The End of Alzheimer’s: The First Programme to Prevent and Reverse the Cognitive Decline of Dementia

A fascinating book, it gives sufficient information for a sympathetic doctor to use the protocol but to do it properly most people already experiencing cognitive impairment would need a lot of support and to do the protocol to the letter in conjunction with Dr Bredesen's organisation could start to get costly - though ultimately cheaper than the care required for someone with Alzheimer's.Hopefully this treatment can be proven and become routine - the main downside appears to be trying to put significant lifestyle changes in place for someone who is probably older, set in their ways and possibly confused. The book also suggests putting the protocol in place to prevent Alzheimer's particularly if you are at high risk, again to do it properly would require support of a medical professional but there are steps anyone can take now to help minimise risk.It's an easy read, mostly easy to understand by the layman - he does suggest skipping some of the more detailed medical stuff if you're not interested in that.

An absolutely incredible book, De Bredesen shares his extensive gound breaking research into the causes and cure for over 95% of Alzhiemers disease. He has excamples of people he has treated, provides the knowledge behind what is going on in our brains 20 plus years before any symptoms and once symptoms have started, he has identified there are 3 quite separate types of Alzheimers, the causes and treatments varying although they can overlap, but best of all he provides an easy to use check list of where your brain is at the moment, (Cognoscopy), which shows where you have issues, then he gives details of his ReCODE - reverese cognitive decline - programme, which is personalised to you the reader. It can include diet, vitamins and exercise, but not like a lose-weight type diet, a diet somewhat like keto. And it all makes sense. If you are Apoe4, or a family member is, I would highly recommend this book, it could save you from Alzheimers!

It offers good advice, but the regime it suggests and the doctor participation could only available privately, not on NHS, at massive cost. Even then, sticking to the regime is nigh-on impossible. But a very good read. I have increased some of my supplements accordingly, seeing my Mum deteriorating and fearing for my own health future. It also highlight some of the current wowfully inadequate "best practise" that is available today. Well worth a read. Would you stick to the regime - doubt it.

This is an astonishing revalation . Can it really be so contrary to all the perceived wisdom of the medical profession?The book offers an exciting, well researched and reasoned alternative to the " no-hope" alternative offered by conventional practitioners and dimentia support organisations.As a carer and husband of an AD sufferer I welcome the challenge of putting these protocols into action and prey that this insight will work for my spouse.Dr Brendesen's devoted work and insight paves the way to challenge convention. It offers hope to so many uncfortunates who are currently suffering, those that have yet to discover their condition, and to hopefully offer a way of preventing this scourge developing at all.

I have Althzheimer and want much info as possible

Genuinely interesting and valuable stuff in here. Some good explanations and some excellent advice.However.His recommendations are extremely expensive involving a lot of tests and a lot of supplements. Clearly, being expensive doesn't mean they are wrong, but all that supplementation seems dubious. And perhaps there is a reason (other than the those Dr Bredesen puts forward) that the rest of the medical profession hasn't bought into all this stuff.Dale Bredesen seems to sell the most books because he makes the biggest promises. Gary Small, author of the Alzheimer's Prevention Program seems to make more realistic claims and gets hammered on the sales front accordingly. Dr Small advises that you can significantly increase the age of onset and you can reduce the speed of progression and that sounds more realistic.Anyway you can check out the Brain Health Scotland website for the TL:DR. Simple, actionable, good adive.

There seems to be no end to the awful disease .

I think in years to come people will look back on this book as pivotal in turning the tide against Alzheimer's.As well as documenting practical approaches to reversing Alzheimer's (and in so doing give hope to the millions who are already afflicted or who are genetically predisposed to the disease) Dr Bredesen explains how underlying physiological pathways converge to increase the risk of getting the disease. Dr Bredesen intersperses his narrative with testimonials of patients who have successfully reversed this truly awful soul-destroying disease.It is evident that Dr Bredesen has faced huge obstacles in extending the reach of his programme to reverse Alzheimer's however he has been resolute in his determination to conduct further trials and to spread the message of hope that his programme, ReCODE offers to many millions of sufferers and their loved ones.I remain convinced that Dr Bredesen's 21st Century 'programmatic' medical approach will ultimately gain world-wide acceptance not just for Alzheimer's but for other modern chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.I'd like to say thank you to Dr Bredesen and his team for their research over the past three decades because for people like me who face the horrific prospect of Alzheimer's I now have hope and a means to avoid it and live a healthier lifestyle as I age.

