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Most Dementia is Driven by Diet, Not Genes: The ApoE4 Exaggeration

Originally published on Orthomolecular Medicine News Service [15th February 2023] In the days of Hippocrates, diseases were blamed on the gods. He didn't buy that and explored the causes of disease saying 'let food be thy medicine'. Nowadays a lot of diseases are being blamed on genes -...

What’s driving Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia?

By Patrick Holford How does cognitive decline happen? One theory was that it was to do with the accumulation of amyloid protein, producing amyloid plaque that interferes with brain cell communication. But, despite over 30 clinical trials, lowering amyloid protein has had close to zero...

Finding Help

Dealing with a mental and cognitive health problem on your own can be both overwhelming and isolating. That’s why it’s important to seek professional help from someone who can guide you and support you back to health.  Poor mental wellbeing and/or cognitive health can be caused by a...

Diet, not genes, is driving dementia says British Medical Journal

A hugely significant study in the British Medical Journal into age-related cognitive decline and dementia has stated that changing your diet and lifestyle from bad to good cuts your future risk of developing dementia by a massive nine times [1] The study shows, significantly, that whether or...

Don't forget your vitamins

COPY DON’T FORGET YOUR VITAMINS  A study giving B vitamins to people with cognitive impairment and a high level of a blood marker for B vitamin status called homocysteine (raised in half of people over age 60) reported almost 9 times less shrinkage in the areas of the brain associated...

Does HRT help prevent dementia?

A recent study of 1,178 women found that those carrying the APOE4 gene taking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) had a better delayed memory score compared to APOE4 carriers that were not taking HRT, and to non-APOE4 carriers.[1] They also had slightly larger brain volumes in certain areas. This...

The Alzheimer’s Prevention Diet

By Patrick Holford Does what you eat affect your risk for dementia later in life and, if so, what is the best diet to protect your brain and prevent cognitive decline? Many studies have been published with different results ranging from no effect at all, as reported in a study in Sweden[i], to...

The Origin of Alzheimer’s Disease

By Patrick Holford Brain shrinkage left, normal brain right Why Dementia rates are higher in the west In some countries, for example India and China, that proportion appears to be less than half that occurring in Britain. When people in one country suffer much more from a disease than...