# The 5 Stages of Alzheimer's: Why Brain Insulin Resistance Begins Decades Before Diagnosis and What You Can Do Right Now to Protect Your Memory With Ben Azadi | #1305 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-azadi-show-743725/the-5-stages-of-alzheimer-s-why-brain-insulin-resistance-begins-decades-before-diagnosis-and-what-you-can-do-right-now-to-protect-your-memory-with-ben-azadi-1305 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-azadi-show-743725/the-5-stages-of-alzheimer-s-why-brain-insulin-resistance-begins-decades-before-diagnosis-and-what-you-can-do-right-now-to-protect-your-memory-with-ben-azadi-1305.md Podcast: [The Ben Azadi Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-azadi-show-743725) Published: 2026-05-04T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/KETOKAMP6572400367.mp3?updated=1778916060 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/KETOKAMP6572400367.mp3?updated=1778916060 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ben-azadi-show-743725/episodes/the-5-stages-of-alzheimer-s-why-brain-insulin-resistance-begins-decades-before-diagnosis-and-what-you-can-do-right-now-to-protect-your-memory-with-ben-azadi-1305 Duration seconds: 1085 ## Resource πŸ”₯CLICK For Your Complete 14 Day Fat Loss Plan (Reignite Your Body & Life) HERE - https://bit.ly/4tgoK96 πŸ“š 🎁 Purchase Ben's new book Metabolic Freedom today to receive immediate access to a FREE course on metabolism with exclusive interviews from Dr Daniel Pompa, Dr Jason Fung, Megan Ramos, Cynthia Thurlow & more. CLICK HERE: http://www.metabolicfreedombook.com ($997 Retail Value For FREE) Most people don't start worrying about Alzheimer's until stage four or five. But the metabolic changes that drive cognitive decline often begin decades earlier β€” silently, without a single warning sign. In this episode, Ben Azadi walks you through an educational framework of the five stages of Alzheimer's progression, explains why so many people are unknowingly living in Stage 3, and gives you four actionable levers to protect your brain starting today. The real villain isn't aging or genetics. It's brain insulin resistance, chronic neuroinflammation, mitochondrial decline, and reduced glucose metabolism β€” what researchers call metabolic brain dysfunction. A 2008 Lancet Neurology study showed reduced brain glucose metabolism in individuals years before any diagnosis. This is why Alzheimer's is increasingly referred to as Type 3 Diabetes. Ben breaks down each stage β€” from the silent metabolic shift of Stage 1 (no symptoms, but damage quietly underway) through Stage 3, where most people are living right now with subtle memory slips they're dismissing as normal aging, all the way to the advanced dependence of Stage 5. The through line: this didn't start where it's diagnosed. It started metabolically, decades before. The four levers that matter most: insulin control through low-carb eating and intermittent fasting, daily movement to improve cerebral blood flow, inflammation reduction thro… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ben-azadi-show-743725/episodes/the-5-stages-of-alzheimer-s-why-brain-insulin-resistance-begins-decades-before-diagnosis-and-what-you-can-do-right-now-to-protect-your-memory-with-ben-azadi-1305/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-azadi-show-743725/the-5-stages-of-alzheimer-s-why-brain-insulin-resistance-begins-decades-before-diagnosis-and-what-you-can-do-right-now-to-protect-your-memory-with-ben-azadi-1305.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.