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The Alzheimer's Solution: A Revolutionary Approach to Prevent and Reverse Alzheimer's, Offering Hope Through Groundbreaking Science and Personalized Treatment Plans Paperback – January 29, 2019

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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.

 

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“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 theauthor 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

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Over 47 million people worldwide are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease. While all other major diseases are in decline, deaths from Alzheimer’s have increased radically. What you and 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 doesn’t 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 feature 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 health is finally within your control.

 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperOne; Reprint edition (January 29, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062666487
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062666482
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.83 x 8 inches
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Customers find the book's information and recommendations holistic and practical. They find it informative, well-written, and worth reading. The clear explanations and advice in layman's terms make it easy for readers to understand. Readers appreciate the plant-based diet recommendations and recipes included in the back. Overall, customers describe the book as hopeful and full of good news for those with memory issues.

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Customers find the book's information helpful and well-written. They appreciate its holistic recommendations, research-backed advice, and practical approach to improving brain health. The book includes 40 pages of recipes that support brain health.

"...The book includes about 40 pages of brain-healthy recipes. So far I’ve only tried one of them-turmeric milk. It’s made from just five ingredients...." Read more

"Detailed information on how to prevent dementia . Recommended to me by a neurologist ." Read more

"...Similarly, their last chapter on optimizing your brain (building cognitive reserve) is truly outstanding and is genuinely encouraging...." Read more

"...learned a few new things on memory performance and overall optimal physical/mental functioning and, of course, the significance of behavioral change..." Read more

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Customers find the book provides good advice and is worth the cost. They describe it as an excellent resource and a good starter book for a mass audience.

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Customers find the book easy to understand. They appreciate the clear explanations and advice in laymen's terms. The authors describe research in accessible language and translate what that research signifies. They also mention the brilliantly designed and easy-to-remember Neuro plan.

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Customers like the nutrition content. They mention it matches up with Dr. Joel Fuhrman and Dr. Resta's advice on a plant-based diet, exercising regularly, and practicing rest. There are even plant-based recipes in the back. The section on nutrition is up-to-date with the latest findings and made from just five ingredients.

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Customers find the book informative and encouraging for those with memory issues.

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I wish I would have read, and heeded, The Alzheimer’s Solution 20 years ago. Knowing, now, that the beginning stages of cognitive decline are birthed well before symptoms are evident, is reason enough for anyone—at any age—to pay attention to the guidance Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai share.I’m not a medical professional, but I found the book easy to read. And it resonated. Only time will tell, but I believe the principles discussed here for brain health and wellbeing will be personally life-altering. The practical steps toward brain health are not revolutionary; They are, simply, counter-culture. Yet, the evidenced produced for lifestyle change necessary to prevent and reverse the symptoms of cognitive decline is compelling.In addition to verified research and the subsequent findings, the Sherzais do a great job of eliminating the pie-in-the-sky ambitions. Their own struggles and transformations scattered throughout the chapters and related to lifestyle change give the reader hope for realistic personal transformation.I purchased the book after having had the privilege of hearing the Sherzais speak at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine conference. Their presentation was compelling, and the greater detail found in the book provides an easy reference for ongoing study and application. (My copy is widely highlighted.) I highly recommend The Alzheimer’s Solution.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2023
    The Sherzai’s base all their recommendations on high quality research—large sample size, controlled-for variables that could affect results, and researchers without financial ties to their results and conclusions. They focus on long-term research studies. This is very much not the case of all health and dementia books. Some authors of similar books ignore long-term outcomes of their recommendations, even though they are poor, maybe because of their own financial incentives.

    I recommend listening to the Rich Rolls podcast where he interviews the Sherzai’s. It is long yet it had me hanging on every word. It is so worth your time and you will not be bored.

    As I apply the Sherzai’s recommendations I feel better and have gotten rid of brain fog. I listen to it on audible and refer to my printed copy. I keep reminding myself with it to help avoid “cheating.”

    Please know that the research on the benefits of eating fish are comparing eating fish to eating more highly saturated meat, NOT to plant-based diets supplemented with DHA & EPA from algae. The fish get it from algae and we can benefit from also getting it from algae and avoiding the saturated fat, mercury and micro plastics in the fish. Yes, fish is better than beef and even poultry, but we can do better. We are fortunate to be able to do better.

