Recently two interesting books have been published on clinical programs for reversing and preventing early cognitive disfunction, ie, early Alzheimers. These are important findings because some researchers believe it may be impossible to find a "magic pill" to cure full-blown Alzheimer because such extensive brain neuron death and damage has already occurred in these patients. Instead they believe that prevention is the key, ie, finding approaches that can be used to prevent/stop Alzheimer progression during its earliest stages.
The Alzheimer's Solution: A Breakthrough Program to Prevent and Reverse the Symptoms of Cognitive Decline at Every Age is authored by the husband and wife team of Dean and Ayesha Sherzai (who are at the codirectors of the Brain Health and Alzheimer's Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center). Their program focuses on optimizing five main factors, nutrition, exercise, stress, sleep, and social and intellectual engagement.
The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline is authored by Dale Bredesen MD (who is at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and UCLA Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research). Bredesen’s program is more complex than the Sherzais. In his scientific research Bredesen found that Alzheimer exists in three different forms and identified 36 metabolic factors (micronutrients, hormone levels, sleep etc) that trigger Alzheimer. His program provides specific approaches for restoring the appropriate levels of these factors, and thus reversing/preventing early cognitive decline.
Both books are interesting reads, especially since almost 50% of the people who live to 85 will be diagnosed with Alzheimer in their life time.
The Alzheimer's Solution: A Breakthrough Program to Prevent and Reverse the Symptoms of Cognitive Decline at Every Age is authored by the husband and wife team of Dean and Ayesha Sherzai (who are at the codirectors of the Brain Health and Alzheimer's Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center). Their program focuses on optimizing five main factors, nutrition, exercise, stress, sleep, and social and intellectual engagement.
The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline is authored by Dale Bredesen MD (who is at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and UCLA Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research). Bredesen’s program is more complex than the Sherzais. In his scientific research Bredesen found that Alzheimer exists in three different forms and identified 36 metabolic factors (micronutrients, hormone levels, sleep etc) that trigger Alzheimer. His program provides specific approaches for restoring the appropriate levels of these factors, and thus reversing/preventing early cognitive decline.
Both books are interesting reads, especially since almost 50% of the people who live to 85 will be diagnosed with Alzheimer in their life time.
