Surviving Alzheimer’s: A Functional Medicine Approach To Prevention And Reversal with Dr. Dale Bredesen
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Despite what the conventional medical model has taught us about cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s, these disorders are actually within our power to stop, slow, and reverse. There’s no better person to talk to about reducing the risk of cognitive deficits and supporting optimal brain health than today’s guest on The Doctor’s Farmacy, Dale Bredesen.
Dr. Bredesen is internationally recognized as an expert in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, and the author of the New York Times bestsellers The End of Alzheimer's, The End of Alzheimer's Program, and his latest book The First Survivors of Alzheimer's: How Patients Recovered Life and Hope in Their Own Words.
He has held faculty positions at UC San Francisco, UCLA, and the University of California San Diego. He has directed the Program on Aging at the Burnham Institute before coming to the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in 1998 as its founding president and CEO. He is currently a professor at UCLA.
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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):
- Why Alzheimer’s is a systems biology disorder that needs to be treated from a Functional Medicine perspective (7:13 / 4:01)
- Four main drivers of cognitive decline (12:01 / 8:10)
- The ineffectiveness of seeking just one cause of Alzheimer’s (13:05 / 9:08)
- Personalizing Alzheimer's treatment and prevention (19:42 / 15:08)
- The 4 stages of Alzheimer's (21:19 / 17:30)
- Eating and fasting to prevent, slow, and reverse cognitive decline (27:51 / 21:44)
- The importance of exercise, sleep, and stress reduction in relation to brain health (32:31 / 26:41)
- Reversing Alzheimer’s and pre-Alzheimer’s disease (39:38 / 33:49)
- Patient stories of cognitive improvement after Alzheimer’s diagnosis (47:04 / 41:25)
- Breaking through the conventional perspective and approach to Alzheimer’s disease (54:01 / 48:33)
Learn more about Dr. Bredesen’s work at https://www.apollohealthco.com/
Get a copy of Dr. Bredesen’s book, The First Survivors of Alzheimer’s: How Patients Recovered Life and Hope in Their Own Words here.
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