Max Lugavere on social engagement: recommends

Max Lugavere says social engagement and purpose reduce stress reactivity and inflammatory tone, and he treats loneliness as a modifiable risk factor for dementia. This is per his 2026 Missouri Medicine paper.

His stated reasoning is that social connection operates on brain health through stress and inflammation pathways — making it one of the non-dietary, non-exercise pillars of his dementia-prevention framework alongside sleep, sensory health, and physical activity.

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