Vitamin D: Your Brain's Ally against Alzheimer’s and Dementia Few people realise that vitamin D acts more like a brain fat than a vitamin - and your risk of cognitive decline can soar by up to 19 times if your levels are low. Often known as the sunshine vitamin, it is in fact a vital...
Tau is a structural protein that helps build the skeleton, much like pipes, through which nutrients and nerve signals are delivered to different parts of the brain. Our brains contain a balance of tau protein and phosphorylated-tau, abbreviated to p-tau. An abnormal accumulation of p-tau makes...
Tau is a structural protein that helps build the skeleton, much like pipes, through which nutrients and nerve signals are delivered to different parts of the brain. Our brains contain a balance of tau protein and phosphorylated-tau, abbreviated to p-tau. An abnormal accumulation of p-tau makes...
We often get asked if supplements are necessary, usually in relation to some expert or opinion leader saying they are a waste of money or have no evidence of effect. Anyone actively discouraging supplementation of vitamin B, C, D or omega-3, or claiming there is no scientific evidence to...
If you ask the man on the street what's driving Alzheimer's, they'll probably say it's in the genes or that it is just what happens when you age. -- Now, neither of these statements are strictly true. Alzheimer's is a largely preventable disease. The big question...
by Patrick Holford This is the headline from the New York Times exposing a proposal from an ‘Alzheimer’s Working Group’ that we should all have an amyloid blood test to then be prescribed anti-amyloid drugs. This is a similar strategy to statins which are given to anyone with ‘high...
This week CNN ran a story about a dementia prevention clinic in the US, run by neurologist Professor Richard Isaacson, who used our Cognitive Function Test in his prevention study at Cornell University. -- The basic concept, much like what Food for the Brain is doing online, is that people...
Are You Wasting Money On Your Omega-3 Supplements? Are You Wasting Money On Your Omega-3 Supplements? Omega-3 supplements are becoming increasingly popular - and rightly so - as another recent UK BioBank study (1) reported a 30% lower risk of dementia in those with higher omega-3 status...
By Patrick Holford Alzheimer’s is a preventable, but not reversible disease. Less than one in a hundred cases are directly caused by genes. Prevention is entirely possible if you can identify who is at risk early enough and encourage the right diet and lifestyle...
By Patrick Holford Read part one here to learn about the first two 'horsemen' - Brain Fats & Methylation. -- Few people realise the catastrophic decline in mental health that has occurred over the past 50 years. ‘Brain health conditions have become a global health...
