The Ageless Brain – by Dr. Dale Bredesen

We previously reviewed this author’s groundbreaking “The End of Alzheimer’s”, and now in this volume he expands on the work done there, to focus on the practical aspect of, as the subtitle promises, how to sharpen and protect your mind for a lifetime.

When we say “groundbreaking”, this is because it’s not just the usual same old things (that are very important, and/but probably quite well-known to most 10almonds readers), but rather, 36 metabolic factors that are implicated in Alzheimer’s pathology, and the good news is, most of them are within our control.

He explores these, and how to tweak them to our advantage, through much of the first half of the book, before getting to more general advice—some of which is the “same old things”, but some are factors that at best, don’t get much attention: like the relationship between oral health and cognitive health, for example.

The style is more varied this time; sometimes once again on the hard end of pop science, since there’s a lot of technical clinical data and information in here, but he does explain everything as we go, making it still quite readable for the layperson; sometimes, on the other hand, it’s quite light and narrative in style. The author being a physician-scientist in his 70s, he has a lot of experience and that means a lot of stories to tell to illustrate his points.

Bottom line: if you’d like to protect your brain with the very latest science in a comprehensive fashion, this book will enable you to do just that.

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