We all have this belief that we'll figure it out. Most of us, we like to avoid speaking about death in the hope that we'll somehow avoid it. It's a placebo effect-or it's taking place! Īnytime you forget something it’s like, “Oh no, is this it?”

Since you told me that, I feel like my memory's getting worse. Yeah, it's like one in a thousand people…or one in 10,000. Attia says it makes you eight to 10 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s in the future. Ten years ago, I think it was more thought of as determinant.

It's not a pre-deterministic gene, but it is a strong indication. It was a really good catalyst to dive into everything I needed to be doing in either the prevention front or the management front or however you want to classify it. The show, which initially was an exploration of longevity and, of course, should be fun, became even more relevant and important for me, even more poignant than I ever thought it would be. This isn’t what you expected when you started? I was like, “Am I supposed to be worried? Is this concerning?” I wish I'd had a more intense follow-up with it because I didn't really know what to think. I had a bunch of questions, but no one answered them. They were like, “What was that about?” And I told them, and then they had a bunch of questions.

I hung up the phone and my parents were there, at the time. It was a pretty brief conversation, all things considered. We need to have an off-side conversation and see if he even wants this to be in the show.” It was pretty shocking because he called me up and he told me. And Peter Attia, who is the longevity doctor in that episode, and overseeing a lot of the show, called Darren and said, “I don't want to tell him this on camera. Chris Hemsworth: Yeah, they took all my bloodwork and did a bunch of tests and the plan was to on-camera tell me all the results and then talk about how you can improve this and that.

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