DavidPerlmutterMD · 2019-03-02 · David Perlmutter (host), Sara Gottfried
Weight Loss and the Brain - with Dr. Sara Gottfried | The Empowering Neurologist EP. 82
37 research-tied claims examined: 2 contradicted 4 overstated 7 context 19 supported 1 corroborated online 4 unverified
4 No source found (not proven false)
Based on structural brain imaging, sex can be classified as male or female with approximately 85% accuracy.
"if you look at a male versus female brain on imaging, you can tell with about 85% certainty that one is female, one is male." (said at 0:09:09)
No published record matching the specific claim that structural brain imaging allows male versus female classification with approximately 85% accuracy was located; this does not prove the claim false.
The rates of depression, insomnia, and Alzheimer's disease are approximately double in women compared to men.
"We know that the rate of depression, the rate of insomnia, the rate of Alzheimer's disease is about double in women compared to men." (said at 0:10:19)
No published record matching the claim that the rates of depression, insomnia, and Alzheimer's disease are approximately double in women compared to men was located; this does not prove the claim false.
After age 35, approximately 70% to 80% of women begin to experience wild fluctuations in estradiol production.
"And so after 35, somewhere around 70 to 80% of women start to fluctuate wildly in how much estradiol they're making, and progesterone changes as well." (said at 0:38:10)
No published record matching the claim that 70% to 80% of women begin experiencing wild fluctuations in estradiol production after age 35 was located; this does not prove the claim false. Standard reproductive aging models and longitudinal endocrine cohorts generally indicate that wide fluctuations in estradiol production are characteristic of the menopausal transition, which typically begins in the mid-to-late 40s rather than the mid-30s.
Ninety percent of vitamin D receptors in the body are represented within the brain.
"You know that 90% of the vitamin D receptors are represented within the brain, where they actually do play a role in terms of energetics." (said at 0:58:35)
No published record matching the claim that 90% of the body's vitamin D receptors are located in the brain was located; this does not prove the claim false.
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