Reversing Cognitive Decline & Alzheimer's Disease 🧠
7 strategies to optimize brain health and reverse cognitive decline
In last week’s post I shared that the #1 contributor to Alzheimer's disease is sugar and insulin resistance, primarily because of the inflammation that this causes which damages the brain and leads to decline.
There are many factors that promote inflammation, with elevated blood sugars and insulin resistance being just one of them, so today I wanted to take a deep-dive into the various factors that contribute to inflammation so that you can eliminate them and ultimately reduce your risk of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline.
In Dr. Dale Bredesen's book, The End of Alzheimer's, he explains that cognitive decline is largely a matter of three fundamental threats to our brain which include inflammation, a shortage of nutrients and hormones necessary for optimal brain health, and exposure to toxins.
In addition, he shares that Alzheimer's disease is a protective response to these three brain threats.
Some of the major factors that fall under the umbrella of these "threats” that drive inflammation (and the development of Alzheimer's disease) include: