{"podcast":{"title":"The Dr Vonda Show","slug":"the-dr-vonda-show-322039","podcast_index_feed_id":322039,"rss_url":"https://hotforyourhealthaudio.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://hotforyourhealthaudio.libsyn.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/4/2/b/442b2c408326ed59d959afa2a1bf1c87/Untitled_design.png","author":"Dr. Vonda Wright","episode_count":100,"summary":"The Dr Vonda Show is all about staying strong, resilient, and feeling good as you age. Hosted by orthopedic sports surgeon and women's healthy-aging expert Dr. Vonda Wright, the podcast breaks down how movement, muscle, bone health, and mindset impact your life at every stage. Through real conversations with athletes, doctors, and everyday women, Dr. Vonda shares practical, science-backed advice you can actually use to protect your health and keep doing what you love.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dr-vonda-show-322039"},"episode":{"title":"Louisa Nicola: Why Women Are at 6X the Alzheimer's Risk (And the Exercise Protocol That Fixes It) | #153","slug":"louisa-nicola-why-women-are-at-6x-the-alzheimer-s-risk-and-the-exercise-protocol-that-fixes-it-153","published_at":"2026-03-24T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dr-vonda-show-322039/louisa-nicola-why-women-are-at-6x-the-alzheimer-s-risk-and-the-exercise-protocol-that-fixes-it-153","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dr-vonda-show-322039","url":"https://hotforyourhealthaudio.libsyn.com/1-brain-performance-scientist-why-losing-estrogen-raises-your-alzheimers-risk-6x-and-how-to-fight-back-louisa-nicola-153","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/hotforyourhealthaudio/AUDIO_S01_EP151_VOWR_LOUISA_NICOLA_FULL_PODCAST.mp3?dest-id=322678","summary":"Get Dr. Vonda's latest insights on strength, bone health, longevity, and aging with power delivered straight to your inbox. Join her free health & longevity newsletter here: https://www.drvondawright.com/resources/aging-longevity Your brain is not losing its mind by accident. It has been compounding every decision you've made for the last thirty years. Louisa Nicola is one of my closest friends, and one of the most brilliant neurophysiologists working today, an elite triathlete and PhD researcher who has dedicated her life to understanding how the brain ages and, more importantly, how to stop it from declining. In this episode, Louisa and I pull back the curtain on everything you thought you knew about Alzheimer's disease, starting with the truth about amyloid, the protein we've been blaming for decades that is actually your brain's own defense system, and we build you a real, science-backed brain insurance policy: the specific exercise protocols, sleep requirements, hormonal factors, and daily habits that determine whether your mind stays sharp and fully yours well into your eighties and beyond. What we cover: - How amyloid, long blamed as the villain of Alzheimer's disease, is actually your brain's own antimicrobial defense system. - Why Alzheimer's begins silently in your thirties and forties, not your eighties, compounding over decades. - What cognitive reserve means at the cellular level and how to build more of it starting now. - The specific exercise protocols, including resistance training and zone five, that protect your brain most. - How deep sleep triggers your brain's nightly cleaning system and why skipping it accelerates decline. - Why doing hard things, and learning new skills across your lifespan, physically grows your brain. About Louisa Nicola: Louisa…","meta_description":"Get Dr. Vonda's latest insights on strength, bone health, longevity, and aging with power delivered straight to your inbox. Join her free health & longevi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2947,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dr-vonda-show-322039/episodes/louisa-nicola-why-women-are-at-6x-the-alzheimer-s-risk-and-the-exercise-protocol-that-fixes-it-153/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dr-vonda-show-322039/louisa-nicola-why-women-are-at-6x-the-alzheimer-s-risk-and-the-exercise-protocol-that-fixes-it-153.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}