The Cognitive Function Test (CFT) is a validated online test, followed by a ‘Dementia Risk Index’ (DRI) questionnaire. The CFT measures a person’s actual cognitive function at that point in time, while the DRI allows a calculation of future risk to be calculated, based only on 8 key aspects...
Everyone knows that vitamin D is vital for healthy bones and a stronger immune system but could low levels also be a major driver of Alzheimer’s and age-related cognitive decline? --- What new research is saying New research suggests they could, and that levels of vitamin D...
By Patrick Holford Did you know the length of your shadow can tell you if you’re able to generate vitamin D from sunlight? If your shadow is longer than your body - you can’t produce vitamin D from sunlight. If you are in winter and live in a country of higher latitude (like the UK),...
By Patrick Holford What does any animal, perhaps your dog, do after exercising or going for a walk? Sleep. Sleep is how the brain recovers. There is now overwhelming evidence that sleep is a ‘brain essential’ and just like Goldilocks, it seems we need just the right amount....
Developing dementia is the second biggest health fear, after cancer. But what can you do about it? The conventional view is that genes play a big part and that factors under our control, including diet, lifestyle and health status, account for up to 40% of risk and therefore up to 40% of...
Keeping our brain’s structure and neural network healthy may seem like a mystery at times, but often the best advice is simple: ‘use it or lose it!’ The exercise and stimulation your brain gets from an active physical, social and intellectual lifestyle is vital to keeping it healthy. Just...
---- Last week a discovery, published in the journal Science, showed that a high level of an abnormal ‘phosphorylated-tau’ protein triggers brain cells to self-destruct. It also gives a vital clue as to how to stop your brain cells dying with specific vitamins. When cells become largely...
Last month’s newspaper headlines pitched the new anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drug as a ‘turning point’. The pitch has a lot in common with the statin story. Last month’s newspaper headlines pitched the new anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drug as a ‘turning point’. (Read our response...
----- By Patrick Holford Life is a balancing act between making energy by combusting glucose or ketones with oxygen, which generates ‘oxidant’ exhaust fumes and dealing with these 'oxidant fumes' which harm the body. Skin goes crinkly, age spots develop all due to oxidation. That’s...
Don’t be fooled by the rhetoric promoting the new Alzheimer’s anti-amyloid drug. The results – increased brain shrinkage, a third getting brain bleeding or swelling and questionable clinically meaningful benefit – are not good. However, reading this week’s headlines claiming a...
