Healthy Gut, Healthy Brain

On November 13, 65 Healthy Charlotte Alliance members and community members heard from Brian Jerby MD, an integrative GI specialist and surgeon, on the connection between the gastrointestinal system and the development of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurologic disorders. We learned we are an overfed, yet malnourished society.

Still, our genes do not have to define our future. Dr. Jerby shared practical ways to prevent or reverse cognitive decline.