    I hope you read and apply the information in this cutting-edge book. We need to stop the horrific Alzheimer’s epidemic and this book explains how to do it. According to the authors mild cognitive impairment can usually be reversed and, started early enough, Alzheimer’s can be prevented except in a few rare genetic cases. But prevention is a lifetime program. It comes with the benefit of being good for your heart, anti-inflammatory and reducing cancer risks It’s also good for mood.

    The book includes about 40 pages of brain-healthy recipes. So far I’ve only tried one of them-turmeric milk. It’s made from just five ingredients. I put the ingredients in the blender and blend long enough that it heats. I’ve adjusted the amounts of the spices to my taste. I like it so much that I have it first thing every morning. It’s a treat I look forward to. Plus it’s made with ingredients that repair and rejuvenate the brain. I plan to try more of the recipes as some look easy and with inexpensive ingredients found in any grocery store. But, honestly, I like the turmeric milk so much that the book was worth the cost even if I got nothing else from it.

    Please do yourself and your family a huge favor and get this book from the library if you don’t want to buy it. Just read it. Alzheimer’s is no walk in the park-so it’s worth putting in some effort to prevent it.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2024
    Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s 2 years ago at 57.
    After hearing what traditional medicine had to offer I wanted to get information on non traditional alternatives and this book lays out other solutions that I have found helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2024
    Detailed information on how to prevent dementia . Recommended to me by a neurologist .
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2017
    The authors, two qualified neurologists, have developed an empirical and scientific based approach to reducing and preventing the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. I read this book fairly shortly after reading the equally excellent “The End of Alzheimer’s” by Dale Bredesen. As can be expected both respective authors/books approach to managing and reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) overlap a lot. Their approaches are based on healthy lifestyle modifications.

    While Bredesen is mainly focused on nutrition and fasting, the Sherzais have a more multidimensional approach including also exercise, meditation, sleep, and building cognitive reserves (exercising your brain in different ways). Bredesen does touch on some of those subjects but often merely in passing. In contrast, the Sherzais dedicate an entire chapter on each of those subjects, including surveys of self-assessment and plans for self-improvements in each of those areas.

    The Sherzais are also really strong in explaining the different causal mechanisms that cause AD including: 1) oxidation; 2) inflammation; 3) glucose dysregulation; and 4) lipid dysregulation. By contrast, Bredesen is mainly focused on inflammation. He also mentioned inadequate nutritional and hormonal support to the brain as a second factor and toxicity (mercury, etc.) as a third factor. However, on this count I do find the Sherzais explanation of AD much more thorough from a physiological standpoint.

    Just about all the Sherzais’ earmarked chapters addressing any single topic are excellent. Even a mundane topic like exercise is really insightful. They also make suggestions that are original and helpful. What you get is that our sedentary lifestyle is slowly killing us. Sitting all week behind a computer then running a half marathon on the weekend is not optimal. The human body was made to be in almost permanent motion. So, they recommend you do a little exercise just about every hour on the hour. It could be for just a minute. But, it is a lot better than nothing. Also, what you get is that exercise is truly a brain-rebuilding machine. Exercise can literally regrow brain cells, brain matter and neuronal pathways. Similarly, their last chapter on optimizing your brain (building cognitive reserve) is truly outstanding and is genuinely encouraging. By engaging in mental and social complex activities, you develop numerous neural pathways that create a healthy redundancy. Later in life if your brain has some of the physiological symptoms of AD (amyloid tangles, tau plaque) that impair some of those pathways, you will have enough other pathways whereby you could still be 100% cognitively fit. They call this building your cognitive reserve.

    There is one chapter where one has to express reservation, and it is the one on nutrition. They stick to a low fat, low cholesterol mantra relying on the research by Ancel Keys dating back to 1951. We now know his research was highly biased, and his conclusion very much wrong. Extensive scientific rebuttals have been disclosed in numerous books. Probably the best one on the subject is Uffe Ravnskov’s “The Cholesterol Myth” published in 1999. But, other current books also hammer away on the fallacies of Keys’ studies, including Dr. Mercola’s “Fat for Fuel” among many others. In view of the Sherzais diverging views on nutrition, they constantly warn against the profound ill impact of saturated fats and eggs (cholesterol). Well, in both cases they are deemed inaccurate by many other neurologists and nutritionist experts much concerned about overall health and the health of the brain. In this camp you will find not only Ravnskov and Mercola, but also Dale Bredesen, and Steven Gundry (the author of “The Plant Paradox”).

