio and you're listening to this the week it was released, you can now purchase the XX Brain. And if you're watching it after that, because you're a little backed up on these two episodes a week, well, you'll be able to buy it then, too. And it's got a lot of good stuff in it, specifically about what we're talking about. That's why we're talking about it.
