Alzheimer’s & Dementia

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive form of dementia. Dementia is a broader term for conditions caused by brain injuries or diseases that negatively affect memory, thinking, and behaviour. These changes interfere with daily living.

The good news about Alzheimer’s is that whilst there is no real evidence you can bring back brain cells (neurons) there is lots you can do right now to make sure you don’t get the accelerated brain shrinkage that leads gradually from memory decline to Alzheimer’s.

Given that brain shrinkage starts, for many, in their 40’s, these prevention steps should be actioned now, not just later in life. My focus is on what actions you can take now, how to test for memory decline and what foods and supplements will help.

 

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The Omega-3 Home Test To Protect Your Brain

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Modern humans’ brain size has shrunk by 20%

Are we dumbing down? Both brain size and IQ are falling in modern humans, coinciding...

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How to Cut Your Dementia Risk by Three Quarters

Up to 73% of dementia cases can be prevented, new UK Bio Bank study shows.

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How to Stop Your Brain Cells Dying

New research gives a vital clue as to how to stop your brain cells dying...

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Two Volunteers Die from New Alzheimer’s Drug

Two volunteers die from new Alzheimer's drug.

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Dorothy Got Her Husband Back from Dementia

Dorothy explains how her husband's dementia symptoms improved with the help of Food for the...

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B Vitamins & Omega 3 – Dynamic Duo Against Dementia

New research shows that B vitamins and omega-3 are a dynamic duo against dementia.

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Supplementing Vitamin D Helps Reduce Dementia Risk

Taking vitamin D supplements may help ward off dementia, according to a new, large-scale study.

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Are You Digital?

I’m interested in nothing – and everything. One’s and zero’s. Neurons either fire or don’t....

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New Alzheimer’s Drug is No ‘Game Changer’

New Alzheimer's Drug is No 'Game Changer'.

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Does HRT Help Prevent Dementia?

Clinical trials to date have not shown benefit.

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How to Reduce Your Risk of Alzheimer’s Today

Both B vitamin and omega-3 studies have done much better than drugs.

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Four simple changes that may halve your dementia risk, say experts

The new research showed that there are four easy ways to cut your risk of...

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Alzheimer’s IS Preventable – Spread the Word

Food for the Brain Foundation have launched the Alzheimer’s Is Preventable Campaign. Spread the word!

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Why Coffee is Bad for Your Brain

Many of us self-medicate unknowingly by eating, drinking or smoking substances that temporarily promote the...

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Turmeric – spice up your memory

Turmeric is the bright yellow spice found in most curry powders. You can buy it...

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Mind transforming health tips

As important as good nutrition, exercise, reducing stress, not smoking and creating a toxin-free environment...

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Which? Magazine’s Dementia Advice is Dangerous

A report by Which? recommends against supplements and screening for age-related memory loss - I...

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How to Stay Young (2) Review

Did you learn anything? More reinforcement that diet and an active lifestyle make a difference.

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Alzheimer’s – drugs or vitamins?

There’s a blatant example of double standards going on right now with dementia. You will...

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B12 memory study is bad science

A study published today, which was rejected by the British Medical Journal, claims that vitamin...

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Omega-3 and B vitamins cut dementia brain shrinkage by 73%

There is no cure for Alzheimer’s. Brain shrinkage, the hallmark of Alzheimer’s, starts for many...

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Free online test shows how to halve Alzheimer’s risk

One in four people over 50 are predicted to develop Alzheimer’s, an irreversible disease and...

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B vitamins memory benefit questioned

We know that B vitamins, given to those with both the first signs of memory...

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Why are Oxford University and Alzheimer’s Research UK trying to discredit B vitamins?

Last month I told you in a blogabout the research of Robert Clarke et al.

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One in three Alzheimer’s cases preventable NOW, says expert review

One in three cases of Alzheimer’s could be prevented, new research reveals - but policy...

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Living with Dementia

There are currently around 800,000 people suffering with dementia in the UK – and that...

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Memory Loss

Every year in Europe, a million people are diagnosed with memory decline, and 400,000 of...

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My vision – A Healthy Nation

My vision in 2014 is to create a healthy nation. I myself am fit and...

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The hot health stories of 2013

Here are what I think were the big developments in health and nutrition this year.

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Alzheimer’s – prevention could halve risk , G8 told

It is possible right now to cut the number of people who will get Alzheimer’s...

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B vitamin supplements stop Alzheimer’s brain shrinkage

Ground-breaking research from Oxford University is published today (21st May), in the Proceedings of the...

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Omega 3 DHA improves memory

Omega fish oil supplements are proven to help children with ADHD but what about adults...

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Coconut oil benefits for Alzheimer’s & weight loss

Virgin-pressed coconut oil contains medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) with convert directly into ketones. Recent evidence suggests...

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Drugs may double dementia risk

Benzodiazepine sleeping and anti-anxiety pills such as temazapam and diazepam may double dementia risk, according...

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A drug that stops Alzheimer’s developing

A new drug has been proven to stop memory loss and stop brain shrinkage in...

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Homocysteine – does it predict heart disease?

Yesterday I got a press release headed ‘High blood homocysteine levels are not linked with...

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The politics of Alzheimer’s prevention – what works?

A recent Lancet Report claims that 3 million less Alzheimer’s cases could result from dealing...

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In Dementia Awareness Week over 70,000 complete cognitive function test

It's Dementia Awareness Week and I am proud to announce that Food for the Brain’s...

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15 minute Online Test for Dementia

The first free on-line Cognitive Function Test developed by leading mental health experts to accurately...

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Britain faces Alzheimer’s catastrophe – and it’s preventable

If I told you that there is a proven way to prevent age-related memory decline,...

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Cholesterol good for the brain

Having a high level of HDL cholesterol is associated with reducing your risk for Alzheimer’s....

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B vitamins stop brain shrinkage preventing dementia

Dementia and Alzheimer’s are very real concerns for all of us. Today, a definitive study...

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Holford diet reduces Alzheimer’s risk

Research published today identifies ideal diet for reducing Alzheimer's risk. Those with the lowest risk...

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Dementia costs £23 billion a year and is preventable

Britain's dementia crisis is worse than feared and costs Britain £23bn a year – more...

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Can Alzheimers be reversed?

A recent study finds positive results giving those with Alzheimer’s disease a cocktail of essential...

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Eating fish cuts memory loss

A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition of 15,000 people across seven countries...

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Can coffee reverse Alzheimers?

This is the headline that newspapers and the BBC ran today based on a study...

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Why I had my mercury fillings removed

Last week’s Tonight report on ITV on the dangers of mercury fillings has reopened this...