Dr Bredesen has researched Alzheimer’s for 30 years and has succeeded in unraveling this disease. He can prevent it and in most cases reverse its associated decline. (He has already helped about 200 people.) His discoveries represent a paradigm shift regarding this disease.First, here is the current view of Alzheimer’s:-it is a single disease caused by the accumulation of plaques made of amyloid-beta-to treat it find a way of stopping the plaques from forming or remove them once they have formed-most drugs developed with this view have succeeded in stopping or removing plaques but the patients either got no better or got worse.Here is what Alzheimer’s really is:-it results when the brain responds to various events by downsizing-there are 3 types of Alzheimer’s and each is a protective response to different triggers (or a combination of triggers):a) inflammation caused by too much sugar, infections or other causesb) low levels of synapse supporting nutrients, hormones and other moleculesc) toxic exposure such as metals or bio-toxins-usually when the brain responds to these triggers it goes on functioning normally-the problem comes when these triggers are chronic, multiple, unrelenting and intense-then the process goes haywire and too many of these triggers start the process of brain cells dyingThe solution then is to:a) identify which triggers are presentb) remove the contributorsc) remove the amyloid-betad) rebuild the lost synapses.These triggers (or factors) are about 36 in number so identifying which are present involves doing tests for each. These tests measure a specific condition in the body. Each test must be in a certain range otherwise it adds to the triggers. i.e. for each item that is out of range it contributes to Alzheimer’s. Once the out of range values are identified, changes are made to bring them all to the optimal value. (The optimal value is not just what is considered ‘normal’ but what is best for reversing the Alzheimer’s.) As more and more of these items are corrected, a certain threshold is reached and the person starts to improve. It is like having 36 holes in your roof that are causing a flood and realizing it is not enough to fix one hole, most of the holes need to be fixed to stop the flood. It’s similar with the brain: once the ‘holes’ are found, each is fixed until enough of them are stopped to get to a point where the death of brain cells has been reduced and compensated by the growth of new ones.With this background in place the major part of the book explains each trigger/factor, how to test for them and how to correct those that are out of range.Throughout the book there are stories of some of those who were helped.Many other books are available about Alzheimer’s but they focus on only a few of the 36 factors. For people who have only a few factors out of range, fixing those will help. However, this will not help those who have different factors which are causing their Alzheimer’s. Dr Bredesen’s program is the only one that is comprehensive enough to deal with all possible triggers.Dr. Bredesen has trained over 450 others in this program so if you or a loved one has Alzheimer’s or is showing signs of cognitive decline, you should be able to find someone who can help. (I emailed him and am waiting to find out if there is anyone in Canada.)

An amazing book recommended to everyone interested in how to prevent AD. The book is very easy to follow, it's well structured and full of valuable information that you can implement in your daily life starting from today.Although some parts of the book are sort-of "US" relevant only (e.g. the names/types of blood tests, or the units used for various tests - conversion to EU units needed), it is still fully relevant for a European reader too.Loved it, definitely recommended!

It is a remarkable achievement to ever cure or even prevent the Alzheimer's disease since much of the underlying mechanisms are still under elusive. Therefore it is especially inspiring to read success stories from many individual trails guided by the theory and practice developed by M.D. Bredesen and his colleagues. He seems to be able to mordernize the ancient philosophy by implement its philosophy with 21st-century analytical and experimentational biology.

I stumbled upon this book. I was looking for some value addition on treating another brain disorder. But being in a family of diabetics I thought this could be useful. I have no vested interest otherwise. My thanks to Dr Bredesen for such a work. Now I have hopes even other chronic disorders would have a cure if similar approaches are followed by like minded physician turned scientists. This work some day will win a Nobel not that Dr Bredesen might care for it. He has served humanity with such wonderful findings no prize would match his efforts and good thoughts behind them. Thanks to his team as well. To sum in a few words chronic and complicated health problems cannot be solved by mono drugs they require truly a comprehensive approach and perseverance over 6 months to one year to see the results. One cannot just try to treat the symptoms but address the root cause of the issue.Thanks once again. The world would realise the worth of this effort in the times to come.

This book is full of untruths and a huge lack of any science-backed information leading to false hope for those with any loved ones affected by this disease. Cruel!