\nActor Chris Hemsworth, 39, undergone genetic tests which revealed he had two copies of the gene APOE4. One from each of his parents represents \u201cstrongest risk factor gene for Alzheimer\u2019s disease while being busy filming his docuseries Limitless\n
\u201cAnd Peter Attia, who is the longevity doctor in that episode, and overseeing a lot of the show, called [show creator] Darren [Aronofsky] and said, \u2018I don\u2019t want to tell him this on camera. We need to have an off-side conversation and see if he even wants this to be in the show.\u2019\u201d The actor was told that the results revealed he was \u201ceight to ten times\u201d more likely to get the disease.\n
Another proof of the high risk is the fact that Hemsworth\u2019s grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s.\n
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\u201cIt really triggered something in me to want to take some time off,\u201d he said.\n
\u201cAnd since we finished the show, I\u2019ve been completing the things I was already contracted to do.\n
Now when I finish this tour this week, I\u2019m going home and I\u2019m going to have a good chunk of time off and just simplify. Be with the kids, be with my wife.\u201d\n
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\u201cDoing an episode on d3ath and facing your own mortality made me go, \u2018Oh God, I\u2019m not ready to go yet\u2019,\u201d he shared.
\n\u201cThen you start talking about kids and family and going, \u2018Oh my God, they\u2019re getting older, they\u2019re growing up and I keep slapping another movie on top of another movie.\u2019 Before you know it, they\u2019re 18 and they\u2019ve moved out of house, and I missed the window.\u201d\n
\u201cI thought, \u2018No, look, if this is a motivator for people to take better care of themselves and also understand that there are steps you can take\u2014then fantastic.\u2019\n
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Now that he is taking some time off of work doesn\u2019t mean he resigned or quit his career.\n
In contrast, he spends more time with his family and prioritizes what is most important to him. At the same time, he hopes those who read his interview and see the episode would be encouraged to do just the same.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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