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Ep 117. Lyme, Pathogens and Brain Health with Nikki M. Schultek
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What if the root cause of neurodegenerative disease isn’t just genetics, but something we’ve been overlooking?
In this episode, I sit down with Nikki Schultek to explore the connection between pathogens, brain health, and chronic illness. We dive into how infections like Lyme and other often undetected microbes may influence cognitive decline, and why so many people are being missed in the current system.
Nikki shares her journey from patient to researcher and the work she’s leading to uncover how infections, genetics, and environment interact to shape disease. This conversation will challenge what you think you know about Alzheimer’s, brain health, and what it really means to address root cause.
In This Episode:
- The connection between infections and neurodegenerative disease
- Why Lyme and other pathogens are often overlooked
- How infections can impact the brain across the lifespan
- The role of genetics, and why they’re not the full story
- Why standard testing may miss chronic infections
- Early signs like changes in smell and cognitive function
- How to advocate for your health and dig deeper into root causes
Learn more about our guest Nikki M. Schultek
Executive Director, AlzPI, Founding Director of the Pathobiome Research Center and Research Assistant Professor at The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), and Principal Founder, Intracell Research Group, LLC
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