The Alzheimer’s Solution – by Dr. Dean Sherzai and Dr. Ayesha Sherzai

After discussing the myths and misunderstandings that surround Alzheimer’s, the authors (both neurologists) explain the importance of evidence-based lifestyle medicine, which many people underestimate and thus neglect.

There’s a risk assessment for the reader to perform, which can help inform what things will be the highest priority when it comes to, as the subtitle promises, preventing and reversing Alzheimer’s.

How they go about this: they note the four main biological processes that drive the development of Alzheimer’s:

• Inflammation
• Oxidation
• Glucose dysregulation
• Lipid dysregulation

…and then focus on how to prevent or reverse those four things, each of which are better-understood by current science than Alzheimer’s in its entirety.

As for how they present that in practical terms, they offer the acronym NEURO:

• Nutrition
• Exercise
• Unwind
• Restore
• Optimize

You may be wondering what the distinction between “unwind” and “restore” is; the former is about stress management, while the latter is about restorative sleep.

Within each of these five categories, each of which gets a chapter devoted to it, they give instructions for making one’s own personalized program for each part.

The style is direct and explanatory, with no fluff or padding, no sensationalization, no detours into anecdotes of cherry-picked case studies, just science, data, explanations. In terms of legibility for those not accustomed to reading scientifically dense texts: it’s easier to read than most actual papers, though for many it may be beneficial to read the book cover-to-cover, because the authors define terms early and then will expect the reader to remember them later (although, one can also refer to the glossary, included). Speaking of scientific papers, there’s a generous bibliography here, nearly 40 pages of such.

Bottom line: if you’re serious about preventing/reversing Alzheimer’s, and you want an evidence-based holistic approach, this book lays out the most important things currently known to science, and how to do them optimally.

Click here to check out The Alzheimer’s Solution, and improve your odds!