The Alzheimer's Solution: A Breakthrough Program to Prevent and Reverse the Symptoms of Cognitive Decline at Every Age

by Dean Sherzai, Ayesha Sherzai

Overview

A revolutionary, proven program for reversing the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline from award winning neurologists and codirectors of the Brain Health and Alzheimer's Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center

Over 47 million people are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease worldwide. While all other major diseases are in decline, deaths from Alzheimer’s have increased radically. What you or your loved ones don’t yet know is that 90 percent of Alzheimer’s cases can be prevented.

Based on the largest clinical and observational study to date, neurologists and codirectors of the Brain Health and Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, offer in The Alzheimer’s Solution the first comprehensive program for preventing Alzheimer’s disease and improving cognitive function. Alzheimer’s disease isn’t a genetic inevitability, and a diagnosis does not need to come with a death sentence. Ninety percent of grandparents, parents, husbands, and wives can be spared. Ninety percent of us can avoid ever getting Alzheimer’s, and for the 10 percent with strong genetic risk for cognitive decline, the disease can be delayed by ten to fifteen years. This isn’t an estimate or wishful thinking; it’s a percentage based on rigorous science and the remarkable results the Sherzais have seen firsthand in their clinic.

This much-needed revolutionary book reveals how the brain is a living universe, directly influenced by nutrition, exercise, stress, sleep, and engagement. In other words: what you feed it, how you treat it, when you challenge it, and the ways in which you allow it to rest. These factors are the pillars of the groundbreaking program you’ll find in these pages, which features a personalized assessment for evaluating risk, a five-part program for prevention and symptom-reversal, and day-by-day guides for optimizing cognitive function. You can prevent Alzheimer’s disease from affecting you, your family, friends, and loved ones. Even with a diagnosis, you can reverse cognitive decline and add vibrant years to your life. The future of your brain is finally within your control.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062666482
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	01/29/2019
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	81,468
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dean Sherzai, MD, PhD, trained in neurology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and completed fellowships in neurodegenerative diseases and dementia at the National Institutes of Health and UC San Diego. Dean and Ayesha are bestselling authors of The Alzheimer’s Solution.

Ayesha Sherzai, MD, MAS, completed a dual training in preventative medicine and neurology at Loma Linda University, and a fellowship in vascular neurology and epidemiology at Columbia University. She is a trained plant-based culinary artist, and created the recipes in The 30-Day Alzheimer’s Solution.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Section 1 The Truth About Alzheimer's

1 Myths and Misunderstandings 11

2 The Power of Lifestyle Medicine 39

The Alzheimer's Solution Risk Assessment 68

Section 2 The Neuro Plan

3 Nutrition 81

Your Personalized Nutrition Program 123

4 Exercise 141

Your Personalized Exercise Program 163

5 Unwind 179

Your Personalized Unwind Program 193

6 Restore 201

Your Personalized Restore Program 219

7 Optimize 231

Your Personalized Optimize Program 255

Conclusion 271

A Note About Our Research 273

Recipes 279

Acknowledgments 319

Notes 321

Index 339

About the Authors 355

Editorial Reviews

Excellent nutrition trumps heart attacks and strokes. The same is true of Alzheimer’s, it is not predominantly genetic or the inevitable consequence of aging. The Alzheimer’s Solution supplies everything you need to know about the development and prevention of this easily avoidable disease.” — Joel Fuhrman, M.D. Six time New York Times Best-selling author, President, Nutritional Research Foundation

“The Alzheimer’s Solution, is the best, most professionally informed book of its kind for this much feared disease…the protocol recommended by Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai is a very important message to convey to the public. Please, read this book.” — T. Colin Campbell, coauthor of The China Study

“...an insightful, instructive, and easy-to-read book on Alzheimer’s disease and its links to diet and lifestyle choices. I highly recommend it.” — —Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of The Kite Runner

In this thorough, thoughtful, empowering, and timely book, leading experts Dean and Ayesha Sherzai tell you everything you need to know to mind the health of your brain, and defend yourself against one of the great scourges of modern living.  Every family should own, and apply, The Alzheimer’s Solution. — —David Katz, M.D., founding director of Yale University’s Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, current President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and the author of Disease-Proof

“The Alzheimer’s Solution is an empowering guide to the lifestyle factors that are directly linked to cognitive decline. Thanks to Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, we finally have a roadmap to prevent and reverse symptoms of a disease that has been misunderstood for too long.” — Dan Buettner, National Geographic Fellow and New York Times Bestselling author of the Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World’s Longest-lived People

“Increasing scientific evidence indicates that the same lifestyle changes that prevent and reverse heart disease and other chronic conditions may help prevent and even reverse the progression of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease as well.  The Alzheimer’s Solution shows you how.” — —Dean Ornish, Founder & President of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute and author of Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease and The Spectrum

From the Publisher

...an insightful, instructive, and easy-to-read book on Alzheimer’s disease and its links to diet and lifestyle choices. I highly recommend it.

Khaled Hosseini

The Alzheimer’s Solution, is the best, most professionally informed book of its kind for this much feared disease…the protocol recommended by Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai is a very important message to convey to the public. Please, read this book.

T. Colin Campbell

In this thorough, thoughtful, empowering, and timely book, leading experts Dean and Ayesha Sherzai tell you everything you need to know to mind the health of your brain, and defend yourself against one of the great scourges of modern living.  Every family should own, and apply, The Alzheimer’s Solution.

David Katz

The Alzheimer’s Solution is an empowering guide to the lifestyle factors that are directly linked to cognitive decline. Thanks to Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, we finally have a roadmap to prevent and reverse symptoms of a disease that has been misunderstood for too long.

Dan Buettner

Increasing scientific evidence indicates that the same lifestyle changes that prevent and reverse heart disease and other chronic conditions may help prevent and even reverse the progression of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease as well.  The Alzheimer’s Solution shows you how.

Dean Ornish

Excellent nutrition trumps heart attacks and strokes. The same is true of Alzheimer’s, it is not predominantly genetic or the inevitable consequence of aging. The Alzheimer’s Solution supplies everything you need to know about the development and prevention of this easily avoidable disease.

Joel Fuhrman