Jay Cutler concerned about concussions, CTE and says he's trying to 'delay it as much as possible'

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Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler took a lot of hits in his 12-year career. He's still thinking about them after his retirement following the 2017 season.

"Oh, absolutely," Cutler told GQ's Clay Skipper on if he thinks about concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). "I would say definitely my memory isn't the same as it was 5 years ago. The amount of concussions I've had are probably in the double digits. It's gonna catch up to me at some point. I'm just trying to delay it as much as possible."

Cutler, 38, said last month he suffered 15 concussions in his career with the Bears, Miami Dolphins and Denver Broncos and though he feels healthy, "That CTE, it's coming at some point."

CTE, a degenerative brain disease, has been found in former football players and athletes of other sports where repeated head trauma is common. It is a disease prominent among football players and many athletes have died young with it. It can be diagnosed only postmortem.

Cutler's final concussion came Nov. 19, 2017, per the New York Post. His plan is to try and delay the impacts of head trauma he said he knows are coming. Via GQ:

"[I'm] trying to cut sugar. Heavy amounts of fish oil have been tied to health in the brain. I'm doing NAD [Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide]. I'm doing it through IVs now. NAD is in all the cells in your body, the mitochondria, the energy that pushes each cell to function. As you get older, you lose NAD. So I'm doing NAD therapy, which, at a core level, helps everything in your body. I've noticed that that's definitely helped me. Anything I can do these days, I'm trying to get involved in."

There is no proven treatment regime for CTE, but the NAD treatment option is emerging as a potential, promising option.

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