Chris Hemsworth admits he has a high risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease: ‘Won’t be able to recognize wife or my kids’

Chris Hemsworth has realized that he has an 8 out of 10 chance of getting Alzheimer’s disease, because of his genes. In a recent interview, the Hollywood actor conveyed his biggest fears.

Chris Hemsworth has an inflated risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and he has now communicated why it is so. In an episode of the National Geographic’s show Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, Chris was briefed about the ‘forewarning’. 

The episode streamed on Disney+ Hotstar on November 16 and showed Chris talking about his fears. “Our memories are presumed to last forever. They shape us, and make us who we are, the idea that I won’t be able to recall a lot of experience or my wife, or my kids is presumably my biggest fear.”

Talking to Vanity Fair about it, he said in a recent interview, “The show, which originally was a quest of longevity and, of course, should be fun, became even more pertinent and important for me, even more, poignant than I ever felt it would be.”

Hemsworth added, “It was a really suitable trigger to plunge into everything I ought to be doing in either the prevention front or the management front or anyhow you want to compartmentalize it. It’s nowhere close to a pre-deterministic gene, but it is a strong clue. Ten years back, I suppose it was more thought of as determinant.”

The longevity expert doctor Peter Attia spoke to Chris Hemsworth on the show, “You have a very rare and periodic combination – you have two copies of APOE4 – a bunch from your mom and a bunch from your dad.” He added that it indicated the actor had 8 out of 10 chances of contracting the disease.

The Hollywood actor further talked about tackling it and said on a positive note that the preventative steps of Alzheimer’s are useful to other aspects of life as well. “When you have such conditions like heart disease, cancer, anything — it all boils down to sleep management, stress management, nutrition from the food, regular exercise, keeping track of the fitness. It’s all sort of the identical tools that need to be applied invariably.”