Sugar-Free Backlash, Taurine Fail, Copper Brain Therapy, Childhood Biohacking, Strength Training : 1488

0:01I'm Dave Asprey.

0:02That's Dave spelled D-A-I-V-E.

0:05And this is your 10-minute weekly upgrade on the biggest stories in biohacking, longevity, and the world of health.

0:12Let's go.

0:20What if the thing you thought was killing you is actually protecting you?

0:24And the thing you thought was protecting you might instead be killing you?

0:29This week's research is full of those reversals, and I think that's a sign that we need to be digging deeper.

0:36Here's your first story of the week, and it may change how we think about clearing toxic proteins from the brain.

0:43Scientists at Monash University tested a copper-based compound called CUATSM in mice genetically engineered to develop Alzheimer's-like disease.

0:54After 56 days, the mice had 42% less toxic amyloid beta, performed about 44% better in spatial memory tasks, and showed a 24% increase in P-glycoprotein at the blood-brain barrier.