    Among Ancel Keys followers there is much confusion regarding saturated fats. They are known to boost LDL cholesterol, which is deemed the bad cholesterol. However, LDL cholesterol is subdivided into two different categories: small, dense LDL vs. large not so dense LDL. The small LDL is a heart disease risk. The large LDL is not. And, it is the one that saturated fat enhances. Thus, from this standpoint saturated fats do not cause heart disease. Additionally, saturated fats are associated with numerous health benefits including enhancing absorption of numerous vitamins and minerals, boosting HDL levels (the good cholesterol), enhancing mitochondria energy metabolism, contributing to brain health (the brain does need much fat to function).

    Another area where the Sherzais impart questionable information is concerning the overall risk of AD. On page 22, they indicate that if you have no ApoE4 genes, you have a 50% risk of developing AD by 85 years old. 23andme, a genetic testing company, relying on a very large sample of Caucasians, discloses an AD risk that is more than 5 x lower than the Sherzais. They come up with a risk of 5-8% for men and 6-10% for women. The Framingham Study comes up with an overall risk of AD (that does not exclude individuals that have the ApoE4 genes) by 85 years old of 12% for men and 20% for women. I have mentioned those data divergences to the Sherzais. And, they have not responded. I suspect they never will.

    The two above caveats (nutrition and AD risk) are material. And, this is why I can’t give this book a 5 rating. Otherwise, the book is excellent and still warrants a very strong 4 rating. Additionally, the Sherzais have provided much supplementary information to Bredesen’s book on the same subject. By reading both books, you will know much more about AD then reading just either one of them.
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  • Cynthia Bookish
    5.0 out of 5 stars Read This And Start Preventing Cognitive Decline
    Reviewed in Canada on June 17, 2024
    A comprehensive text by the Brain Docs, Dr. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, covering a definition of Alzheimers, and ways to prevent and delay cognitive decline with Lifestyle Medicine.

    As persons in their 70s with family members who have gone before us to experience the horrors of cognitive decline and dementia, we were anxious to learn more about how we could prevent this fate ourselves (and for our adult children).

    The book is clearly written and works well as a read aloud book, which is what we did since Ed has recently had eye surgery and does not have clear eyesight in one of his eyes.

    We also joined in with the NEURO Academy Community for a few months but were dealing with several other tasks and felt that we needed to withdraw from an online community and focus on what we had learned and our nearby neighbors, our family, etc. Since the community involvement and reading the book we have both spent the first weeks of 2024 learning and refreshing in languages other than English (German for me, and German-French and Spanish for Ed). We have also begun to build meditations into our life, for stress release, and even to help overcome difficult situations (like illness). This is a very positive experience. We eat a plant-based diet, and have been exercising and making plans for other brain-growing-and-nururing experiences.

    My husband and I recommend the book and the Sherzai community NEURO Academy.
  • KG
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very detailed and informative book on preventing Alzheimer's
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 28, 2024
    Written by 2 doctors who have done a great deal of study and research into the subject of how lifestyle affects our physical and brain health. There are other books available only a little cheaper but they are of no use compared to this excellent book. Don't buy any other book on dementia, just this one.
  • Iona
    5.0 out of 5 stars Absolut empfehlenswert!
    Reviewed in Germany on October 24, 2018
    Schade das es das Buch nur in Englisch gibt, sonst hätte ich für meine gesamte Verwandtschaft die deutschen Exemplare bestellt, damit sie durch die führenden Fachärzte und Forscher auf diesem Gebiet wachgerüttelt werden, bevor es zu spät ist. Ich habe es verschlungen, man erhält ein weit umfangreicheres Bild der Krankheit als sonst - wie auch der Prävention. Der Mensch als Ganzes wird betrachtet, was nicht alltäglich ist, wenn man sonst mit Medizinern spricht oder Studien liest.
  • Suz P
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful
    Reviewed in Australia on August 26, 2020
    A very 'generous' book the authors are obviously passionate about their work and it shows, lots of information and the latest research which is very helpful, usable and easy to read. Very practical advice and recipes that can be incorporated into real life.
  • Condocat
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great information everyone should know
    Reviewed in Canada on December 30, 2023
    This book is packed with great information everyone should know. Very comprehensive.